CW3E Director of Research Presents at ADIA Lab Symposium

December 10, 2024

Luca Delle Monache, CW3E Director of Research, presenting at the ADIA Lab Symposium on Abu Dhabi on 20 November 2024. (link to video recording)

CW3E Director of Research Luca Delle Monache recently attended the second edition of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Lab Symposium as an invited speaker. The symposium was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from November 19 to 21, 2024.

The symposium speakers’ lineup included Nobel Prize winners and leading figures from academia, industry, and government, who discussed the recent developments in data science and artificial intelligence. This year’s Symposium’s critical themes included sustainability, innovation, and trustworthy AI.

During his presentation, titled “Deep Learning and Data-Driven Models for the Prediction of Extreme Weather Events”, Dr. Delle Monache provided an overview of Atmospheric Rivers (ARs) and the associated impacts, a description of the Forecast Informed Reservoir Operations Program, and CW3E’s strategy to improve our ability to predict extreme events associated with ARs based on a tailored physics-based model (West-WRF), a 200-member dynamical ensemble, machine learning postprocessing of the ensemble, and the recently developed artificial intelligence (AI) data-driven models.

The talk was well received with questions on the specific choice of the weather neural operator, how the new AI data-driven models may impact geoengineering, and what the impact of climate change may be on AR intensity and frequency.