Mathematics and Machine Learning for Earth System Simulation

February 2 - 6, 2026

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, February 2, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
8:55 - 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Adam Rupe
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

TBA
2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
5:00 - 5:20 Lightning Poster Round
5:20 - 6:50 Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

Milan Curcic
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

Marcus van Lier-Walqui
2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
Adam Rupe (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

A complex systems perspective on machine learning for Earth science.


Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

Donifan Barahon
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 12:40 Group Photo
12:40 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

TBA
2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:30

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

TBA
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

TBA
2:30 - 3:20
Claire Valva (California Institute of Technology)

Koopman operator methods for analysis of tropical climate variability

3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50

Friday, February 6, 2026

Morning Session
8:00 - 8:55 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)

TBA
9:00 - 9:50
Haiwen Guan (Pennsylvania State University)

 

10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Franca Hoffmann (California Institute of Technology)

 

11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
David John Gagne (National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR))

Physics and Uncertainty in the Community Research Earth Digital Intelligence Twin