Second UK One-Day Meeting on
Morphometrics and Statistical Shape Analysis

Canterbury, 7th June 2010

 

 

Programme

The lectures will be held in the Kent Business School, University of Kent, Canterbury, and the registration, poster sessions and coffee and lunch breaks will be in the foyer of the same building. For more detailed information, see the web page about the location.

 

10.00-10.45: Coffee and registration

 

10.45-11.00: Alfred Kume
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent

Welcome and Introduction to the Meeting

 

11.00-11.30: Kanti V. Mardia
School of Mathematics, University of Leeds

Title: What are the possible future directions in shape analysis?

 

11.30-12.00: Chris Klingenberg
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester

Title: Genetics of shape

 

12.00-13.30: Lunch and poster viewing

 

13.30-14.00: Graham Horgan
Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland, University of Aberdeen

Title: How many landmarks are needed, and other questions in plant shape studies

 

14.00-14.30: Norman MacLeod
Keeper of Palaeontology, British Natural History Museum

Title: Non-linear morphology-based discrimination of taxonomic groups with and without landmarks

 

14.30-15.00:Tea/coffee and poster viewing

 

15.00-15.30: Ian Dryden
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham

Title: Curve modelling in shape spaces

 

15.30-16.00: Sarah Elton & Andrea Cardini
Functional Morphology and Evolution Research Unit, Hull-York Medical School

Title: Exploring patterns of cranial morphology in Africa using geometric morphometrics

 

16.00-16.15: Noreen von Cramon-Taubadel
School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent

Meeting wrap-up, announcements

 

 

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