Conference Video: Woes & Musings of a Once-Astronomer & SAR Newbie: What is SAR & Geospatial Data Science?

This is Shay Strong’s presentation from the WiDS Puget Sound Conference 2021. Enjoy!

ABSTRACT:

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) enables us to observe the Earth uninhibited by darkness & weather. Yet, it has a scary barrier of complicated physics & obtuse GitHub repos. What is SAR & how is it the next frontier in data science & machine learning?

BIO:

Shay got her Ph.D in Astronomy from UT Austin. After, she worked at Johns Hopkins University APL on spacecraft development. She joined the DC satellite startup OmniEarth in 2014. Upon the company's acquisition, she joined EagleView as Director of ML/AI. Today, she is the VP of Analytics for Finnish satellite company ICEYE.