Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D.

AI Innovator | GeoAI & Earth Intelligence | Driving AI & Simulation Techonology | Finalist, Women in AI NA Awards 2025 | Building Solutions & Communities

[Qiusheng Wu @giswqs]

📣 Exciting News! I'm thrilled to announce the release of my new book: Introduction to GIS Programming: A Practical Python Guide to Open Source Geospatial Tools!

Unlock the power of geospatial data with Python! This hands-on guide is crafted for both beginners and intermediate users eager to dive into spatial analysis and interactive mapping using open-source tools. Inside, you'll find practical examples that teach you how to work with real-world data while developing essential skills in Python programming, vector and raster analysis, web mapping, and cloud computing.

Whether you're a student, researcher, GIS professional, or data scientist, this book will empower you to tackle geospatial challenges with confidence.

✨ What’s Included:
All code examples are freely available.
Access to 26 hours of free video tutorials to complement your learning.

📚 Explore More:
Book Website: https://t.co/CQa04UhCBV
GitHub Repository: https://t.co/K1OzCNWvmX
Video Tutorials: https://t.co/KpyX8mx5rU

Special Offer: Purchase the PDF version (553 pages) for just $25 until July 4. After that, the price will increase by $5. Grab your copy here: https://t.co/lr2wwsPcQf.

📖 The color print version will also be available soon on Amazon—stay tuned!

#geospatial #opensource #GIS #Python

[Richard Sutton @RichardSSutton]

ACM has made an excellent video introduction to reinforcement learning!

[MDA Space @MDA_space]

We're excited to share this close-up look at the Lunar Outpost Lunar Terrain Vehicle, equipped with a MDA SKYMAKER arm, featured at Space Symposium last week 🚀🌕

#DrivingArtemis #MDASKYMAKER
@LunarOutpostInc
@LeidosInc
@GM
@Goodyear

[Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D. @laCaudilloMata]

Thank you, @MDA_space, for the kind post and continued support! Developing cutting-edge technology for geospatial intelligence within the space industry has been a dream come true. Congrats to all the other @women_in_ai finalists!

[MDA Space @MDA_space]

We're proud to recognize Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Sr. Member of Technical Staff - Systems at MDA Space, who has been selected as a finalist for the AI Innovator of the Year Private Sector award by @women_in_ai (WAI).

#MissionMDA

[Pablo Samuel Castro @pcastr]

Looking to hire a student researcher to work on cool project for 6 months in DeepMind Montreal.

Reqs:
- Full-time masters/PhD student 🧑🏾‍🎓
- Substantial expertise in multi-agent RL, ideally including publication(s) 🤖🤖
- Strong Python coding skills 🐍

This you? Get in touch!

[clem 🤗 @ClementDelangue]

Great research on open-source by @Harvard:
- $4.15B invested in open-source generates $8.8T of value for companies (aka $1 invested in open-source = $2,000 of value created)
- Companies would need to spend 3.5 times more on software than they currently do if OSS did not exist

I suspect that these numbers and impact are even greater for AI than for software (would be great to study!)

[Sara Hooker @sarahookr]

I am looking forward to seeing you all!

This is one of the key priorities for our lab and looking forward to supporting every step of the way.

[Kevin Patrick Murphy @sirbayes]

Had a great time at @Khipu_AI in Santiago, Chile. My talk on Sequential decision making using online variational bayes is here, in case you are interested. (Lots of other cool talks online too)
https://t.co/fYwfY2RBEH

[Yoshua Bengio @Yoshua_Bengio]

I recommend reading this paper ⬇️ It makes an evidence-based case that, without substantial effort to prevent it, AGIs trained like today’s top models could learn misaligned goals, hide them from their developers, and pursue them by seeking power.

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Good to have you back.

[Richard Sutton @RichardSSutton]

https://t.co/dW1mBPdS2f

Machines that learn from experience were explored by Alan Turing almost eighty years ago, which makes it particularly gratifying and humbling to receive an award in his name for reviving this essential but still nascent idea.

[UBC Computer Science @UBC_CS]

We are so proud!! 🤩🤩 @UBC_Systopia @UBC @UBCNews @margo_seltzer #ComputerScience #ComputerSystems @ubcprez

[Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D. @laCaudilloMata]

@LorenaABarba @figshare This looks like a really cool initiative! Thanks for sharing the white paper.

[MDA Space @MDA_space]

Today marks the 40th anniversary of astronaut @MarcGarneau's spaceflight - a milestone moment that saw the first Canadian astronaut go to space!

@CanadianSpaceAgency
#WSW2024

[Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D. @laCaudilloMata]

This is a month to celebrate these incredible contributions and reflect on their impact on our community. I hope you can explore the inspiring stories featured on Lathisms, and I also want to thank @LATH1SMS for their important work in amplifying our voices and contributions.

[Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D. @laCaudilloMata]

Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of members of the Latin-American community in our society. One of the most meaningful platforms celebrating this diversity in Mathematics is @LATH1SMS

[Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D. @laCaudilloMata]

With the latest advances in AI, one can even listen to these stories come to life. For example, here is a deep-dive podcast I created using my Lathisms profile! https://t.co/b7GiFfVcnd

[Luz Angélica Caudillo Mata, Ph.D. @laCaudilloMata]

@maanow @ccc_personal it's so great to see you profiled here!