Viviana Acquaviva
@venividivivi.bsky.social
Astrophysicist turned Climate Scientist | AI for Science | Professor of Physics at @cuny.bsky.social; happy camper at @leapstc.bsky.social | Author, ML for Physics and Astronomy: https://shorturl.at/VJ9k9 | Lover of puns, data, good people, and unfinished
📣 Job Alert! I am hiring a postdoc to work on the project "From sparse data to full spatio-temporal fields: surface ocean carbon and beyond". The goal is to use stats, ML, data, and models to improve our estimate of the ocean carbon sink.
Learn more and apply: www.rfcuny.org/careers/post...
Learn more and apply: www.rfcuny.org/careers/post...
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📣 Job Alert! I am hiring a postdoc to work on the project "From sparse data to full spatio-temporal fields: surface ocean carbon and beyond". The goal is to use stats, ML, data, and models to improve our estimate of the ocean carbon sink.
Learn more and apply: www.rfcuny.org/careers/post...
Learn more and apply: www.rfcuny.org/careers/post...
I gave a talk on Interpretability tools for Scientific ML at the wonderful Astro/AI workshop organized by @astroai.bsky.social. Who doesn't love a flowchart? But I promise the full picture, while still very incomplete, has a bit more nuance, so find my slides here if you'd like!
shorturl.at/hfzFg
shorturl.at/hfzFg
July 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I gave a talk on Interpretability tools for Scientific ML at the wonderful Astro/AI workshop organized by @astroai.bsky.social. Who doesn't love a flowchart? But I promise the full picture, while still very incomplete, has a bit more nuance, so find my slides here if you'd like!
shorturl.at/hfzFg
shorturl.at/hfzFg
Doing an amazing job at parenting apparently 😅
March 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Doing an amazing job at parenting apparently 😅
I feel that this doesn't even begin to describe this week
January 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I feel that this doesn't even begin to describe this week
I had to get up before 🌅, but it was worth it to finally meet Dara Norman in person and get this medal for the Chambliss Astronomical Writing award at #AAS245! Please buy my now-award-winning book ok? 😀
tinyurl.com/8uudkv9n
tinyurl.com/8uudkv9n
January 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I had to get up before 🌅, but it was worth it to finally meet Dara Norman in person and get this medal for the Chambliss Astronomical Writing award at #AAS245! Please buy my now-award-winning book ok? 😀
tinyurl.com/8uudkv9n
tinyurl.com/8uudkv9n
Reminder!!! Come hear me today at 2.45pm if you are interested in revolutionary (ok, maybe just improved) representations for ocean data via the information imbalance! It’s fun (as far as conference talks go), free (if you already paid the mega reg fee), and short (without qualifiers)! #AGU24
December 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Reminder!!! Come hear me today at 2.45pm if you are interested in revolutionary (ok, maybe just improved) representations for ocean data via the information imbalance! It’s fun (as far as conference talks go), free (if you already paid the mega reg fee), and short (without qualifiers)! #AGU24
And finally, don’t miss the talk tomorrow morning (Tuesday) by Galen McKinley (@oceancarbon.bsky.social) and collaborators, including yours truly, on the super hot topic of data requirements to assess feasibility and scaling of marine CDR efforts. 3/3
#AGU24
#AGU24
December 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
And finally, don’t miss the talk tomorrow morning (Tuesday) by Galen McKinley (@oceancarbon.bsky.social) and collaborators, including yours truly, on the super hot topic of data requirements to assess feasibility and scaling of marine CDR efforts. 3/3
#AGU24
#AGU24
I also want to flag the poster of my postdoc Gabriele Accarino, on Friday morning, presenting super new work on custom and robust metrics to assess similarity in climate maps; we are working toward a comprehensive benchmark of maps and metrics. 2/
#AGU24
#AGU24
December 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
I also want to flag the poster of my postdoc Gabriele Accarino, on Friday morning, presenting super new work on custom and robust metrics to assess similarity in climate maps; we are working toward a comprehensive benchmark of maps and metrics. 2/
#AGU24
#AGU24
Chat science w/ me at #AGU24! 🧪🌊
On Fri, I’ll talk of improved representations of ocean data. We use information imbalance to create custom metrics optimized to reconstruct pCO2. We get a compact space of physical vars that aid ML modeling, dim reduction, clustering, and data valuation. 1/
On Fri, I’ll talk of improved representations of ocean data. We use information imbalance to create custom metrics optimized to reconstruct pCO2. We get a compact space of physical vars that aid ML modeling, dim reduction, clustering, and data valuation. 1/
December 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Chat science w/ me at #AGU24! 🧪🌊
On Fri, I’ll talk of improved representations of ocean data. We use information imbalance to create custom metrics optimized to reconstruct pCO2. We get a compact space of physical vars that aid ML modeling, dim reduction, clustering, and data valuation. 1/
On Fri, I’ll talk of improved representations of ocean data. We use information imbalance to create custom metrics optimized to reconstruct pCO2. We get a compact space of physical vars that aid ML modeling, dim reduction, clustering, and data valuation. 1/
Not sure if I should feel very offended or extremely seen by copilot's suggested commentary
December 6, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Not sure if I should feel very offended or extremely seen by copilot's suggested commentary
I downloaded the game after seeing your post and love it already! I am confused about why this is not a valid entry - from the tutorial I thought I could extend and play off the extension.
November 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I downloaded the game after seeing your post and love it already! I am confused about why this is not a valid entry - from the tutorial I thought I could extend and play off the extension.
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
Some more thoughts about how this is going.
November 26, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Some more thoughts about how this is going.
Say what you want about New York but the truth is that two hrs ago I was home in my pjs and ready for a home day and now I’m seeing this amazing exhibit of cutouts by Matisse at Moma, for free as a CUNY faculty (which doesn’t make up for the fact that I’m criminally underpaid but does help a bit)
November 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Say what you want about New York but the truth is that two hrs ago I was home in my pjs and ready for a home day and now I’m seeing this amazing exhibit of cutouts by Matisse at Moma, for free as a CUNY faculty (which doesn’t make up for the fact that I’m criminally underpaid but does help a bit)
In a different role, I’m also the mom of talented artist Clara (8). She makes incredibly detailed comic books. This one’s cover is dedicated to her group of friends, “hanging with the good stuff” (amazing name if you ask me).
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 PM
In a different role, I’m also the mom of talented artist Clara (8). She makes incredibly detailed comic books. This one’s cover is dedicated to her group of friends, “hanging with the good stuff” (amazing name if you ask me).
📢 Join @leapstc.bsky.social's Winter 2025 Momentum Bootcamp! 📢
Learn #Climate #DataScience in the cloud using #Python tools, and be equipped for #ML-enabled climate #research!
📆 Jan 13 - 14, 2025
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Learn #Climate #DataScience in the cloud using #Python tools, and be equipped for #ML-enabled climate #research!
📆 Jan 13 - 14, 2025
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💻 APPLY by Dec. 16, 2024: bit.ly/3ObhaJu
November 18, 2024 at 2:13 PM
📢 Join @leapstc.bsky.social's Winter 2025 Momentum Bootcamp! 📢
Learn #Climate #DataScience in the cloud using #Python tools, and be equipped for #ML-enabled climate #research!
📆 Jan 13 - 14, 2025
📍 Teachers College, Columbia U
ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/3YJbPhi
💻 APPLY by Dec. 16, 2024: bit.ly/3ObhaJu
Learn #Climate #DataScience in the cloud using #Python tools, and be equipped for #ML-enabled climate #research!
📆 Jan 13 - 14, 2025
📍 Teachers College, Columbia U
ℹ️ Info: bit.ly/3YJbPhi
💻 APPLY by Dec. 16, 2024: bit.ly/3ObhaJu
3) Postdoc position at LEAP (leap.columbia.edu), the ML x Climate center where I did my fellowship! Use of ML/statistical tools towards improving land, oceanic or atmospheric processes in the Community Earth System Model. Happy to answer Qs about this one. Priority date 11/26. Info in this pic. 🧵⬇️
November 17, 2024 at 9:35 PM
3) Postdoc position at LEAP (leap.columbia.edu), the ML x Climate center where I did my fellowship! Use of ML/statistical tools towards improving land, oceanic or atmospheric processes in the Community Earth System Model. Happy to answer Qs about this one. Priority date 11/26. Info in this pic. 🧵⬇️
Had a lovely convo today with my undergrad students abt the carbon budget. We observed that language about degrees of warming may not be very relatable for a broad audience. They want words they can relate to and use with others, e.g. increased risks at (hyper)local level. This is so important. 1/2
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Had a lovely convo today with my undergrad students abt the carbon budget. We observed that language about degrees of warming may not be very relatable for a broad audience. They want words they can relate to and use with others, e.g. increased risks at (hyper)local level. This is so important. 1/2
I am speaking/leading a discussion about teaching Machine Learning in the Physical Sciences tomorrow, Nov 12 at 7pm EST! Will share the resources I have put together (textbook, notebooks, slides, assignments, online courses) and my challenges. Join us + spread the word 🙏 www.compadre.org/PICUP/
November 11, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I am speaking/leading a discussion about teaching Machine Learning in the Physical Sciences tomorrow, Nov 12 at 7pm EST! Will share the resources I have put together (textbook, notebooks, slides, assignments, online courses) and my challenges. Join us + spread the word 🙏 www.compadre.org/PICUP/
Writing a big proposal with no deadline 😱 and I wanna share the accountability system my fab friend/colleague Thea Heimdal and I put in place:
- Pick deadline to first draft (11/15)
- Define price of failure (no ☕ for a week)
- Agree on frequency of check-ins (2/week)
- She sends me this every T/F:
- Pick deadline to first draft (11/15)
- Define price of failure (no ☕ for a week)
- Agree on frequency of check-ins (2/week)
- She sends me this every T/F:
November 10, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Writing a big proposal with no deadline 😱 and I wanna share the accountability system my fab friend/colleague Thea Heimdal and I put in place:
- Pick deadline to first draft (11/15)
- Define price of failure (no ☕ for a week)
- Agree on frequency of check-ins (2/week)
- She sends me this every T/F:
- Pick deadline to first draft (11/15)
- Define price of failure (no ☕ for a week)
- Agree on frequency of check-ins (2/week)
- She sends me this every T/F: