Simon Thomas

Cambridge PhD graduand @ai4er_cdt @bas_news @FacultyMaths,

[Oliver Groß @minenergybiz]

Unreal numbers 👀⚡️
"JPMorgan estimates that, had Germany not phased out nuclear power, the country would have generated 50% less electricity from fossil fuels and 84% less electricity from natural gas in 2024. Electricity prices in Germany would have been around 25% lower, and the country would have imported half as much electricity.."

[Climate Informatics @Climformatics]

In search of a New Year's Research Resolution? Submit to #CI2024 in London hosted by @turinginst!

📆 Submission Deadline: 2 February
🧑‍🏫 Conference: 22-24 April
📌 Location: London, UK
📚 Fields: Earth + Climate + Weather + ML + AI + Data
🖥️ Website: https://t.co/2Z0mowcFN4

[Cambridge Zero @CambridgeZero]

New classification methods may improve our understanding of how the #ocean operates as part of the global #climate system.

Read the blog by @SimonDAThomas
🌊https://t.co/INdvOWS27F

Full paper 👇https://t.co/jXe4uNaCrH
@Cambridge_Uni @BAS_News & LOCEAN @Sorbonne_Univ_

[Alex Gonzalez (he/him/his) @AGitcz123]

I'm thrilled to announce our #AGU21 session on the East Pacific ITCZ!

Even though it says East Pacific ITCZ, we want to have a wide range of presentations on air-sea interactions and the ITCZ.

Also convened by Charlotte DeMott and Rich Neale @NCAR_CGD!

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

@lawrennd I think the store of assets is pretty large - nature papers from say the 80s contain so many seminal works - it could take them a decade to burn through the prestige

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

@lawrennd Perhaps it’s ‘intellectual asset stripping’ - using up the journals prestige for short term returns

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

Here's our talk from #AGU2020 if you want an easier to digest introduction: https://t.co/VBoO0y6H2j (talk also hosted on youtube: https://t.co/1xTBIFxuyO)

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

Our new preprint is out for open review! https://t.co/M6CuBCptI4
We use unsupervised classification in the Southern Ocean to highlight boundaries. @DanJonesOcean @acfaul @ErikMackie @epauthenet

Code here: https://t.co/OHTaU8R4WH

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

@tom_r_andersson @DanJonesOcean @acfaul @ErikMackie @epauthenet I think that is an unfortunate artifact from the state estimate spinning up in the first two years :) The model is fitted on the 3rd year of data.

[Dr Dani Jones (danijones.bsky.social) @DaniJonesOcean]

NEW: can we use machine learning, specifically unsupervised classification, to re-think ocean fronts/boundaries?

NEW preprint open for discussion in the open-access @EGU_Ocean journal. Comments and suggestions welcome!

#preprint #MachineLearning @ORCHESTRAPROJ @SO_CHIC_EU

[Dr Dani Jones (danijones.bsky.social) @DaniJonesOcean]

At #AGU20 and interested in how we can use #MachineLearning to understand oceanographic data? Come to session OS022!

Lots of good talks there, including one by @SimonDAThomas on a new fronts metric

Day/time: Thursday (10 Dec) at noon (GMT), 7am (Eastern), 4am (Pacific...ouch).

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

A cold midwinter wedding. The fog lifted just in time. Not the best photo, but recognisably 2020.

[Dr Dani Jones (danijones.bsky.social) @DaniJonesOcean]

Looking for a #PhD studentship at the intersection of machine learning and climate change? I have a project for you to consider.

It involves unsupervised classification and climate model data - a growing application area.

For more info and to apply:
https://t.co/BNAysHuavP

[British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @BAS_News]

BAS is seeking a research leader in Environmental AI to co-lead activities at #BASAILab & support digital innovation @NERCscience

Full details: https://t.co/JYEa5ffD66

@scotthosking @turinginst #digitaltwin #Climate #AI #CoolJobs #Recruiting

Please share!

📷 @esa

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

@b_judah But isn't it the very fact that there is a reaction against a movement's excesses that allows the wave to break and society to move forward? If there was no reaction those excesses may have become the movement.

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

@milankloewer @EuroGeosciences @JKSteinberger @KevinClimate @theAAG @ClimateHuman @KA_Nicholas @coralsncaves Sure, no worries, those are all good points, I just thought it might provide a better baseline (and might make things look worse).

[Sophie Miocevich @SophieMiocevich]

Super excited for Crash, Bang, Squelch! If you're in Cambridge and want to volunteer as a demonstrator, head to: https://t.co/ic1t1aSpOZ

If you want to come along and try out our awesome experiments/ see our talks/ attend a robotics workshop - see below!

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

In trying to reduce the impact of our diets, we tend massively to over-emphasise #FoodMiles, and under-emphasise the type of food we eat. Even if you shipped bananas 6 times round the planet, their impact would be lower than local beef and lamb. https://t.co/q6xFQLiqCV

[Simon Thomas @SimonDAThomas]

A jetlag-induced 5am start to the Saturday of #neurips19 🌊