Elizabeth Barnes: Viewing Anthropogenic Change Through an AI Lens

Thursday 30 September 2021, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

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Lancaster University (Teams)

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Alumni, External Organisations, Postgraduates, Prospective Postgraduate Students, Staff

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Event Details

DSNE seminar with Elizabeth Barnes, Colorado State University.

Humans are vastly modifying the earth system, with identifiable impacts across the land surface, ocean and atmosphere. Here, we will explore two example applications of how explainable AI (XAI) techniques can help us visualize and quantify these changes over time. First, we will demonstrate how we can utilize XAI methods to identify the footprint of human activity across the global land surface in near-real time. Second, we will demonstrate the utility of XAI for extracting forced climate patterns through time amidst a sea of climate noise and model disagreement. Both parts of this talk serve as examples of how viewing our climate through an XAI lens has the power to uncover new insights into anthropogenic change - allowing scientists to ask “why?” but now with the power of machine learning.

Dr. Elizabeth A. Barnes is Associate Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University

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Name Simone Gristwood
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s.gristwood@lancaster.ac.uk