Director of Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS). Account now mothballed, the values of X owner Elon Musk do not accord with my own.

Joined December 2010
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18 Mar 2025
𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗦8 is comming! 📅July 7-10 📚Basic Bayesian course (12h) 🖥️Bayesian Modelling with brms (12h) by Javier Enrique Aguilar 🔗 I𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: vabar.es 🖥️✅ #VIBASS8 #Bayesian #Statistics #brms #RStats #DataScience
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18 Dec 2024
🚨#PhD opportunity!🚨 We are looking for a PhD student to work on modelling anthelmintic resistance in sheep flocks, working with our @DA_Ewing, and supervisors at @MoredunComms & @EdinburghUni. 📆Deadline: 17th Jan More info: bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/furthe…
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9 Dec 2024
IBC2024 Day 2 starts now with a message from IBS President Iris Pigeot and a warm welcome to our featured Keynote Speaker Sander Greenland, who will speak on the topic, "Toward Restoring Realism in Statistical Training and Practice." It's going to be a great day! #IBC2024ATL
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Join us for an afternoon celebrating Statistical Consultancy - after all, statistical methods are meant to be applied! And application is not always easy... This event is also the AGM of the British and Irish Region of the @IBSstats : eventbrite.co.uk/e/statistic…
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10 Oct 2024
🚨NEW VACANCY!🚨 We are recruiting for a Statistician or Modeler specialising in Ecology and Environmental Science. This is a permanent, full-time position, based in Aberdeen. 📅Deadline: 28 October 👉More info: bioss.ac.uk/vacancies/statis… #statistics #statsjobs
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Busy day tomorrow to celebrate #IDWSDS2024!💃 First at 6am UTC (7 am UK time) chairing this fantastic keynote with @KerrieMengersen @QUTDataScience 🌟"Modern Bayesian Statistical Science - Challenges and Opportunities"🌟@cwstat x.com/cwstat/status/18412588…

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At 6am UTC @KerrieMengersen @QUTDataScience will be discussing "Modern Bayesian Statistical Science - Challenges and Opportunities" #IDWSDS2024
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24 Sep 2024
BioSS is delighted to host a session @cwstat #IDWSDS2024 scheduled for 5 pm (UK time) online. Register for the fab 24 hours conference at idwsds.org/registration/ #WomenInStats #WomenInDS
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With less than a week to the @A3Scotland conference, we showcase our work across the @SGRESAS Strategic Research Portfolio, contributing to #LeadingIdeas in #AnimalHealth, #Agritech and #Aquiaculture sector in #Scotland. Read more in today's blog post✍️sefari.scot/blog/2024/09/12/…
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Statistics helps us explore space, fight neglected tropical diseases and better understand our favourite stand-up comedians. Read more in the September 2024 issue of Significance, available now: ow.ly/hHtM50SXJNN #statistics #space @oxfordjournals
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29 Jul 2024
The BioSS team are reflecting on a productive week at the International Statistical Ecology Conference in Swansea, Wales. Together, they led 11 presentations and participated in several workshops and discussions.💬 👇Read more: bioss.ac.uk/news-events/bios… #ISEC2024 @ISEC_stats_ecol
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8 Jul 2024
Newsletter: Goldman Sachs has called BS on Generative AI, and I believe that it's time that everybody follows suit - generative AI is unreliable, unsustainable, requires an entire rebuild of America's power grid, and is most decidedly not the future. wheresyoured.at/pop-culture/
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12 Jun 2024
Delighted to announce that our director @MarkBrewerBioSS is co-chairing the @SEFARIscot AI Specialist Advisory Group with @geleonti. Further info on the AI-SAG's inaugural meeting: bioss.ac.uk/news-events/bios…
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4 Jun 2024
Featuring our Director @MarkBrewerBioSS who co-chairs the @SEFARIscot AI Specialist Advisory Group. Link to read 🔽
The latest #LeadingIdeas @SGRESAS funded SEFARI Gateway Newsletter is now available: ➡️sefari.scot/document/the-spa… Find out about the latest funded #research from across the Scottish Government’s #Environment, #NaturalResources and #Agriculture Research Portfolio
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15 May 2024
We are excited to announce that we are now partnered with @BayesCentre at @EdinburghUni.🤝 We are looking forward to this new opportunity to build on our existing expertise in data science, and strong history of collaborative research. Read more: bioss.ac.uk/news-events/bios…
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