Workshop on Modelling the Dispersal of Alien Species

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Welcome

• Workshop on Modelling the Dispersal of (Alien)
  Species

Richard Wadsworth CEH Monks Wood
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Original Objectives

• Who is exploiting e-Science to model dispersal?
• What can we learn from their experiences?
• What can we borrow from other areas of research?
• What are the opportunities for using e-Science to
  simulate dispersal (and the management) of
  invasive species?

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New Objectives

• What are the generic problems with modelling
  dispersal?
• What does e-science and the GRID actually offer?
• How can we exploit e-science help us?

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Outputs

• Reasons why take up of e-science has been slow
  (compared to say climate modellers)
• Ideas for exploiting e-science (opportunities and
  collaborations)

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Structure of today

• Why invasive species?
• What are the generic problems?
• Who are we?
• Modelling case studies
• What is e-science?
• Examples of e-science