Michael Spence

New paper🎉🎉 We introduce FInCH, a new continuous-time method for inference on individual animal movement. FInCH is scale-invariant, models behavioural changes between observation times, and allows for inference in either a Bayesian or frequentist setting. 🐾

Head over to the Methods Blog to read the story behind our new research article 'Avoiding confusion: Modelling image identification surveys with classification errors' 👇 buff.ly/4gnlrFf

When AI classifies an object, is it correct? It depends on the accuracy of your algorithm and the prevelance of the object. Interestingly (well to me), we demonstrate there is some information about the accuracy of an algorithm without a confusion matrix besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

@LowestoftTownCC Love it!!

A Presentation Night dance, @MASpence86 style!!

@CefasGovUK Great talk Michael!

Head over to Session F at #ICESASC24 for Cefas’ Michael Thomson’s presentation! 🌊 Learn how seal predation can be included in multispecies models to enhance Ecosystems-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in the North Sea. #CefasScience

Legend!! #ICESASC24

@PyHernvann This'd never happen at WGSAM

First performance of the day Day 1: already tire of myself #ICESASC2024

@sdnjohnson @ICES_ASC Blim is also calculated by ICES on a stock by stock basis. For category 1 stocks, which we look at, ICES determine Blim by looking at the SRR in the assessment and deciding which of 6 types each stock. They have rules for each of the 6 types. See ices-library.figshare.com/articles/repor…

@MASpence86 @ICES_ASC Right, so there’s your objective, but what’s Blim? Is it 40% of SS Bmsy? Maybe that’s the wrong objective

As changing stock sizes will cause changes to predator prey dynamics we ask: Can we simultaneously adopt the precautionary approach for multiple stocks in the North Sea? I'll be presenting this next Monday at @ICES_ASC sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@sdnjohnson @ICES_ASC ICES define the precautionary approach by looking at the long-term SSB. If the probability that the long-term SSB of an individual stock is below its Blim is less than 0.05 then the precautionary approach is being followed.

@MASpence86 @ICES_ASC My guess is: yes! But you need to be clear about objectives

@luke_3llis @AnglianCom @LowestoftAnd Sorry pal, we have found an opponent now

@MASpence86 @AnglianCom @LowestoftAnd Hi Caxton reserved are mate we have just had a call off too please message me

Due to the opposition calling off Normanston Magpies of @LowestoftAnd are looking for a team to play a friendly with this Saturday, 1pm kick off at Barnards meadow. Pitch and ref are booked @AnglianCom

@MolluscMatt 😬😬😬

Checking in here from the pregame of Bugmans Belter - where our three teams are hoping to not get last! I'll be playing the Fadøl Flaskers, and joined by the Feta Chasers and the Butterdale Crumpetiers. Stay tuned for pitchside reports!

A new 3.5-year PhD opportunity on Generalised Additive Models (GAMs) for energy modeling in Bristol @BristolUniMaths deadline for application is 31st Jan, for details see: findaphd.com/phds/project/s…

Very happy to announce that I have received a 3-year ECR @FormasForsk grant to continue our work on the age structure of exploited fish stocks @_SLU @SLU_aqua. The grant builds directly on our ABImsy work recently published in @FishFishJournal - doi.org/10.1111/faf.12… 🐟🎣💻

Make sure to sign up to the RSC if you're a probability/statistics/machine learning PGR! It's gonna be a great conference!

@FergusJChadwick Could🚶‍♂️

Group photo at #NCSE2023!

@Reader1981 Good luck pal 👊

I think it’s time to go again 😁

@ByronHouseFC Nice! Well done lads!

Time to update the bio Champions 2023