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Seismology

Hackathon in Zurich – ETH Team

Hackathon in Zurich – ETH Team

A colleague, external partners and I organized a hackathon on permafrost which took place from 28/11/2019 to 01/12/2019.   We tried not to follow the traditional competition-like hackathon approach, but wanted to foster interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and collaboration through working jointly on a predefined dataset.   We targeted to bring together computer and environmental scientists. …[Read More]

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Seismology

Hackathon in Vienna – IMGW Team

Hackathon in Vienna – IMGW Team

The whole idea of a Hackathon in Science came to me a couple of years ago, when I first read the AgileScientific blog written by Matt Hall.   I figured that such an event is perhaps the most optimal way to generate and develop ideas in rapid time. Then, after I participated in the Ready2Order …[Read More]

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Seismology

Hackathon in Paris – IPGP Team

Hackathon in Paris – IPGP Team

A few weeks ago, we organized and hosted a hackathon at IPGP and it turned out to be a very successful event.   We are a group of five organizers who are: finishing their PhD in Machine Learning, no longer working as research scientists (currently involved in data science and data engineering), and still living …[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

The multitasking skillbox of researchers, direct experiences from Early Career Scientists.

The multitasking skillbox of researchers, direct experiences from Early Career Scientists.

Science is “the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them” (Collins online dictionary). In other words, science is tightly linked to gaining knowledge. However, this definition and many others never mention that to gain knowledge through science, a vast amount of experience must be acquired …[Read More]