Professor in Information Management, Dalhousie University. Deputy Scientific Director, Ocean Frontier Institute. Research in systems & emerging tech & society.
Joined May 2009
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Mike Smit retweeted
2 Apr 2024
Congratulations @richardson_bri on a superb job today defending your PhD thesis “Parenting Infant Pain Away”
The creation and evaluation of an online parent resource parentingpainaway.com
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Mike Smit retweeted
22 Jan 2024
Big news for international ocean scholars! 🌊
We will host the fourth Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography, founded by @NipponZaidan & supported by @POGO_Ocean.
Learn more about this opportunity for Interdisciplinary & hands-on learning ➡ ofi.ca/centre
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Mike Smit retweeted
1 Dec 2023
“COP28 is an opportunity to showcase @DalhousieU's substantial expertise in ocean-climate research, and to highlight Canada’s investment in the groundbreaking $397-million Transforming Climate Action research program,” says @DalVPR.
Our plan for COP ⬇️
dal.ca/news/2023/11/30/cop28…
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Mike Smit retweeted
7 Nov 2023
We are pleased to share that we will be joining Ocean Frontier Institute to host an Ocean-Climate Action Workshop! Join us on Thursday, November 23, to hear from OFI and OSC leadership about co-funding and collaborative opportunities.
Register: airmeet.com/e/7ececd90-7a62-…
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Mike Smit retweeted
13 Nov 2023
Have you already seen the 2023 #OceanObserving System Report Card?🌏
Discover the current status of the observing system and how its networks meet urgent societal needs➡️ocean-ops.org/reportcard
Press release➡️shorturl.at/giQX5
@IocUnesco @oceanops_goos @WMO
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Mike Smit retweeted
14 Nov 2023
We found that GraphCast can forecast tropical cyclone trajectories more accurately than traditional methods.
In September, a live version of GraphCast was used by @ECMWF to predict that Hurricane Lee would make landfall in Nova Scotia - 3 days earlier than previous approaches.
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Mike Smit retweeted
6 Nov 2023
Faculty of Management alumni – we are excited to see you at The Cable Wharf on the Halifax Waterfront tomorrow night! It is not too late to register – please RSVP at the link below. We hope to see you there!
ow.ly/x5Yr50Q4H5U
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1 Nov 2023
One of the most fun things I do is work with a large team that leverages machine learning and other novel methods applied to social media data to inform environmental decision-making. This paper in Current Sociology summarizes these advances: doi.org/10.1177/001139212312…
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Mike Smit retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Today in Geneva 🇨🇭 A panel on governance and finance for global observation systems.
📷 Our CEO @AnyaWaite (chair)
📷 @michael_smit from @DalhousieU
📷 @tors10th from @goceantrust
📷 @drjpost from @GOOSocean
📷 Lars Peter Riishojgaard from @WMO
📷 Ray Weiss from @UCSanDiego
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Mike Smit retweeted
8 Sep 2023
A whirlwind week, where we welcomed hundreds of new students to @DalManagement programs, and welcomed thousands of returning students. Have a great year! Make sure you extract everything you need from your program to graduate the leaders we need you to be.
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Mike Smit retweeted
30 Aug 2023
3 of the top 12 apps Microsoft advertises are gambling. This is the best the Microsoft ecosystem has? This is what Microsoft can muster? Gambling apps you always lose because you can't even cash out? Why not just make an app that kicks you in the head and takes your kidney?
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Mike Smit retweeted
📢Canadian organizations: You want issues solved relating to oceans? You have until August 16 to register a challenge for the upcoming Ocean Hackathon in Rimouski: form.typeform.com/to/gLfnsXN…
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Mike Smit retweeted
1 Aug 2023
🌊🚀Exciting reflections on the first-ever OceanFest at Startupfest! Click here lnkd.in/eVZRT5wQ to read about the high energy gathering of entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners, and leaders in oceans! 🌊💙 #OceanNation #Ambition2035
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Mike Smit retweeted
2 Aug 2023
As Dal' new institutional lead for AI strategy, alum Dr. Christian Blouin (PhD'01) is leading Dal through the opportunities and challenges of a fast-moving frontier of digital disruption. ow.ly/EEgr50PoSAV
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Mike Smit retweeted
1 Aug 2023
How oppressively humid has this summer been?
Only halfway through and already in 4th place when looking at dew point hours of 20.0° or higher at #Halifax YHZ.
We know summers are getting warmer with climate change; noteworthy to see top oppressive years are since 2010.
#nswx
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Mike Smit retweeted
24 Jul 2023
Come work with me! I'm hiring two new positions - Director of Development at the Schulich School of Law and the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University: dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/…
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19 Jul 2023
Be sure to watch to the end for the outtake.
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Mike Smit retweeted
19 Jul 2023
We are proud and excited to announce that the Board of Governors has named our own Dr. Kim Brooks as Dalhousie University's 13th President and Vice-Chancellor: bit.ly/4772y6m
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Mike Smit retweeted
26 Jun 2023
The ocean has long done the heavy lifting in slowing climate change. @DalhousieU is leading an unprecedented effort to see if it can do even more.
Read More in Dal Mag: ow.ly/YSIt50OTbZr
@DalScience @OceanFrontier
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26 Jun 2023
This is how AI is most likely to destroy humanity: not in a glorious war following its escape from the digital world, but incrementally, through an inevitable series of abuses, misapplications, and overuse on tasks for which it is not ready. This way just makes for a boring movie
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