How open tech can help explore�the digital subsurface
matt@agilegeoscience.com
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Python for geoscientists, Calgary, 2016
Agile*
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Hackathons
Training
18
3
2
2
3
classes
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©️ Cameron Watt, YouTube
Giant python, Limpopo, South Africa
scientific Python speedbump
I am an ectothermal squamate, hence I am basking in Sol's infrared radiation, ca 200 THz
Karpatne et al. (2017)
Karpatne, Anuj, et al. (2017). Machine Learning for the Geosciences: Challenges and Opportunities.
arXiv:1711.04708v1. (In review for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.)
Open source today
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Adapted from Jake VanderPlas 2015
2.7M
7.2M
13M
19k
5k
3k
github.com/agile-geoscience
welly, striplog, bruges
devitoproject.org
TLE tutorials, 2018
SimPEG
GEOLOGY
18
GEOPHYSICS
55
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_geology_software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_geophysics_software
Open source vs closed source
Robust support and docs
Training available
Clear license terms
Familiar to users
Patchy support and docs
Ad hoc training
License zoo
Sounds weird
Hard to innovate
Expensive to scale
Inelastic
Black box
Flexible tooling
Lower cost of ownership
Better interoperability
Transparent codebase
Open source vs closed source
Robust support and docs
Training available
Clear license terms
Familiar to users
Patchy support and docs
Ad hoc training
License zoo
Sounds weird
Hard to innovate
Expensive to scale
Inelastic
Black box
Flexible tooling
Lower cost of ownership
Better interoperability
Transparent codebase
Best of both
Key features of the project
Subsurface science and engineering.
Python and C. Friendly towards Julia, R, JS.
Oil & gas, mines, geothermal, water, research.
Support, training, and consulting. Grants? Consortia?
Technologies
Years to decades, $M
Months to years, $k
Smart people, collaboration, deep skills, perseverance, money
Software Underground is a Slack group for geoscientists who use computers in their work or research.
Go to softwareunderground.org to join in!
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Unsolved problems unsession, Calgary, 2013
© Agile, licensed CC-BY
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1st Geophysics Hackathon, Houston, 2013
© Agile, licensed CC-BY
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Geophysics Sprint, Santa Ana, California, October 2018
TRANSFORM
TRANSFORM
5 to 11 May Rouen, France
We are launching a new era in scientific computing for the subsurface.
At its core is a new open-source software stack, created, maintained, and implemented by a community of scientists and organizations passionate about its potential.
Purpose
Day 1: Warm up�Share skills and tools. Plan the week.
Days 2 & 3: Work out�Share our research, discuss projects, and collaborate on roadmaps.
Days 4 & 5: Sprint�Contribute code and documentation to the open subsurface stack.
Plan
We will collaboratively...
Explore the new landscape: digital-first culture, open data, open source, and lean, agile project definition.
Build skills, strategy, and code around a new open geoscience stack to help power our journey through this landscape.
Activities
World map of the existing open source tools for subsurface.
Gap map: where are the holes? Which are the priorities?
Road map for helping navigate the next steps. Iterate as we go.
Start on the core: we can get a long way in 2 days.
Outcomes
Château de Rosay, near Rouen, northern France.
This is not your average conference centre.
This is a place for doing extraordinary things.
Location
5–11 May 2019.
Participants will arrive on Sunday 5 May and leave the following Saturday.
The main event runs from Monday 6 May to Friday 10 May.
Each day will be packed.
Timing
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