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Student Spotlight
Dec 27, 2016
“What we’re trying to do is to use data sources and methods that other people have not used, and that are more flexible and sophisticated, to do this estimation,” says Kishimoto, who is pursuing this research in preparation for his PhD thesis.
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In The News
Portland Press Herald | Aug 25, 2016
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In The News
MIT News | Aug 02, 2016
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News Release
Jan 05, 2016
Joint Program research presented at the AGU’s annual fall meeting