EFI 2025: Introduction to Gaussian Process Modeling of time dependent ecological data in R
Workshop Description
This workshop will introduce Gaussian Process (GP) modeling for forecasting time dependent ecological data and demonstrate applications to tick abundance in the NEON Forecasting Challenge. The workshop is part of the 2025 Ecological Forecasting Initiative Conference being hosted by the VT Center for Ecosystem Forecasting at Virginia Tech. The workshop is designed as a guided workshop combining a short lecture together with a hands-on component taking approximately 1.25 hrs.
Workshop Team
Preparation
Workshop participants should download and install the following R packages from cran: