You hear it all the time in the news about companies being under fire for releasing contaminants into the environment.. But have you ever wondered how they determine who is responsible for the contaminants? As experts in environmental forensics, we did an investigation to identify the source of a strange methane gas...
How Accurate Are Your Lab Results, Really? – Get the best data for your litigation case
In my previous blog, I discussed how your laboratory measurements could be precise (the results are reproducible), yet inaccurate (the value is wrong).
Accuracy and Precision
Have you ever noticed that when you are on vacation, your mind relaxes but starts thinking of work-related stuff?It isn’t a bad thing. I know I am supposed to forget about work when I am away but by relaxing, interesting things come to mind at the weirdest times.That is what happened while remote camping back in the...
Find the Right Expert - 3 Things to Look for
In my last post, I discussed the difficulties in finding an expert. I presented some of the differences in the context of the word ‘expert’. The word means something different depending on your perspective and needs.
What Makes an Expert.. an Expert?
How hard is it to find an expert?
I am guessing… it's probably really hard. Not because there are not experts out there.
Natural Soil Salinity… Where can it be found on your site?
This is the question! And the answer is (almost) anywhere!
t-SNE is so last week, all the cool kids are using UMAP now!
Importance of staying on top of trends as a subject matter expert.
I wrote an article discussing the applications of t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) as an improved technique for dimensionality reduction and cluster association comparable to the overused Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Although...
What does the Human Genome, every image on Google and your chemical data set all have in common?
High-dimensional data reduction using Machine Learning can help find the commonalities hidden in big data.
The ability to collect data is constantly exponentially evolving and there has a been a surge in exploring the world of ‘Big Data Analytics’ in environmental forensics. This coupled with the high-throughput and...
Knowing vs. Knowledge
GI Joe was wrong!Knowing is nothalf the battle (in environmental work)!It is barely a tenth of the battle, at best.There is a lot of confusion in the environmental industry, maybe even misrepresentation of what a company or person is capable of doing and what they are actually qualified to do.Especially nowadays...
