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First Day of Classes
Start:August 22, 2022
End:
August 22, 2022
UTIG Seminar Series: Enze Zhang, UTIG
Start:August 26, 2022 at 10:30 am
End:
August 26, 2022 at 11:30 am
Location:
PRC 196/ROC 1.603
Contact:
Constantino Panagopulos, costa@ig.utexas.edu, 512-574-7376
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Speaker: Enze Zhang, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Host: Ginny Catania
Title: Automate Glacier Terminus Picking from Big Data based on Deep Learning
Abstract: Ice sheet marine margins via outlet glaciers are susceptible to climate change and are expected to respond through retreat, steepening, and acceleration, although with significant spatial heterogeneity. However, research on ice-ocean interactions has continued to rely on decentralized, manual mapping of features at the ice-ocean interface, impeding progress in understanding the response of glaciers and ice sheets to climate change. The proliferation of remote sensing images lays the foundation for a better understanding of ice-ocean interactions and also necessitates the automation of terminus delineation. In this talk, I will focus on using deep learning (DL) techniques to automate the terminus delineation, proving the feasibility of using multi-sensor remote sensing imagery, and designing a fully automated pipeline that can continuously produce terminus traces. Finally, our pipeline has successfully picked 171,000 termini for 295 glaciers in Greenland from Landsat-5, -7, -8, Sentinel-1, and -2 images, spanning from 1984 to 2021 with an average uncertainty of ~37 meters. The high sampling frequency and the controlled quality of our terminus data will enable better quantification of ice sheet change and model-based parameterizations of ice-ocean interactions.
Alumni Reception at IMAGE 22
Start:August 29, 2022 at 5:30 pm
End:
August 29, 2022 at 7:30 pm
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Traveling to Houston for IMAGE ’22?
The Jackson School will be there too! Stop by and visit our booth, and join us for an alumni and friends networking event in the evening to reconnect with faculty, scientists, alumni, colleagues, and friends. Not attending the conference? Join us anyway for our evening reception!
Jackson School of Geosciences reception
WHEN: Monday, August 29 | 5:30pm – 7:30pm
WHERE: Hilton Americas – Houston
UTIG/BEG Joint SeminarNovember, 13 2026Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMLocation: UTIG/BEG ROC UTIG and BEG will hold a joint seminar from 3-4pm in the the ROC with reception to follow in the Connector from 4-5pm. |
UTIG Fall Seminar Series 2026: Patrick FultonNovember, 13 2026Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PMLocation: UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 More details about this talk will be available soon. |
Food Glorious Food: How We Will Beat HungerNovember, 13 2026Time: 5:30 PM - 8:15 PMLocation: Welch Grand Hallway and 2.224 Auditorium What does it take to build a food-secure future for Texas? This special panel event will bring together food experts and leaders working on food access and sustainability. Featuring Raj Patel, Alex Racelis, Edwin Marty, and Adrian Lipscombe, the discussion will explore the challenges and solutions shaping food security across our state. Join us to hear their perspectives and learn how communities can help build a more resilient food system. |
DeFord Lecture | Courtney SchumacherNovember, 19 2026Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PMLocation: JGB 2.324 How Stratiform Rain Shapes Weather, Climate, and the Geological Record by Courtney Schumacher, professor at Texas A&M University |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesNovember, 20 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar presented by Katie Smye, BEG in person. Topic: TBD |
Reddit AMA ft. Team REASONDecember, 03 2026Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMLocation: UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 Join REASON team members Krista Soderlund and Cyril Grima and UTIG planetary scientist Elizabeth Spiers on reddit.com/r/askspace for an \"Ask me anything!\" about their work on the REASON radar. The REASON team invites members of the Jackson School community to join us in the UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 during the AMA to ask questions about our work! REASON is an ice-penetrating radar aboard NASA’s flagship Europa Clipper spacecraft on its mission to explore icy ocean habitats on Jupiter’s moon Europa. Developed by UTIG at the Jackson School of Geosciences, REASON is one of nine instruments aboard Europa Clipper and the only one that can look directly into Europa’s miles-thick icy shell. It’s here that researchers hope to map its structure, search for subsurface water pockets, and help determine if the ocean below could support life. During the week of November 30th, Europa Clipper is set to slingshot around Earth for a crucial gravity assist that will help send the spacecraft toward Jupiter. This is the perfect opportunity for us to discuss REASON’s journey from conception and development, to Earth-bound calibration, validation, its trial run on imaging Mars, and its journey to the final frontier. While the full team is comprised of numerous scientists, we have three members available to answer questions about REASON and Clipper:
Questions? Email social@ig.utexas.edu. |
Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar SeriesDecember, 04 2026Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: BEG Bldg 130, VR Room 1.116C BEG Seminar Series presented by Mark Shuster, Deputy Director BEG, in person and Zoom. Topic: TBD |
UTIG Fall Seminar Series 2026: AGU Student Extravaganza!December, 04 2026Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: UTIG Seminar Conference Room - 10601 Burnet Road, Bldg. 196/ROC 1.603 More details about this talk will be available soon. |