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So, Stable Diffusion works in two steps. Step 1: Use an encoder to compress an image "x" into a lower-dimensional, latent-space representation "z(x)" Step 2: run diffusion and denoising on z(x), rather than x. Diagram below! 6/15

Seven @TAMUPhysAstr astronomers are principal or co-principal investigators on projects with #JWST during its first year in space! These #TAMU astronomers' programs are spending thousands of hours studying galaxies, supernovae, and more with @NASAWebb: tx.ag/JWSTastr

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope first image. This slice of the vast universe covers a patch of sky approximately the size of a grain of sand held at arm’s length. nasa.gov/image-feature/…

The widely used SSPs in climate policy analysis do not span the full range of the UN population projections (grey shading, black median). The SSPs span the lower end of the UN range. Nearly all scenarios assessed in AR6 are based on SSP2... #ScenariosForum 1/

*We WILL Fix Climate Change* The situation is serious but we ARE making progress and doom scenarios are less probable. I agree with *every sentence* of this superb @Kurz_Gesagt video! So I've made a summary thread. 🧵 youtube.com/watch?v=LxgMdj…

I developed a tutorial on Google Colab for using #Python (esp. @xarray_dev) for geospatial / climate data analysis🧵 1️⃣/5 🔗 Link to the code: colab.research.google.com/drive/1B7gFBSr… 🔗 An article I wrote explaining the details: linkedin.com/pulse/python-c…

The Department of Statistics at UIUC currently has an open search for Instructors, Lecturer, Teaching Track Professors, and Clinical Track Professors. Click the link to learn more! #Statistics #STEMeducation #DataScience #Illinois tinyurl.com/yckny39m

Starting tomorrow, Texas A&M will be handing out free at-home COVID-19 test kits for students, faculty, and staff. Students, faculty, and staff are eligible to pick up two test kits per week: tx.ag/FreeTestKits

PLEASE RETWEET! We are hiring!!! The @MU_MathsStats Department are looking for a Professor of Statistics. Apply at maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resource… External applicants choose the appropriate button and enter 013441 for the vacancy ID.

Call for abstracts for a new #EGU22 @EGU_BG session on New Approaches to Modelling the 🌍 system by integrating Earth Observation 🛰️ and ML 💻. Hopefully live in Vienna! meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/session/… Organised with Alex Winkler, @Maria_Piles, @PierreGentine and @Reichstein_BGC