Earth Systems Data Science in the Cloud

Earth Systems Data Science in the Cloud

Making the Impossible Possible.

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cloud_ai.py
config.json
import ai from cloud


model = (
  ai
  .process_satellite_feed()
  .train_model(hyper_opt = True)
  .summarize_results()
)


model.predict(new_data)

Introduction

Welcome!

Next Cohort

We are super excited to be hosting our next cohort of the Earth Systems Data Science in the Cloud course launching on January 27, 2025. The curriculum, content, and resources for the previous cohort (ESDS 3; Winter 2024) is available here. The information, course content, and recordings for the current cohort (ESDS 4; Spring 2025) will be available on this site. Please reach out to the course organizers for more information.

Welcome to Earth Systems Data Science in the Cloud, an intensive NCICS training curriculum. Let's get started!

Overview

Course overview, background, and introduction.

Logistics

Course logistics, schedule, commitment, and prerequisites.

Resources

Course resources and access portals to NCICS cloud resources.

Reference Guides

Reference guides to foundational skillsets taught in the course.

We are super excited to have you in the course and look forward to working with you over these next weeks. Please be sure to read these materials prior to the course start and reach out if you have any questions.

Interested in Participating?

If you have found this site, are not yet enrolled, and are interested in participating, please reach out to the course organizers at dwillett@cicsnc.org and ggraham@cicsnc.org.

Information Session

We will be hosting an ESDS 4 Information Session on Tuesday January 21, 2024 at 10:00 AM Eastern. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the course and have any questions answered. This information session will be held virtually via Zoom. Recordings will be made available here after the session.

Using this Site

This site is designed to be your home for the course and will be the source of the most up-to-date information regarding the schedule, resources, and recordings. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the site layout and the location of resources. Many participants like to bookmark specific site pages (like resources) for easy access.

Note: If you keep this open frequently, your browser may cache results. We update this site frequently during the course as, for example, recordings become available. Because of these updates, your browser may not display the most recent version. Please remember to refresh the page while clearing the cache (often called a Hard Refresh). For Chrome and Firefox on Macs, this is Shift+Command+R.

Getting help

This course is going to present many opportunities for learning. As you navigate those opportunities, we encourage you to use a heirarchy of resources available to you to identify effective solutions.

These are (in order):

  1. Your Programming Assistants
  2. Stack Overflow/Google
  3. Your Team
  4. Course Instructors.
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