[Statlist] AUGER-METHE Research Seminar in Statistics | *FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2026* | GSEM, University of Geneva

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Dear all,

We are pleased to invite you to our next Research Seminar, organized by Professor Davide La Vecchia on behalf of the Research Institute for Statistics and Information Science
< https://www.unige.ch/gsem/en/research/institutes/risis/team/ >.

FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2026, at 11:15 am, Uni Mail M 4220.

State-space models for animal movement
Marie AUGER-METHE, The University of British Columbia
< https://www.stat.ubc.ca/users/marie-auger-methe >

ABSTRACT:
State-space models (SSMs) are commonly used to model ecological time series such as population dynamics, animal movement, and capture-recapture data. SSMs are popular because: (1) their flexibility allows ecologists to model a broad range of data types (e.g.,  continuous, count, binary) with linear or nonlinear processes that evolve in discrete or continuous time; (2) they allow researchers to differentiate between biological variation and imprecision in the sampling methodology; and (3) they often provide better estimates than models that account for only one source of stochasticity. Using a range of animal movement examples, I will introduce SSMs and demonstrate their advantages. I will discuss some of the issues that can arise when fitting SSMs to data and will suggest simple ways to overcome these challenges. 

> View the Research Seminar agenda: < https://www.unige.ch/gsem/en/research/seminars/risis/ >

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Birgit Müller-Marreros 
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