TGIF Seminar given at the
Department of Earth Sciences
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa
on October 12, 2018.
Abstract
Machine learning is the new trend sweeping across the Earth Sciences. From the oil and
gas industry to oceanography, these algorithms are being trained to solve previously
unsolvable (or extremely tedious) problems. But what exactly is "machine learning" and
what can be done with it? In this talk, I will present a brief high-level overview of
some of the core concepts and interesting applications of machine learning methods to
geoscience data. I will also explore some of the best practices and techniques that can
be applied to geophysical inversion and interpolation methods, including a new method
for gridding 3-component GPS data.