As part of Climate Week at Columbia Engineering, we invite you to a special event on climate change and flood risk. 

LEAP presents this interactive discussion to explore the flood risks incurred by climate change, how modeling can support communities’ efforts to adapt to climate change, and how flood risk models are being improved.

Learning the Earth with Artificial Intelligence & Physics (LEAP) is an NSF-funded Science and Technology Center (STC) launched in 2021 with the mission to increase the reliability, utility, and reach of climate projections through the integration of climate and data sciences.

Driven by a collaboration between Columbia University, NYU, University of California Irvine, Teachers College, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, NCAR, and NASA-GISS, LEAP works with the nation’s top climate research laboratories and major computing organizations to optimally utilize the wealth of data available for climate modeling in order to better predict the future and positively impact society’s ability to adapt to climate change.

This event takes place during Climate Week NYC.

SPEAKERS

• Opening Remarks:
  • George Deodatis (Vice Dean of Research for Columbia Engineering, Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University)
• Facilitator:
  • Savannah Thais (Associate Research Scientist, Data Science Institute, Columbia University)
• Panelists:
  • George Deodatis (Vice Dean of Research for Columbia Engineering, Santiago and Robertina Calatrava Family Professor of Civil Engineering and Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University)
  • Candace Agonafir (Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center)
  • Fatoumata Camara (SP^2 Science Pathways Scholar, Barnard College)
  • Adam Nayak (PhD Student, Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University)

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