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Thank you to those who attended and participated in the first Full-Circle Climate Communication Workshop held at University of Maryland Baltimore County between January 13 to 17, 2025. The workshop successfully brought together over 50 people from a wide range of disciplines and with varied expertise to consider how best to communicate issues regarding climate resilience. During the workshop, participants were challenged to strategize and develop new and innovative ways to communicate in a transdisciplinary team. Each team consisted of a variety of experts from a wide range of fields that included but were not limited to Public Policy, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Visual Arts, Performance Arts, Geography, Storytelling, Media Communication, and Behavioral Sciences. We truly thank everyone who made the workshop a success. Full-Circle Climate Workshop Committee:  Lee Boot, Dr. Anita Komlodi, Dr. Eric Stokan, Dr. Rebecca Williams, Dr. Josephine Namayanja, Nikki Monczewski Those who helped support, and we could not have done it without them, include: Jasmin Diaz, Xiaofei Xie, and Hemanth Chelluri, as well as graduate student volunteers from iHARP. This workshop was organized by the NSF HDR Institute for Harnessing Data and Model Revolution in the Polar Regions (iHARP) in collaboration with the Imaging Research Center (IRC), and the The Center for Social Science Scholarship at UMBC for Social Science Scholarship (CS3)., .  If you are interested in joining, participating, or speaking at the next Full-Circle Communication Workshop, please click here to join our mailing list. https://lnkd.in/eyJRw7ai #nsf #nsffunded #workshop #communication #comingtogether #climate

Thank you to those who attended and participated in the first Full-Circle Climate Communication Workshop held at University of Maryland Baltimore County between January 13 to 17, 2025. The workshop successfully brought together over 50 people from a wide range of disciplines and with varied expertise to consider how best to communicate issues regarding climate resilience. During the workshop, participants were challenged to strategize and develop new and innovative ways to communicate in a transdisciplinary team. Each team consisted of a variety of experts from a wide range of fields that included but were not limited to Public Policy, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Visualization, Visual Arts, Performance Arts, Geography, Storytelling, Media Communication, and Behavioral Sciences. We truly thank everyone who made the workshop a success. Full-Circle Climate Workshop Committee:  Lee Boot, Dr. Anita Komlodi, Dr. Eric Stokan, Dr. Rebecca Williams, Dr. Josephine Namayanja, Nikki Monczewski Those who helped support, and we could not have done it without them, include: Jasmin Diaz, Xiaofei Xie, and Hemanth Chelluri, as well as graduate student volunteers from iHARP. This workshop was organized by the NSF HDR Institute for Harnessing Data and Model Revolution in the Polar Regions (iHARP) in collaboration with the Imaging Research Center (IRC), and the The Center for Social Science Scholarship at UMBC for Social Science Scholarship (CS3)., .  If you are interested in joining, participating, or speaking at the next Full-Circle Communication Workshop, please click here to join our mailing list. https://lnkd.in/eyJRw7ai #nsf #nsffunded #workshop #communication #comingtogether #climate

Rohan Putatunda successfully defended his PhD Proposal on Monday, January 27, 2025. Join iHARP in congratulating Rohan on his successful PhD Proposal defense! Title: Deep Learning for Ice Calving Front Analysis: Advancing Understanding through AI-Driven Techniques Committee: Dr. Vandana P. Janeja, (Chair) Dr. Sanjay Purushotham, (Co-Chair) Dr. Rebecca Williams Dr. Zhiyuan Chen Dr. SUDIP CHAKRABORTY Click here to read the abstract https://lnkd.in/eKaiXscH

Sahara Ali, PhD received her official doctoral hood during the Doctoral Hooding ceremony on December 18, 2024 at UMBC. Dr. Ali is currently an assistant professor at University of North Texas and continues to be apart of the iHARP research community. Congratulations on this monumental achievement. Dissertation Title: Spatiotemporal Forecasting and Causality Methods for the Arctic Amplification Committee: - Dr Jianwu Wang (Committee Chair, UMBC) - Dr Vandana P. Janeja Janeja (UMBC) - Dr Sanjay Purushotham Purushotham (UMBC) - Dr Md Osman Gani Gani (UMBC) - Dr Aneesh Subramanian (UC Boulder) - Dr Yiyi Huang, PhD Huang (UMBC / Bloomberg)

Join the NSF HDR ML Challenge, which runs through January 17, 2025. The challenge focuses on anomaly detection in scientific domains. The challenge includes three different subdomains corresponding for three different competitions and a combined competition across domains of : the discovery of anomalous astrophysical events with gravitational waves, anomalous sea-level rise, and the detection of new species. Please visit the challenge website for more information and how to participate: https://lnkd.in/gcH-nV83 #Nsf #nsffunded #nsfhdr iHARP Imageomics Institute Accelerated AI Algorithms for Data-Driven Discovery

Akila Sampath successfully defended her PhD Proposal on Wednesday, December 4. Join iHARP in congratulating Akila on her successful PhD proposal defense. Title: Leveraging Physical Principles in Deep Learning to Study Arctic Sea Ice Committee Dr. Jianwu Wang, Chair/Advisor (UMBC) Dr. Vandana P. Janeja Janeja, Co-Chair (UMBC) Dr. Houbing Herbert Song Song (UMBC) Dr. James Foulds (UMBC) Dr. Donald.k.Perovich (Dartmouth College) Dr. Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel (NOAA) Click here to read the abstract: https://lnkd.in/epTWmcEK #PhDDefense #climate UMBC Department of Information Systems #NSF #NSFFunded

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🎉 Thank you to all our amazing presenters, Lora Harris, Benedikt Riedel, Kevin Coakley, Anthony Arendt, and Rachel Brennan who have kicked off iHARP's Fall 2024 Talk Tuesday Series. We have an exciting line up for Spring 2025 and can't wait to share it with you! Upcoming event details will be released soon. :) ❗ Don't forget to join us for our 3rd Annual Fireside Talk, tonight at 4p. iHARP senior researchers will share how they create effective presentations to communicate their research and ideas. We will cover their struggles and successes and their tips and tricks that have made them successful. Bring a warm drink and snacks, and cozy on up to the virtual fireside for our last 2024 Talk Tuesday event. iHARP Senior Research Panel Includes: Dr. Vandana P. Janeja Janeja, UMBC -- Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Professor in Information Systems Department, PI & Director NSF HDR Institute - iHARP Dr. Mathieu Morlighem, Dartmouth -- Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College, iHARP Co-PI & Co-Director Dr. Shashi Shekhar, UMN -- Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, ADC/CSE Chair, AI-CLIMATE Institute Director, iHARP Co-PI For event link, please click the following URL to: https://lnkd.in/eu4NY2Cy

3rd Annual Fireside: Making Effective Presentations Tuesday, December 3, 2024 | 4p Come, relax, and join us for an engaging informal conversation with leading scientists and researchers. Learn how they create effective presentations to communicate their research and ideas. We will cover their struggles and successes and their tips and tricks that have made them successful. Bring a warm drink and snacks, and cozy on up to the virtual fireside for our last 2024 Talk Tuesday event. iHARP Senior Research Panel Includes: Dr. Vandana P. Janeja Janeja, UMBC -- Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Professor in Information Systems Department, PI & Director NSF HDR Institute - iHARP Dr. Mathieu Morlighem, Dartmouth -- Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College, iHARP Co-PI & Co-Director Dr. Shashi Shekhar, UMN -- Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Distinguished University Teaching Professor, ADC/CSE Chair, AI-CLIMATE Institute Director, iHARP Co-PI For event link, please click the following URL to: https://lnkd.in/eu4NY2Cy

iHARP Hackathon Kickoff Event Success!! Kicking off the NSF HDR Machine Learning Challenge to Identify Anomalies in Challenges of Societal Importance, iHARP hosted a Hackathon at UMBC on November 22, 2024. Participants of the kickoff Hackathon had the opportunity to engage with three different data sets curated by three different NSF HDR Institutes. Challenge winners will get to showcase their work at a co-located workshop at the AAAI Conference in March 2025. Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in the Hackathon Kickoff Event and a special thanks to all those who provided support and guidance to participants throughout the event! Josephine Namayanja Aneesh Subramanian Subhankar Ghosh Bayu Adhi Tama Akila Sampath Francis Ndikum Nji SUDIP CHAKRABORTY Maloy Kumar Devnath Sai Vikas Amaraneni #NSF #NSFHDR #NSFFUNDED #Machinelearning #hackathon