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| DATE | 2016-09-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Learn] Proposed Thesis
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From: Ruben Safir
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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
> >
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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
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> Communications Director at ScienceOpen ,
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