Knowledge Base Resources

• Automated Machine Learning: Methods, Systems, Challenges

The authoritative book on automated machine learning, which allows practitioners without ML expertise to develop and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning approaches. Describes the background of techniques used in detail, along with tools that are available for free.

Computing Module: Introduces fundamental concepts and skills of Cyberinfrastructure (CI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) to lower the barrier to becoming CI users in disaster management research. The module will cover the critical topics of CI and HPC with hands-on sessions. ​ Disaster Data Module: Introduces concepts of geospatial big data in disaster management. Students will learn how to access and process disaster data. ​ Geospatial Analytic Module: Introduces geospatial analytics skills to address real-world challenges in disaster management. The module will use the data introduced in the Disaster Data Module and cover various geospatial analytics topics such as geosimulation, spatial optimization, network analysis, terrain analysis, Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI), social sensing, and CyberGIS.

• JupyterLabIDE GitHub Repository

Iterative Programming takes place when you can explore your code and play with your objects and functions without needing to save, recompile, or leave your development environment. This has traditionally been achieved with a REPL or an interactive shell. The magic of Jupyter Notebooks is that the interactive shell is saved as a persistant document, so you don't have to flip back and forth between your code files and the shell in order to program iteratively. There are several editors and IDE's that are intended for notebook development, but JupyterLab is a natural choice because it is free and open source and most closely related to the Jupyter Notebooks/iPython projects. The chief motivation of this repository is to enable an IDE-like development environment through the use of extensions. There are also expositional notebooks to show off the usefulness of these features.