If You Take One
Thing Away
Become a T-shaped person
and stay curious.
Become knowledgeable in
many topics and an expert in a
few. Make connections and
share what you learn.
Build a portfolio of projects
and probably learn coding.
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Where are we
going today?
● My Background
● What’s Machine Learning?
● Geo to ML?!
● What’s important in ML?
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My Path
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My Path
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
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My Path
MSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2014
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
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My Path
MSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2014
PhD in Geophysics
Technical University of Denmark
2019/2020
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
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My (linearized) Path
MSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2014
PhD in Geophysics (ish)
Technical University of Denmark
2019/2020
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
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My Path
MSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2014
PhD in Geophysics (ish)
Technical University of Denmark
2019/2020
Machine Learning Engineer
GMV
2020!
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
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My Path
MSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2014
PhD in Geophysics (ish)
Technical University of Denmark
2019/2020
Machine Learning Engineer
GMV
2020!
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
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My Path
MSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2014
PhD in Geophysics (ish)
Technical University of Denmark
2019/2020
Machine Learning Engineer
GMV
2020!
BSc in Geophysics
Hamburg, Germany
2011
The interesting bit.
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Why switch careers?
Rocks are nice you know.
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BSc in Geophysics
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MSc in
Geophysics
BSc in Geophysics
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MSc in
Geophysics
BSc in Geophysics PhD in 2020
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Don’t need that in my life
(Also climate change...)
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What is Machine Learning?
And why should I care?
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if x > 5
Classical rule-based and expert systems
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Computers
figure it out
based on the data
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Models that do not have external information
Blackbox models
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Some seismic data
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An “inversion”
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Self-driving cars
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Neural Networks
The new hype that is older than all of us
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A neural network
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A neural network
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What is AI, ML, and Deep Learning?
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A neural network as it is used today
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The learned filters
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What is the connection
Why do we care in geoscience?!
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Matching of seismic data
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The differences between unmatched and matched
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Compared to a baseline method
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● Generating Synthetic Data
● Earthquake localisation
● Drill Core Processing
● Clustering of Well Data
● Prediction of Volcanic activity
● Satellite Data
What else
though?
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How did I change careers?
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Start Projects
Application > Theory
● Participate in Hackathons
● Build Apps
● Compete on Kaggle
● Get familiar with the Math
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Build a breadth of knowledge
Dive deep in some expertise