Program / Schedule, Working materials

📚 Module 0: download download the preparatory materials

Schedule & Course Material 2026

as soon as we have the timetable set up we will post it here

Schedule & Course Material 2025

DatesModuleInstructor(s)
August 18download Introduction to the course. Computers, programming and R recapA. Kocsis
August 19download Community diversityW. Kiessling, A. Kocsis
August 20download Fossil record databases & biases, Sampling standardizationW. Kiessling, A. Kocsis
August 21download Counting-based Diversity dynamics (PM)W. Kiessling, A. Kocsis
August 22download Paleogeographic reconstructions and bioregionalizationA. KocsisE. Dowding
August 23-24– BREAK –😀 RELAX 😀
August 25-26download Spatial sampling standardization Niche and species distribution modelingB. Shipley
August 27-28download Bayesian PhylogeneticsJ. Barido-SottaniL. MulveyR. WarnockR. Wu
August 29-30download MorphometricsR. Felice
August 31– BREAK –😀 RELAX 😀
September 1-2download CMRL.H. Liow
September 3download LayeranalyzerL.H. Liow
September 4-5download Pyrate, AI methods to reconstruct diversityD. Silvestro

Schedule & Course Material 2024

Dates Module Instructor(s)
August 5 download Toolset A. Kocsis
August 6-8 download Basic paleodiversity analyses W. KiesslingE. DunneA. Kocsis
August 9 download Disparity & traitspace T. GuillermeE. Dunne
August 10 download Phylogenetic comparative methods T. GuillermeE. Dunne
August 11-12 – BREAK – 😀 RELAX 😀
August 13-14 download Bayesian Phylogenetics R. WarnockL. Mulvey
August 15-16 download CMR methods L.H. Liow
August 17 download Time series analyses L.H. Liow
August 18 – BREAK – 😀 RELAX 😀
August 19-20 download PyRate and AI-based diversity D. Silvestro
August 21 download Paleogeography A. KocsisE. Dowding
August 22-23 download Spatial Subsampling and Niche modeling E. Saupe

Schedule & Course Material 2023

Dates Module Instructor(s)
August 21-22 download  1. Toolset A. KocsisE. Dunne
August 23-25 download  2. Basic paleodiversity analyses W. KiesslingE. DunneA. Kocsis
August 26 – BREAK – 😀 RELAX 😀
August 27-28 download 3. Phylogenetic approaches R. Warnock
August 29-30 download 4. PyRate and AI-based diversity D. Silvestro
Aug 31 – Sept 1 download 5. CMR methods / download 6. Paleogeography I. Smith (L.H. Liow*), E. Dowding
September 2-3 – BREAK – 😀 RELAX 😀
September 4 download 6. Paleogeography A. Kocsis
September 5-6 download   7. Niche modelling T. Smith (E. Saupe*)
September 7-8 download 8. Geometric morphometrics R. Felice

Schedule & Course Material 2022

Dates Module Instructor(s)
August 22-23 download  1. Toolset A. KocsisN. Raja
August 24-25 download  2. Paleodiversity analyses W. KiesslingE. Dunne
August 26-27 download  3. Geometric Morphometrics M. Weinkauf
August 28 – BREAK – 😀 RELAX 😀
August 29 download  4. GIS Basics in R A. Kocsis
August 30-31 download  5. Global diversity dynamics E. DunneA. KocsisC. Reddin
September 1-2 download  6. Capture-Mark-Recapture methods L. H. Liow
September 3-4 – BREAK – 😀 RELAX 😀
September 5-7 download  7. Phylogenetics R. Warnock
September 8-9 download  8. Niche modelling E. Saupe

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