Let There Be Lightning

Join us for an insightful discussion on the challenges of forecasting lightning and its significant impact in India, where it claims around 2,500 lives annually. 🌍

An effective alert system is crucial, and it requires exceptional modeling that interprets our atmosphere using approximately 1 billion numbers derived from a few tens of millions of observations. This represents one of the most successful inverse problems in science. 📊

We will explore the history of this scientific journey, starting from Richardson's 1922 calculations to the modern neural networks that complement physical models today. 🔬

Topics Covered:

• The physics behind lightning ⚡
• Insights into forecasting baselines 🔍
• Discussion on open research topics 📚

About the Speaker:

Dr. Prasanna Bhogle is a theoretical physicist turned AI/ML expert, with a decade of experience in industry. He is the author of An Unfriendly Introduction to Causal Inference and is currently working on Romulan AI, enhancing India's weather forecasting systems with hyperlocal decision-making tools. 🤖

Attend Online:

Join via Gmeet Link 💻

Looking forward to seeing you there! 🎉