Analyzing ecological network data

The objective of this five-day course is to train young researchers in analyzing ecological network data.

The CESAB – Centre for Biodiversity Synthesis and Analysis – and the ANR EcoNet are organizing the first edition of the workshop “Analyzing ecological network data”. The objective of this five-day course is to train young researchers in analyzing ecological network data. The course covers a general introduction to networks, classical metrics (including modularity, nesteness, clustering), null models, generative models (including SBM), multilayer networks, as well as an overview of newer techniques (such as embedding). Each topic is explored through lectures followed by practicals.

The training course, in English, and takes place in spring at the CESAB in Montpellier. The price is 250 € for the week, including lunches. Travel, accommodation and evening meals are at the expense of the participants.

Pre-registrations are now open for the 2025 edition

A good knowledge of R software is required

List of organizers (by alphabetical order):

Pierre BARBILLON(AgroParisTech, INRAE, MIA Paris Saclay)
Julien CHIQUET (INRAE, MIA Paris Saclay)
Sophie DONNET (INRAE, MIA Paris Saclay)
Colin FONTAINE (CNRS, MNHN, CESCO, Paris)
Sonia KEFI (CNRS, ISEM, Montpellier)
François MASSOL (CNRS, CIIL, Lille)
Catherine MATIAS (CNRS, , Paris)
Sarah OUADAH (AgroParisTech MIA Paris Saclay)
Stéphane ROBIN (Sorbonne Université, Paris)
Elisa THEBAULT (CNRS, IEES, Paris)

USEFUL INFORMATION

This workshop takes place in spring

• Pre-registration

winter

CESAB – FRB

5, rue de l’École de médecine

34000 Montpellier

Contact

Camille COUX

Fiche – Mail

This is an example. The programme may change slightly from year to year.

Introduction (Graphs, what’s a network in ecology?).

Advanced metrics and null models (e.g. modularity, nestedness, robustness, clustering).

Stochastic Block Models.

Multilayer networks.

co-organizer