On Wednesday 4 June from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., our partner TU Delft is organizing a DigiShape day on data science and climate in coastal and hydraulic engineering.

Please note: this event is in English.

During this day, you will be introduced to ‘Bluemath’: a modeling philosophy that uses AI, including the associated open source code to apply it. In addition, we discuss what others are doing in this area and which directions we should (jointly) take in the future with regard to predictive modelling (dynamic downscaling, hybrid downscaling, statistical downscaling).

A current trend in hydraulic engineering design is the shift from extrapolating historical data to anticipating future developments. This change requires predictive modelling methods that link far-field climate signals with local dynamics and processes. Moreover, these methods must be scalable to describe modelling uncertainty, natural variability, and future scenarios. Only with these insights can we attribute changes to climate shifts and assess interventions in hydraulic eco-systems.

This session will be guided by, among others:

José A. A. Antolínez. Bio: https://research.tudelft.nl/en/persons/josé-a-á-antolínez

Tim Leijnse. Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-leijnse-018669120/

Alexander Heinlein. Bio: https://searhein.github.io/

Prof. Fernando Mendez. Bio: https://geoocean.unican.es/fer.html

Prof. Valvanuz Fernandez-Quiruelas. Bio: https://geoocean.unican.es/valva.html

Dr. Beatriz Pérez Díaz. Bio: https://geoocean.unican.es/bea.html

Dr. Laura Cagigal. Bio: https://geoocean.unican.es/laura.html

More about GeoOcean: https://es.linkedin.com/company/geoocean and https://geoocean.unican.es/

Program

You can register for the morning, the afternoon, or both.

8.45-9.00 Walk-in and coffee

9.00-9.10 Opening and agenda – J. A. A. Antolínez

9.10-9.40 Bluemath – [Why-How-What?]

• Data science and climate in coastal and hydraulic engineering – F. Méndez
• BlueMath-Hub: A cloud-based, open-source Python framework with interactive notebooks for statistical analysis and simulation of coastal climate hazards in a changing climate – L. Cagigal

9.40-10.00 Bluemath Toolkit

• Downloaders, data mining, wrappers, mathematics – L. Cagigal & V. Fernández-Quiruelas

10.00-10.45 Reduce order models for dynamic downscaling

• SFINCS – T. Leijnse
• BinWaves – L. Cagigal
• GreenSurge – B. Pérez-Diaz

10.45-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.45 Hybrid downscaling

• Basics of a surrogate / hybrid / metamodel – F. Méndez
• Hyswash + Hysalt + Hybeat + Compound Flooding – B. Pérez-Diaz
• Forecast TC-induced hydrodynamics – L. Cagigal

11.45-12.30 Statistical downscaling

• Climate variability / linear models / weather typing models – F. Méndez

12.30-13.00 Bluemath – Climate Services

• Applications – L. Cagigal & B. Pérez-Díaz

13.00-14.00 Networking lunch

14.00-15.30 Getting started with BlueMath in the cloud – V. Fernández-Quiruelas, L. Cagigal & B. Pérez-Díaz

You will work on a practical example in which BlueMath is applied to climate services. It is a hands-on exercise in which you go through a case study step by step, directly on your own laptop. There’s no installation required—everything you need is in the cloud.

15.30-16.00 Closing off