Cologne, July 02-03., 2024
The HClimRep team met for the first time in person to get to know each other and set the project on track. After a review of the project’s goals and timeline, in-depth discussions took place about several aspects of the foundation model development and the specific challenges that AI models may face when they are meant to “understand” the climate system. Drawing from recent publications and workshop discussions, we confirmed the HClimRep projects approach and strategy and everyone is eager to get their hands on the model development.
Furthermore, several measures were initiated to ensure a smooth execution of HClimRep: a compute time application for JUWELS Booster was written and submitted, a gitlab repository was set-up for the project management, a biweekly programmers’ meeting and a monthly roadmap and status meeting were launched, a 2-day hackathon will be organized in November, onboarding of new personnel is taking place, and email lists and the project web site are being set-up.