Autoencoders for Seismic Waveforms: Compress, Learn, and Generate
Autoencoders learn compact representations by reconstructing seismic data. This tutorial explains their use...
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Caffeinate On and Off Controls for macOS with Alfred and SwiftBar
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Recent posts
Recent technical articles on seismic analytics, scientific computing, numerical modeling, and production data workflows.
Three-dimensional perspective map of taiwan using gmt and pygmt (codes included)
We learn how to make the three-dimensional map using both GMT and PyGMT
Wavelet analysis applied to the real dataset in a quick and easy way (codes included)
An introduction to the wavelet analysis for a real geophysical data set. I compared the analysis to the Fourier analysis. Codes included!
High-quality maps using the modern interface to the generic mapping tools (codes included)
GMT or generic mapping tools have become synonymous with plotting maps in Earth, Ocean, and Planetary sciences. It can be used for processing data, generatin...
The right way to loop in python (codes included)
What is the fastest and most efficient way to loop in Python. We found that the numpy is fastest and python builtins are the most memory efficient.
Genetic algorithm: a highly robust inversion scheme for geophysical applications (codes included)
An introduction to the basics of genetic algorithm along with a simple numerical example and solution of an earthquake location problem
Genetic algorithm: a highly robust inversion scheme for geophysical applications
An introduction to the basics of genetic algorithm along with a simple numerical example and solution of an earthquake location problem
Easily integrate custom functions in matlab with python (codes included)
How can we use the MATLAB functions in Python? MATLAB implementation are usually reliable as it is developed by the professionals. But the advantages of usin...
The easy way to compute and visualize the time & frequency domain correlation (codes included)
In geophysics, it is important to understand and identify the complex and unknown relationships between two time-series. Cross-correlation is an established ...
Monte carlo methods and earthquake location problem (codes included)
The common geophysical problems most often have multimodal objective function with many possible minima. In this post, we will look into the Monte Carlo meth...
Plotting a record section using obspy (codes included)
Quickly plot record section of a stream using Obspy. I will introduce you how to make a stream from a set of SAC data, plot the record section and store it a...
Writing and formatting a scientific manuscript in microsoft word
If you are ready to use the Microsoft Word as your favourite tool for writing your awesome scientific thoughts and ideas into a manuscript, then I would like...
A modern system monitor app in python (codes included)
I built a cross-platform Python desktop app to monitor CPU, RAM, disk, processes, and network usage in real time.
Build a flask web application: sea level rise monitoring (codes included)
This post gives a quick introduction on how to build a web application using Flask and deploy on Heroku server. Then, I share my codes for building advanced ...
Write ascii data to mseed file using obspy (codes included)
In this post, I will read a ASCII file whose first few lines contains the header information and then the three-component data. I will read using the pandas ...
Three-dimensional perspective map of taiwan using gmt and pygmt (codes included)
We learn how to make the three-dimensional map using both GMT and PyGMT
Wavelet analysis applied to the real dataset in a quick and easy way (codes included)
An introduction to the wavelet analysis for a real geophysical data set. I compared the analysis to the Fourier analysis. Codes included!
High-quality maps using the modern interface to the generic mapping tools (codes included)
GMT or generic mapping tools have become synonymous with plotting maps in Earth, Ocean, and Planetary sciences. It can be used for processing data, generatin...
The right way to loop in python (codes included)
What is the fastest and most efficient way to loop in Python. We found that the numpy is fastest and python builtins are the most memory efficient.
Genetic algorithm: a highly robust inversion scheme for geophysical applications (codes included)
An introduction to the basics of genetic algorithm along with a simple numerical example and solution of an earthquake location problem
Genetic algorithm: a highly robust inversion scheme for geophysical applications
An introduction to the basics of genetic algorithm along with a simple numerical example and solution of an earthquake location problem
Easily integrate custom functions in matlab with python (codes included)
How can we use the MATLAB functions in Python? MATLAB implementation are usually reliable as it is developed by the professionals. But the advantages of usin...
The easy way to compute and visualize the time & frequency domain correlation (codes included)
In geophysics, it is important to understand and identify the complex and unknown relationships between two time-series. Cross-correlation is an established ...
Monte carlo methods and earthquake location problem (codes included)
The common geophysical problems most often have multimodal objective function with many possible minima. In this post, we will look into the Monte Carlo meth...
Plotting a record section using obspy (codes included)
Quickly plot record section of a stream using Obspy. I will introduce you how to make a stream from a set of SAC data, plot the record section and store it a...
Writing and formatting a scientific manuscript in microsoft word
If you are ready to use the Microsoft Word as your favourite tool for writing your awesome scientific thoughts and ideas into a manuscript, then I would like...
A modern system monitor app in python (codes included)
I built a cross-platform Python desktop app to monitor CPU, RAM, disk, processes, and network usage in real time.
Build a flask web application: sea level rise monitoring (codes included)
This post gives a quick introduction on how to build a web application using Flask and deploy on Heroku server. Then, I share my codes for building advanced ...
Write ascii data to mseed file using obspy (codes included)
In this post, I will read a ASCII file whose first few lines contains the header information and then the three-component data. I will read using the pandas ...