Simon Nachtergaele

Geologist, PhD
Post-Doc at University de Liège
28yo

[Geological Survey BE @GSBelgium]

#GSBprojects LIBS-SCReeN (BELSPO) utilise le Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) pour cibler des éléments chimiques critiques (Ge+Ga) dans les gisements belges de Zn et Pb. Le LIBS est également testé pour la caractérisation des sols et la surveillance de l'environnement.

[LIBS-SCReeN Project @LibsScreen]

Presenting the @belspo LIBS-SCReeN project (ep. 1) 🎬

We use Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy #LIBS to set up fast & reliable methods to identify #CriticalRawMaterials such as germanium & gallium in samples from Zn-Pb deposits in Belgium, contributing to EU's #CRMAct targets

[Soil morphology & micromorphology @micromorphology]

We are shocked and sad to announce the passing away of our beloved colleague and mentor, Georges Stoops (1937–2022). A great scientist and a great man. We will all miss him very much. Rest in peace.

[Marc De Batist @DeBatistMarc]

Zo is dat !!! #GeologyForOurFuture @GeologyUGent @ugent_fwe @ugent @KU_Leuven

Zonder geologen is de transitie naar een duurzame wereld gedoemd te falen https://t.co/06ZndKGmfT via @demorgen

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

One step closer to a global stratigraphic marker for the #anthropocene competing with loess deposits @geology.
"Engineers Make Flying Computer Chips the Size of Sand Grains" https://t.co/08LU8Y4oPe

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

New version is online now! 🥳
Download here:
https://t.co/TUXcGqGRyN
Article here: https://t.co/MBfXyxeYiJ

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

NEWS: new features on my software for #ArtificialIntelligence-assisted apatite fission track dating tool. Now it can also find confined fission tracks in 0.2s using an average laptop, which is a lot faster than an average analyst.

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

New version with these new features is coming up soon around the end of September, since I cannot attend the Thermo 2021 conference. Download here:
https://t.co/TUXcGqGRyN

[Geology UGent @GeologyUGent]

Nachtergaele & De Grave developed new software using Artificial Intelligence (deep neural networks) for automatic counting and live recognition of fission tracks in minerals. Our on- and offline app is available on https://t.co/hjfXmgSKjA @ugent_fwe https://t.co/EhYZMSDcTZ

[Stijn Baert @Stijn_Baert]

Mocht Mignolet een gewone werknemer zijn, er ging 108.000 euro per maand voor hem naar de RSZ. Als voetballer is dat nog geen 1000 euro. En dus minder dan wat veel arbeiders afgeroomd zien. We laten de sterkste schouders de lichtste lasten dragen. Hoelang nog?

[De Speld @DeSpeld]

Sceptische dinosauriërs deden waarschuwingen af als ‘meteoriet-hysterie’ https://t.co/DU0BE6sV5O

[Geology UGent @GeologyUGent]

And now, finally, there is also a Dutch version of the GeolSoc's famous "Geoscience for the future" poster !

https://t.co/Bd3OnGC1jZ

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

After 6 months scientific software development (#Python programming, testing, debugging and training deep neural networks) I finally learned to know #Linux commands. A #PhD is a journey leading to many unexpected paths. 😅

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

@LoicPiret #Inloicwetrust

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

🔨🔨🔨

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

when you're trying to catch flies in your apartment during #lockdown2 in order to reach complete isolation #BreakingBad #CrushTheCurve #killingalltheflies

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

I am proud to present my new software program. It is the first Artificial Intelligence based program useful for automatic fission track recognition. Please feel free to join the interactive discussion. #fissiontracks #geology

[Geochronology @EGU_GChron]

Discussion open for comments: Technical note: AI-Track-tive: automated fission track recognition using computer vision (Artificial Intelligence) https://t.co/Qd9fjXBooP

[Simon Nachtergaele @simon_ntg]

Me during the last 4 months ☕

[Benjamin Young Savage (ᐱᓐᒋᐱᓐ)  @benjancewicz]

Never forget that the CIA dropped 270 million bombs on Laos in 9 years, making it the most heavily bombed country in the history of the world. That's 30 million bomb a year, or 2.5 million bombs a month, or 576,000 bombs a week, or 82,000 bombs a day, or …