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Biosecurity Commons written support material

A variety of written material describing the fundamentals of the workflows available on Biosecurity Commons as well as guides to navigating the platform.

Includes: Risk Mapping, Dispersal Modelling, Surveillance Design, Impact Analysis and Proof of Freedom.

Keywords: Biosecurity Commons, Biosecurity, risk mapping, Species Distribution Modelling, dispersal modelling, surveillance design, impact analysis, proof of freedom

Biosecurity Commons written support material https://dresa.org.au/materials/biosecurity-commons-written-support-material A variety of written material describing the fundamentals of the workflows available on Biosecurity Commons as well as guides to navigating the platform. Includes: Risk Mapping, Dispersal Modelling, Surveillance Design, Impact Analysis and Proof of Freedom. https://www.biosecuritycommons.org.au/contact-us/ Biosecurity Commons, Biosecurity, risk mapping, Species Distribution Modelling, dispersal modelling, surveillance design, impact analysis, proof of freedom professional support ugrad masters mbr phd
EcoCommons written support material, species distribution models explained and platform guides

These written descriptions on how to use the EcoCommons platform, the descriptions of the variety of species distribution models (SDM) available and the how to design and run and SDM have proven very popular with students whose instructors are using EcoCommons to teach basic SDM. They also...

Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons

EcoCommons written support material, species distribution models explained and platform guides https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-written-support-material-species-distribution-models-explained-and-platform-guides These written descriptions on how to use the EcoCommons platform, the descriptions of the variety of species distribution models (SDM) available and the how to design and run and SDM have proven very popular with students whose instructors are using EcoCommons to teach basic SDM. They also provide useful references for anyone using the platform. https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/ Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons ugrad masters mbr phd
EcoCommons & Open EcoAcoustics SDM use case

  1. Examples of code and the associated text summaries describe how open ecoacoustics https://openecoacoustics.org/ data can generate better SDM predictions. By using long-term monitoring data from https://acousticobservatory.org/ which allows analysts to infer absence locations, which does a much...

Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecoacoustics, Ecology, Owls, Mapping uncertainty

EcoCommons & Open EcoAcoustics SDM use case https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-open-ecoacoustics-sdm-use-case 1. Examples of code and the associated text summaries describe how open ecoacoustics https://openecoacoustics.org/ data can generate better SDM predictions. By using long-term monitoring data from https://acousticobservatory.org/ which allows analysts to infer absence locations, which does a much better job at predicting distributions than presence only methods, and which facilitate use of call frequency as a response variable rather than presence absence. The code and data used to generate these examples: https://github.com/andrew-1234/sdm-usecase-master 2. Shows one way to overlay areas with the least geographically and environmentally representative sampling in addition to the predicted probability of occurrence generated by an SDM. This shows how to spatially represent areas where additional acoustic sampling would increase representative sampling most. The code used in this example: https://github.com/EcoCommons-Australia/educational_material/tree/main/SDMs_in_R/Scripts/adding_uncertainty_to_the_map https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/ Species Distribution Modelling, Ecoacoustics, Ecology, Owls, Mapping uncertainty ugrad masters mbr phd
EcoCommons Marine use case

This is a toy example with many of the steps required for a robust example not included. This does show how to pull together marine data from IMOS / AODN and summarise those environmental predictors and occurrence data by month. Then we show how you can pull together one model with predictors...

Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, SDM temporal predictions, Ecology, Marine seasonal distributions, R statistical software

EcoCommons Marine use case https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-marine-use-case This is a toy example with many of the steps required for a robust example not included. This does show how to pull together marine data from IMOS / AODN and summarise those environmental predictors and occurrence data by month. Then we show how you can pull together one model with predictors that are both temporally (monthly) and spatially (Australian waters) explicit. Again, a robust example would need calibration and validation steps, but this example does show how SDMs can be developed across time. The data and code needed to run these examples is here: https://github.com/EcoCommons-Australia/educational_material/tree/main/Marine_use_case https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/ Species Distribution Modelling, SDM temporal predictions, Ecology, Marine seasonal distributions, R statistical software ugrad masters mbr phd ecr
Species Distribution Modelling in R

This set of scripts and videos provide an introduction to running SDMs in R and include some steps to consider that go beyond what's available in the EcoCommons SDM point-and-click tools.

Five videos include: 1. An introduction to SDM in R, 2. occurrence data, 3. environmental data, 4. fitting...

Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, R software, EcoCommons

Species Distribution Modelling in R https://dresa.org.au/materials/species-distribution-modelling-in-r This set of scripts and videos provide an introduction to running SDMs in R and include some steps to consider that go beyond what's available in the EcoCommons SDM point-and-click tools. Five videos include: 1. An introduction to SDM in R, 2. occurrence data, 3. environmental data, 4. fitting your model, 5. model evaluation Scripts and files are available here: https://github.com/EcoCommons-Australia/educational_material/tree/main/SDMs_in_R/Scripts Scripts for all four modules are here: https://www.ecocommons.org.au/wp-content/uploads/EcoCommons_steps_1_to_4.html https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/ Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, R software, EcoCommons ugrad mbr phd
Get started with R: an introduction for beginners

These two videos walk through the "R for Ecologists" module offered by the Data Carpentries https://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/

The first video: Manipulating Data covers:
Opening R, setting your working directory, reading and downloading csv files, selecting and filtering data, using...

Keywords: Beginner R coding, The Carpentries, R studio, Beginer ecological modelling

Resource type: video, lesson

Get started with R: an introduction for beginners https://dresa.org.au/materials/get-started-with-r-an-introduction-for-beginners These two videos walk through the "R for Ecologists" module offered by the Data Carpentries https://datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/ The first video: Manipulating Data covers: Opening R, setting your working directory, reading and downloading csv files, selecting and filtering data, using pipeline operators, creating new columns based on existing ones, and summarising data The second video: Visualising data with ggplot2 covers: A recap of module 1 and getting started with ggplot2 to create plots and a variety of data visualisations Links to the R scripts are provided https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/ Beginner R coding, The Carpentries, R studio, Beginer ecological modelling ugrad mbr phd
Discovering Species Distribution Modelling with BCCVL

A set of 10 videos that provide an excellent introduction to species distribution modelling. These modules include: 1. Introduction to SDM, 2. Ecological theory of SDM, 3. Data for SDMs, 4. Design an SDM, 5. Presence only models, 6. Statistical models, 7. Machine learning models, 8. Model...

Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons, Beginer ecological modelling, Climate projections

Discovering Species Distribution Modelling with BCCVL https://dresa.org.au/materials/discovering-species-distribution-modelling-with-bccvl A set of 10 videos that provide an excellent introduction to species distribution modelling. These modules include: 1. Introduction to SDM, 2. Ecological theory of SDM, 3. Data for SDMs, 4. Design an SDM, 5. Presence only models, 6. Statistical models, 7. Machine learning models, 8. Model evaluation, 9. SDMs and climate change projections, 10. Case studies in BCCVL https://www.ecocommons.org.au/contact/ Species Distribution Modelling, Ecology, EcoCommons, Beginer ecological modelling, Climate projections ugrad mbr
EcoCommons Modelling Made Easy

These ten videos walk users through some of the point-and-click functionality available on the EcoCommons platform including: 1. Navigating the EcoCommons platform, 2. Exploring environmental and climate grids available on the platform, 3. Importing your own data, 4. How to run a Species...

Keywords: Species Distribution Modelling, Climate projections , EcoCommons, Ecology

Resource type: video

EcoCommons Modelling Made Easy https://dresa.org.au/materials/ecocommons-modelling-made-easy These ten videos walk users through some of the point-and-click functionality available on the EcoCommons platform including: 1. Navigating the EcoCommons platform, 2. Exploring environmental and climate grids available on the platform, 3. Importing your own data, 4. How to run a Species Distribution Model (SDM), 5. Predicting how distributions will change under climate change, 6. Running simple (averaged) ensemble models of SDMs, 7. An introduction to toy species trait problems that highlight how variation in species traits can be predicted spatially, 8. An introduction to Biosecurity Risk Mapping, 9. How to run SDMs for multiple species, 10. A multiple species SDM use case support@ecocommons.org.au Species Distribution Modelling, Climate projections , EcoCommons, Ecology ugrad mbr phd
Managing Data using Acacia @ Pawsey

Acacia is Pawsey's "warm tier" or project storage. This object store is fully integrated with Setonix, Pawsey's main supercomputer, enabling fast transfer of data for project use.

These short videos introduce this high-speed object storage for hosting research data online.

Acacia is named...

Keywords: data, data skills, Acacia, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, object storage, File systems

Managing Data using Acacia @ Pawsey https://dresa.org.au/materials/managing-data-using-acacia-pawsey Acacia is Pawsey's "warm tier" or project storage. This object store is fully integrated with Setonix, Pawsey's main supercomputer, enabling fast transfer of data for project use. These short videos introduce this high-speed object storage for hosting research data online. Acacia is named after Australia’s national floral emblem the Golden Wattle – Acacia pycnantha. training@pawsey.org.au data, data skills, Acacia, Pawsey Supercomputing Centre, object storage, File systems ugrad masters phd ecr researcher support professional
PCon Preparing applications for El Capitan and beyond

As Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) prepares to stand up its next supercomputer, El Capitan, application teams prepare to pivot to another GPU architecture.

This talk presents how the LLNL application teams made the transition from distributed-memory, CPU-only architectures to...

Keywords: GPUs, supercomputing, HPC, PaCER

PCon Preparing applications for El Capitan and beyond https://dresa.org.au/materials/pcon-preparing-applications-for-el-capitan-and-beyond As Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) prepares to stand up its next supercomputer, El Capitan, application teams prepare to pivot to another GPU architecture. This talk presents how the LLNL application teams made the transition from distributed-memory, CPU-only architectures to GPUs. They share institutional best practices. They discuss new open-source software products as tools for porting and profiling applications and as avenues for collaboration across the computational science community. Join LLNL's Erik Draeger and Jane Herriman, who presented this talk at Pawsey's PaCER Conference in September 2023. training@pawsey.org.au Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre GPUs, supercomputing, HPC, PaCER masters phd researcher ecr support professional ugrad
Introduction to Unix

A hands-on workshop covering the basics of the Unix command line interface.

Knowledge of the Unix operating system is fundamental to the use of many popular bioinformatics command-line tools. Whether you choose to run your analyses locally or on a high-performance computing system, knowing...

Keywords: Unix, Command line, Command-line, CLI

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to Unix https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-unix A hands-on workshop covering the basics of the Unix command line interface. Knowledge of the Unix operating system is fundamental to the use of many popular bioinformatics command-line tools. Whether you choose to run your analyses locally or on a high-performance computing system, knowing your way around a command-line interface is highly valuable. This workshop will introduce you to Unix concepts by way of a series of hands-on exercises. This workshop is designed for participants with little or no command-line knowledge. Tools: Standard Unix commands, FileZilla Topic overview: Section 1: Getting started Section 2: Exploring your current directory Section 3: Making and changing directories Section 4: Viewing and manipulating files Section 5: Removing files and directories Section 6: Searching files Section 7: Putting it all together Section 8: Transferring files Tutorial instructions available here: https://www.melbournebioinformatics.org.au/tutorials/tutorials/unix/unix/ For queries relating to this workshop, contact Melbourne Bioinformatics (bioinformatics-training@unimelb.edu.au). Find out when we are next running this training as an in-person workshop, by visiting the Melbourne Bioinformaitcs Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/melbourne-bioinformatics-13058846490 For queries relating to this workshop, contact Melbourne Bioinformatics (bioinformatics-training@unimelb.edu.au). Unix, Command line, Command-line, CLI ugrad masters mbr phd ecr researcher support professional
The Living Book of Digital Skills

The Living Book of Digital Skills (You never knew you needed until now) is a living, open source online guide to 'modern not-quite-technical computer skills' for researchers and the broader academic community.

A collaboration between Australia's Academic Research Network (AARNet) and the...

Keywords: digital skills, digital dexterity, community, open source

Resource type: guide

The Living Book of Digital Skills https://dresa.org.au/materials/the-living-book-of-digital-skills *The Living Book of Digital Skills (You never knew you needed until now)* is a living, open source online guide to 'modern not-quite-technical computer skills' for researchers and the broader academic community. A collaboration between Australia's Academic Research Network (AARNet) and the Council of Australian Librarians (CAUL), this book is the creation of the CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions and their communities. **Contributing to the Digital Skills GitBook** The Digital Skills GitBook is an open source project and like many projects on GitHub we welcome your contributions. If you have knowledge or expertise on one of our [requested topics](https://aarnet.gitbook.io/digital-skills-gitbook-1/requested-articles), we would love you to write an article for the book. Please let us know what you'd like to write about via our [contributor form](https://github.com/AARNet/Digital-Skills-GitBook/issues/new?assignees=sarasrking&labels=contributors&template=contributor-form.yml&title=Contributor+form%3A+). There are other ways to contribute too. For example, you might: * have a great idea for a new topic to be included in one of our chapters (make a new page) * notice some information that’s out-of-date or that could be explained better (edit a page) * come across something in the GitBook that’s not working as it should be (submit an issue) Sara King - sara.king@aarnet.edu.au Sara King Miah de Francesch Emma Chapman Katie Mills Ruth Cameron digital skills, digital dexterity, community, open source ugrad masters mbr phd ecr researcher support
Use the Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester (web app version)

This video shows how you can use the web app version of the Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester to download large quantities of digitised newspaper articles from Trove. Just give it a search from the Trove web interface, and the harvester will...

Keywords: Trove, newspapers, GLAM Workbench, HASS, Trove Newspaper and Gazette Harvester

Resource type: video

Use the Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester (web app version) https://dresa.org.au/materials/use-the-trove-newspaper-gazette-harvester-web-app-version-to-download-large-quantities-of-digitised-articles This video shows how you can use the web app version of the [Trove Newspaper & Gazette Harvester](https://glam-workbench.net/trove-harvester/) to download large quantities of digitised newspaper articles from Trove. Just give it a search from the Trove web interface, and the harvester will save the metadata of all the articles from the search results in a CSV (spreadsheet) file for further analysis. You can also save the full text of every article, as well as copies of the articles as JPG images, and even PDFs. The GLAM Workbench is a collection of tools, examples, tutorials, and apps that help you make use of collection data from GLAM organisations (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums). See: [https://glam-workbench.net/](https://glam-workbench.net/) Tim Sherratt (tim@timsherratt.org and @wragge on Twitter) Trove, newspapers, GLAM Workbench, HASS, Trove Newspaper and Gazette Harvester ugrad masters phd ecr researcher support
Use QueryPic to visualise searches in Trove's digitised newspapers (part 2)

This video shows how you can construct and visualise more complex searches for digitised newspaper articles in Trove using QueryPic (see part 1 for the basics). This includes limiting the date range of your query, and changing the time...

Keywords: Trove, GLAM Workbench, visualisation, newspapers, HASS

Resource type: video

Use QueryPic to visualise searches in Trove's digitised newspapers (part 2) https://dresa.org.au/materials/use-querypic-to-visualise-searches-in-trove-s-digitised-newspapers-part-2 This video shows how you can construct and visualise more complex searches for digitised newspaper articles in Trove using [QueryPic](https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/#querypic) (see part 1 for the basics). This includes limiting the date range of your query, and changing the time scale to zoom in and out of your search results. The GLAM Workbench is a collection of tools, examples, tutorials, and apps that help you make use of collection data from GLAM organisations (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums). See: https://glam-workbench.net/ Tim Sherratt (tim@timsherratt.org and @wragge on Twitter) Trove, GLAM Workbench, visualisation, newspapers, HASS ugrad masters phd ecr researcher
Use QueryPic to visualise searches in Trove's digitised newspapers (part 1)

This video demonstrates how to use the GLAM Workbench to visualise searches for digitised newspaper articles in Trove. Using the latest version of QueryPic, we can explore the complete result set, showing how the number of matching articles...

Keywords: Trove, GLAM Workbench, visualisation, newspapers, HASS

Resource type: video

Use QueryPic to visualise searches in Trove's digitised newspapers (part 1) https://dresa.org.au/materials/use-querypic-to-visualise-searches-in-trove-s-digitised-newspapers-part-1 This video demonstrates how to use the GLAM Workbench to visualise searches for digitised newspaper articles in Trove. Using the latest version of [QueryPic](https://glam-workbench.net/trove-newspapers/#querypic), we can explore the complete result set, showing how the number of matching articles changes over time. We can even compare queries to visualise changes in language or technology. It's a great way to start exploring the possibilities of GLAM data. The GLAM Workbench is a collection of tools, examples, tutorials, and apps that help you make use of collection data from GLAM organisations (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums). See: https://glam-workbench.net/ Tim Sherratt (tim@timsherratt.org & @wragge on Twitter) Trove, GLAM Workbench, visualisation, newspapers, HASS ugrad masters ecr researcher