Here at The Way of the Geophysicists, we have written about social justice before. Today marks Juneteenth. The day of slave liberation in the United States, where a lot of our readers come from. After the death of George Floyd and ongoing deaths through police brutality of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, … [I […]
Category Archives: Personal Journey
Dear EAGE we have to talk!
Dear EAGE, you’re my professional society. We have history! Already during my Bachelor’s, I published an extended abstract with you. But you’ve changed. We need to talk about this. Please don’t mistake me for having illusions. As you know, I run this website and some others, I know the costs of doing business online. I’ve […]
The Hidden Cost on Mental Health of Living Abroad
It is World Mental Health Day. People are sharing valuable resources and personal stories on Twitter and Instagram. Usually, I miss these days, but it just so happens that I have a story or two when it comes to mental health. When I finished my studies I found a job in the happiest (or so) […]
Kaggle Days Two – Googling in San Francisco
Have you met our Lord and Saviour AutoML? Day two of the Kaggle Days was, what it had to be, a competition. Very interesting to be in a room with Grandmasters, Pros and then there’s me. But the real struggle was for everyone to compete with the AutoML solutions by Google and H2O.ai. One of […]
Meet me at the EAGE Annual 2019
It’s the time of the year. The large applied geoscientists conference is coming up, the EAGE Annual Meeting. This year the EAGE is coming to London. I’ll be there as well and I’ll have a couple of speaking engagements, I’d like to invite you along to. Hackathon and Sprint I love the newly created ritual […]
Kaggle Days One – Googling in San Francisco [2/3]
Does anyone else know that feeling? You listen to too many people doing awesome things, you eventually get a small existential crisis. Well. I do. In Day one we explored Google Next ’19 and my highlights. While Google Next was still on, I was up to other shenanigans. My real reason to come to San […]
A Week in Tech Heaven – Googling in San Francisco [1/3]
So am I understanding this correct: You are here for a $1600 conference. And it’s not for work. This is your free time? Yes. I recently travelled to San Francisco to attend the Google Next conference. Clearly neither a scientific conference nor related to geophysics. And also clearly, the immigration officer was not particularly on […]
I placed 1300th on Kaggle and it’s amazing!
I placed 1360 in a deep learning competition and here’s why that is a win in my book. I spend too much time on social media, but this time I was lucky. I checked my feed on LinkedIn quickly and saw an announcement from TGS a seismic contractor. They had teamed up with Kaggle, a […]
My Interview with the EAGE about the Way of the Geophysicist
The European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) interviewed me. It appears in the 2015 edition of their student newsletter. My fellow students already asked me about it and now you can read it online! I enjoyed talking in the interview with Kirsten Brandt and I do hope more opportunities like this may arise. Interview: Blogging his way […]
I’m done! – Das Studium gilt als bestanden.
My last post has been a while, but for a good reason. Das Studium gilt als bestanden. Is German and means “You passed your studies”. So now I have all my paperwork gathered up and I’m officially a Master of Science in Geophysics It took a bit of work and I’m especially proud to say […]
