Summer School/Creative Workshop http://www.inverseproblems.info/reading:summer_school_2013
Data Assimilation & Inverse Problems
From Weather Forecasting to Neuroscience
July 22-26, 2013, University of Reading, United Kingdom
Data Assimilation is concerned with the reconstruction of the state of a dynamical system from measured data. It is usually employed in a cycled way, where data are used to correct or guide the dynamical system step by step, while forecasts are generated on a desired time grid. This is a key ingredient for important applications, for example for Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) or predictions of Climate Change, but it is also increasingly employed in medical and industrial applications.
The Summer School and Creative Workshop on Data Assimilation and Inverse Problems at the University of Reading provides an introduction into the key concepts and techniques in the field both in algorithmic developments as well as important applications. In a framework which consists of introductory lectures by selected international experts in the field we aim to have time for mutual exchange and discussions in a relaxed and stimulating atmosphere at the green campus of the University of Reading.
Lecturers include: Steven Schiff, Behnam Jafarpour, Takemasa Miyoshi, Massimo Bonavita, Peter Grindrod, Tijana Janjic-Pfander, Roland Potthast, Peter-Jan van Leeuwen, Sarah Dance, Jochen Broecker, Nancy Nichols, Ingo Bojak, Hendrik Reich, Africa Perianez.
Local Organizers: Africa Perianez, Etienne Roesch, Ingo Bojak, Roland Potthast, Kelly Sloan and Douglas Saddy
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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| 09:00-09:45 | Special Lecture Numerical Weather Prediction I Takemasa Miyoshi | Special Lecture Neuroscience III Steven Schiff | Special Lecture Numerical Weather Prediction at ECMWF I Massimo Bonavita PDF1 | ||
| 09:45-10:30 | Special Lecture Numerical Weather Prediction II Takemasa Miyoshi | Special Lecture “Brain Detectives” Pete Grindrod | Special Lecture Numerical Weather Prediction at ECMWF II Massimo Bonavita PDF2 | Weak constraint 4dVar Jochen Broeker PDF PDF2 |
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| Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Lecture 1: DA Introduction Roland Potthast PDF see also Intro Paper | Lecture 3: Variational DA I 3dVar and Stability Roland Potthast PDF see also Intro Paper | Lecture 5: Kalman Filter Sarah Dance | Lecture 7: Ensemble Methods Tijana Janjic-Pfander and Peter-Jan van Leeuwen | Lecture 9: Particle Filters I Peter Jan van Leeuwen PDF1 |
| 11:45-12:30 | Lecture 2: Basics of Inverse Problems Roland Potthast PDF | Lecture 4: Variational DA II: Adjoints and 4dVar Nancy Nichols PDF | Lecture 6: Covariances, Obs. and Model Error Sarah Dance and Nancy Nichols PDF1 PDF2 | Lecture 8: Localization Techniques Tijana Janjic-Pfander and Takemasa Miyoshi | Lecture 10: Particle Filters II Peter Jan van Leeuwen PDF2 |
| Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Finish | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Discussion time/Poster | Discussion time/Poster: Instability; 4dVar Roland Potthast | Special Lecture Reservoir Modeling I Behnam Jafarpour | Discussion time/Poster | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Discussion time/Poster | Discussion time/Poster: DA in Neuroscience Steven Schiff | Special Lecture Reservoir Modeling II Behnam Jafarpour | Discussion time/Poster | |
| Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | ||
| 16:15-17:00 | Special Lecture Neuroscience I Ingo Bojak and Steven Schiff | Exercise: Coding Examples Africa Perianez and Hendrik Reich Scilab Intro Lorentz95 Intro 3dVar Intro LETKF Intro 3dVar Exercise LETKF Exercise Scilab Files | Discussion time/Poster | Exercise: Coding Examples Africa Perianez and Hendrik Reich | |
| 17:00-17:45 | Special Lecture Neuroscience II Steven Schiff | Exercise: Coding Examples Africa Perianez and Hendrik Reich | Discussion time/Poster | Exercise: Coding Examples Africa Perianez and Hendrik Reich | |
| 18:00 | Icebreaker | Joint Dinner |
Poster contributions are welcome, reserve space before May 31st!
For any question please send an email to Africa Perianez: a.perianez@pgr.reading.ac.uk.
List of Participants, Schedule PDF
Where to go to?
The workshop takes place on the green Whiteknights Campus, see Campus UoR, Details at Campus Map, in the Nike Auditorium of the Agriculture Building (No. 59). From London-Heathrow Reading Station is easily accessible by Coach Bus (40min) RailAir, see http://www.railair.com/. Then, take the busses to Lower Earley/University, lines 20 or 21, compare Buses Map, get off at Whiteknights House and walk 10 min to the eastern part of the campus.
Also, see our flyer: PDF Flyer
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