Programme

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

from 18:30 | Ice-Breaker at a central location

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER  1

8:45 – 9:15 | Words of Welcome

Thomas Pertsch
Vice-President for Research and Innovation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Joachim Denzler
Founding Director, ELLIS Unit Jena, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Markus Reichstein
Founding Director, ELLIS Unit Jena, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany

Ioannis Papoutsis
Co-Organizer ELLIS Unit Jena Summer School, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

9:15 – 9:45 | Introductory Lecture 1 – Earth Science
Markus Reichstein, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany

9:45 – 10:30 | Introductory Lecture 2 – Machine Learning
Joachim Denzler, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak and Poster-Session

11:00 – 11:45 | Introductory Lecture 3 – Model Assessment
Alexander Brenning, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

11:45 – 12:30 | Kick-Off Research Challenges (Group Work)

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session

14:00 – 18:00 | Group Work

from 19:00 | BBQ at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 1 – Robust
Title: Causality, Hidden Confounding, and Robustness
Jonas Peters, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

9:45 – 10:30 | Keynote 2 – Hybrid
Title: Hybrid AI Approaches for Earth Sciences
Gustau Camps-Valls, Universitat de València, Spain

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak and Poster-Session

11:00 – 12:30 | Zero-to-Hero Parallel sessions

A) Hybrid
Title: Learning global parameterizations of ecosystem processes using hybrid modelling
Nuno Carvalhais, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

B) XAI
Title: An Introduction to Explainable AI for Earth Science Data
Shijie Jiang, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

11:00 – 12:30 | Group Work

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session

14:00 – 18:00 | Group Work

from 19:00 | Social Gathering at Grünowski Restaurant

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 3 – Robust 
Title: Learning Robust Environmental Embeddings by Training AI to Play Satellite GeoGuessr
Marc Rußwurm, Wageningen University, Netherlands

9:45 – 10:30 | Keynote 4 – Large-Scale
Title: Deep Learning for large-scale rainfall-runoff modeling and operational flood forecasting
Frederik Kratzert Google, Austria

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak

11:00 – 20:00 | Social Group Activity: Excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage Wartburg and Hainich National Park

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 5 – Interpretable
Title: When and How Can Interpretability Help? Reflections from Use Cases in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Ribana Roscher, Bonn University, Germany

9:45 – 10:30 | Keynote 6 – Large-scale
Title: AI in Large Scale Earth Observation: From Models to Measurable Environmental Impact
Koreen Millard, Carleton University, Canada

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak and Poster-Session

11:00 – 12:30 | Zero-to-Hero Parallel sessions 

A) Uncertainty
Title: Beyond Accuracy: Understanding and Quantifying Uncertainty in Deep Learning Models
Aishwarya Venkataramanan, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

B) Large-Scale
Title: Scalable AI for Earth and Climate Sciences
Ioannis Papoutsis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

11:00 – 12:30 | Group Work

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session 

14:00 – 14:30 | Keynote 7 – Social Impact
Title: Before Disaster Strikes: AI-Enhanced Anticipatory Action
Stefanie Lux, German Red Cross, Germany

14:30 – 18:00 | Group Work

from 19:00 | Evening Social Excursion: Hike to Jenzig Hill

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

9:00 – 9:45 | Keynote 8 – Interpretable
Title: Beyond the AI Bonanza: Interpretable Machine Learning for Physical Oceanography
Maike Sonnewald, University of California, David, US

9:45 – 10:30 | Keynote 9 – Hybrid
Title: Machine Learning for Earth system modelling
Niklas Boers, Technical University of Munich, Germany

10:30 – 11:00 | Tea- and Coffeebreak and Poster-Session

11:00 – 11:45 | Capstone Talk
Title: Why we still need field science in the age of AI
Susan Trumbore, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany

11:45 – 12.30 | Panel Discussion

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Poster-Session

14:00 – 16:00 | Presentation of Group Work

16:00 – 16:10 | Best Paper Award & Best Research Challenge Award

16:10 – 16:15 | Closing Remarks

16:15 – 18:00 | Closing Reception / Apéro

from 19:00 | Farewell Social at The Garden Restaurant