Environmental Data Science Seminar Series
Welcome to Earth Lab's Earth Data Science (EDS) Seminar Series, hosted at the University of Colorado Boulder. Semi-weekly on Tuesdays from 11:00-11:50 AM (MST), our speakers will bring new perspectives and present their work in the field of EDS.
Topics cover use of *big data* to advance knowledge of the dynamics and interactions of the Earth system, towards actionable insights and tools. These weekly sessions are intended to:
- inspire collaborations;
- tickle the imagination for creative data science solutions; and
- learn about new topics in environmental sciences.
Each seminar will be led by someone and can take various forms: lectures, data jams, practice conference talks, paper discussions, brainstorming, etc.
This event is a hybrid format: university affiliates may attend in-person (SEEC S228), and the general public may attend remotely via Zoom. Join our Mailing list to receive the zoom link & calendar invite.
If you are unable to attend live, our seminars are usually recorded and posted to our blog & youtube channel. (tip: Search for these talks on our blog webpage by using the tag ‘EDS Seminar Series’.)
~~~ Environmental Data Science (EDS) Seminar Series General Information ~~~
Spring 2026 Schedule:
All talks in Spring 2026 will take place in SEEC S228 unless stated otherwise.
(this will be continuously updated)
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 13, 2026 | Chris Elvidge | Remote sensing of flaming and non-flaming combustion | Colorado School of Mines |
| Jan. 20, 2026 | Rochelle Worsnop | Burn, maybe, burn? Lessons learned to improve prescribed burning | NOAA |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Kayleigh Ward | Collaboration Plans Beyond the Proposal: Coordinating Communication, Care, and Collective Work | ESIIL |
| Feb. 10, 2026 | Earth Lab & ESIIL Postdocs | Postdoc Highlights *in S372 | Earth Lab, ESIIL |
| Feb. 17, 2026 | VeeVee Cai | Using Vision-guided Underwater Vehicles to Study Life in Our Oceans *in S372 | ESIIL |
| March 3, 2026 | Ty Tuff | AI for Environmental Researchers - Part I: The Mental Model You Need | Earth Lab, ESIIL |
| March 10, 2026 | Ty Tuff | AI for Environmental Researchers - Part II: From Model to Practice | Earth Lab, ESIIL |
| March 24, 2026 | Ben Baiser & Daijiang Li | ESIIL Working Group: Global Urban Biological Invasion Compendium: Synthesizing Global Data to Understand Urban Biodiversity | University of Florida & University of Wisconsin Madison |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Nattália Neves | The Importance of Leaf Phenology in Plant Economic Strategies in Tropical Dry Ecosystems | Instituto Tecnológico Vale (Brazil) |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Pedro de Melo | Machine learning-based analysis of oil and gas methane emissions in the Gulf of Mexico using publicly available satellite data *in S372 | CU CIRES & Mechanical Engineering |
| Apr 28, 2026 | Becca Edwards | Community-Engaged Research Toolkit *in S372 | CIRES Access and Cultural Innovation |
| May 19, 2026 | Cameron Egan | ESIIL Working Group: Fungal Dispersal Traits | |
| May 26, 2026 | Melissa Lucash & James Lamping | ESIIL Working Group: Extreme Wildfire | University of Oregon |
| June 2, 2026 | Kimberly Thompson | ESIIL Working Group: BioViewPoint | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) |
| June 9, 2026 | Sydney Record | ESIIL Working Group: Macrophenology | University of Maine |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Michael Meyer | ESIIL Working Group: FreshH20 Zoops | |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Youmi Oh | ESIIL Working Group: AI for Natural Methane | CU CIRES |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Phil Two Eagle & Robert Newman | ESIIL Working Group: Maka Sitomniya |
EDS Seminar Mailing List
Join the mailing list to receive reminders about upcoming seminars, as well as the zoom link to watch remotely. Please follow the instructions below to join the EDS seminar mailing list:
- Send an email to "eds_seminar+subscribe@colorado.edu".
- You will receive an email response shortly after, please reply to this response email to confirm your addition to our mailing list (Do not click the blue ‘join this group’ button within the email).
- You will receive a confirmation email shortly after & no further action is needed. You have successfully been added to our mailing list & will begin to receive emails containing the zoom link and information about each week's speaker.
- To unsubscribe, reply to any of the weekly emails to request removal from the mailing list.
Contact us!
Please contact Alison Post if you are interested in giving a talk, either during the current semester or a future one.
Please email Alison Post if you have any questions about registration, remote attendance, or related topics.