ECMWF–ESA Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth Observation and Prediction

Monday, 14 November
Registration and welcome
9:30 AM 10:30 AM
Registration

ECMWF

Reading
1h
10:30 AM 10:40 AM
Opening
Speaker: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
10:40 AM 10:50 AM
Welcome and introduction - ECMWF
Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
10:50 AM 11:00 AM
Welcome and introduction - ESA
Speaker: Rochelle Schneider (ESA Φ-lab)

ECMWF

Reading
10m
Keynotes: Machine Learning for the ESOP - setting the scene
Chair: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF), Rochelle Schneider (ESA Φ-lab)
11:00 AM 11:45 AM
An overview of AI/ML and Data Assimilation: current state of the art, challenges, and opportunities
Speaker: Steve Penny (Sofar Ocean Technologies)

ECMWF

Reading
45m
11:45 AM 12:30 PM
Representation Learning for Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
Speaker: Damian Borth (University of St.Gallen, Institute of Computer Science)

ECMWF

Reading
45m
12:30 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch and Poster session

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Session 1.1 Machine Learning for Earth Observations
Chair: Bertrand Le Saux (ESA/ESRIN), Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
Remote Sensing of Floods
Speaker: Ronny Hänsch (DLR)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
2:30 PM 2:50 PM
Machine Learning for NASA Advanced Information Systems
Speaker: Jacqueline Le Moigne (NASA)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
2:50 PM 3:10 PM
A Deep Feed-Forward Neural Network to reconstruct the Mediterranean 3D chlorophyll-a and temperature fields from satellite measurements
Speaker: Michela Sammartino (ISMAR-CNR)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
3:10 PM 3:30 PM
Machine learning in (and beyond) the ESA Climate Change Initiative
Speaker: Carsten Brockmann (Brockmann Consult GmbH)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
3:30 PM 4:00 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
Session 1.2 Machine Learning for Earth Observations
Chair: Alan Geer (ECMWF), Claudia Vitolo (ESA)
4:00 PM 4:30 PM
ML and EO for (global) mapping of the environment: discussing challenges of model extrapolation and accuracy assessment
Speaker: Hanna Meyer (University of Münster)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
4:30 PM 4:50 PM
Open Environmental Data Cube Europe: Analysis-ready datasets produced through ensemble machine learning
Speaker: Leandro Parente (OpenGeoHub)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
4:50 PM 5:10 PM
Meta-learning data-efficient Machine Learning Models for Diverse Earth Observation Problems
Speaker: Marc Russwurm (EPFL-ECEO)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
5:10 PM 5:30 PM
SyntEO: Synthetic training data generation for offshore wind energy infrastructure detection in Sentinel-1 imagery
Speaker: Thorsten Hoeser (German Aerospace Center)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
5:30 PM 6:30 PM
Ice breaker
Weather Room

Weather Room

1h
Tuesday, 15 November
Session 1.3 Machine Learning for Earth Observations
Chair: Elias Holm (ECMWF), Rochelle Schneider (ESA Φ-lab)
9:00 AM 9:30 AM
Application of machine learning to globally model tropospheric parameters
Speaker: Laura Crocetti (ETH Zurich)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
9:30 AM 9:50 AM
Inferring High-resolution Near-surface NO2 Concentrations over Belgium through Convolutional Neural Networks
Speaker: Wenfu Sun (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
9:50 AM 10:10 AM
Segmentation of wildfires, smoke plumes, and burn scars using multi-sensor input and unsupervised and supervised machine learning for improved spatiotemporal coverage and facilitation of automated tracking
Speaker: Nicholas LaHaye (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
10:10 AM 10:30 AM
STARCOP: ML models for onboard detection of methane leaks in multispectral and hyperspectral sensors
Speaker: Vit Ruzicka (University of Oxford)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
Session 2.1 Hybrid Data Assimilation - Machine Learning
Chair: Elias Holm (ECMWF), Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)
11:00 AM 11:30 AM
Data Learning for more reliable digital twins
Speaker: Rossella Arcucci (Imperial College London)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:30 AM 11:50 AM
Extended Elman Network for Bayesian Data Assimilation
Speaker: Sixin Zhang (ENSEEIHT)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
11:50 AM 12:10 PM
Beyond one iteration of machine learning and data assimilation steps for learning meteorological models
Speaker: Marc Bocquet (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
12:10 PM 12:30 PM
Burned area prediction and model parameter identification for wildfire events using machine learning techniques
Speaker: Sibo Cheng (Imperial College London)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
12:30 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch and Poster session

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
Session 2.2 Hybrid Data Assimilation - Machine Learning
Chair: Alan Geer (ECMWF), Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF)
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
A Gentle Introduction to Creating and Evaluating Uncertainty Estimates with Neural Networks for Earth Science Applications
Speaker: Imme Ebert-Uphoff (Colorado State University)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
2:30 PM 2:50 PM
Can we Design NWP Data Assimilation Based Entirely on AI Techniques? Assessing Advantages and Challenges
Speaker: Sid Boukabara (NOAA)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
2:50 PM 3:10 PM
Online model error correction with neural networks -- towards an implementation in the ECMWF data assimilation system
Speaker: Alban Farchi (CEREA, ENPC)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
3:10 PM 3:30 PM
Seamless prediction of multiple thunderstorm hazards with deep learning
Speaker: Jussi Leinonen (MeteoSwiss)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
3:30 PM 4:00 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
Session 2.3 Hybrid Data Assimilation - ML and ML at the edge
Chair: Alban Farchi (CEREA, ENPC), Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
4:00 PM 4:30 PM
Data Assimilation with a Deep Convolutional Variational AutoEncoder
Speaker: Philip Brohan (Met Office)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
4:30 PM 4:50 PM
Latent Space Data Assimilation by Deep Learning
Speaker: Mathis Peyron (CERFACS)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
4:50 PM 5:10 PM
Quantum Technologies in Earth Observation
Speaker: Lisa Wörner (DLR)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
5:10 PM 5:30 PM
Bringing the power of quantum machine learning to Earth observation
Speaker: Bertrand Le Saux (ESA/ESRIN)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
5:30 PM 6:30 PM
Pre-dinner drinks
Lobby

Lobby

1h
6:30 PM 8:30 PM
Workshop dinner
ECMWF Restaurant

ECMWF Restaurant

2h
Wednesday, 16 November
Session 3.1 Machine Learning for Model emulation and Model discovery
Chair: Marc Bocquet (Ecole des Ponts ParisTech), Marcin Chrust (ECMWF)
9:00 AM 9:30 AM
NWP Models with ML Components: Challenges and Perspectives
Speaker: Vladimir Krasnopolsky (NOAA/NCEP/EMC)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
9:30 AM 9:50 AM
Using GANs as high-resolution, multivariate weather generators
Speaker: Clément Brochet (CNRM/Ecole des Ponts Paris-Tech)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
9:50 AM 10:10 AM
An iterative data-driven model of an Ocean GCM
Speaker: Rachel Furner (University of Cambridge)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
10:10 AM 10:40 AM
Occam's machete: Data-driven discovery with parsimony and causal invariance
Speaker: Dion Haefner (Copenhagen University)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
10:40 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
20m
Session 3.2 Machine Learning for Model emulation and Model discovery
Chair: Matthew Chantry (ECMWF), Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)
11:00 AM 11:30 AM
A physically informed recurrent neural network approach for emulating radiative transfer
Speaker: Peter Ukkonen (DMI)

ECMWF

Reading
30m
11:30 AM 11:50 AM
Temporal downscaling wind climate data using machine learning
Speaker: Joana Mendes (Met Office)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
11:50 AM 12:10 PM
Recurrent Neural Network Emulation for High Resolution Forecasting
Speaker: Timothy Smith (CIRES / PSL / NOAA )

ECMWF

Reading
20m
12:10 PM 12:40 PM
WeatherBench 2.0: A benchmark for the next generation of data-driven weather models
Speaker: Stephan Rasp (Google Research)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
12:40 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h 20m
Session 4.1 Machine Learning for user-oriented Earth Science applications
Chair: Claudia Vitolo (ESA), Matthew Chantry (ECMWF)
2:00 PM 2:30 PM
Transforming ocean modeling and forecasting through AI.
Speaker: Veronica Nieves (University of Valencia)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
2:30 PM 2:50 PM
Causal Inference for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture
Speaker: Vasileios Sitokonstantinou (National Observatory of Athens)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
2:50 PM 3:10 PM
Stochastic Downscaling of Precipitation Forecasts with GANs
Speaker: Andrew McRae (University of Oxford)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
3:10 PM 3:30 PM
Generative machine learning methods for multivariate ensemble post-processing
Speaker: Sebastian Lerch (KIT)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
3:30 PM 3:50 PM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
20m
Session 4.2 Machine Learning for user-oriented Earth Science applications
Chair: Bertrand Le Saux (ESA/ESRIN), Tobias Finn (CEREA, École des Ponts and EDF R&D (France))
4:00 PM 4:30 PM
Drought monitoring with Earth Observation Data and Machine Learning methods
Speaker: Elif Sertel (Istanbul Technical University)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

30m
4:30 PM 4:50 PM
A reproducible ensemble machine learning approach to forecast dengue outbreaks
Speaker: Alessandro Sebastianelli (University of Sannio)

ECMWF

Reading
20m
4:50 PM 5:10 PM
Deep Learning for Empirical Downscaling of Earth Science gridded data
Speaker: Carlos Alberto Gomez Gonzalez (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
5:10 PM 5:30 PM
Explainable Uncertainty in Machine Learning Weather Prediction
Speaker: David John Gagne (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
5:30 PM 5:50 PM
Towards flood warnings everywhere - data-driven rainfall-runoff modeling at global scale
Speaker: Guy Shalev (Google)
Virtual presentation

Virtual presentation

20m
Thursday, 17 November
Working Groups
9:00 AM 10:30 AM
Working Group 1 - Machine Learning for Earth Observations
Speakers: Alan Geer (ECMWF), Rochelle Schneider (ESA Φ-lab)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
9:00 AM 10:30 AM
Working Group 2 - Hybrid Data Assimilation - Machine Learning
Speakers: Marcin Chrust (ECMWF), Rossella Arcucci (Imperial College London)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
9:00 AM 10:30 AM
Working Group 3 - Machine Learning for Model emulation and Model discovery
Speakers: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF), Matthew Chantry (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
9:00 AM 10:30 AM
Working Group 4 - Machine Learning for user-oriented Earth Science application
Speakers: Bertrand Le Saux (ESA/ESRIN), Claudia Vitolo (ESA), Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
10:30 AM 11:00 AM
Coffee break

ECMWF

Reading
30m
Working Groups
11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Working Group 1 - Machine Learning for Earth Observations
Speakers: Alan Geer (ECMWF), Rochelle Schneider (ESA Φ-lab)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Working Group 2 - Hybrid Data Assimilation - Machine Learning
Speakers: Marcin Chrust (ECMWF), Rossella Arcucci (Imperial College London)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Working Group 3 - Machine Learning for Model emulation and Model discovery
Speakers: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF), Matthew Chantry (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
11:00 AM 12:30 PM
Working Group 4 - Machine Learning for user-oriented Earth Science applications
Speakers: Bertrand Le Saux (ESA/ESRIN), Claudia Vitolo (ESA), Patrick Laloyaux (ECMWF)

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
12:30 PM 2:00 PM
Lunch break

ECMWF

Reading
1h 30m
2:00 PM 3:30 PM
Session 5: Working Groups plenary discussion and close
Chair: Massimo Bonavita (ECMWF), Rochelle Schneider (ESA Φ-lab)
1h 30m

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