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Author

Giuliano Colosimo

Published

September 30, 2026

Modified

September 30, 2026

The course will begin on Friday, October 16, 2026, and runs for eight consecutive Fridays until December 4. The deadline for the final report will be published here during the course.
Day Time Location
Sessions Friday 11:00-13:00 To be announced
Mini-project pitches Friday, 04 December last 20 minutes of Session 8 To be announced
Final report submission TBD TBD TBD
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It is each student’s responsibility to periodically check this website to make sure they have the most up-to-date information about the course schedule and content. The deadline for the final report will be published on this website later during the course.

Session by session

Session Date Topic Materials
1 Fri 16 Oct Foundations: why animals move, tracking technologies Slides · Practical
2 Fri 23 Oct Spatial data in R: sf, terra, projections Slides · Practical
3 Fri 30 Oct From fixes to trajectories: cleaning, bursts, resampling Slides · Practical
4 Fri 06 Nov Quantifying movement: path descriptors, behaviour Slides · Practical
5 Fri 13 Nov Movement models: random walks and simulation Slides · Practical
6 Fri 20 Nov Home ranges: MCP, KDE, BBMM, AKDE Slides · Practical
7 Fri 27 Nov Habitat selection: RSF and SSF Slides · Practical
8 Fri 04 Dec Hidden Markov models, frontier, mini-project pitches Slides · Practical

No Italian national holiday falls on a class Friday this year, so there are no gaps in the schedule.

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