Dear Colleagues,
Call for papers for another Machine Learning special issue of SEG/AAPG Journal of Interpretation focusing on the Seismic Data Analysis has been announced.
We look forward to your contribution.
Vikram Jayaram
Special Section Editor
Interpretation
Practices and Challenges in Applying Mesoscale Data to Air Quality Analyses BREEZE Software
This document discusses the practices and challenges of applying mesoscale meteorological data to air quality analyses. It provides an overview of common air quality models and their meteorological data requirements. While mesoscale data is widely used, there are challenges to address differences in perspectives between meteorology and air quality modeling, issues of model compatibility and data availability, and validating data quality for typical air quality applications. Overall, mesoscale data plays an important role in air quality modeling, though continued development is needed to better meet the needs of the air quality modeling community.
3d Modelling of Structures using terrestrial laser scanning techniqueIJAEMSJORNAL
In recent times, interest in the study of engineering structures has been on the rise as a result of improvement in the tools used for operations such as, As-built mapping, deformation studies to modeling for navigation etc. There is a need to be able to model structure in such way that accurate needed information about positions of structures, features, points and dimensions can be easily extracted without having to pay physical visits to site to obtain measurement of the various components of structures. In this project, the data acquisition system used is the terrestrial laser scanner, High Definition Surveying (HDS) equipment; the methodology employed is similar to Close Range Photogrammetry (CRP). CRP is a budding technique or field used for data acquisition in Geomatics. It is a subset of the general photogrammetry; it is often loosely tagged terrestrial photogrammetry. The terrestrial laser scanning technology is a data acquisition system similar to CRP in terms of deigning the positioning of instrument and targets, calibration, ground control point, speed of data acquisition, data processing (interior, relative and absolute orientation) and the accuracy obtainable. The aim of this project was to generate the three-dimensional model of structures in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos using High Definition Surveying, the Leica Scan Station 2 HDS equipment was used along with Cyclone software for data acquisition and processing. The result was a 3D view (of point clouds) of the structure that was studied, from which features were measured from the model generated and compared with physical measurement on site. The technology of the laser scanner proved to be quite useful and reliable in generating three dimensional models without compromising accuracy and precision. The generation of the 3D models is the replica of reality of the structures with accurate dimensions and location.
This is the presentation for his admission to the third year of his Ph.D.. It talks about the several direction his work had taken and look forward to the conclusion of some task in form of code release and published papers.
- Drone data and big spatial data can be used as input for species distribution modelling, but requires additional processing to extract useful species and environmental data from images.
- Digital image processing techniques can be used to obtain information on vegetation types and indices from drone images.
- Running a species distribution model in the Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory involves selecting species occurrence data, environmental layers, a modelling algorithm, and evaluating the results. Climate change projections can then be run to predict impacts on suitable habitat into the future.
This document is the winter 2012 quarterly publication of the Design-Build Institute of America. It contains the following:
1) The main article discusses a visualization chamber called the CAVE at Los Alamos National Laboratory that helps scientists visualize huge data sets through virtual reality projections onto its five walls.
2) The CAVE assists with various research projects like astrophysics and climate modeling by allowing users to manipulate virtual objects for testing, design, safety verification and training.
3) Plato's allegory of the cave is referenced in describing how the CAVE helps scientists experience actual objects outside of just seeing shadows, similar to people leaving the cave in the allegory.
DSD-INT 2014 - Data Science symposium - 4th Paradigm - a technology perspecti...Deltares
This document discusses challenges and opportunities in managing large volumes of scientific data from various sources like experiments, simulations, literature, and archives. It advocates making all scientific data available online to increase scientific information velocity and productivity. Key aspects of scientific data management discussed include data ingest, common schemas, organization, sharing, querying, modeling, documentation, curation and long-term preservation. The cloud is presented as a way to democratize access to scale and analytics for scientific data.
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Community archaeology and geoph...Nicole Beale
This document discusses the Sensing the Iron Age and Roman Past in Hertfordshire Project, which aimed to train community archaeologists in geophysical surveying techniques like magnetometry. The project partnered with various archaeological societies to survey several Iron Age and Roman sites in Hertfordshire, including Verulamium. Some key successes were the popular training course, effective surveys that added to knowledge of sites, and collaboration between groups. Ongoing goals include publishing survey results and conducting more site work. Challenges involve resources for precise georeferencing and logistics of multi-site surveys.
Dear Colleagues,
Call for papers for another Machine Learning special issue of SEG/AAPG Journal of Interpretation focusing on the Seismic Data Analysis has been announced.
We look forward to your contribution.
Vikram Jayaram
Special Section Editor
Interpretation
Practices and Challenges in Applying Mesoscale Data to Air Quality Analyses BREEZE Software
This document discusses the practices and challenges of applying mesoscale meteorological data to air quality analyses. It provides an overview of common air quality models and their meteorological data requirements. While mesoscale data is widely used, there are challenges to address differences in perspectives between meteorology and air quality modeling, issues of model compatibility and data availability, and validating data quality for typical air quality applications. Overall, mesoscale data plays an important role in air quality modeling, though continued development is needed to better meet the needs of the air quality modeling community.
3d Modelling of Structures using terrestrial laser scanning techniqueIJAEMSJORNAL
In recent times, interest in the study of engineering structures has been on the rise as a result of improvement in the tools used for operations such as, As-built mapping, deformation studies to modeling for navigation etc. There is a need to be able to model structure in such way that accurate needed information about positions of structures, features, points and dimensions can be easily extracted without having to pay physical visits to site to obtain measurement of the various components of structures. In this project, the data acquisition system used is the terrestrial laser scanner, High Definition Surveying (HDS) equipment; the methodology employed is similar to Close Range Photogrammetry (CRP). CRP is a budding technique or field used for data acquisition in Geomatics. It is a subset of the general photogrammetry; it is often loosely tagged terrestrial photogrammetry. The terrestrial laser scanning technology is a data acquisition system similar to CRP in terms of deigning the positioning of instrument and targets, calibration, ground control point, speed of data acquisition, data processing (interior, relative and absolute orientation) and the accuracy obtainable. The aim of this project was to generate the three-dimensional model of structures in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos using High Definition Surveying, the Leica Scan Station 2 HDS equipment was used along with Cyclone software for data acquisition and processing. The result was a 3D view (of point clouds) of the structure that was studied, from which features were measured from the model generated and compared with physical measurement on site. The technology of the laser scanner proved to be quite useful and reliable in generating three dimensional models without compromising accuracy and precision. The generation of the 3D models is the replica of reality of the structures with accurate dimensions and location.
This is the presentation for his admission to the third year of his Ph.D.. It talks about the several direction his work had taken and look forward to the conclusion of some task in form of code release and published papers.
- Drone data and big spatial data can be used as input for species distribution modelling, but requires additional processing to extract useful species and environmental data from images.
- Digital image processing techniques can be used to obtain information on vegetation types and indices from drone images.
- Running a species distribution model in the Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory involves selecting species occurrence data, environmental layers, a modelling algorithm, and evaluating the results. Climate change projections can then be run to predict impacts on suitable habitat into the future.
This document is the winter 2012 quarterly publication of the Design-Build Institute of America. It contains the following:
1) The main article discusses a visualization chamber called the CAVE at Los Alamos National Laboratory that helps scientists visualize huge data sets through virtual reality projections onto its five walls.
2) The CAVE assists with various research projects like astrophysics and climate modeling by allowing users to manipulate virtual objects for testing, design, safety verification and training.
3) Plato's allegory of the cave is referenced in describing how the CAVE helps scientists experience actual objects outside of just seeing shadows, similar to people leaving the cave in the allegory.
DSD-INT 2014 - Data Science symposium - 4th Paradigm - a technology perspecti...Deltares
This document discusses challenges and opportunities in managing large volumes of scientific data from various sources like experiments, simulations, literature, and archives. It advocates making all scientific data available online to increase scientific information velocity and productivity. Key aspects of scientific data management discussed include data ingest, common schemas, organization, sharing, querying, modeling, documentation, curation and long-term preservation. The cloud is presented as a way to democratize access to scale and analytics for scientific data.
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Community archaeology and geoph...Nicole Beale
This document discusses the Sensing the Iron Age and Roman Past in Hertfordshire Project, which aimed to train community archaeologists in geophysical surveying techniques like magnetometry. The project partnered with various archaeological societies to survey several Iron Age and Roman sites in Hertfordshire, including Verulamium. Some key successes were the popular training course, effective surveys that added to knowledge of sites, and collaboration between groups. Ongoing goals include publishing survey results and conducting more site work. Challenges involve resources for precise georeferencing and logistics of multi-site surveys.
Domestic archaeology examines how domestic spaces and living arrangements have changed over time as reflections of broader social changes. It can reveal how public and private spaces evolved, from medieval hall houses with communal living to modern homes with more private family spaces. While domestic architecture superficially changes slowly, the ways people live within homes can transform enormously in response to industrialization, urbanization, and evolving social norms. Houses are adapted over time to suit changing needs and lifestyles on both large and small scales. Examining old and new domestic structures provides clues about past societies and how living arrangements continually evolve.
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Developing 'Crowd and Communit...Nicole Beale
Chiara Bonacchi, Daniel Pett, Andrew Bevan and Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
"Goodness me archaeology is boring" the internet, micro-blogging and what we ...Keith Challis
On-line social networks provide a means for rapid communication between widely dispersed networks of people. The information generated by users of these networks provides an unfiltered snapshot of social mores and opinions at any point in time and is a hugely significant resource for those interested in human behaviour. Amongst social networking media the micro-blogging tool twitter is particularly noteworthy for functioning in near real-time and providing information on the spatial location of individuals at the point of posting. It thus becomes possible to reconstruct both social and spatial patterns of behaviours from an archive of users’ postings. In this paper we describe the development of a tool to harvest the geolocated tweets from users throughout the UK and the preliminary findings from analysis of some 1.87 million unique tweets collected over a 49 day period.
Social Media for Reseachers #sotondiglitNicole Beale
Quick fire presentation presented at the Digital Literacies conference at the University of Southampton, 14th June 2012. Idea for a workshop to be held on the 4th July. http://www.diglit.soton.ac.uk/events/social-media-for-researchers/
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Co-Production of alternative vi...Nicole Beale
Ben Edwards and Andrew Wilson
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
Poster submitted to the Digital Literacies Conference, held at the University of Southampton, June 2012 (http://www.diglit.soton.ac.uk/conference/programme/). The SMiLE project took place during the CAA conference (http://caaconference.org/caa2012/).
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Making community-driven, open s...Nicole Beale
Benjamin Ducke
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Create Once, Consume Anywhere: ...Nicole Beale
Michael Charno
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
A lecture for the Public Archaeology course at UCL, 3/12/12
Links for all things mentioned are on the penultimate slide, it would mean far more with the text to go with it.
Bangles made from sea shell, copper, bronze, gold, agate, chalcedony etc have been excavated from multiple archaeological sites throughout India. A figurine of a dancing girl wearing bangles on her left arm has been excavated from Mohenjo-daro (2600 BC). Other early examples of bangles in India include copper samples from the excavations at Mahurjhari soon followed by the decorated bangles belonging to the Mauryan empire (322–185 BCE), and the gold bangle samples from the historic site of Taxila (6th century BCE). Bangles are rigid bracelets, usually from metal, wood, or plastic. They are traditional ornaments worn mostly by South Asian women in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is a common tradition to see a new bride wearing glass bangles at her wedding and the honeymoon will end when the last bangle breaks. Bangles also have a very traditional value in Hinduism and it is considered inauspicious to be bare armed for a married woman. Toddler to older woman could wear bangles based on the type of bangles. Bangles made of gold or silver are preferred for toddlers. Bangles are part of traditional Indian jewelery . They are usually worn in pairs by women, one or more on each arm. Most Indian women prefer wearing either gold or glass bangles or combination of both. Inexpensive bangles made from plastic are slowly replacing those made by glass, but the ones made of glass are still preferred at traditional occasions such as marriages and on festivals. With a rich tradition dating back centuries, gold bangles have a soft spot in the Indian culture. Dressing up on festivals, weddings, and other special occasions is incomplete without gold bangles adorned with diamonds, or other gemstones.
The MSU Campus Archaeology Program: Community Engagement, Community EducationTerry Brock
This is a presentation given to the MSU Anthropology Club on April 13th, 2009. It is about Campus Archaeology's engagement and education programming, and the MSU community's relationship with cultural heritage.
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: The ACCORD project: Archaeology...Nicole Beale
Stuart Jeffrey and Sian Jones
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
An Archaeology of the East Midlands: Class 2. Radcliffe Autumn 2014Keith Challis
This document summarizes an archaeology class on the early prehistory of the Midlands region. It discusses the earliest human occupation of the region dating back to hand axes from the Bytham River period. It also describes the landscape and environment during and after the last ice age, including the now submerged Doggerland region. The document then covers the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in the Midlands, highlighting evidence of settlement, ceremonial monuments like cursus and henge sites, and burials, including a notable hoard found in a barrow at Lockington.
This slide deck was designed to accompany the Montpelier Archaeology Department's Crowdsourcing project at MicroPasts, which was designed to encourage the public to help data enter catalog sheets. It primarily focuses on nails, and how they inform the landscape changes at James Madison's home in Virginia.
Archaeology of the East Midlands: Class 3. Radcliffe Autumn 2014Keith Challis
This document discusses an archaeology class on cultural transitions in the East Midlands from the Iron Age to the Dark Ages. The class covers the Late Iron Age landscape and society; the brief Roman occupation and influence; and the debate around whether the early post-Roman period represented a "Dark Age" or continuation of the Iron Age. Key points include the continuity of settlement patterns between these periods, the impact of Roman rule and decline, and the origins and material culture of Anglo-Saxon communities in England. Geophysical survey techniques like lidar, magnetometry, and ground-penetrating radar are also introduced for non-invasive archaeological prospection.
An Archaeology of the East Midlands, Class 9. Radcliffe Autumn 2014Keith Challis
This document summarizes an archaeology class on the East Midlands region of England. The class covered how the region's history and cultural heritage have shaped its identity. It discussed defining characteristics of the East Midlands, reviewed key topics taught in the class on the region's prehistory and history, and assessed student learning outcomes. The class aimed to help students understand how archaeology can provide insight into the unique history and culture of the East Midlands.
Old archaeology, processual archaeology and post processual archaelogyFrank Owusu Sakyi
This document outlines the development of different approaches to archaeology: Old Archaeology focused on descriptive cultural histories; Processual Archaeology developed as a scientific approach to study and explain cultural change through problem-oriented research and hypothesis testing; Post-Processual Archaeology reacted against Processual Archaeology's scientific approach by emphasizing meaning, human agency, multivocality, and the subjective nature of archaeological interpretation.
Geostatistics for radiological characterization and sampling optimizationGeovariances
Find out in a few slides why geostatistics is essential to a reliable and precise radiological characterization.
This presentation has been made by our expert during WM 2013 Conference in Phoenix.
Domestic archaeology examines how domestic spaces and living arrangements have changed over time as reflections of broader social changes. It can reveal how public and private spaces evolved, from medieval hall houses with communal living to modern homes with more private family spaces. While domestic architecture superficially changes slowly, the ways people live within homes can transform enormously in response to industrialization, urbanization, and evolving social norms. Houses are adapted over time to suit changing needs and lifestyles on both large and small scales. Examining old and new domestic structures provides clues about past societies and how living arrangements continually evolve.
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Developing 'Crowd and Communit...Nicole Beale
Chiara Bonacchi, Daniel Pett, Andrew Bevan and Adi Keinan-Schoonbaert
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
"Goodness me archaeology is boring" the internet, micro-blogging and what we ...Keith Challis
On-line social networks provide a means for rapid communication between widely dispersed networks of people. The information generated by users of these networks provides an unfiltered snapshot of social mores and opinions at any point in time and is a hugely significant resource for those interested in human behaviour. Amongst social networking media the micro-blogging tool twitter is particularly noteworthy for functioning in near real-time and providing information on the spatial location of individuals at the point of posting. It thus becomes possible to reconstruct both social and spatial patterns of behaviours from an archive of users’ postings. In this paper we describe the development of a tool to harvest the geolocated tweets from users throughout the UK and the preliminary findings from analysis of some 1.87 million unique tweets collected over a 49 day period.
Social Media for Reseachers #sotondiglitNicole Beale
Quick fire presentation presented at the Digital Literacies conference at the University of Southampton, 14th June 2012. Idea for a workshop to be held on the 4th July. http://www.diglit.soton.ac.uk/events/social-media-for-researchers/
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Co-Production of alternative vi...Nicole Beale
Ben Edwards and Andrew Wilson
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
Poster submitted to the Digital Literacies Conference, held at the University of Southampton, June 2012 (http://www.diglit.soton.ac.uk/conference/programme/). The SMiLE project took place during the CAA conference (http://caaconference.org/caa2012/).
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Making community-driven, open s...Nicole Beale
Benjamin Ducke
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: Create Once, Consume Anywhere: ...Nicole Beale
Michael Charno
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
A lecture for the Public Archaeology course at UCL, 3/12/12
Links for all things mentioned are on the penultimate slide, it would mean far more with the text to go with it.
Bangles made from sea shell, copper, bronze, gold, agate, chalcedony etc have been excavated from multiple archaeological sites throughout India. A figurine of a dancing girl wearing bangles on her left arm has been excavated from Mohenjo-daro (2600 BC). Other early examples of bangles in India include copper samples from the excavations at Mahurjhari soon followed by the decorated bangles belonging to the Mauryan empire (322–185 BCE), and the gold bangle samples from the historic site of Taxila (6th century BCE). Bangles are rigid bracelets, usually from metal, wood, or plastic. They are traditional ornaments worn mostly by South Asian women in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is a common tradition to see a new bride wearing glass bangles at her wedding and the honeymoon will end when the last bangle breaks. Bangles also have a very traditional value in Hinduism and it is considered inauspicious to be bare armed for a married woman. Toddler to older woman could wear bangles based on the type of bangles. Bangles made of gold or silver are preferred for toddlers. Bangles are part of traditional Indian jewelery . They are usually worn in pairs by women, one or more on each arm. Most Indian women prefer wearing either gold or glass bangles or combination of both. Inexpensive bangles made from plastic are slowly replacing those made by glass, but the ones made of glass are still preferred at traditional occasions such as marriages and on festivals. With a rich tradition dating back centuries, gold bangles have a soft spot in the Indian culture. Dressing up on festivals, weddings, and other special occasions is incomplete without gold bangles adorned with diamonds, or other gemstones.
The MSU Campus Archaeology Program: Community Engagement, Community EducationTerry Brock
This is a presentation given to the MSU Anthropology Club on April 13th, 2009. It is about Campus Archaeology's engagement and education programming, and the MSU community's relationship with cultural heritage.
CAA2014 Community Archaeology and Technology: The ACCORD project: Archaeology...Nicole Beale
Stuart Jeffrey and Sian Jones
Paper presented at Computer Applications in Archaeology Conference 2014, 22nd - 25th April 2014, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris as part of Session 12: Community Archaeology and Technology. Session organisers: Nicole Beale and Eleonora Gandolfi. Session blog: http://blog.soton.ac.uk/comarch/
An Archaeology of the East Midlands: Class 2. Radcliffe Autumn 2014Keith Challis
This document summarizes an archaeology class on the early prehistory of the Midlands region. It discusses the earliest human occupation of the region dating back to hand axes from the Bytham River period. It also describes the landscape and environment during and after the last ice age, including the now submerged Doggerland region. The document then covers the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in the Midlands, highlighting evidence of settlement, ceremonial monuments like cursus and henge sites, and burials, including a notable hoard found in a barrow at Lockington.
This slide deck was designed to accompany the Montpelier Archaeology Department's Crowdsourcing project at MicroPasts, which was designed to encourage the public to help data enter catalog sheets. It primarily focuses on nails, and how they inform the landscape changes at James Madison's home in Virginia.
Archaeology of the East Midlands: Class 3. Radcliffe Autumn 2014Keith Challis
This document discusses an archaeology class on cultural transitions in the East Midlands from the Iron Age to the Dark Ages. The class covers the Late Iron Age landscape and society; the brief Roman occupation and influence; and the debate around whether the early post-Roman period represented a "Dark Age" or continuation of the Iron Age. Key points include the continuity of settlement patterns between these periods, the impact of Roman rule and decline, and the origins and material culture of Anglo-Saxon communities in England. Geophysical survey techniques like lidar, magnetometry, and ground-penetrating radar are also introduced for non-invasive archaeological prospection.
An Archaeology of the East Midlands, Class 9. Radcliffe Autumn 2014Keith Challis
This document summarizes an archaeology class on the East Midlands region of England. The class covered how the region's history and cultural heritage have shaped its identity. It discussed defining characteristics of the East Midlands, reviewed key topics taught in the class on the region's prehistory and history, and assessed student learning outcomes. The class aimed to help students understand how archaeology can provide insight into the unique history and culture of the East Midlands.
Old archaeology, processual archaeology and post processual archaelogyFrank Owusu Sakyi
This document outlines the development of different approaches to archaeology: Old Archaeology focused on descriptive cultural histories; Processual Archaeology developed as a scientific approach to study and explain cultural change through problem-oriented research and hypothesis testing; Post-Processual Archaeology reacted against Processual Archaeology's scientific approach by emphasizing meaning, human agency, multivocality, and the subjective nature of archaeological interpretation.
Geostatistics for radiological characterization and sampling optimizationGeovariances
Find out in a few slides why geostatistics is essential to a reliable and precise radiological characterization.
This presentation has been made by our expert during WM 2013 Conference in Phoenix.
Mark Yashar has extensive research experience in areas related to dark energy, dark matter, astrophysics, and data analysis. His past work includes carrying out Markov Chain Monte Carlo analyses to explore dark energy models using simulated future data sets. He has also worked on projects related to modeling atmospheric CO2 concentrations, calibrating algorithms for the Square Kilometer Array radio telescope, and analyzing MACHO microlensing data to constrain the locations of dark matter in the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds. Yashar expresses interest in further research involving dark energy modeling, simulations of future experiments, and using MCMC techniques to compare different quintessence theories with current and future cosmological data.
Modeling present and prospective distribution of Phyteuma genus in Carpathian...Alexander Mkrtchian
Species distribution modeling can be effectively carried out using open data and data analysis tools with machine learning techniques. Modeling of the distribution of Phyteuma genus in Carpathian region has been carried out with data from GBIF database, climatic data from Worldclim database, and soil properties data from Soilgrids soil information system. Spatial distribution modeling was accomplished with machine learning techniques that have marked advantages over more traditional statistical methods, like the ability to fit complex nonlinear relationships common in ecology.
Four methods have been examined: Maxent, Random Forest, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), and Boosted Regression Trees. AUC and TSS criteria calculated for testing data with cross-validation have been applied for assessing the performance of the models and to tune their parameters. ANN with a reduced set of predictor variables (6 from initial 21) appeared to fare the best and was applied for predictive modeling. Prospective data based on future climate projections from Worldclim were input to the model to get the prospective distribution of the plant taxon considering expected climate changes under different RCPs
1. The document summarizes ongoing data mining and machine learning research at the University of Houston from 2006-2009.
2. Key areas of research included developing shape-aware clustering algorithms, discovering regional knowledge in geo-referenced datasets, emergent pattern discovery, and various machine learning applications.
3. The researchers were developing techniques for clustering with plug-in fitness functions, discovering spatial risk patterns like arsenic levels, and an open source data mining framework called Cougar2.
Pittsburgh and Toronto "Halloween US trip" seminarsChristian Robert
ABC stands for approximate Bayesian computation. ABC methods are used when the likelihood function is intractable or impossible to compute directly. ABC produces approximate samples from the posterior distribution by simulating data under different parameter values and comparing them to the observed data. ABC has been widely applied in population genetics where genealogies make likelihoods difficult to calculate. While ABC provides a practical computational approach, it raises questions about how closely it relates to true Bayesian inference with the raw data.
1) The document discusses challenges in using machine learning and data analytics for materials science research. Specifically, most materials are irrelevant for a given purpose, so models need to identify statistically exceptional subgroups rather than averaging all data.
2) Two potential methods for identifying promising subgroups are discussed: focusing on materials with small oxygen-carbon-oxygen angles or large carbon-oxygen bond lengths for catalysis applications.
3) The concept of a model's domain of applicability is introduced, wherein models perform best when applied only to similar data they were trained on, rather than all data globally. Identifying these reliable domains is important.
This document discusses modelling individual consumer behaviour using an agent-based model. It summarizes work to generate a synthetic population of individuals for the Leeds area of the UK that incorporates census and commercial data. Different population synthesis techniques were compared to create the population. Future work involves using the synthetic population to create households and incorporate individual characteristics and behaviours into agents to model shopping and travel.
Module 5 - EN - Promoting data use III: Most frequent data analysis techniques Alberto González-Talaván
This document summarizes a training event on ecological niche modeling techniques held in Berlin from October 4-5, 2013. It introduces basic concepts of data analysis and species distribution modeling in the first section. Common techniques like DOMAIN, GARP and MaxEnt are described in the second section. The third section discusses organizing training workshops, including preparing data and exercises. The final section provides resources for further learning, including books and manuals.
Tools to Analyze Morphology and Spatially Mapped Molecular Data - Informatio...Joel Saltz
Description of NCI Information Technology for Cancer Research Project dedicated to 1) development of development of Digital Pathology pipelines, databases, data modeling and visualization methods, 2) support for digital pathology/Radiology/"omics" based precision medicine
Presented at Spring 2015 Information Technology for Cancer Research PI Meeting
This presentation discusses plans for an ecosystem modeling and scaling infrastructure project involving several Australian research organizations. The project aims to 1) integrate multiple data streams to test and optimize process-based ecosystem models, 2) incorporate topographic effects on climate modeling, and 3) assess land-use trade-offs and climate impacts across Australia. Key questions to be addressed include improving model skill, using observations to inform strategic questions, and predicting land-use conflicts under climate change. The initial phase will deliver a model-data interface and re-analyses of carbon storage, water use, and runoff. Engagement efforts include open data portals and workshops. The project provides a unique opportunity to advance ecosystem modeling and demonstrate the value of long-term observations
This document proposes an expansion of the GeneLab resource to better collect, analyze, and share spaceflight experimental data. The expansion involves: 1) Adopting a model similar to the Department of Energy's KBase platform to integrate data management, analysis tools, and results sharing for space biology research. 2) Designing a robust graphical user interface to engage the scientific community in accessing, searching, analyzing, and comparing spaceflight data through intuitive tutorials and publication/analysis suggestions. The goal is to maximize the impact of spaceflight experiments by bringing together scattered omics data in a redesigned, quality-controlled platform and increasing data/analysis reuse.
Over a seven day period in August 2017 Hurricane Harvey brought extreme levels of rainfall to the Houston area, resulting in catastrophic flooding that caused loss of human life and damage to personal property and public infrastructure. In the wake of this event, there is growing interest in understanding the degree to which this event was unusual and estimating the probability of experiencing a similar event in other locations. Additionally, we investigate the degree to which the sea surface temperature in the Gulf of Mexico is associated with extreme precipitation in the US Gulf Coast. This talk addresses these issues through the development of an extreme value model.
We assume that the annual maximum precipitation values at Gulf Coast locations approximately follow the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) distribution. Because the observed precipitation record in this region is relatively short, we borrow strength across spatial locations to improve GEV parameter estimates. We model the GEV parameters at US Gulf Coast locations using a multivariate spatial hierarchical model; for inference, a two-stage approach is utilized. Spatial
interpolation is used to estimate GEV parameters at unobserved locations, allowing us to characterize precipitation extremes throughout the region. Analysis indicates that Harvey was highly unusual as a seven
-day event, and that GoM SST seems to be more strongly linked to extreme precipitation in the Western part of
the region.
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Analyzing simulation algorithm performance is cumbersome: execute some runs, observe a performance metric, and analyze the results. Often, the results motivate follow-up experiments, which in turn may lead to additional experiments, and so on. This time-consuming and error-prone process can be automated with planning approaches from artificial intelligence, making simulator performance analysis more convenient and rigorous. This paper introduces ALeSiA, a prototypical system for automatic simulator performance analysis. It is independent of any specific simulation system and realizes a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluate performance.
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This document summarizes a risk analysis project of cultural resources within floodplains of the Snoqualmie Valley in King County, Washington. The project aims to develop a GIS model and risk analysis matrix to analyze risk exposure from natural hazards like flooding for historic properties and archaeological sites. It outlines the project objectives, methodology, database design, modeling, and mapping of results.
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