NICDS Workshop Statistical Methods for Geographic and Spatial Data in the Management of Natural Resources

March 3-5, 2010

Program

 

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

08:00 - 08:40
Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)

Session 1
Meeting room : 6214

08:40 - 09:40
James V. Zidek
(University of British Columbia)
Combining physical and statistical models to predict environmental processes
Abstract

Diapos / Slides

09:40 - 09:50
Coffee break
Room 6245

Session 2
Organizer(s) : Anne-Catherine Favre
Meeting room : 6214

09:50 - 10:20
Vincent Fortin
(Environment Canada)
Spatialisation des observations de précipitation en temps réel: les limites de l'interpolation optimale
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
10:20 - 10:50
Rémy Garçon
(EDF-DTG)
Homogénéité des populations et fiabilité des modèles probabilistes : comment améliorer les estimations des probabilités de pluies extrêmes en utilisant une classification selon le type de circulation atmosphérique
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
10:50 - 11:20
Nicolas Bousquet
(EDF Research and Development)
Bounding and estimating the probability of a flooding in water ressource management under high computational constraints
Abstract

Session 3
Meeting room : 6214

11:20 - 11:40
Julie Carreau
(INRIA Rhone-Alpes)
Spatial Kernel interpolation for annual rainfall maxima
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
11:40 - 12:00
Silvio Simoes
(UNESP - Sao Paulo State University)
Analysis of spatial variability of the regional precipitation using geostatistics
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
12:00 - 12:20
Alain Mailhot
(Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Integrating spatial consideration into design and risk management of hydraulic infrastructures: of course, but how?
Abstract

Diapos / Slides

12:20 - 13:40
Lunch break

Session 4
Organizer(s) : Anne-Catherine Favre
Meeting room : 6214

13:40 - 14:10
Dominique Tapsoba
(Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ))
Quelques applications opérationnelles de la géostatistique à Hydro-Québec
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
14:10 - 14:40
James Merleau
(Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec)
Model selection in spatial statistics
Abstract
14:40 - 15:10
Mériem Saïd
(Université Laval)
Les simulations climatiques des écoulements par le Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat (MRCC): incertitudes en général et problèmes spatiaux en particulier
Abstract

Session 5
Meeting room : 6214

15:10 - 15:30
Thomas-Charles Fortier-Filion
(Centre d’expertise hydrique du Québec)
Mise en place d'un modèle hydrologique conceptuel et global pour des bassins versants non jaugées du sud du Québec en utilisant le krigeage simple pour l'interpolation de coefficients de calage
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
15:30 - 15:50
William Weimin Yoo
(University of Waterloo)
Probabilistic Forecast of wind speed using Markov regime switching model
Abstract
15:50 - 16:10
Patrick Simard
(Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Wavelet-based codification between high and low-resolution imagery
Abstract

16:10 - 16:20
Coffee break
Room 6245

Session 6
Meeting room : 6214

16:20 - 17:20
Philippe Naveau
(CEA-Orme des Merisiers)
Applications of multivariate Extreme Value Theory to precipitation data analysis
Abstract

Diapos / Slides

 

Thursday, March 4, 2010

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room 6245

Session 7
Meeting room : 6214

09:00 - 09:55
Brian Klinkenberg
(University of British Columbia)
A garden of approaches to predicting species distributions
Abstract

09:55 - 10:05
Coffee break
Room 6245

Session 8
Organizer(s) : Dongmei Chen
Meeting room : 6214

10:05 - 10:35
Olaf Berke
(Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph)
Misclassification bias in geographic epidemiology
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
10:35 - 11:05
Patrick Leighton
(Université de Montréal)
Predicting the spatial spread of Lyme disease in Canada
Abstract
11:05 - 11:35
Robert Deardon
(University of Guelph)
Finite mixtures of individual-level models for infectious diseases
Abstract

Session 9
Meeting room : 6214

11:35 - 11:55
Zhijie Zhang
(Queen's University)
Spatio-temporal kernel density estimation for evaluating disease risk
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
11:55 - 12:15
Colin Robertson
(University of Victoria)
Review of methods of space-time disease surveillance in relation to contextual factors
Abstract
12:15 - 12:35
Jed Long
(University of Victoria)
Bayesian forecasting of ecological range expansion: the case of the mountain pine beetle
Abstract

Diapos / Slides

12:35 - 13:50
Lunch break

Session 10
Organizer(s) : Subhash R. Lele
Meeting room : 6214

13:50 - 14:20
Subhash R. Lele
(University of Alberta)
Resource selection studies: basic concepts and methods
Abstract

Diapos / Slides
14:20 - 14:50
Evelyn Merrill
(University of Alberta)
Wolf and industry influences on elf habitat effectiveness in the eastern canadian rockies
Abstract
14:50 - 15:20
Jonah L. Keim
(Matrix Solutions Inc.)
Relating resource selection by animals to physiological condition and human use intensity in Alberta’s oil sands
Abstract

15:20 - 15:30
Coffee break
Room 6245

Session 11
Meeting room : 6214

15:30 - 15:50
Marie-Josée Fortin
(University of Toronto)
Spatial graph theory to assess animal movement in fragmented landscapes
Abstract
15:50 - 16:10
Stephen Smith
(Bedford Institute of Oceanography)
Predicting spatial distributions of marine species: prelude to implementing ecosystem-based management
Abstract
16:10 - 16:30
Nicholas Gralewicz
(University of Victoria)
Fire occurrence prediction in Canada
Abstract

Diapos / Slides

16:30
Closing remarks, scientific sessions

 

Friday, March 5, 2010

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants
Room 6245


Meeting room : 6214

09:00 - 10:15
Discussion of funding opportunities; working groups
10:15 - 10:30
Coffee break
Room 6245
10:30 - 12:00
Discussion of funding opportunities; working groups