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Welcome to the Theory Group webpage! This group is no longer active. From 2014-2022 we were an informal theory and modeling lab group joint meeting that was started by Allison Shaw, Emma Goldberg, and Yaniv Brandvain. The aim is to create a forum for providing feedback on ongoing modeling work. (This is not a seminar series with polished talks.)

We are very pleased that some work presented at theory group has eventually progressed to be a finished project. Click here to see publications that have benefited from feedback during theory group.

Participants were primarily in EEB and PMB, but all with aligned goals and interests were welcome.

Resources

• List of various resources for theoretical ecology, including philosophy of modeling papers (M. Baskett)
• "Proof of concept" modeling in evolution (Servedio et al. 2014)
• Theory vs modeling in ecology (J. Fox 2014)
• Theoretical and empirical perspectives in ecology and evolution: A survey (B.C. Haller Bioscience 2014)
• Lie, cheat, and steal: modelling advice from Stephen Ellner and John Guckenheimer (S.C. Walker 2013)
• False models are useful BECAUSE they’re false (J. Fox 2013)
• Overview of mathematical modelling in biology II (A. Hurford 2012)
• The two cultures of mathematics (W.T. Gowers)
• The two cultures of mathematics and biology (Lior Pachter)

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"Reality often astonishes theory." —Tom Magliozzi