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The UTIG Geophysics Blog

Stories and updates from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

March 3, 2021

UTIG Staff and Scientists Shine at Jackson School Walter Awards

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The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics was well represented at the Jackson Schools’s 2020 Walter Awards, with UTIG staff and research scientists picking up four of six prizes! The UTIG winners included; Sean Gulick (Outstanding Educator), Ben Hester (Staff Excellence), Ginny Catania (Community Partnership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and John Goff (Walter Excellence Award).… Continue Reading UTIG Staff and Scientists Shine at Jackson School Walter Awards

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News

March 2, 2021

UTIG Grad Students Among Outstanding Presentation Award Winners

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Jackson School of Geosciences graduate students, including research assistants working at UTIG, were among the top student presenters at the 2020 annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting took place in December 2020, but award winners are now in the process of being notified. As of March 2, the following students… Continue Reading UTIG Grad Students Among Outstanding Presentation Award Winners

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News

December 10, 2020

New Certificate Program Brings Machine Learning to Geosciences

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By Constantino Panagopulos A new certificate program at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences will build critical skills for the geosciences workforce by training students and professionals to use modern data analytics tools and machine learning. Machine learning – a kind of artificial intelligence – helps geoscientists make better use of… Continue Reading New Certificate Program Brings Machine Learning to Geosciences

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News, Stories Tagged With: Ben Rendall, Daniel Trugman, machine learning, Mrinal Sen, Texas Geosciences

December 3, 2020

UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2020: Final Week

Week 3 December 14-17  Find week 1 and week 2 talks here. A weekly (incomplete) schedule of talks and posters by current (and recently former) UTIG staff and students. Notice something missing, get in touch! All times CST. Monday: Dec. 14 Eric Hiatt Groundwater filling times for large impact basins on early Mars and implications… Continue Reading UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2020: Final Week

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, News Tagged With: AGU

December 2, 2020

UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2020

Weeks 1 and 2 December 3-11  Find week 3 talks here. A weekly (incomplete) schedule of talks and posters by current (and recently former) UTIG staff and students. Notice something missing, get in touch! All times CST. Thursday: Dec. 3 Pedro DiNezio(now at UC Boulder) 18:35 – 18:51 Improving predictions of Indian Ocean climate change… Continue Reading UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2020

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, News Tagged With: AGU

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