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Logistic Regrets 1: intro to logistic regression
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This is the first in a planned series of r-markdown explorations of logistic models, intended for bachelors or masters students. It covers the basics of the relationship between probability and log odds, basic data simulation, running and interpreting a logistic GLM, and plotting model predictions. Read on here. You’ll have to download and knit the Rmd file to view any of the latex equations properly (sorry!!!).
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publications
Social network architecture and the tempo of cumulative cultural evolution
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2021
Mauricio Cantor*, Michael Chimento*, Simeon Smeele*, Peng He, Danai Papageorgiou, Lucy Aplin, Damien Farine, "Social network architecture and the tempo of cumulative cultural evolution." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.3107
Population turnover facilitates cultural selection for efficiency in birds
Published in Current Biology, 2021
Michael Chimento, Gustavo Alarc{\'o}n-Nieto, Lucy Aplin, "Population turnover facilitates cultural selection for efficiency in birds." Current Biology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.057
Complex foraging behaviours in wild birds emerge from social learning and recombination of components
Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021
Sonja Wild*, Michael Chimento*, Keith McMahon, Damien Farine, Ben Sheldon, Lucy Aplin, "Complex foraging behaviours in wild birds emerge from social learning and recombination of components." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0307
Efficiency fosters cumulative culture across species
Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021
T Gruber*, M Chimento*, LM Aplin, D Biro, "Efficiency fosters cumulative culture across species." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0308
Cultural diffusion dynamics depend on behavioural production rules
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2022
Michael Chimento, Brendan Barrett, Anne Kandler, Lucy Aplin, "Cultural diffusion dynamics depend on behavioural production rules." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1001
Understanding the Role of Naive Learners in Cultural Change
Published in The American Naturalist, 2024
Michael Chimento, Lucy Aplin, "Understanding the Role of Naive Learners in Cultural Change." The American Naturalist, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1086/730110
publicity
Great tits ‘update traditions’ to more efficient behaviours when new birds join group, scientists say
News article, The independent, 2023
Featured in The Independent: Great tits ‘update traditions’ to more efficient behaviours when new birds join group, scientists say.
Great Tits and Group Think
Podcast, BBC Radio 4, 2023
Featured on BBC Radio 4’s Nature Bang podcast.
talks
Modeling strangers: population structure, fluidity and complexity in shared cultural systems
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Cultural selection for efficiency
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How can turnover drive cultural evolution?
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Acceptance of IMPRS Best Paper Award 2021
How immigration can shape animal culture
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teaching
VtK: Going Wild 2020
Masters course, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, 2020
Delivered lecture: “Automated data collection”. Co-supervised one group of MSc students on a 3 week research project on wild great tit cognition.
VtK: Going Wild 2021
Masters course, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, 2021
Delivered lecture: “Automated data collection”. Co-supervised 2 groups of MSc students, each working on 3 week research projects on wild great tit cognition.
Basic programming course using Python
Skills Courses – Workshop Bazar, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, 2022
Delivered short course on an introduction to using Python.
Workshop on Reinforcement Learning
Workshop, Uni Konstanz, 2023
Co-organized and delivered short lecture on reinforcement learning.