Climate & AI Workshop Event

On October 3^rd 14:30 – 17:00 at Mondai | House of AI, TU Delft will have a first joint event between the Climate Action Programme and the AI Initiative. The event will bring together local researchers working on AI and climate related domains to explore relevant overlaps and related opportunities. Purpose is to (further) delve into generating and shaping innovative ideas together. The programme includes introductions from the Pro Vice Rectors Herman Russchenberg (Climate) and Geert-Jan Houben (AI), short pitches from researchers, breakout groups on 3 themes and will be concluded with a borrel..

The following thematic crossroads will be further defined during this Climate & AI event and relevant opportunities explored:

• AI & Water and Infrastructure
• AI & Weather and Climate Risks
• (Green) AI & Sustainability

These previously announced themes will be on the programme of a secondary Climate & AI event (date to be announced):

• AI & Finance and Governance
• AI & City Development and Urban Mobility

Programme
14:30 – 14:45 Walk in and drinks
14:45 – 15:30 Opening with introduction by Geert-Jan Houben & Herman Russchenberg
15:30 – 16:30 Breakout per theme
16:30 – 17:00 Plenary closing with call to action
17:00 – 18:00 Borrel & (interthematic) networking

This event is aimed (early/earlier career) faculty staff of all TU Delft faculties. Are you a phd or postdoc and interested in these themes? Or are you an interested faculty staff member who can’t join the event on October 3rd but do you want to stay updated about follow up? Get in touch with the organisation team via Charlotte Boelens.

AI and Climate / Climate and AI at TU Delft
In March 2024, the Climate Action Programme (CAP) dedicated their monthly lecture to ‘AI and Climate’ with a talk on “Machine-learning for understanding atmospheric physics” by Geet George (CEG) and Jing Sun (EEMCS) – recording and presentations available here. The CAP Academic Career Trackers of their 17 flagships recently also delved into AI with Angela Meyer (CEG) and AidroLab. A growing number of AI researchers also contribute to climate-related topics. A great example of this was the poster by Damla Akoluk (TPM), a PhD candidate from the HIPPO Lab, who presented her work on aggregation at the Climate Action Festival. Read more about how this inspiring day went here. The last TU Delft AI Lunch of 2023/2024 was themed “The unprecedented environmental impacts of AI: a transdisciplinary discussion” with panellists Benedetta Brevini (New York University), Olya Kudina (TPM), Fanny Hidvégi (Policy Director at the AI Collaborative) and moderator Roel Dobbe (TPM).

Are you interested in the intersection of AI & Climate and want to join or learn more about this growing climate/AI community at TU Delft? Join this workshop by registering above or below, or reach out to Climate Action Programme (Climate-Action@tudelft.nl) or AI Initiative (AI-Initiative@tudelft.nl)