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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 18d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Jonathan Bamber @jlbamber.bsky.social · 27d

Hey you wonderful EO scientists. Why not nominate your amazing colleague or team or nominate yourself for the next ESA EO excellence award. Nominations have just opened and close 10th Dec. Research cash prize for lucky winners:
www.eoxcellence.com

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Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · 29d

A few more days to apply!!!

Anna-Liisa Laine @annaliisalaine.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are recruiting‼️A permanent university lecturer position in BIOSTATISTICS is available at @helsinki.fi Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Great colleagues, excellent infrastructures and startup support 🙌🏻
DL 14 September

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

University Lecturer in Biostatistics

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Jarno Vanhatalo @jarnovanhatalo.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in statistics to develop methods for analyzing large scale biodiversity and ecosystem function data at the University of Helsinki.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to do advanced Bayesian modeling with direct link to real world applications.

Research Centre For Ecological Change @rececochange.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 Post doc! Want to join our team?

We are looking for 3 post docs in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment, and ecological statistics for a fixed term of 2 years!

Come unravel the drivers and consequences of global change on biodiversity with us!

DL 24.9.
#universityofhelsinki

3 Post doc positions in biodiversity science, genetic indicator assessment and ecological statistics

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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · Aug 27

Not one needs context for this

Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · Aug 27

new terminology dropped

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Aug 7

A brief glance at the github seems exactly the style of multivariate analysis that needs to become common place! 👏🏻 will try incorporate into my own teaching if i can, and fingers crossed for continuity!

Bert van der Veen @vdveenb.bsky.social · Aug 7

Two weeks ago I organised the first Summer school in Model-based Multivariate analysis for community ecologists.

We spent a week in Hjerkinn (NO), teaching 26 international participants about model-based multivariate analysis. Together with Jenni Niku, Pekka Korhonen, Francis Hui and Audun Rugstad.

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Bert van der Veen @vdveenb.bsky.social · Aug 7

Two weeks ago I organised the first Summer school in Model-based Multivariate analysis for community ecologists.

We spent a week in Hjerkinn (NO), teaching 26 international participants about model-based multivariate analysis. Together with Jenni Niku, Pekka Korhonen, Francis Hui and Audun Rugstad.

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Aug 2

Check out Simon Oiry’s new paper! We used a combination of satelite and drone optical data alongside high resolution LiDAR to assess the cover of an invasive macroalgae in an estuary in France. Not only that, we looked into historical imagery too www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mapping the distribution of the alien invasive Gracilaria vermiculophylla at the site of its first European introduction

The invasive red macroalga Gracilaria vermiculophylla has significantly impacted intertidal ecosystems in temperate estuaries globally. This study uti…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Jul 22

Have spent an amazing time these last few weeks as Benthic Taxonomist on the RV Tarajoq as part of their annual surveys of the Greenlandic 🇬🇱 Shrimp and Cod! It is always such a privilege and always reminds me how much I love being at sea

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Andrew Gelman et al. @statmodeling.bsky.social · Jul 18

I am no longer chairing defenses or joining committees where students use generative AI for their writing
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/07/18/i...

I am no longer chairing defenses or joining committees where students use generative AI for their writing | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · Jun 27

It just happened again, as it happens multiple times each year: Someone's student asked me to look at their model output, I asked why they chose those variables, they say "these variables might influence outcome". This is a failure of training in biology, not student's fault. Committee is no better!

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Lilian Lieber @lilianlieber.bsky.social · Jun 4

🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs

Advert for Research Fellow post including remote and AUV-based sensing of ocean dynamics to understand impacts of floating offshore wind on fronts and other key ecosystem drivers. It shows an AUV and underwater plankton imaging and other sensors.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · May 18

this one hits different with american academia in 2025 :/

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Sep 19

who did this

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BioEcoOcean @bioecoocean.bsky.social · Apr 14

🌍📡 Workshop: Advancing Remote Sensing for Macroalgae & Seagrass Ecosystems - From Sentinel-2 Data to Global Impact 🗓️ April 17 | 13:00–15:00 CEST Organized by #AirCentre under the #BioEcoOcean project.
Join experts exploring the future of #RemoteSensing!
🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Workshop on Advancing Remote Sensing for Macroalgae and Seagrass Ecosystems: From Sentinel-2 Data to Global Impact. After registering, you will receive a c...

April,17th, 2025 13:00-15:00 CEST This workshop, organized under the EU Horizon-funded project BioEcoOcean (https://bioecoocean.org/), will bring together experts and researchers to explore the lates...

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Apr 11

New paper!

Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should.

This is the *first* paper in the peer reviewed scientific literature to explain how Bluesky works and how to use it for #SciComm 🧪🦑🐠

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Social media for fisheries science and management professionals: How to use Bluesky and Instagram, and why you should

ABSTRACT. Social media tools have revolutionized how people communicate with one another. A 2018 paper in Fisheries summarized the use of Twitter, Facebook

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Mar 14

Rude of you to want to know exactly where a map is in relation to things and/or stuff

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Mar 14

a close up of a red parrot with a yellow beak looking at the camera

ALT: a close up of a red parrot with a yellow beak looking at the camera

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Dorota Kolbuk @dotklobuk.bsky.social · Mar 10

Are you a marine ecologist specializing in MPAs or marine policy + looking for a #postdoc? Well, look no further: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/323875

#jobfairy #mpalife #marineecology #marinebiodiversity

UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Applications are invited for a temporary post of a UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 - Marine ecology to underpin designation of Marine Protected Areaswithin UCD School of Biology and Environm...

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Mar 3

I recently was at the #Biospace25 conference at @esa.int in Frascatti, Italy where i presented my work about mapping Intertidal Seagrass across the whole of Europe! But don’t worry if you missed it, you can watch the talk here (at around 1:56:00): m.youtube.com/watch?v=naCR...

BioSpace25 Day 3 Magellan

YouTube video by EO Open Science

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Feb 13

Counting Walruses from space? #BIOSPACE25 @esa.int using commercially available Very High resolution satellite data with citizen science and validation with in situ drone data

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Feb 13

Genetics from space?? #BIOSPACE25 @esa.int Genetics, of course, not possible to be sampled from Satellite observations 🛰️ but habitats can be defined and mapped

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Feb 13

Now moving into the open ocean for modelling but considering local structure #BIOSPACE25 @esa.int work from the same lab (MARBEC @umontpellier.bsky.social) using image Convulutional neural networks to model fish 🐟 distributions

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Feb 13

Now we move onto Habitat Suitability and Species Distribution Modelling #BIOSPACE25 @esa.int here work at MARBEC lab using Neural Network transfer learning to predict abundance of Fish Species

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Feb 13

How depressing: 250 companies causing 73% of Ecosystem Damage globally #BIOSPACE25 @esa.int

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Dr. Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies @bedeffinian.bsky.social · Feb 13

Todays keynotes discussing Earth Observation for sustainability #BIOSPACE25 @esa.int Nature Positive and Economics of Conservation

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