Matters related to programming and software engineering
Previous blogs on this site have highlighted the strengths and advantages of Docker. Docker is a great utility tool that allows ‘containerisation’ of a very wide range of applications, where the containers are used to build images that can be shared, running applications in a way that seals them off from the rest of your computer. This […]
Docker, https://docs.docker.com/get-started/overview, is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker enables separation of ‘containerised’ applications from local computing infrastructure. It’s a popular way of preparing programmes to share with others (https://hub.docker.com) and to run on remote computers also. Using docker means not having to have complex software server applications installed locally. Instead […]
The Coastal REsistance: Alerts and Monitoring Technologies (CreamT) project is now is full swing monitoring wave overtopping and beach levels change at Dawlish. While the lockdowns have been challenging with workshops access restricted and material supply chains impacted from the outset of the project, we still made it to the beach to collect out first […]
We are pleased to be able to announce the winning teams for the final two events in the NERC COVID-19 Digital Sprint Hackathons – Ecosystem Services and Visualising Risk. We had some really fantastic entries to choose amongst and the judging panels had a hard job. But after much deliberation, the winners to date are […]
One of the great developments in data science is undoubtedly the ‘Notebook’ approach to working through data problems. Of these, the Jupyter Notebook is the best known, although others exist also such as Zeppelin. Notebooks allow you to create a single reference document holding data, markdown text, code and graphical outputs – all in one […]
A key extension to undertaking data analysis is the effective communication of the subsequent results, helping interested parties understand clearly the analytical outcomes. The very act of visualising data can also itself play a key role in the interpretation and understanding of data. In this blog, we gather together and discuss a range of data […]
In this post, we describe the development of a further demonstrator for an exhibition we are planning using a Raspberry Pi. The Digital Environment team are planning to be in support of NERC in attending the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual conference and exhibition in Seattle, USA in February 2020, and are making […]
Machine learning offers a new set of powerful tools in environmental science. There are a broad range of data-driven approaches that can be applied to the spectrum of challenges that exist. An initial step then is to prepare a computer to undertake these tasks, and in so doing, to enable the widest possible range of […]