HClimRep annual in-person meeting 2026 held in Hamburg
On March 19–20, 2026, the HClimRep group gathered in Hamburg for its third annual in-person meeting, hosted by the Hereon group at the International Maritime Museum. Partners from FZJ, AWI, KIT, and Hereon came together to review project progress, align future research directions, and strengthen collaboration across work packages. The meeting provided an important opportunity […]
Internal Hackathon – AWI Bremerhaven
On March 17–18, 2026, a small HClimRep Hackathon was held at the AWI partner’s offices in Bremerhaven. Five members of the HClimRep project – Ankit Patnala, Aleksei Koldunov, Jehangir Awan, Kacper Nowak, and Savvas Melidonis – gathered to work on climate‑forecasting and downscaling applications using tropospheric and oceanic data with the WeatherGenerator model. The set‑up of the experiments progressed smoothly and […]
HClimRep Presented at AlgoEarth & CESOC Workshop on Advancing AI Climate Models
Cologne, 5th March, 2026 The HClimRep project was presented at the AlgoEarth & CESOC Workshop: Advancing AI Climate Models, held on 4–5 March 2026 at the University of Cologne. The workshop brought together international experts from research institutions, academia, and industry to discuss how artificial intelligence can move beyond short-term weather forecasting toward reliable climate […]
HClimRep Annual Meeting in Cologne, 01-02 September 2025
In early September, the HClimRep team gathered in Cologne for their annual project meeting. Nearly 20 researchers from different Helmholtz centers came together for two days of discussions on progress, challenges, and next steps. A major focus of the meeting was the WeatherGenerator prototype, which integrates atmosphere, ocean, and stratosphere into a single framework. While […]
HClimRep project meeting 26. November 2024
The second HClimRep project meeting will take place at the premises of the Helmholtz Head Office in Berlin on Tuesday, November 26th. We will review the current status of the ongoing HClimRep work packages and follow-up on our intense science discussions from the kickoff meeting in Cologne. On the day after the project meeting, a […]
HClimRep hackathon on 20. to 21. November 2024 at Cologne
The HClimRep project members are organizing a 2-day hackathon event at the co-working space of “Die Wohngemeinschaft” in Cologne on November 20 to 21. The main objectives of the event are: 1.) Deepen knowledge about the Atmorep code and development for HClimRep project members who have already started to work with the code, 2.) Provide […]
Invited presentation at KAIST, Seoul, Korea
Seoul, 25. September 2024 Martin Schultz gave an invited lecture at the KAIST Institute for AI in Seoul, Korea. The lecture summarized the rapid advancements of AI for weather and climate research and discussed the state-of-the-art as it was presented at the second workshop on “Large-scale deep learning for the Earth System” in Bonn, Germany, […]
Helmholtz Annual Assembly 17. September 2024
Berlin, September 02, 2024 The HClimRep project was presented together with the other pilots from the Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative at an interactive booth. HClimRep and AI development also appeared in the keynote lecture by the president Otmar Wiestler. More information: https://www.helmholtz.de/ueber-uns/wer-wir-sind/presse-medien/veranstaltungen/jahrestagung-2024/
HClimRep presentation at HAICON
Düsseldorf, June 12, 2024 A HClimRep presentation (invited) at the Helmholtz AI Conference (HAICON, see https://haicon24.de/ ). A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated in and presented at the “Helmholtz AI Conference: AI for Science.” Your contributions were crucial in showcasing AI’s transformative impact across various fields, including disaster prediction, cancer screening, weather forecasting, […]
Invited presentation at RWTH Aachen
Aachen, June 03, 2024 Martin Schultz gave an invited lecture at the Institute for Advanced Simulation Materials Data Science and Informatics (IAS-9) at the campus of RWTH Aachen. The lecture summarized the rapid advancements of AI for weather and climate research, introduced AtmoRep as one of the first foundation models for weather-related tasks, and discussed […]