The ML4LM webinar series gathers eminent scientists to share their experience in the combined fields of machine learning and land modeling. See the schedule below.
Recordings for previous webinars are available here or linked to below. Find links to individual presentations below.
October’s presentation from Prof. Andrew Bennett is now available: watch the video at https://youtu.be/cG3eYLu7QMg, and you can find the slides here.
Register at https://gmu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L60ENhZhTMeRuOX93B_LoQ for November’s webinar! Join us on 18 November 2025 at 10:00 UTC for our next presentation.
| Date and Time (UTC) | Working Title | Presenter | Recording and Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 January 2025, 15:00 UTC | Advances in ML for Earth System Modeling | Dr. Peter Dueben, ECMWF | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 20 February 2025, 15:30 UTC | Towards Flexible Interfacing of ML with Land Models | Dr. David Lawrence, NCAR | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 12 March 2025, 09:30 UTC | Machine Learning for Terrestrial Simulations | Prof. Kei Yoshimura, U. Tokyo | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 3 April 2015, 14:30 UTC | Advancing Predictive Understanding of Hydrological Systems through Trustworthy AI | Dr. Dan Lu, ORNL | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 14 May 2025, 13:30 UTC | Physically-Based Land Modeling & ML – What are the Complementarities? | Prof. Christoph Rüdiger, ECMWF | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 9 June 2025, 14:30 UTC | DifferLand: The First Differentiable Land Model | Prof. Pierre Gentine, LEAP-STC, Columbia U. | Presentation Recording |
| 9 July 2025, 15:30 UTC | Bridging Physics and Data: Parameter Estimation and Emulation of Land Surface Models with Machine Learning | Dr. Nina Raoult, ECMWF | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 9 September 2025, 13:30 UTC | On the Use of ML for Modeling Land Surface Dynamics | Prof. Nuno Carvalhais, Max Plank Inst. | Presentation Recording Presentation Slides |
| 15 October 2025, 14:30 UTC | Hybrid Modeling for Land | Prof. Andrew Bennett, University of Arizona | Presentation Recording Slides |
| 18 November 2025, 10:00 UTC | ML for Benchmarking Land Surface Models | Prof. Gab Abramowitz, UNSW | |
| 10 December 2025, 15:30 UTC | General discussion & future plans (1h:30) | All | |
