StanConnect 2021 - Ecology, models for biological survey data

This StanConnect event will take place on September 30, 2021, at 12PM EDT.

Program

Tentative schedule (times in EDT):

12pm - 12:15pm: Introduction to the Event by SGB representative, Introduction to theme by Session Chair
12:15 - 1:35pm: four 20-minute talks - 15 minute presentation + 5 minute Q&A.
1:35 – 1:45 pm: Break (or catchup if we fall behind schedule)
1:45pm - 2:15pm: Panel discussion with 3 speakers (all except JBS) + 2 panelists. Moderator will not be the session chair. Panelists will be introduced by the moderator for ~1 minute - each will give a 7 minute comment on the 3 talks. 15 minute floor discussion with Panelists + speakers. Chat questions moderated by moderator.
2:15pm - 3:00pm: Zoom Networking/Social session, structure TBD but possibly not limited to one room per speaker.

Speaker Name	Position/title/occupation	Affiliation	Tentative Talk Title
Ara Winter	Data Manager	University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program	Using Stan to build better community.
Harold Eyster	PhD candidate	University of British Columbia	Using Stan to diagnose and fit high-dimensional multispecies abundance models
Jacob Socolar	Postdoctoral fellow	Cornell Lab of Ornithology	250000 parameters: the story of an occupancy model for Colombia’s birdlife in Stan
Maxwell Joseph	Data scientist	Earth Lab—University of Colorado, Boulder	MLOps in a Bayesian workflow: tracking experiments with MLFlow.

Panelist

Vianey Leos Barajas: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Department of Statistical Sciences

Organizers:

Session Chair: Jacob B. Socolar - Cornell Lab of Ornithology