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**New publication alert!**

"An Unsupervised Machine-Learning Approach to Understanding Seismicity at an Alpine Glacier"

Sawi, T., Holtzman, B., Walter, F., & Paisley, J. (2022).
An unsupervised machine-learning approach to understanding seismicity at an alpine glacier.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 127, e2022JF006909.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006909

My name is Theresa.

Before I was a research assistant at Columbia University in New York City, I composed and performed pop music in the Bay Area, California.

Here is a collection of scientific and musical works that my collaborators and I have produced over the years.

My dream is to learn and teach, to be creative and curious for the rest of my life.


I've named this dream in memory of my father, the most dedicated learner I've known:

Welcome to Sawi Labs

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Research Lab

Seismological research with a focus on glaciers, volcanoes, injection wells, and other exotic settings. Emphasis on machine learning and data visualization techniques.