KimGS - BIOS²

Calcul Québec Spring School in High Performance Computing – French

Posted by KimGSon 7 February 202023 February 2022in Training events

Registrations are now open for the Calcul Québec Spring School in High Performance Computing!

May 11-15, 2020 at Orford Musique
All levels
Please note that classes are mostly given in French.

The Calcul Québec Spring School in high-performance computing (HPC) allows graduate students, post-docs, researchers and professionals to learn how to make effective use of high-performance computing resources while at the same time benefiting from privileged access to Calcul Québec analysts for an entire week.

Working Group in Biodiversity Synthesis: Call for Application

Posted by KimGSon 5 February 20207 July 2022in Opportunities, Working groups

CIEE and BIOS² are co-sponsoring a data-driven working group in biodiversity synthesis. We invite graduate students from CIEE Member Universities and BIOS² Universities to submit an application for a one week working group at UBC May 4-8, 2020. Applications due: March 6, 2020.

The objective of this activity is to provide graduate students the opportunity to get experience in team projects oriented toward biodiversity synthesis and data analysis. Providing students a stimulating training environment is central to the activity. Working groups consist of a small group of researchers who meet in person in a single location, and work intensively and collaboratively on a research question, using best practices in team science and digital collaboration.

The time I talked about data bias at the BES annual meeting – Gracielle Higino

Posted by KimGSon 5 February 202023 February 2022in Blog, Scientific communication

For someone who started the year of 2019 not quite believing in my own research, being in an international conference in December showcasing my latest results and making people intrigued by what I’ve found was a huge leap.

From December 10th-13th I was in the BES Annual Meeting in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the first morning was a landmark in my career. It was the first time I was in an international conference, and the first time I had the chance to make an oral presentation about my research. Giving that the days before the meeting I was extremely stressed about not having the results I wanted, the first thing I learned was that, in science, every bit of result counts.

Training session: Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution

Posted by KimGSon 5 December 201923 February 2022in Training Session

BIOS² presents a training session about:

Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution with Mathematica and Maxima.

This online training will be led by Dr. Sarah P. Otto (UBC) and held in two parts : January 14 and January 16, 2020, from 10 to 12:30 PST / 1 to 3:30 EST.

This workshop will introduce participants to the logic behind modeling in biology, focusing on developing equations, finding equilibria, analyzing stability , and running simulations. Techniques will be illustrated with the software tools, Mathematica and Maxima.

Call for proposals : BIOS² – CIEE synthesis group

Posted by KimGSon 28 November 20194 October 2021in Opportunities

Applications due: January 8, 2020.

We invite experienced biodiversity researchers from both academic (universities) and non-academic organizations (e.g. government departments, non-profit organizations, Indigenous organizations, community groups, industry) to submit proposals for a one week working group focused on a question in biodiversity science.

Training session : Intellectual property and open science

Posted by KimGSon 25 November 20194 October 2021in Training Session

BIOS² presents a training session about:

Intellectual property issues in the context of open and collaborative science

To be held on December 13, 2019, from 1 to 4 PM (local time) at UQAM, Montreal, Room SH-2540 (Sherbrooke Hall).

The training session will be led by Eve-Lyne Comtois-Dinel, a research scientist and PhD candidate in sociology at UQAM, affiliated with TÉLUQ. Eve-Lyne is also research professional at CIRANO.