Math + AI for Weather and Climate

November 2–16, 2026 National University of Singapore, Singapore Loading…

A two-week interdisciplinary program uniting mathematicians, AI researchers, and climate scientists to better understand weather extremes under climate change.

About

Bridging Mathematics, AI, and Climate Science

The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, linked to climate change, poses significant challenges to ecosystems, livelihoods, and infrastructure. This workshop takes its inspiration from 2021 Physics Nobel laureate Klaus Hasselmann, whose pioneering stochastic climate theory disentangles the interplay between slow climate variability and the fast, randomly developing noise of weather. Viewed as a dynamical system — its variables, forcing terms, and feedback mechanisms interacting nonlinearly across scales — the Earth's climate opens the door to a wide mathematical toolkit: dynamical systems theory, extreme value theory, quantum field theory, stochastic differential equations, and artificial intelligence.

Recent AI weather models such as GraphCast, Pangu-Weather, FourCastNet, and AIFS now produce competitive forecasts, yet the mathematics underpinning them — convergence, well-posedness, interpretability — remains an open area of research. Over two weeks, this workshop brings together mathematicians, AI researchers, climate scientists, and policymakers from academia, industry, and government to showcase cutting-edge research, foster interdisciplinary collaboration, and translate these advances into a better understanding of weather extremes under climate change.

Topics & Speakers

What the workshop covers

The two-week program is organized around seven themes spanning foundational mathematics and physics through to artificial intelligence, applied to weather extremes and their climate modulation.

Mathematical & Physical FoundationsDynamical systems theory, extreme value theory, quantum field theory, and stochastic differential equations applied to weather and climate extremes.
AI for Weather & ClimateThe mathematics underpinning AI weather models, state-of-the-art forecasting systems, and their future trajectory.
Policy, Ethics & Future DirectionsTranslating mathematical and AI advances into policy-relevant insight, and building lasting interdisciplinary research networks.

Keynote

Tim Palmer

University of Oxford

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Simon See

Director, NVIDIA AI Technology Center

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Adriano Gualandi

University of Cambridge

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Michael Ghil

UCLA

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Valerio Lucarini(tentative)

University of Leicester

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Dale Barker (tentative)

Centre for Climate Research Singapore

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Gilbert Brunet

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Pierre Gentine (tentative)

Columbia University

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Gabriele Messori

Uppsala University

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Romit Maulik

Purdue University

The full program also features invited talks and panels from a wider set of prospective participants.

Program

Schedule

Two weeks, ten program days (Monday–Friday), spanning the seven themes above. All sessions are provisional pending speaker confirmation.

Date	Theme	Keynote(s)
Mon, Nov 2	Critical challenges in weather & climate	Dale Barker
Tue, Nov 3	From mathematics & physics to weather & climate science	Simon See, Pierre Gentine(tentative)
Wed, Nov 4	From mathematics & physics to weather & climate science	Michael Ghil, Sandro Vaienti
Thu, Nov 5	From mathematics & physics to weather & climate science	Ulrike Feudel, Cristina Urbani
Fri, Nov 6	Future directions and the role of AI	Tim Palmer(tentative)
Mon, Nov 9	AI for weather and climate	Gilbert Brunet, Denisse Sciamarella
Tue, Nov 10	AI for weather and climate	Adriano Gualandi, Jorge Freitas, Ana Cristina Moreira Freitas
Wed, Nov 11	AI for weather and climate	Marc Bocquet, Pascal Yiou
Thu, Nov 12	Mathematics of AI – state of the art	Gary Froyland, Romit Maulik
Fri, Nov 13	Future of AI + mathematics for weather & climate. Policy, ethics and future directions	Gianmarco Mengaldo

Detailed program

Session-by-session breakdown for each day. Keynote speakers marked (tentative) are not yet confirmed.

08:30–09:00 Opening ceremony

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Dale Barker, Centre for Climate Research Singapore

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Networking Session

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Simon See, Director, NVIDIA AI Technology Center

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Pierre Gentine, Columbia University (tentative)

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Michael Ghil, UCLA

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Sandro Vaienti

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Ulrike Feudel

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Cristina Urbani

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–10:00 Keynote — Tim Palmer, University of Oxford (tentative)

10:00–10:30 Panel discussion and Q&A

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00–11:30 Invited talk

11:30–12:00 Invited talk

12:00–15:00 Lunch + networking event

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Gilbert Brunet

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Denisse Sciamarella

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Adriano Gualandi

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Keynote — Jorge Freitas

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Ana Cristina Moreira Freitas

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Marc Bocquet

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Pascal Yiou

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Gary Froyland

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–14:00 Lunch

14:00–14:45 Keynote — Romit Maulik

14:45–15:00 Q&A

15:00–15:30 Invited talk

15:30–16:00 Invited talk

16:00–16:30 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

09:00–09:45 Keynote — Gianmarco Mengaldo, NUS

09:45–10:00 Q&A

10:00–10:30 Invited talk

10:30–11:00 Invited talk

11:00–11:15 Coffee break

11:15–11:45 Panel discussion (keynote & invited talk speakers)

12:00–15:00 Lunch + networking event

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Team

Co-Chairs