Geodata fusion for better characterising Australia’s groundwater systems
Channel: GeoscienceAustralia
Date: 29/05/2019

The responsible management of Australia’s groundwater resources is critical for ensuring the sustainability and prosperity of many communities, particular in regional areas. The assessments that underpin groundwater management rely on a range of geoscientific data that provide various insights about the groundwater system. Although hydrogeological data has traditionally been scarce, our increasing ability to generate, store and process large volumes of these data provides new opportunities. In this presentation, Neil will describe some of our approaches to integrate disparate datasets and expert knowledge to allow us to more rapidly characterise groundwater system and take full advantage of the new data-rich era.

Neil Symington is a computational scientist who has been working on groundwater assessments at Geoscience Australia for over four years. He is fluent in python and a passionate advocate for the development of open source software for public good science.

This talk is presented as part of the Distinguished Geoscience Australia Lecturer series on the 22nd May 2019.