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DATE | 2016-09-26 |
FROM | Jon Tennant
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SUBJECT | Re: [Learn] Proposed Thesis
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From learn-bounces-at-nylxs.com Mon Sep 26 10:34:10 2016 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www.mrbrklyn.com (www.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7401E163E9B; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:34:10 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: learn-at-nylxs.com Delivered-To: learn-at-nylxs.com Received: by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6CF8B163E9B; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:34:08 -0400 (EDT) Resent-From: Ruben Safir Resent-Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:34:08 -0400 Resent-Message-ID: <20160926143408.GA8242-at-www.mrbrklyn.com> Resent-To: learn-at-nylxs.com X-Original-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from mail-io0-f180.google.com (mail-io0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13BF7161469 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:10:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-io0-f180.google.com with SMTP id e66so91536195iod.1 for ; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:10:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=dwvQgGUUjoaNvsGZLe+Ip+gAhbbMkyeRlhvVX3kfS04=; b=Lh1eDktnIRiPjKbF3ZiulQcDioiTGumfQJxKDM+yncvf2bxj6pIeZiCwR0DY8JyJjV 0JSRxlde5TZ/d6X1HWx7dZ8jPK/NS/9L5PEMOA9gXrMQadFxAgJHqY1dg37SVxdadRcF a9JGcNMczkhz+D64wE0v2MA+ghKUDozBNIRJr8C0OUWsN4Grvj9JyWipHFSMdyDbXl3v BDMOrCNt7jtu/SossvG8N0YVpq++nfb5HrQuNOpbb5ZXN5fndtkw1MQfDkZhr/rqYMmD 6fuN8mBv9VKmIgaQKn43oKGqY28xIIxgioPJp5baVbCLRxEmM55xIyUMBQjEGl0aR9l+ /cTw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=dwvQgGUUjoaNvsGZLe+Ip+gAhbbMkyeRlhvVX3kfS04=; b=bgh1Ta9Wfpq8pA/cELgAPauNNJZ2cFmyLmtAtChabwEcoqhVMPenUeEg2AHkYe6KCI dnA4xV1MCnuw2WyMXu3eCO9ux8V8OVqAvVnfzNB5wqJbAxGNVlrNe2P7VeeyZG/r6IDc vSZJebD3WvvCGeBbP5MoMyaBTwL+XUi9ZZj3fvJCi2QVER4LZeQ+PdqlhGOmLUQTr1zW 44O1hHxLNVgFiBihdZUTUEDlZD4JUou2y/SpU1AIOcZnbHqtQbKzIc3yvhM7C6Bki34T b5ZBaWGSvlt0CNb138NRpQHV3p+t1h5kmXDmXiar9htziy0KEfsXhgohEGUoB+yl+THU FVNg== X-Gm-Message-State: AA6/9Rkp9+DIoZSTe1SRhAex+s2+aM7ozP8P0m1WdOKcii2aynNH2a8KJtttlSacEnOxY1i1f1WcZMYh8yOtVQ== X-Received: by 10.107.39.76 with SMTP id n73mr22356719ion.180.1474895030375; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:03:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.158.198 with HTTP; Mon, 26 Sep 2016 06:03:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160926130028.GA6913-at-www.mrbrklyn.com> References: <20160926130028.GA6913-at-www.mrbrklyn.com> From: Jon Tennant Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:03:49 +0100 Message-ID: To: Ruben Safir X-UID: 29799 Subject: Re: [Learn] Proposed Thesis X-BeenThere: learn-at-nylxs.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1757783483==" Errors-To: learn-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Learn"
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I think they did it using the R programming language - do you know of it? I don't think scanning fossils in like you describe is possible, yet!
Jon
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 01:15:12PM +0100, Jon Tennant wrote: > > Hey Ruben, > > > > Thanks for getting in touch! So the original article is here: > > http://www.nature.com/articles/srep20252 > > > > I don't know exactly how they drew this, but there's an R package called > > geoscale that does this temporal calibration of cladograms quite nicely. > In > > terms of building the actual tree, you can use software like TNT and then > > read the outputs into R, which is pretty difficult at times but a really > > useful skill. > > > > I hope that helps a bit! :) > > > > the data is entered by hand? Is it possible to scan a fosil into a file > and get a summary of attributes that can be used for evaluating the > relationship between species? > > > > Jon > > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Ruben Safir > wrote: > > > > > Jon > > > > > > Good morning. As I was writing on facebook, we have been given a go > > > ahead to do a masters thesis on machine learning on fossils to build > > > cladiagraphs. I have some rudimentary understanding of the topic, but > > > not much in terms of detail or understanding how paleontologist build > > > such diagrams mapping proposed evolutionary relationships today. > > > > > > I've been pointed to the basic text Inferring Phylogenies by Joe > > > Felsenstein which I ordered. > > > > > > I'm interested in the methodology you use, especially with the T-Rex > > > article you did here: > > > > > > http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016/02/17/the- > evolution-of-tyrannosaurs/ > > > > > > I expect to publish all our work at http://www.nylxs.com/thesis/ > > > > > > I'm very interested in openscience and we will likely try to restrict > > > our projects to Free Software. I'm particularly interested in mapping > > > algorithms being developed and applied to these problems, and > > > integrating the increasing use of scanned 3d images for systematic > > > analysis, such as what was done for the Trix TRex in Leiden. > > > > > > Ruben Safir > > > > > > -- > > > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town > > > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological > > > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com > > > > > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive > > > http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! > > > http://www.brooklyn-living.com > > > > > > Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, > > > but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > *PhD Student: *Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Royal School > of > > Mines, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College London, SW7 2BP, UK > > > > Communications Director at ScienceOpen , > > Berlin. > > > > *ORCID:* http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-0218 > > *Twitter:* -at-protohedgehog > > *Website:* http://fossilsandshit.com/ > > *Blog:* http://blogs.egu.eu/palaeoblog/ > > > > Author of Excavate! Dinosaurs > > > Palaeontology/dp/178240144X> > > > > *Email:* jon.tennant.2-at-gmail.com > > *Mob: *(+44) 7921252367 > > -- > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological > proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998 > http://www.mrbrklyn.com > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002 > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive > http://www.coinhangout.com - coins! > http://www.brooklyn-living.com > > Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and and extermination camps, > but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013 > >
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*PhD Student: *Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Royal School of Mines, Prince Consort Road, Imperial College London, SW7 2BP, UK
Communications Director at ScienceOpen , Berlin.
*ORCID:* http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7794-0218 *Twitter:* -at-protohedgehog *Website:* http://fossilsandshit.com/ *Blog:* http://blogs.egu.eu/palaeoblog/
Author of Excavate! Dinosaurs
*Email:* jon.tennant.2-at-gmail.com *Mob: *(+44) 7921252367
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I think they did it using the R programming language - do = you know of it? I don't think scanning fossils in like you describe is = possible, yet!
Jon
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