This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences – Dr. Maia Hoeberechts of Ocean Networks Canada, looks at Transforming Ocean Science For Everyone. Our global ocean covers over 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, and is critical to sustaining all life on the planet. Despite its enormous importance, over 95 percent of the volume of the ocean remains unexplored. Cabled ocean observatories, which supply continuous power and Internet connectivity to a broad suite of subsea instruments from the coast to the deep sea, are changing the way we discover the ocean. Find out how you can take part in this exciting revolution.
Maia Hoeberechts is a member of the Ocean Networks Canada science team based at the University of Victoria. In her role as Associate Director, User Services, she manages the Data, User Access and Learning & Engagement teams, the groups responsible for creating products and services which meet the needs of the scientific and broader user community. Maia joined Ocean Networks Canada in 2010 as the Staff Scientist for Computer Science and Engineering, a role which she held for three years before assuming her current position in October, 2013. She continues her research involvement as Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria focusing on interdisciplinary connections between ocean science and computer science, principally in the areas of computer vision, automated event detection and data visualization.
Before joining Ocean Networks Canada, Maia worked as the project manager on an interdisciplinary research project at Western University to develop and market an emotionally adaptive computer music composition engine. She is passionate about science outreach and has been involved in a variety of outreach programs targeted at researchers, students, children and members of the general public. She helped establish the London, Ontario chapter of the IBM Women in Technology program and served as its leader for 3 years. In 2009, she received the Western Faculty of Science Outreach and Recruitment Award.
Maia holds a PhD in Computer Science in the area of computability theory and a BSc in Philosophy and Computer Science from Western University. Her doctoral research focused on the interface between theory and practice in computer science.
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