@scotthosking.bsky.social
Director in Environment and AI Research | @theturing.bsky.social scotthosking.com
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We’re pleased to announce that Dr George Williamson CMG has been appointed as the CEO of the Alan Turing Institute to lead a new phase in our evolution.
Find out more: bit.ly/3OnocOI
📢New AI weather initiative: Project Cumulus
We’re working with UK and international partners to harness the latest advances in AI for weather prediction, with a goal of improving climate resilience and food security in West Africa: bit.ly/49X86me
📢Applications closing for the Turing #Undergraduate Defence & National Security Data Science Internship programme
✅8-week paid summer internship
✅Develop machine learning & AI skills
✅Increase confidence when applying for future careers
Apply now: bit.ly/4sM8oEO
Gabin Kayumbi presenting a slide at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit
Francisco Gomez Medina presenting a slide at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit
🌍Climate Change to Climate Action: Supporting research, innovation and sustainable practice
This week, we joined experts at the Knowledge Quarter's Carbon Net Zero Summit to explore how collaboration can enhance climate science and innovation to achieve net zero.
Learn more: bit.ly/4qwNk2I
❄️ How is IceNet helping to protect endangered caribou in Arctic migration?
IceNet is a deep learning sea ice forecasting system, led by @bas.ac.uk & the Alan Turing Institute, and is helping to prevent ice-breaking vessels from disrupting migration routes.
🔎 Learn more: bit.ly/4s0OdCK
Quote card reads "Dr Scott Hosking, Mission Director for Environmental Forecasting at the Turing - The Alan Turing Institute is proud to be supporting the crucial work of the Environment Agency. By applying AI to river flow modelling, we are directly enhancing the UK's resilience, helping to mitigate the rising financial and societal costs of both flooding and drought." There is a picture of dry land and struggling shrubs next to the quote.
🌧️ AI is helping to protect against future water shortages
We’re working with the Environment Agency to identify early signs of drought. This is crucial to help improve how the country plans for and responds to water scarcity.
Learn more about our work: https://bit.ly/3X99JqK
My first starter pack - please do suggest people to join
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@bas.ac.uk , @eng.cam.ac.uk , @theturing.bsky.social
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Recently published!
Precipitation prediction over the upper Indus Basin from large-scale circulation patterns using Gaussian processes
👉 https://bit.ly/4nojwoo
✍️ @kenzatazi.bsky.social , Andrew Orr, @scotthosking.bsky.social & Richard E. Turner
@theturing.bsky.social
@bas.ac.uk
#precipitation
Graph showing accuracy and model size
📈Results from our 3B parameter model
How well can a small, open-weight language model succeed when using lightweight tools without huge infrastructure?
Our 3B model achieved near-frontier reasoning performance on synthetically generated health queries – and is small enough to run on a laptop.
🌤️We are currently recruiting for two new roles in AI for Weather Forecasting, including in West Africa (Project Cumulus)
cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/en/ca...
Chart reads the following: Top 10 Risks Global Risks Report 2024 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM "Please estimate the likely impact (severity) of the following risks over a 2-year and 10-year period." 2 years Misinformation and disinformation Extreme weather events Societal polarization Cyber insecurity Interstate armed conflict Lack of economic opportunity Inflation Involuntary migration Economic downturn Pollution 10 years 10th Pollution 1st Extreme weather events 20d Critical change to Earth systems 3rd Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse 4th Natural resource shortages 5th Misinformation and disinformation 6th Adverse outcomes of Al technologies 7th Involuntary migration 8th Cyber insecurity 9th Societal polarization 10th Pollution Source: World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2023-2024. Image: World Economic Forum, Global Risks Perception Survey 2023-2024
World Economic Forum 2024 global risks report. This graphic really got me: #Misinformation and climate crisis/environmental destruction topping the short- and long-term lists.
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We're hiring! The Aardvark Weather team is looking for a Senior Research Associate in end-to-end AI weather forecasting
Looking for experience in vision language models, Earth system forecasting, deep generative models, + strong software engineering
cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/...
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We're hiring! The Aardvark Weather team is looking for a Senior Research Associate in end-to-end AI weather forecasting
Looking for experience in vision language models, Earth system forecasting, deep generative models, + strong software engineering
cezanneondemand.intervieweb.it/turing/jobs/...
The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles.
By my count, that is now the TENTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 13 separate articles).
I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...
🚨 Episode 3 - not to be missed!
🌊 The way we are exploring our oceans is evolving fast. But how do we ensure innovation is efficient and equitable across global collaborations?
Tune in for more from @helenczerski.bsky.social and guests
🎧 www.fmri.ac.uk/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts
"The office in Houston for example... is effectively without its top three management positions.
Other offices are struggling to maintain 24/7 operations. Experts with contacts at NOAA told the BBC of battles to get basic maintenance over the line, from computer systems to toilets."
Prof Adam Sobey, at the UK’s Alan Turing Institute, an AI research body, said more transparency was needed on how much energy is consumed by artificial intelligence systems, and how much they could save by helping to make carbon-emitting industries such as transport and energy more efficient.
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⛅ A well-written and balanced piece by the FT on how AI is revolutionalising weather forecasting; the need for human experts & democratision of data and models; the disruption to forecasting caused by the US gov; and the new wave in "end-to-end" AI weather forecasting
www.ft.com/content/a1b6...
Thanks @jamespjh.bsky.social for hosting! huge opportunities to work across the 80 institutes(!) in attendance to develop + deploy AI-powered climate solutions at scale
Fantastic alignment with Turing's Missions in Environment Forecasting and Sustainability/Decarbonisation www.turing.ac.uk/research
Did the welcome for @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social at the #aiforclimate summit with #khemkafoundation and #turingInstitute hosted at UCL IoE. UCL core themes: “disagree well” and “useful knowledge” pertinent. And @ucl-arc.bsky.social’s craftsperson-and-scholar theme - making it practical.
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31.03.2025 20:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌍 3 opportunities with @bas.ac.uk and ARIA
Looking for 💪 background in Maths/Engineering/ML
🧊 Ice/Ocean Modeller
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
🧊 Ice Modeller/Emulation Scientist
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
🧊 Ice Damage Modeller
bas.ciphr-irecruit.com/applicants/v...
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BAS team are back from AI UK!
We highlighted IceNet, our AI forecasting sea ice 6 months ahead. Great conversations with fellow innovators tackling environmental challenges @scotthosking.bsky.social #AIUK2025 #AI
➡️Explore IceNet: www.bas.ac.uk/project/icen...
📸credit: Scott Hosking Bryn Ubald BAS
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20.03.2025 20:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We saw minimal improvements when we pre-trained a U-Net model on CMIP data. This was back in 2021 though so new meta-learning approaches might do a better job now
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