Gregor Kos 🇨🇦🇪🇺

greg_montreal@fediscience.org

Works on air quality, low cost sensors, machine learning, community science & open data. Interested in urban planning & cycling. Born at 330 ppm. Rant alarm. Posts in en/fr/de. Views are mine. Posts delete after 2 months unless ⭐️. Moved from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/@greg_montreal" class="u-url mention">@greg_montreal</a>

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Post #2972425
Guilty academic #summer pleasures: Occasionally stopping halfway on my 17 km bike ride to work at my favourite café on the #LachineCanal. At 8 am sharp (when they open) I will have an espresso on the « terrasse » and answer student advising emails. Then arriving at work with a feeling of accomplishment. It does not get much better than that #academicchatter #velomtl
Post #2972424
After a pleasant and productive train ride to #Toronto, #x2026 is about to start - the annual #Chemistry and #ChemicalEngineering conference (held together this year)
Post #2972422
Things are off to a good start at #x2026 with interesting talks and conversations. Today, I will be giving my first of three talks (two on #teaching #science and one on #airquality data analysis from a #citizenscience project ) — First, I will report on a field course on introductory research practices for first-year students that I teach at #Concordia #ScienceCollege. https://www.xcdsystem.com/cic/program/1GHc9M3/index.cfm?pgid=3216&amp;sid=31774&amp;abid=122931
Post #2972421
Today I have been to a number of talks that focused on helping students to become members of the departmental #commumtiy - how to create a sense of #belonging through support and providing a welcoming environment in #highered. #x2026
Post #2972420
And a very interesting talk from members of the #TAME initiative on the calibration of #lowcost/mid-cost #sensor networks through colocation and “transfer calibration” methodology. Also, season-dependent issues with gas sensors. Very interesting #airquality #x2026 https://tame.physics.utoronto.ca
Post #2972419
Lots of good ideas for teaching and research during the last two days at #x2026. #activeLearning, #peerInstruction and use of #ai in #teaching and #research on display with excellent critical, but respectful discussions. A lot of student involvement, too.
Post #2972418
Finished my last talk in a Community Science symposium. I had the pleasure to open the session with a 40 min talk. Fantastic session with excellent discussions on how to start and conduct community science. If you do, you are in for the long haul with a lot of relationship building required, especially if you are tackling a long-standing problem. #communityScience #citizenScience #openScience https://www.xcdsystem.com/cic/program/1GHc9M3/index.cfm?pgid=3216&amp;sid=31355&amp;abid=123970
Post #2972417
Now heading back to Montreal in a beautiful #ViaRail Budd car consist with a loco each at the front and back. Not sure, if it is push-pull or pull-push. Either way. We have enough power for a 1-min early departure 🤔 #traintoot
Post #1888992
Undergraduate Research Day, which runs after each term (S/F/W) at #Concordia in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is such an awesome showcase of #undergraduate #research. I am especially happy for those students who saw me as the advisor when they were struggling in their program (and sometimes in their lives) and proudly presented their work on a poster or defended their Honours thesis in front of a committee. Kudos for your perseverance to overcome challenges not always under your c...
Post #939530
#Introduction I am Gregor Kos, a Senior Lecturer at #Concordia University in #Montreal, #Canada. I teach #Thermodynamics, #AnalyticalChemistry, Introductory Research Methods and #MachineLearning for Chemists and Biochemists. I am working on hyper-local urban air quality using low-cost sensors. #Présentation Gregor Kos, maître de conférences à l&#39;Université Concordia de Montréal, au Canada. J&#39;enseigne la #thermodynamique, #chimieAnalytique, les méthodes de recherche et l&amp...