Machine Learning for Nowcasting
September 9-11, 2020
A Met Office Academic Partnership workshop to bring together experts in Machine Learning and Nowcasting
We are in the midst of renewed endeavour in machine learning across scientific disciplines. Advances in machine learning and data science have the potential to drive the next generation of weather forecasting capabilities from 0 to 2 hours ahead: Nowcasting.
Simulation-based approaches to weather forecasting, by solving the physical equations that describe the weather, take longer to run than the decision-making timescales for some weather-sensitive operations. Examples being connected and autonomous vehicles, managing airspace, water systems and emergency response.
This virtual workshop aims to build a community of machine learning and meteorology experts to explore the full potential of machine learning and observational data sets for nowcasting applications. Participation is limited to those affiliated to the Met Office Academic Partnership member institutions, or by invitation.
Key dates:
Abstract submission closes: 15th July 2020
Registration closes: 25th August 2020
Workshop themes
Nowcasting research, state-of-the-art and user perspectives.
Machine learning
Observing our atmosphere and driving the nowcast - current capabilities and future opportunities.
Workshop programme
Invited speakers
Poster sessions with lightning talks (selected from abstract submission)
Discussions sessions, panel Q&A
Agenda Overview
Wednesday 9th September, 2020
09:00 - 11:30 - Welcome, Invited talk - Nowcasting, Discussion session.
14:00 - 16:00 - Poster session
Thursday 10th September, 2020
09:00 - 11:30 - Welcome, Invited talk - Machine Learning, Discussion session.
14:00 - 16:00 - Poster session
Friday 11th September, 2020
09:00 - 11:30 - Welcome, Invited talk - Observations, Discussion session.
14:00 - 16:00 - Whitepaper discussion
Invited Speakers
Rachel Prudden
University of Exeter / Met Office Informatics Lab Scientist
Suman Ravuri
Deepmind
Jennifer Fletcher
University of Leeds
Dawn Harrison
Met Office Observing Networks Design
Paul Davies
Met Office Chief Meteorologist / University of Leeds
Registration and Abstract Submission
Abstracts - submission closed
If you would like to present your work at the workshop, please submit an abstract using the link below. All presentations will be in the form of posters plus a pre-recorded lightning talk which will be need to be submitted in late August.
Registration
A primary goal of the workshop is to build a community, therefore we strongly encourage you to submit a short bio and a photo for publication on this website, as part of your registration.
After the workshop
With your permission, the pdfs and talks submitted to the workshop will be published on this website to faciliate engagement with the wider community.
