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Why I got started with Big Data?
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How I got started with big data?
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Sharma et al. 2007. Global Change Biology.
Bass habitat currently in the south
Bass habitat predicted everywhere
Sharma et al. 2007. Global Change Biology.
Global collaborations as a tool for environmental synthesis
Sharma et al. 2015. Nature Scientific Data.
Global Lake Temperature Collaboration
Sapna Sharma Catherine O’Reilly Derek Gray Jordan Read John Lenters Stephanie Hampton Simon Hook 75+ contributors
laketemperature.org
Global Lake Temperature Collaboration
Collected water temperatures for the past 25 years for over 350 lakes
Sharma et al. Nature Scientific Data 2015
Sharma et al. 2015. Nature Scientific Data. O’Reilly, Sharma et al. Geophysical Research Letters. 2015.
90% of lakes are warming Faster warming rates for ice-covered lakes
Interdisciplinary Collaborations for Big Data Environmental Synthesis
• Limnologists working in Canada, US, Finland, Japan, Antarctica
• Climate scientists • Japanese
translators • Japanese linguists • Shinto priests • Journalists
Sharma et al. Nature Scientific Reports 2016
Networking is key for collaborations • Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/
environmental-synthesis-week-networking-mixer-tickets-38501323495
Elevator Speech
• 30 seconds • Your name • Where are you
working? • E.g., What your
research is about?, past experiences, future goals
Let’s practice!
• Elevator Speech • Questions you
can ask professionals
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