William P. Kay
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    Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline 
- Margaret Hamilton, Director of MIT Instrumentation

Software


I am very computer literate with expertise in a wide range of software, much of which has been self-taught. Key software packages that I am versatile with include:
R Programming




POLTIPS Tidal Prediction

Web Design

​Ansys FLUENT

​Tag Agent
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Mendeley

​Autodesk Inventor


123D Design

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OriginLab


​SPSS


QGIS and ArcGIS
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Microsoft Office


DDMT
Advanced user. Self-taught. Versed in a variety of R packages including the tidyVerse. Competent in complex analytical techniques including non-linear mixed effects models, hierarchical models, generalised linear models (GLMs), generalised additive models (GAMs), and Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). Experienced in use of data sorting, visualisation and transformation.

Advanced user. Self-taught. ​

This website has been built solely by myself using weebly's online editing tools

Intermediate user. Self-taught. Used to model the hydrodynamic drag of animal tracking devices.

Advanced user. Self-taught. Used to programme and diagnose animal tracking devices.

Advanced user. Self-taught. Reference managing software.

Novice user. Self-taught. C
omputer-aided design software for 3D mechanical design​. Used to design biologging devices.

Intermediate user. Self-taught. Computer-aided design software for 3D mechanical design​. Used design biologging devices.

​Advanced user. Self-taught. Versed in all software functions, produce intricate graphical visualisations and run statistical analyses. 

Advanced user. Alternate statistical software for complex analysis and data manipulation. Learnt from undergraduate degree.

Novice user. Self-taught. Mapping of animal tracks using GPS coordinates. 

Advanced user. Comprehensive knowledge of Office packages. Expert Excel user for data sorting and miscellaneous functions.
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​Advanced user. Daily Diary Multi-Trace Software​: Swansea University’s own in-house software for examining dive profiles and parameters
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  • Home
  • About me
  • News
  • CV
    • Academic roles
    • AFHEA
    • Awards and Grants
    • Education
    • Employment history
    • Fundraising
    • Other
    • Outreach
    • Policy
    • Posters
    • Presentations
    • Publications
    • Qualifications
    • Software
    • Society memberships
    • Supervision
    • Talk abstracts
    • Volunteering
    • Workshops
  • Research
    • Summary
    • Expertise
    • Collaborations
    • Research groups
  • Teaching
  • Fieldwork
    • Animal handling >
      • Wild animals
      • Captive animals
      • Strandings
    • Biotelemetry
    • Diving
    • Emergency procedures
    • First aid
    • Logistics
    • Field positions
    • Marine flora and fauna
    • Monitoring
    • Seamanship
  • Media & Press
  • Gallery
    • Data visualisation
    • Wildlife photography
    • Work portfolio
  • Contact
    • References