Théo Michelot
theomichelot.bsky.social
Théo Michelot
@theomichelot.bsky.social
Assistant professor of statistics at Dalhousie University. Stochastic processes and applications in ecology. https://theomichelot.github.io/
We have a preprint about modelling three-dimensional movement tracks, led by @njklappstein.bsky.social.

The model takes the form of a step selection function and, just like in 2D, it can include directional persistence, attraction to targets, and habitat selection.

doi.org/10.1101/2025...
December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
moveHMM version 1.0 turns 10 today 🎉 Such a fun 10 years; exchanging with folks who use the package (and its extensions) has been one of the best parts of my job!
October 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Updated vignette on Bayesian inference for hidden Markov models with hmmTMB: specifying priors, extracting posterior samples, visualising posterior uncertainty for estimated distributions and covariate-parameter relationships, etc.

Based on Stan, so it's pretty fast too!

github.com/TheoMichelot...
December 9, 2024 at 6:31 PM