A five-week intensive training workshop focusing on methods used by analytical palaeobiologists was held at NCEAS between 2005 and 2009 and at Macquarie University between 2005 and 2015. The workshop is now indefinitely cancelled due to lack of financial support.

Most participants were PhD students. Topics included community palaeoecology, diversity estimation, speciation and extinction, phylogenetics, phenotypic evolution, and geometric morphometrics. Both simulation modelling and data analysis methods were employed. Training combined lectures and practical exercises. Participants were given hands-on instruction in programming using R and taught to use other analytical software. In addition to the workshop coordinator, each week a new instructor was present. Instructors included John Alroy, Michael Foote, Nigel Hughes, Gene Hunt, Michal Kowalewski, Graeme Lloyd, Tom Olszewski, Mark Patzkowsky, David Polly, Pete Wagner, and Mark Webster. At various times, support was provided by the Australian Research Council, NCEAS, NESCent, the Palaeontological Association, the Paleontological Society, and the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

2015 participants

Chris Dean	Imperial College London	Polly Russell	University of Bath
Blake Dickson	Harvard University	Camilla Souto	University of California, Berkeley
Elizabeth Dowding	University of New South Wales	Melanie Tietje	Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Emilia Jarochowska	GeoZentrum Nordbayern	Fiona Walker	University of Bristol
Sarah Maccracken	University of Maryland/Smithsonian Institution	Andrzej Wolniewicz	University of Oxford
Jenny Peteya	University of Akron

2014 participants

Mairin Balisi	University of California, Los Angeles	Haley O'Brien	Ohio University
Tom Cullen	University of Toronto	Alejandra Ortiz	New York University
Sauruv Dutta	IISER Kolkata	Sandra Schachat	Smithsonian Institution
Adam Kocsis	Eötvös University	Laura Stroik	Arizona State University
Andreas Lauchstedt	Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	Jon Tennant	Imperial College London
David Moss	Syracuse University	Collin VanBuren	University of Cambridge

2013 participants

Tomasz Borszcz	Institute of Oceanology (PAS)	Emily Orzechowski	College of William and Mary
Neil Brocklehurst	Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin	Silvia Pineda-Munoz	Macquarie University
Aidan Couzens	Flinders University	Mark Puttick	University of Bristol
Andrew Du	George Washington University	Nadia Scott	Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Daniel Field	Yale University	Stephanie Smith	University of Washington
Julieta Gallego	Cornell University	Davey Wright	Ohio State University
Derek Larson	University of Toronto

2012 participants

Jérémie Bardin	Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle	Rafal Nawrot	Universität Wien
Kirstin Brink	University of Toronto	David Nicholson	University of York
Sahale Casebolt	University of Florida	Celeste Pérez Ben	Universidad de Buenos Aires
John Clarke	University of Oxford	Luna Sánchez	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Martin Ezcurra	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Roland Sookias	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Anneke Madern	Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis	Laura Soul	University of Oxford

2011 participants

Gabrial Aguirre	University of Otago	Manja Hethke	University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Meghan Balk	University of New Mexico	Sabine Nürnberg	Humboldt University Berlin
Caleb Brown	University of Toronto	Shubhabrata Paul	University of South Florida
Jonathan Calede	University of Washington	Peter Smits	Monash University
Lucy Chang	University of California, Berkeley	Allison Stegner	University of California, Berkeley
Andy Grass	University of Iowa	Valerie Syverson	University of Michigan

2010 participants

Jessie Atterholt	University of California, Berkeley	Alex Janevski	University of Michigan
Monica Carvalho	Pennsylvania State University	Julien Millet	Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Max Christie	University of Georgia	Jon Mitchell	Appalachian State University
Liz Ferrer	University of California, Berkeley	John Renaudie	Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Frank Forcino	University of Alberta	Kathleen Ritterbush	University of Southern California
Clotilde Hardy	Université de Bourgogne	Priya Tamma	National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore

2009 participants

Mark Bell	University of Bristol	Felix Marx	University of Bristol
Katie Collins	University of Wellington	Heike Mewis	Museum für Naturkunde
Federico Degrange	Museo de La Plata	Gary Motz	University of Akron
Aaron House	University of Cincinnati	Alejo Scarano	Museo de La Plata
Annie Lagomarcino	University of Cincinnati	Amelinda Webb	Yale University
Kaitlin Maguire	University of California, Berkeley	Shawn Whiteman	University of New Mexico

2008 participants

Tracy Aze	Cardiff University	Emily Lindsey	University of California, Berkeley
Karen Bacon	University College Dublin	Luis Felipe Opazo	University of Plymouth
Diego Balseiro	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Juan José Rustan	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Javier Echevarria	Museo de La Plata	Daniel Thomas	University of Otago
Liz Freedman	Montana State University	Michael Tuite	University of Virginia
Michelle Lawing	Indiana University	Laura Wilson	Universität Zürich

2007 participants

Andrea Cobbett	University of Bath	Murat Maga	University of Texas, Austin
Felipe de la Parra	University of Florida	John Orcutt	University of Oregon
Kathy Hollis	University of Colorado, Boulder	Claire Samant	Université de Poitiers
Philip Jardine	University of Birmingham	Susan Standen	Case Western Reserve University
Soïzic Le Fur	Université de Poitiers	Susumu Tomiya	University of California, Berkeley
Graeme Lloyd	University of Bristol	Vera Weisbecker	University of New South Wales

2006 participants

Ayse Atakul	Middle East Technical University		Stephen Goodyear	University of Texas, Austin
Mara Brady	University of Chicago		Sarah Kolbe	University of Copenhagen
Andres Cardenas	University of South Florida		Sarda Sahney	University of Bristol
Brad Deline	University of Cincinnati		Krister Smith	Yale University
Jessica Gilner	Florida Institute of Technology		Bryan Valencia	Florida Institute of Technology
Ann Goewert	University of North Carolina		Richard Wilkinson	Cambridge University

2005 participants

Jessica Blois	Stanford University		Matt O'Donnell	Pennsylvania State University
Devin Buick	University of Cincinnati		Jocelyn Sessa	Pennsylvania State University
Sylvain Gerber	Université de Bourgogne		Adam Tomasovych	Universität Würzburg
Zack Krug	Pennsylvania State University		Patrick Wall	Syracuse University
Elise Nardin	Université de Bourgogne		Mike Weiser	University of Arizona
Mike Nowak	Duke University