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• 02.20.2020

  UX for Complex Systems

  Join us this week for a chat about the UX design of complex systems and including humans in the loop throughout increasing levels of system sophistication and automation. Our guest is Lynn Pausic, cofounder of Expero, and expert in the...

  
• 02.13.2020

  Data Versioning

  Hello there! We’re refactoring the show a bit. From now on, we’ll be focusing on a single theme for each episode.Today’s theme is data versioning. If you’re not doing it, get on it! Tune in to find out how.

  
• 07.23.2019

  We're Live!

  Join us this week for the live show from Dove Town, Canada. No show notes? No problem. Join us for a review of SciPy 2019, hypergraphs!, and fraud detection. Boom.

  
• 05.09.2019

  A Healthy Dose of Skepticism

  Can we agree that the UR boys are a couple of skeptical optimists? Well, this week they get a full dose from Kyle Polich of Data Skeptic podcast. Tune in as Kyle tells us about his journey in data science,...

  
• 04.25.2019

  Living the Dream

  We’re living the dream this week with Bane Sullivan, a super driven young man working on building next generation geoscience visualization technology. Tune in as we discuss viz, and more specifically geoviz, with Bane. We’ll also get in touch with...

  
• 03.24.2019

  A Bit of Mapping

  This week we chat with bitmapper extraordinaire, Matt Jaffee. We discuss what a bitmap index is, why Go is so powerful, radio astronomy, and tons of other good stuff. If you’re into categorical data (or floats or ints or timestamps...

  
• 03.12.2019

  Interpretability

  The boys are in Houston! And Diego is in Houston, too! Join us this week as we walk through the fascinating subject of machine learning model interpretability. We’ll talk about modern tips and techniques for interpreting your machine learning models,...

  
• 02.18.2019

  A Fluid Resurgence

  Are we back? Tune in to find out.

  
• 08.09.2018

  WIT Hackathon

  Boom. We're live and direct this week from the Expero women in tech Machine Learning as a Product hackathon in Austin, TX. It was a super fun weekend with a ton of amazing ideas. If you're interested in seeing all...

  
• 07.19.2018

  SciPy 2018 with Don't Panic Geocast!

  Hello there! Welcome to an amazing mashup of UR and Don't Panic Geocast (v2). John Leeman of Don't Panic joins gram at SciPy 2018 for a chat about what's going on. No show notes this week...

  
• 06.12.2018

  Statistically Acceptable

  This week the UR boys learn just how improbable it is that they're still on the air. The master of geostatistics, Dr. Michael Pyrcz, joins them for a fascinating chat. Michael discusses the virtues of following your passion into academia...

  
• 06.05.2018

  #subhack SLC 2018

  This week's episode is an audio only version of the presentations at the 2018 Subsurface Hackathon in Salt Lake City. There is a video version here (which makes more sense). Enjoy!

  
• 05.16.2018

  Production Prediction

  Dr. John Ramey joins us on the show this week to: a) show the UR boys how bad they are at statistics. b) solve the problem of estimating production. c) all of the above. The answer is c) all of...

  
• 05.10.2018

  Starboy

  Surprise! Dr. Diego Castañeda and Evan Bianco are in Houston! Join us this week to learn about stellar rotation, composition measurements by remote sensing, and automobile location by GPR. The Agile boys are fired up this week. Do not miss...

  
• 05.01.2018

  The Post Conference Blues

  It's headshot day for Matt's crew at South Shore Hub! How do you like his new picture? This week Matt and gram discuss the merits of a newish conference, the evils of getting slow Python to run fast, and how...

  
• 03.22.2018

  Extra Special Announcement (ESA)

  Eirik Larsen joins us this week for a big reveal about what's going on in the world of exploration geosci ML. Listen up as the man himself tells us about what's going on at his company, what's going on in...

  
• 03.15.2018

  Get a Rec Sys

  We have a new winner! Ethan Rosenthal has now made it to the top of the list for number of guest appearances. Join us as we finally have a chance to grill Ethan about recommender systems, how they work, what...

  
• 02.27.2018

  Unto the Creech

  Once more unto the Creech, dear friends! Actually, this is our first foray unto the Creech, we just felt like it classed up the show a bit to have some Shakespeare in an episode title. Join us this week for...

  
• 02.14.2018

  Role Reversal

  Join us this week on Undersampled Radio as we interview two special guests, Matt Hall and Graham Ganssle. Listen in as our host, Fernando Ziegler, lays down the gauntlet with some incisive questions, brilliant insights, and general radio-host-badassery. Matt and...

  
• 02.06.2018

  A Broadcasting Epiphany

  Join us this week for a technically challenged episode. The boys can't stop cracking up, Matt makes more than the usual number of puns, and Gram finally tells us what he's been drinking in all the episodes this year. You'll...

  
• 01.17.2018

  #r(adio)ladies

  Caitlin Hudon is doing it right. Not only is she a mogul of the data science world, she's a content creator, driven to give back to the community. Listen up as Caitlin describes her activities as a mentor of aspiring...

  
• 01.04.2018

  Nonprofit Nepotism

  Our guest this week is embedded systems nerd and electrical engineering junkie, Jack Ganssle. Good looks and geekiness must run in the family because, yes, Jack is GRAM's dad. Since we know nothing about computers (and very little about computing,...

  
• 12.19.2017

  The Holiday Episode!

  Happy holidays everyone! Gift lists and photoshops, podcasts and puppies / these are a few of our favorite things. Since Matt loved last year's holiday episode photo so much, we've prepped another little gem for him this year. Tune in...

  
• 12.13.2017

  Mining. Data and Others.

  Paula Alves joins us this week for a discussion about transitioning from the mining of rocks to the mining of data. Paula's a self-employed data scientist working on some really cool problems. Join us as she highlights the benefits of...

  
• 11.29.2017

  Kick Back and Relax

  This week we've got Dr. Brian Romans on the show for a chat about what it's like in academia from the other side of the fence. What is tenure? Once you get it, is it really awesome? Once you get...

  
• 11.18.2017

  King of the Pandas

  Ted Petrou joins us all the way from Canada today! What's the King of the Pandas and the leader of the Houston Data Science Meetup doing all the way up at 50 degrees north? You'll have to tune in to...

  
• 11.11.2017

  Anisotropic Radio

  This week we've got (soon to be Dr.) Yuriy Ivanov on the show chatting with us about orthorombic media, anisotropy, and seismic experiments of various scope. Tune in as we have a laugh at GRAM's outfit, learn a ton from...

  
• 10.29.2017

  Game, Set, Match

  Sarah Greer

  
• 10.12.2017

  GPU Quantum Compute Machine Intelligence Unsupervised Goodness

  You listen to UR for the loosely technology related conversation and the lack of scientific rigor. You appreciate the finer points of gram and matt's sophomoric humor. You'd rather watch the Kardashians than build a new Docker image. Well, this isn't...

  
• 10.05.2017

  #subhack Houston

  This week we're coming at you live and direct from the Subsurface Hackathon in Houston, TX. This event is awesome, and you need to get yo'self to the next one. We're joined by several hackathon teams, who discuss their projects,...

  
• 09.26.2017

  Radar Love

  This week we have Aaron Roberts on the show. Aaron's a brilliant, creative dude who can get your lawn mowed. What?! Yep. Aaron is a data scientist at LawnStarter, the "Uber of lawn care." Tune in as we chat about...

  
• 09.14.2017

  This Episode is CC BY 2.0

  Has your work ever been plagiarized? How about plagiarized by a world-dominant publishing house? Tune in to see how it happened and what's going to happen next. Also on the menu this episode: SEG in the wake of Hurricane Harvey,...

  
• 09.05.2017

  A Meandering Conversation

  Zoltan Sylvester joins us this week for a fascinating conversation on the modeling of meandering channels and the study of decompaction. Listen in as GRAM nerds out on the fluid dynamics / system state parallel, Zoltan discusses all the cool...

  
• 08.29.2017

  GeoHockey Analysis

  This week we've got Elwyn Galloway on the show. He's an expert geoperson and a budding data scientist, to boot. Elwyn describes his project, sketch2model, which is one of the coolest geoapps ever created. He also talks about his interest...

  
• 08.16.2017

  Bril-liant Broadcast

  This week we speak with Bert Bril about his expansive career in geocomputing. Get the inside scoop on how OpendTect got its start. Enjoy the insight of Bert's analysis of open computing and open data. Laugh at gram as he...

  
• 08.10.2017

  Computing the Future

  This week we have Dr. Brendan Hall on the show to talk about ML, AI, and the power of computing the future. Check into the show notes for the goodies.

  
• 07.31.2017

  The ENERGY Hour

  This week, Aaron Foyer of ENERGYminute joins us to discuss the country (Canada) wide, and global implications of energy production and consumption. Tune in as we learn about the fascinating politics and economics related to the sourcing of energy. We...

  
• 07.11.2017

  Nyiragong[wh]o?

  Dr. Chris Jackson's just back from his volcano tour with the BBC (well, like, as in a few weeks ago. But that's pretty timely for us, right?). Having Dr. Jackson on the show is always an honor, and we're pleased...

  
• 07.05.2017

  Franchise it!

  How do you let a thing grow beyond your capabilities to manage? Franchise it, of course! This week we're talking about spinning off scientific creative events, AI intro courses, TensorFlow, and Sable Island. Show notes here.

  
• 06.19.2017

  Straight Outta #subhack

  This week UR is in Paris for the 2017 Subsurface Hackathon! Tune in as we speak to several teams about their projects. As a bonus, you'll get to see our skill at in-the-field recording! Follow this link to watch the...

  
• 06.15.2017

  Train the World!

  Dr. Sue Webb joins us today for a discussion about potential field inversion, the future of geoscience in Africa, and the AfricaArray project. Sue's been an integral part of driving the new frontier of geoscience in Africa; she's run the...

  
• 06.05.2017

  Conferences Rule!

  Evan Bianco (Evan the magnificent) joins us for a summary of the Calgary GeoConference, an interior look at Agile Scientific, and a lesson on guitar-playing/half-marathon-winning. Don't worry, this episode isn't all conference bashing and bad times, there is actually quite...

  
• 05.30.2017

  Forward Problems Aren't Dead

  GRAM puts his foot further into his mouth today. You'll remember his claim in episode 41 (mere weeks ago) that forward problems are dead. You can also find an entire blog post he wrote about forward problems being dead. Well...

  
• 05.15.2017

  Undersampled Soundoff

  This week the crew from SEG's podcast, Seismic Soundoff, joins Undersampled Radio for a chat about interesting modes of scicomm and community outreach. Our guests are also the authors of the excellent SEG Wiki, which is another great resource for...

  
• 05.08.2017

  Optimization of Optimism

  This week Flynn Zaiger, owner of Online Optimism, joins us for a chat about sending your message to the world. Online Optimism is a digital marketing firm building better futures for companies passionate about their craft. Flynn chats with the...

  
• 05.02.2017

  Sock Sessions v1.0

  Welcome to UR Sock Sessions. This is an experiment gone horribly wrong. GRAM and matt visited Chris Jackson in New York during his GSA Distinguished Lecturer tour. The three were joined by Ethan Rosenthal (who's also been on the show...

  
• 04.24.2017

  Inverterizer

  What's an inverse? How do we invigorate and open up scientific curricula? Is it possible for one person to work on (and crush) 10 simultaneous projects? Lindsey Heagy answers these questions for us on the show this week. If you're...

  
• 04.12.2017

  Video Chat

  This week we have Katelyn Salem of Kate Tectonics on the show. If you haven't watched their videos, do so immediately; you'll thank us. We did. And then we invited Katelyn to UR to teach us how the Kate Tectonics...

  
• 04.05.2017

  Data Redux

  Dr. Ethan Rosenthal's back! This time he's live-and-direct in the studio for another chat about data science and recommendation systems. Ethan's been playing with neural networks recently, and we grill him a bit on it (as you know, Matt's an...

  
• 03.20.2017

  It's Electric!

  Thomas Martin joins us this week to teach us about electric geophysical methods. We discuss MT and Thomas' specialty, CSEM. We dive into methods, techniques, limitations, and successes of these electric methods, and as a bonus we get to hear...