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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
GSFC AI Center of Excellence Seminar
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Joint U.S. GHG Center & NASA Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) Policy Speaker Series Seminar
An Overview of The Global Greenhouse Gas Watch
Gianpaolo Balsamo, Director, Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W)
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Wednesday, May 08, 2024
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligence (AI) Seminar
AI in Earth Sciences: What We're Doing and Tools You Can Begin Using Now
Dr. Omar Hatamleh, Acting Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (Code 100) and Dr. Mark Carroll, Data Science Group Lead, Computational and Information Science and Technology Office (Code 606.3)
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