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SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE24)

About the Conference

This conference is co-located with the SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences (LS24). This is the conference of the SIAM Activity Group on Mathematics of Planet Earth. 

Climate change, biodiversity, infectious diseases, sustainability, and the associated socio-economic impacts are among the areas of greatest global concern. The SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE24) provides a forum for interdisciplinary researchers to discuss mathematical, statistical, and computational strategies for addressing these problems. The discussion at MPE24 will range from the development of quantitative techniques and algorithms to providing policy makers with tools for qualitative decision support.

This year, MPE24 is especially interested in sessions and presentations that address fundamental and applied questions in: earth system modeling, hurricanes, erosion, earthquakes, sea ice, sea level rise, earth system sensing, carbon sequestration and storage, earth resources, agriculture, geoengineering, renewable energy harvesting, sub-seasonal forecasting, weather, ocean and climate dynamics, ecosystem modeling, sustainability, conservation, adaptation, mitigation, hazards, pollution events and clean-up, disasters, water and food security, transportation, and infectious diseases.

Research in these areas is supported by the development and utilization of applied mathematics and new quantitative methods in: deep learning, data-driven modeling, numerical analysis, dynamical systems, probabilistic modeling, uncertainty quantification, reduced-order-modeling, Bayesian estimation, data assimilation, closure modeling, rare events theory, optimization, control and decision theory, autonomy, risk management, visualization, supercomputing, and system theory and engineering.

Other advances directly relevant to MPE themes are also most welcome.

Included Themes

Planet Earth as a physical system:

  • Atmosphere
  • Climate dynamics
  • Cryosphere
  • Earth and space
  • Oceans

Planet Earth as a system organized by humans:

  • Communication
  • Energy
  • Land use
  • Socio-economics
  • Transportation

Planet Earth as a system at risk:

  • Biodiversity
  • Epidemics
  • Extreme events
  • Food security
  • Global change
  • Water

Planet Earth as a system supporting life:

  • Carbon cycle
  • Food systems
  • Mathematical ecology
  • Natural resources
  • Sustainability

Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

Julie Bessac

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, U.S.

Lea Jenkins

Clemson University, U.S.

Organizing Committee

Jochen Broecker

University of Reading, United Kingdom

Alex Cannon

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Canada, Canada

Yawen Guan

Colorado State University, U.S.

Alan Hastings

University of California, Davis, U.S.

Nicole Jackson

Sandia National Laboratories, U.S.

Suzanne Lenhart

University of Tennessee, U.S.

Vianey Leos Barajas

University of Toronto, Canada

Alice Nadeau

C.H. Robinson, U.S.

Malgorzata Peszynska

Oregon State University, U.S.

Annalisa Quaini

University of Houston, U.S.

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