We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...

#PhD position! I’m looking for a PhD Student (1+3 years) to model insect populations using statistical models + deep learning at #TheoreticalEcology, Regensburg (Germany). Join our team - please RT! Details: karriere.uni-regensburg.de/tg7w9 #Insects #Ecology #DeepLearning #Ecology #Monitoring

In our new preprint, “Inferring processes within dynamic forest models using hybrid modeling” @ykaber.bsky.social and I present a new hybrid modeling approach for jointly calibrating a DVM with embedded #deepneuralnetwork arxiv.org/abs/2508.01228 1/4 #deeplearning #forestdynamics

In Nature, Delavaux et al., 2024 suggest that species richness on oceanic islands is reduced by mutualism rates on the mainland. In arxiv.org/abs/2411.15105, @maximilianpichler.bsky.social and I had another look at this question and conclude that this effect is likely a statistical artefact.

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cito v1.1 #rstats package for deep neural networks (#DL #DNN) (with formula syntax) is now available on #CRAN. New features include likelihoods such as the negative binomial distribution and easy hyperparameter tuning: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

Come work with us - I am looking to fill a 3-yr position for a statistical postdoc / scientific programmer to continue the development of the DHARMa #Rstats #CRAN package for #glmm residual diagnostics. Full job advertisement is here uni-regensburg.de/assets/biolo...