The Gradient Newsletter

Untapped Energy: A Community Growing Quietly Alongside Calgary’s Energy Transition

From the outside, it is not always obvious when something meaningful is forming, because it rarely arrives with a clear announcement or a single defining moment. It tends to emerge gradually through repeated gatherings, shared interests, and a growing sense among participants that something useful is taking shape.

Untapped Energy: A Community Growing Quietly Alongside Calgary’s Energy Transition

From the outside, it is not always obvious when something meaningful is forming, because it rarely arrives with a clear announcement or a single defining moment. It tends to emerge gradually through repeated gatherings, shared interests, and a growing sense among participants that something useful is taking shape.

10ahead: Building AI That Actually Ships

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There is a version of AI consulting that is mostly presentation. Slides, frameworks, proofs of concept that live comfortably in sandboxes and never quite make contact with a real production environment. It is not hard to find, and it has done a fair amount of damage to how decision-makers think about what AI can actually deliver.

10ahead: Building AI That Actually Ships

There is a version of AI consulting that is mostly presentation. Slides, frameworks, proofs of concept that live comfortably in sandboxes and never quite make contact with a real production environment. It is not hard to find, and it has done a fair amount of damage to how decision-makers think about what AI can actually deliver.

Event Preview - Untapped Energy Presents AI Literacy for Employers Workshop

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Don’t miss this first-of-its-kind workshop series, created by domain experts in collaboration with the provincial and federal governments, to equip Calgary-region employers with the essential AI literacy skills needed in an increasingly AI-driven labor force and economy.

Event Preview - Untapped Energy Presents AI Literacy for Employers Workshop

Don’t miss this first-of-its-kind workshop series, created by domain experts in collaboration with the provincial and federal governments, to equip Calgary-region employers with the essential AI literacy skills needed in an increasingly AI-driven labor force and economy.

Community Spotlight - Thiago Valentin

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Thiago Valentin - People, Process and Data

Community Spotlight - Thiago Valentin

Thiago Valentin - People, Process and Data

Edmonton Data Science Community

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Edmonton's new marque data community group - Edmonton Data Science Community

Edmonton Data Science Community

Edmonton's new marque data community group - Edmonton Data Science Community

Arcus Power - Democratizing Electricity Intelligence the AI Way

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Electricity represents a sizeable portion of many industrial companies' expenses. The surge in natural gas prices in 2022 made companies realize that electricity is not inexpensive and strategic cost control means a world's difference in a company's profits. Arcus Power is a Calgary startup that provides electricity intelligence so industrial companies can hedge against high electricity prices, as well help them to optimize their operations to reduce electricity costs.

Arcus Power - Democratizing Electricity Intelligence the AI Way

Electricity represents a sizeable portion of many industrial companies' expenses. The surge in natural gas prices in 2022 made companies realize that electricity is not inexpensive and strategic cost control means a world's difference in a company's profits. Arcus Power is a Calgary startup that provides electricity intelligence so industrial companies can hedge against high electricity prices, as well help them to optimize their operations to reduce electricity costs.

Alberta's Oil Sands - Once Forsaken, Now Highly Coveted with AI Optimization

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In the 2010s, shale oil's cost advantage over Alberta's oil sands made investors give up on them. However, our Alberta homegrown champions refused to give up on them. Over the years, they were nurtured and with some AI optimization, the oil sands are now investors' favourite oil assets.

Alberta's Oil Sands - Once Forsaken, Now Highly Coveted with AI Optimization

In the 2010s, shale oil's cost advantage over Alberta's oil sands made investors give up on them. However, our Alberta homegrown champions refused to give up on them. Over the years, they were nurtured and with some AI optimization, the oil sands are now investors' favourite oil assets.

Camber Private Wealth Management - A Data-Driven Approach to Personal Finance

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Camber Private Wealth Management - A Data-Driven Approach to Personal Finance

Smart Seismic Modeling - An AI Approach to Oil Exploration Risk Reduction

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Oil and gas exploration is a costly endeavour. Calgary-based Bruce Nguyen proposed using deep learning to enhance seismic image resolution to improve interpretation for geophysicists to reduce exploration risk.

Smart Seismic Modeling - An AI Approach to Oil Exploration Risk Reduction

Oil and gas exploration is a costly endeavour. Calgary-based Bruce Nguyen proposed using deep learning to enhance seismic image resolution to improve interpretation for geophysicists to reduce exploration risk.

Alberta - The Open Government Trailblazer

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The story of the largest sub-national government repository Open Government data program.

Alberta - The Open Government Trailblazer

The story of the largest sub-national government repository Open Government data program.

Women In Data's November 2022 Event

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Women in Data's monthly talk returns Thursday November 17th!

Women In Data's November 2022 Event

Women in Data's monthly talk returns Thursday November 17th!

Blackline Safety - Saving Lives with Data

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Companies that use data to save lives deserve an additional amount of admiration. In the case of Calgary's Blackline Safety, this is exactly what they are doing/

Blackline Safety - Saving Lives with Data

Companies that use data to save lives deserve an additional amount of admiration. In the case of Calgary's Blackline Safety, this is exactly what they are doing/