Data Science for the Grid, Renewables, Buildings and the Energy Sector

 It's time for our last two events for us in 2020 - what a crazy year it's been! 

Continuing our theme of exploring data science in different clean technology sectors, we're doing to be focusing on the energy sector this month. On Friday, December 18th at 2 pm PT, we'll be holding a free webinar exploring the market and opportunities for data science in the energy sector - with a focus on renewables, the grid and buildings. 

 

And then, on Sunday, December 20th at 11 am PT, we'll host a hands-on workshop where we'll look at the types of problems in the energy sector where data science is being applied, what data sources are useful and where to find them and how do we integrate physics based models and machine learning into our solutions. 

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