Invitation to ICTP Colloquium "Artificial Intelligence for Detection and Attribution of Climate Extremes" on Thursday, 23 June at 17:00

[ICTP Director]

Dear All,

on behalf of the Director, you are cordially invited to the ICTP 
Colloquium on "Artificial Intelligence for Detection and Attribution of 
Climate Extremes" on Thursday, 23 June at 17:00 in the Budinich Lecture 
Hall in the context of the IYBSSD2022.

Climate extreme are the source of most of the climate related risks that 
can affect society and ecosystem. The machine learning techniques could 
help the more traditional dynamical and statistical methods to detect 
them, attribute the extremes to global warming and to have a more 
accurate future projection.

The ability to correctly communicate how global warming is connected 
with changes in extremes and the role of machine learning in this  is of 
crucial importance for the society for developing and planning 
mitigation and adaptation capacity.

Speakers at the event will be:

Robert Vautard, Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace, Paris, France and Dim 
Coumou, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Prof. Vautard is a meteorologist and climatologist who focuses on the 
phenomenon of atmospheric blocking. He progressed his work in several 
directions: atmospheric dynamics and its predictability, the modelling 
of atmospheric pollution, regional climate modelling and the study of 
extreme weather-climate events.

Prof. Coumou's prime research interest is understanding how global 
warming affects the number and intensity of extreme weather events like 
heat waves, heavy rainfall, storms and persistent droughts. He uses a 
variety of methods, including advanced statistical analyses, climate 
models and novel machine learning techniques, to gain new insights.

To register in advance for this webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7EvqeZ09QgevrQhZ_Y0UUQ

To follow the streaming on Youtube ICTP:

https://youtu.be/A5R4IY18Rt0

The talk will be followed by a question/answer session and light 
refreshments will be served on the Leonardo Building Terrace shortly after.

Looking forward to your participation.

With best regards,

Office of the Director, ICTP