I-Kang Ding, Ph.D.

Data mining mining data @KoBold_Metals. @Stanford Ph.D. @MTzuang’s +1. immigrant (🇹🇼➡🇺🇸). Interested in intersection of machine learning & climate tech.

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

A piece of LED bulb history: left, 800 lm bulb that used to cost $30 back in 2012. Right: 1600 lm bulb that costs around $3. A reduction of 20x in lm/$ in less than 10 years.

Are people interested in the technology behind LED chips? Thinking about a LED tweet thread...

[Emily Riederer @EmilyRiederer]

This is a @xieyihui appreciation post

#rstats, please join me in sponsoring @xieyihui on @github

https://t.co/yupTfEs1aB

(Context: https://t.co/b7rlQ1psNF)

1/n 🧵(or shall I say 🧶)

[Catalyst w/ Shayle Kann @CatalystPod]

Fighting climate change means scaling up lots of new technologies, but financing those first-of-a-kind (FOAK) projects is incredibly difficult.

In this episode, @shaylekann talks to longtime #climatetech investor David Yeh.

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/hTcFP5cBR7

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

Pleasantly surprised to see CEO of my employer being interviewed at one of my favorite podcasts!

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@bradfordcross I remember reading this article in early 2020 as I was switching jobs! This was a great article. Thanks for sharing again.

[Julia Chatterley @chattwithjulia]

We need "more than $10T worth of newly discovered Lithium, Copper, Cobalt and Nickel.”

@kurtzhouse on how mining startup @KoBold_Metals is utilizing #AI to pinpoint key metals for clean energy.

Plus, challenges “It requires many, many years and a huge amount of investment.”

[Tim Latimer @TimMLatimer]

Major breakthrough in decarbonized cement announced today by Brimstone. Awesome stuff! https://t.co/oVrSs5UhbU

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@biglithium @PeterOlivier Hard rock fans unite!

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

A story in four acts.

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@DynamicWebPaige #9 (Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System) is probably fairly doable - this is near Las Vegas, you can’t miss it driving in I-15.

[Kane 謝凱堯 @kane]

9/ concentrated solar plants (this actually appears in Bladerunner 2049)

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@TimMLatimer @CalvinCupini So much this! I shared @KoBold_Metals's job openings on one the the climate tech job boards last year and got some pointed criticism about "why would extractive industries be considered as 'climate jobs'?"

[KoBold Metals @KoBold_Metals]

KoBold Metals is excited to participate in @SFClimateWeek online climate career fair!

RSVP to SF Climate Jobs Fair to learn more about KoBold Metals and the roles we’re hiring for.

Come meet our team on April 19th at 10am PST! Register to attend here: https://t.co/F2Kglc8ak5

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

This CAPTCHA from @PGE4Me has to be one of the most ridiculous CAPTCHA in existence... and the challenge contains 5 of them in a row!!!

[Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer]

Silicon Valley Bank was an “integral” part of the climate-tech world, @GkraEnergy told me; it provided billions in financing to support solar, hydrogen, and energy storage projects https://t.co/L5Trfz1awh

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@jtemple @MoxieTemple So it was YOU in this @xkcdComic ! https://t.co/3wj3pDnXfw

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

Can’t have platform spend if you don’t have a platform…

[Corey Quinn @QuinnyPig]

Let me summon the ghost of Parler here as well: they were booted off of AWS for *not having an effective abuse management process.*

Irrevocably break Twitter's content moderation, and the cloud providers will reduce your bill to $0 for you.

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@EggersMatt @TechCrunch @sethbannon I saw that! I couldn’t believe it!

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@solar_chase Thank you for reading!

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

On this 10-year anniversary of my layoff from my first industry job, I was finally able to share with you this deeply personal story, and what I learned from that experience: https://t.co/72gAYOfxil 1/

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

@Jay_S0204 Hear, hear.

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

If you'd like to read a longer version of this article, I post the story on my blog: https://t.co/72gAYOfxil

20/fin

[I-Kang Ding, Ph.D. @ikding]

All that is to say, being laid-off was part of the ups-and-downs of one's career, there's no stigma attached to it and it is nothing to be ashamed of, and it matters much more how you learn from this experience and bounce back! 19/