Welcome to the MSD Working Group on Using AI to Enhance MSD Research
About
We posit that research efforts in multi-sector systems can benefit from advances in AI.
Recent advances in Artificial intelligence (AI) are quickly changing the landscape of tools available to conceptualize, execute, and disseminate research. We posit that research efforts in multi-sector systems can benefit from these advances. Our new working group will identify and quantify opportunities and risks associated with recent AI advances and their implementation in MSD science. Through webinars, trainings, conference sessions, and a community-wide data competition, our working group will investigate how AI can 1) expand the breadth and depth of data available for model development, 2) help us understand model structures, and 3) support model diagnostics of coupled model chains. We will also explore AI techniques that expand the current tools available for control problems (e.g., Reinforcement Learning), thereby allowing us to operate and plan highly nonlinear and interconnected Human-Earth systems.
Leadership TEAM
Co-chair
Stefano Galelli
Cornell University
Co-chair
David Gold
Utrecht University
Communications
Jill Sturtevant
Baylor University
Activities
Upcoming workshop
June 14, 2024
Title: Advancing MSD Research with Artificial Intelligence
Abstract: Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are quickly changing the landscape of tools available to conceptualize, execute, and disseminate research. We posit that research efforts in Multi-Sector Dynamics can benefit from these advances; the new AI in MSD Working Group thus aims to identify and quantify opportunities and risks associated with their implementation. In this webinar, we will first introduce the new AI Working Group, which was initially conceived during the first MSD workshop in October 2023. Next, our panelists will explore how generative AI, explainable AI, and machine learning can help us improve modeling efforts in multiple domains, including climate science, hydrology, and energy systems. Finally, we will discuss the aims of the working group, gather inputs from the community, and suggest directions for the next steps.
Panelists: Professor Andrea Castelletti (Politecnico di Milano), Professor Chaopeng Shen (Penn State), Dr. Nicole Jackson (Sandia National Labs)
When: June 14, 2024, 12.00-1.30 pm EST
Get Involved
It is an exciting time for both AI and MSD research. If you’re interested in exploring and advancing the latest AI innovations in MSD science, consider joining our group! To join, please contact Stefano Galelli (galelli@cornell.edu), David Gold (d.f.gold@uu.nl), or Jill Sturtevant (jill_sturtevant1@baylor.edu) and fill the form below to join our listserv and receive announcements on our working group activities.