<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-AppleMailSignature" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)">The University of Chicago’s </span><a href="https://datascience.uchicago.edu/research/aice-ai-for-climate/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(128,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">AI for Climate Initiative</a> <span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)">(AICE) and </span><a href="https://pedram.rice.edu/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(128,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Climate Extremes Theory and Data</a><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)"> (CeTD) group invite applications for multiple postdoctoral fellow and research scientist positions to work with Prof. </span><a href="https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/pedram-hassanzadeh/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(128,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Pedram Hassanzadeh</a><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)"> on advancing AI weather forecasting across scales, from short- and medium-range to subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions. These researchers will closely collaborate with a growing multidisciplinary team, which includes Profs. </span><a href="https://economics.uchicago.edu/directory/Michael-Kremer" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(128,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Michael Kremer</a><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)"> (Economics) and </span><a href="https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/amir-jina" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(128,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Amir Jina</a><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)"> (Public Policy), focused on human-centered weather forecasts, and in conjunction with the international efforts at the </span><a href="https://dil.uchicago.edu/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(128,0,0);text-decoration-line:none">Development Innovation Lab</a><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)"> (DIL).</span></font></div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><span style="color:rgb(47,54,58)"><br></span></font></div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px 10pt;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Broadly, the topics of interest include</font></span></p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 16px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Developing probabilistic S2S AI weather models</font></span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Forecasting monsoon and other extreme precipitation events across scales</font></span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Developing benchmarks and metrics for AI weather models based on climate and AI theories, particularly focusing on physical consistency and extreme events</font></span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Exploring hybrid AI-numerical weather prediction modeling</font></span></p></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px 10pt;padding:0px;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Developing algorithms for foundation AI weather models</font></span></p></li></ol><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px 10pt;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Work on these topics involves collaborations with leading experts in atmospheric science and AI from the University of Chicago and other institutions. The close partnership with economists and public policy experts at DIL accelerates the translation of the outcome of this work to significant societal impact.</font></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px 10pt;padding:0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit"><font face="arial, sans-serif">In addition to being part of the dynamic AICE and DIL communities, these researchers will benefit from major AI and climate activities at the University of Chicago, including the Data Science Institute, the Climate and Sustainable Growth Institute, and the AI+Science Initiative, as well as those at the Argonne National Lab.</font></span></p></div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#2f363a"><b>For the research scientist position, apply here by December 22nd</b> </font></font><a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/159359">https://apply.interfolio.com/159359</a> </div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style=""><b>For the postdoc positions, see the info here</b> <a href="https://geosci.uchicago.edu/postdoctoral-scholar-ai-weather-forecasting-across-scales/">https://geosci.uchicago.edu/postdoctoral-scholar-ai-weather-forecasting-across-scales/</a> </div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#2f363a"><br></font></font></div><div class="gmail-ApplePlainTextBody" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#2f363a"><br></font><font color="#000000">Best regards,</font><br><br><font color="#000000">Pedram Hassanzadeh</font><br><br><font color="#000000">Associate Professor, </font><br><font color="#000000">PI: The Climate Extremes Theory and Data (CeTD) Group (<a href="https://pedram.rice.edu">https://pedram.rice.edu</a> )   </font><br><font color="#000000">Director: AI for Climate Initiative (AICE) (<a href="https://datascience.uchicago.edu/research/aice-ai-for-climate/">https://datascience.uchicago.edu/research/aice-ai-for-climate/</a>) </font><br><font color="#000000">Department of Geophysical Sciences (<a href="https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/pedram-hassanzadeh/">https://geosci.uchicago.edu/people/pedram-hassanzadeh/</a>)  </font><br><font color="#000000">Committee on Computational and Applied Mathematics (<a href="https://cam.uchicago.edu/people/profile/pedram-hassanzadeh/">https://cam.uchicago.edu/people/profile/pedram-hassanzadeh/</a>) </font><br><font color="#000000"> Data Science Institute, Affiliated Faculty</font><br><font color="#000000">The University of Chicago</font><br></font></div></div></div></div></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>