Ryan Abernathey: Taking Scientific Computing to the next level - MBM#62
Description
Ryan Abernathey is a Climate Scientist, open-source software developer and the CEO & co-founder of Earthmover, a company trying to simplify how scientific computing is done. Ryan also co-founded the Pangeo project in 2016, one of the major efforts to build better tools for scientific computing today.
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About Ryan
Shownotes
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- Pangeo
- Earthmover
- ERA5
- Books & Podcast recommendation
- Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey A. Moore (Affiliate Link)
- The Data Stack Show
Timestamps
(00:00 ) - Introduction
(00:45 ) - Sponsor: Nimbo by Kermap
(02:20 ) - Ryan describes himself
(03:11 ) - From Oceanography to data infrastructure
(06:11 ) - Building an Company around Open Source
(13:33 ) - Product
(16:28 ) - The current Earth Observation data stack
(20:39 ) - Issues with today's approaches
(30:30 ) - Zarr
(33:30 ) - Friction with new technology
(38:23 ) - Climate science vs geospatial
(44:48 ) - Different sciences make different assumptions
(47:17 ) - Modeling Level of Details
(59:50 ) - Book & Podcast recommendations
(01:05:37 ) - Support the podcast on Patreon!
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