Jo Martin

Jo Martin

@jrymart.bsky.social

phd candidate at cu boulder earth science. working on surface processes, interpretable machine learning, and spatial data jrymart.github.io

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Can neural networks think like geomorphologists? @gregtucker.bsky.social and I trained a neural network to invert the streampower-diffusion model, and then opened the black box. It learned how valley spacing and drainage density connect to process. Out now in GRL: doi.org/10.1029/2026...

doi.orgCan Neural Networks Think Like Geomorphologists?A simple neural network can infer parameters from synthetic topography generated by a process-based numerical model of landscape evolution The network can be queried to identify a sensible relati...

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Links to data and code (and an informal write up) here: jrymart.github.io/projects/neu...

jrymart.github.ioCan Neural Networks Think Like Geomorphologists?

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and lastly, there were a lot of rabbit holes that didn't make it into the paper, so I outlined (most of) them here: jrymart.github.io/blog/2026-08...

jrymart.github.ioEverything /not/ in "Can Neural Networks Think Like Geomorphologists"

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