MARK Workshop | May 11-15 | Central Michigan

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MARK Workshop | May 11-15 | Central Michigan

Postby cooch » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:24 pm

Program MARK Workshop
May 11-15, 2009
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan


This introductory-level workshop will provide research biologists and graduate students with the basic background to understand the main-stream analyses performed by Program MARK and the familiarity with the program to perform these analyses. Participants will learn the basics of parameter estimation with likelihood theory, model selection with Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), and the binomial and multinomial distributions. The Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) mark-recapture, band (tag or ring) recovery, known fate, and closed captures models will be covered in detail. More advanced models will be described so that participants will understand the benefits of these models, but those models would not be covered extensively. Use of covariates, including individual covariates, will be covered with the closed capture and known fate models.

The clientele for this workshop are biologists and graduate students that have some or limited prior experience with Program MARK and will need to estimate abundance or vital rates from mark-recapture data in the near future. Untutored analysis of personal mark-recapture data sets in the evenings at the workshop lab will be possible following each day of instruction. Possession of data sets eligible for analysis in MARK is not a requisite (but it is advantageous). Questions and problems stemming from preliminary analysis of a mark-recapture data set will be the focus on the last workshop day. Those without questions stemming from analysis of their own data do not have to attend all of the last day of the workshop.

Format of the workshop will be a combination of lectures and computer lab exercises. The workshop will start on Monday morning, 8:00am, 11 May 2009, and end Friday 15 May at noon (with time during Friday afternoon to address specific user questions). Evening use of MARK in the lab facility will be available to facilitate exploration of MARK and use with personal data sets.

Attendees should bring their own notebook computers. We will be using a computer lab, so if you do not have your own notebook then please indicate this on the registration form. If bringing your own notebook be sure that you have the administrative privileges to install MARK on the notebook that you bring.

Registration cost for the 1-week workshop is $555. This fee includes all course materials, CD with Program MARK and supporting documentation and examples, facilities for the workshop, and morning and afternoon refreshments. Other costs (including travel, lodging, and meals) will be the responsibility of the workshop participants.

Instructors:

Primary: Gary C. White
Secondary: TBA

Registration Form:

Access the registration form here:

http://www.phidot.org/software/mark/misc/cmu_reg.pdf

or contact Tracy Galarowicz (989.774.1336, galar1tl@cmich.edu) or Tom Gehring (989.774.2484, gehri1tm@cmich.edu). Registration is due April 27.

This workshop will be limited to 18 people, so that the instructors will have plenty of time to interact with students and answer questions.

Travel and Lodging Information:

You should not need a car in Mt. Pleasant if you stay at one of the hotels near campus. The computer lab (101 Brooks Hall) is 3/4 mile from the Super 8 Motel (989-773-8888), where a block of rooms (ask for “Program MARK” rooms) has been set aside for workshop participants at a rate of $68/night. Housing is also available on campus in one of CMU’s residence halls for $33/night. Contact Tracy Galarowicz (989.774.1336, galar1tl@cmich.edu) or Tom Gehring (989.774.2484, gehri1tm@cmich.edu) for travel and lodging information.

Note: please see the following for information on an upcoming intermediate-level workshop. The CMU workshop is introductory-level.

http://www.phidot.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1008
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MARK Workshop in Michigan, May 11-15

Postby gwhite » Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:33 pm

:D There are still slots available in this workshop. This workshop will have one of the highest instructor/student ratios because of the low enrollment, so will be a great opportunity to get your feet wet with MARK. :D

This introductory-level workshop will provide research biologists and graduate students with the basic background to understand the main-stream analyses performed by Program MARK and the familiarity with the program to perform these analyses. Participants will learn the basics of parameter estimation with likelihood theory, model selection with Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), and the binomial and multinomial distributions. The Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) mark-recapture, band (tag or ring) recovery, known fate, and closed captures models will be covered in detail. More advanced models will be described so that participants will understand the benefits of these models, but those models would not be covered extensively. Use of covariates, including individual covariates, will be covered with the closed capture and known fate models.

The clientele for this workshop are biologists and graduate students that have some or limited prior experience with Program MARK and will need to estimate abundance or vital rates from mark-recapture data in the near future. Untutored analysis of personal mark-recapture data sets in the evenings at the workshop lab will be possible following each day of instruction. Possession of data sets eligible for analysis in MARK is not a requisite (but it is advantageous). Questions and problems stemming from preliminary analysis of a mark-recapture data set will be the focus on the last workshop day. Those without questions stemming from analysis of their own data do not have to attend all of the last day of the workshop.

Format of the workshop will be a combination of lectures and computer lab exercises. The workshop will start on Monday morning, 8:00am, 11 May 2009, and end Friday 15 May at noon (with time during Friday afternoon to address specific user questions). Evening use of MARK in the lab facility will be available to facilitate exploration of MARK and use with personal data sets.

Attendees should bring their own notebook computers. We will be using a computer lab, so if you do not have your own notebook then please indicate this on the registration form. If bringing your own notebook be sure that you have the administrative privileges to install MARK on the notebook that you bring.

Registration cost for the 1-week workshop is $555. This fee includes all course materials, CD with Program MARK and supporting documentation and examples, facilities for the workshop, and morning and afternoon refreshments. Other costs (including travel, lodging, and meals) will be the responsibility of the workshop participants.

Instructors:

Primary: Gary C. White
Secondary: TBA

Registration Form:

Access the registration form here:

http://www.phidot.org/software/mark/misc/cmu_reg.pdf

or contact Tracy Galarowicz (989.774.1336, galar1tl@cmich.edu) or Tom Gehring (989.774.2484, gehri1tm@cmich.edu). Registration is due April 27.

This workshop will be limited to 18 people, so that the instructors will have plenty of time to interact with students and answer questions.

Travel and Lodging Information:

You should not need a car in Mt. Pleasant if you stay at one of the hotels near campus. The computer lab (101 Brooks Hall) is 3/4 mile from the Super 8 Motel (989-773-8888), where a block of rooms (ask for “Program MARK” rooms) has been set aside for workshop participants at a rate of $68/night. Housing is also available on campus in one of CMU’s residence halls for $33/night. Contact Tracy Galarowicz (989.774.1336, galar1tl@cmich.edu) or Tom Gehring (989.774.2484, gehri1tm@cmich.edu) for travel and lodging information.

Note: please see the following for information on an upcoming intermediate-level workshop. The CMU workshop is introductory-level.

http://www.phidot.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1008
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