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Christian Ritter

@C__Ritter

Data Scientist, Data Science Accelerator, Statistics Canada | Astrophysicist | Toastmaster

 Ottawa, Ontario
astro.uvic.ca/~chritter
Joined October 2012
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Eric Neudorf 🧡@EricNeudorf3 Oct 2018
STUDENTS! Spots for #CANDEV are going way quicker than we expected. Get registered! The Data Challenge will be a great chance to meet with recruiters, and participants will be invited to apply to a special hiring pool for GC jobs. – at Ottawa, Ontario
Statistics Canada (@StatCan_eng) profile pictureStatistics Canada
@StatCan_eng3 Oct 2018
Are you a #student? Are you at least 18 years old? Interested in programming or problem solving? Register today for the #CANDEV Data challenge! For more info: ow.ly/w2g930m5mWN
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Julia Galef
@juliagalef31 Dec 2017
A quantitative answer to the age-old question, "What's the difference between a nerd and a geek?" This chart plots various words according to how frequently they co-occur in tweets with "nerd" (x-axis) and "geek" (y-axis), respectively slackprop.wordpress.com/2013…
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Falk Herwig@fherwig28 Nov 2017
New @jina_cee research combines #nugrid nucleosynthesis, @mesa_star stellar evolution and 3D hydro sims performed @WestGrid and @NCSAatIllinois Convective-reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O-C shell mergers | MNRAS Letters academic.oup.com/mnrasl/adva…
Convective–reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O–C shell mergers

Convective–reactive nucleosynthesis of K, Sc, Cl and p-process isotopes in O–C shell mergers

Abstract. We address the deficiency of odd-Z elements P, Cl, K and Sc in Galactic chemical evolution models through an investigation of the nucleosynthesis

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Words of love. teapawt.net/_akpiper/status/931265…
Andrew Piper (@_akpiper) profile pictureAndrew Piper
@_akpiper16 Nov 2017
great piece in @nytimes using #DH methods to analyze content: nytimes.com/interactive/2017…

The Words Men and Women Use When They Write About Love (Published 2017)

An exploration of the words used in thousands of essay submissions.

nytimes.com
Comprehensive and eye-opening overview of marketing strategies for entrepreneurs by @AsmaaMethqal at the @UVicInnovation Centre.
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Great networking event and insightful speeches organized by @YWiB_UVic. Thank you!
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Falk Herwig@fherwig17 Oct 2017
Neutron star merger #LIGO confirms origin of Gold in the Milky Way arxiv.org/abs/1710.05875 @jina_cee #nugrid arxiv.org/abs/1710.05875#
The Origin of r-Process Elements in the Milky Way

The Origin of r-Process Elements in the Milky Way

Some of the heavy elements, such as gold and europium (Eu), are almost exclusively formed by the rapid neutron capture process (r-process). However, it is still unclear which astrophysical site...

arxiv.org
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First observation of gravitational-waves and electromagnetic emission from a pair of inspiraling neutron stars! @LIGO #GravityAndLight
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Talking about NuGrid and Big Data in Astrophysics at the SHYNE meeting @KeeleUniversity nugridstars.org
Connecting with researchers across Europe @ChETEC_Action @KeeleUniversity #MainActionWorkshop17 teapawt.net/ChETEC_Action/status/9…
ChETEC (@ChETEC_Action) profile pictureChETEC@ChETEC_Action9 Oct 2017
Day 1 @ChETEC_Action to connect researchers and boost innovation @KeeleUniversity #MainActionWorkshop17
Insightful talks from @aacowley and @warwick at #StartupSlam at #uvic.
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A memorable evening with @uwgv at @baycentrevic.
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Great lineup of speakers at #DemystifyDS organized by @thisismetis.
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Python in Astronomy in New York! openastronomy.org/pyastro/20…

Python in Astronomy 2018

30 April - 4 May 2018 Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute, New York The fourth Python in Astronomy Conference will be held at the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the

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Jake VanderPlas@jakevdp14 Sep 2017
Wow... Python is the fastest growing language on @StackOverflow, driven by ~1% of *all* question views referencing the Pandas package! teapawt.net/drob/status/9083681592…
David Robinson (@drob) profile pictureDavid Robinson@drob14 Sep 2017
New blog post: "Why is Python Growing So Quickly?" stackoverflow.blog/2017/09/1…
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Falk Herwig@fherwig16 Sep 2017
#jupyterlab will fundamentally improve how scientist interact in distributed collaborations with distributed very large data sets teapawt.net/ellisonbg/status/90873…
Brian Granger (@ellisonbg) profile pictureBrian Granger@ellisonbg15 Sep 2017
Replying to @mjuric @SylvainCorlay @ProjectJupyter
We (@ProjectJupyter) are thrilled about this news! Let us know how we can support the effort.
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Inspiring "She Started It" film hosted by Purpose Five @FortTectoria
Gravitational Lenses Analysis with AI! www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/…
Artificial intelligence analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster | SLAC National...

Artificial intelligence analyzes gravitational lenses 10 million times faster | SLAC National...

SLAC and Stanford researchers demonstrate that brain-mimicking ‘neural networks’ can revolutionize the way astrophysicists analyze their most complex data, including extreme distortions in spacetime...

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Game of Thrones data @kaggle! wsj.com/articles/fans-geek-o…
Fans Geek Out Over ‘Game of Thrones’ Data

Fans Geek Out Over ‘Game of Thrones’ Data

‘Game of Thrones’ lovers crunch statistics and write computer code to keep track of the plot twists, betrayals, deaths and reappearances of its numerous characters.

wsj.com
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Eloisa Elias@eloeliasds14 Jul 2017
💞💯🎉🚀Hooray! It's our great honor to present you some of the sessions including Keynotes and interviews available at lnkd.in/geydVTQ
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