Conference Agenda & Program

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Short Agenda

Sunday, September 29, 2024

12:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Biosphere 2 Guided Behind-the-Scenes Tour

(Bus leaves from Tucson Marriott University Park at 12:30 pm and returns to the same location around 5:30 pm)

2:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Check-in (Graduate Hotel)

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Icebreaker and Opening Reception (Bear Down Gym)

Monday, September 30, 2024

7:00 am – 8:15 am


Check-in (Diamond Atrium)


8:15 am – 8:30 am

Conference Opening (South Ballroom)

8:30 am – 9:25 am

Keynote: Adapting reactive transport frameworks to describe critical zone structure and function.

Speaker: Jenny Druhan

Location: South Ballroom

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Session 4A (Rincon Room)

Machine learning methods for remote sensing and satellite data.

Session 6A (Santa Rita Room)

Model coupling, domain decomposition, and solvers for multiphysics problems.

Session 7A (South Ballroom)

Transport and mixing in heterogeneous porous and fractured media across scales.

Session 12A (Tucson Room)

Advances in computational modeling of vadose zone processes.

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Morning Break (North Ballroom) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

11:00 am – 12:20 pm

Session 4B (Rincon Room)

Machine learning methods for remote sensing and satellite data.

Session 6B (Santa Rita Room)

Model coupling, domain decomposition, and solvers for multiphysics problems.

Session 7B (South Ballroom)

Transport and mixing in heterogeneous porous and fractured media across scales.

Session 12B (Tucson Room)

Advances in computational modeling of vadose zone processes.

12:20 pm – 1:50 pm

Lunch (North Ballroom)

2:00 pm – 2:55 pm

Keynote: Computational geomechanics for a sustainable energy future.

Speaker: Joshua White

Location: South Ballroom

3:00 pm – 4:20 pm

Session 5A (Rincon Room)

Computational modeling of subsurface processes for climate mitigation and energy transition.

 

Session 7C (South Ballroom)

Transport and mixing in heterogeneous porous and fractured media across scales.

Session 12C (Tucson Room)

Advances in computational modeling of vadose zone processes.

4:20 pm – 6:00 pm

Poster Session I (Diamond Atrium) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

8:30 am – 9:25 am

Keynote: 25 years of modeling and simulation of geological CO2 storage: learnings and way forward.

Speaker: Sarah E. Gasda

Location: South Ballroom

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Session 5B (Rincon Room)

Computational modeling of subsurface processes for climate mitigation and energy transition.

Session 15A (Santa Rita Room)

Computational methods for coupled human-natural systems and decision making.

Session 7D (South Ballroom)

Transport and mixing in heterogeneous porous and fractured media across scales.

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Morning Break (North Ballroom) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

11:00 am – 12:20 pm

Session 5C (Rincon Room)

Computational modeling of subsurface processes for climate mitigation and energy transition.

Session 15B (Santa Rita Room)

Computational methods for coupled human-natural systems and decision making.

Session 2A (South Ballroom)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of surface hydrology.

Session 17A (Tucson Room)

Inverse problems in hydrological modeling: From parameter estimation to uncertainty quantification and model identification.

12:20 pm – 1:50 pm

Lunch (North Ballroom)

Lunch discussion: Future of Hydrology Master’s Education

Facilitator: Ty Ferre

2:00 pm – 2:55 pm

Keynote: Using Machine Learning Models for Predictions in Unmonitored Basins.

Speaker: Charu Varadharajan

Location: South Ballroom

3:00 pm – 4:20 pm

Session 5D (Rincon Room)

Computational modeling of subsurface processes for climate mitigation and energy transition.

Session 15C (Santa Rita Room)

Computational methods for coupled human-natural systems and decision making.

Session 2B (South Ballroom)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of surface hydrology.

Session 17B (Tucson Room)

Inverse problems in hydrological modeling: From parameter estimation to uncertainty quantification and model identification.

4:20 pm – 6:00 pm

Poster Session II (Diamond Atrium) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

8:30 am – 9:25 am

Keynote: Self-similarity and vanishing diffusion in fluvial landscapes: theoretical and numerical challenges.

Speaker: Amilcare Porporato

Location: South Ballroom

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Session 8A (Rincon Room)

Reactive transport modeling of hydrobiogeochemistry across scales.

Session 10A (Santa Rita Room)

Computational ecohydrology.

Session 2C (South Ballroom)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of surface hydrology.

Session 18A (Tucson Room)

Stochastic hydrogeology.

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Morning Break (North Ballroom) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

11:00 am – 12:20 pm

Session 8B (Rincon Room)

Reactive transport modeling of hydrobiogeochemistry across scales.

Session 10B (Santa Rita Room)

Computational ecohydrology.

Session 2D (South Ballroom)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of surface hydrology.

Session 18B (Tucson Room)

Stochastic hydrogeology.

12:20 pm – 1:50 pm

Lunch (North Ballroom)

2:00 pm – 2:55 pm

Keynote: Direct modeling of foam transport in porous and fractured media.

Speaker: Maša Prodanović

Location: South Ballroom

3:00 pm – 4:20 pm

Session 13 (Rincon Room)

Computational modeling and model-data interaction for groundwater flow and contaminant transport.

Session 10C (Santa Rita Room)

Computational ecohydrology.

Session 3A (Tucson Room)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of subsurface hydrology.

4:20 pm – 4:50 pm

Afternoon Break (North Ballroom) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

4:50 pm – 6:10 pm

Session 9A (Rincon Room)

Advances in integrating surface and subsurface hydrological modeling.

Session 10D (Santa Rita Room)

Computational ecohydrology.

Session 1A (South Ballroom)

Pore-scale processes of multiphase flow, transport, and geomechanics: modeling, model-data interaction, numerical algorithms, and upscaling.

Session 16 (Tucson Room)

Leveraging computational advances for hydrologic science: Developments in high-performance computing, cloud platforms, and quantum computing.

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Banquet Dinner (North Ballroom)

Music by Jazztechs Band

Thursday, October 03, 2024

8:30 am – 9:25 am

Keynote: Resolving sub-field hydrology: tile drainage, soil biogeochemistry, and crop productivity.

Speaker: Kaiyu Guan

Location: South Ballroom

9:30 am – 10:30 am

Session 9B (Rincon Room)

Advances in integrating surface and subsurface hydrological modeling.

Session 11A (Santa Rita Room)

Advances in computational modeling of surface processes: debris flow, river ecosystems, and morphodynamics.

Session 1B (South Ballroom)

Pore-scale processes of multiphase flow, transport, and geomechanics: modeling, model-data interaction, numerical algorithms, and upscaling.

Session 3B (Tucson Room)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of subsurface hydrology.

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Morning Break (North Ballroom) (Coffee, Tea, and Snacks provided)

11:00 am – 12:20 pm

Session 9C (Rincon Room)

Advances in integrating surface and subsurface hydrological modeling.

Session 11B (Santa Rita Room)

Advances in computational modeling of surface processes: debris flow, river ecosystems, and morphodynamics.

Session 1C (South Ballroom)

Pore-scale processes of multiphase flow, transport, and geomechanics: modeling, model-data interaction, numerical algorithms, and upscaling.

Session 3C (Tucson Room)

Data-driven and physics-based machine learning methods for forecasting and knowledge discovery of subsurface hydrology.

12:20 pm – 1:50 pm

Lunch (North Ballroom)

2:00 pm – 2:55 pm

Keynote: Global flood inundation models: simulating 2D hydrodynamics at 30m resolution for the entire planet.

Speaker: Paul Bates

Location: South Ballroom

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Conference Closing (South Ballroom)

Summary

Date

Keynote Speakers

Sessions

Monday, Sep 30

Jenny Druhan, Joshua White

4A~4B, 5A, 6A~6B, 7A~7C, 12A~12C

Tuesday, Oct 1

Sarah E. Gasda, Charu Varadharajan

2A~2B, 5B~5D, 7D, 15A~15C, 17A~17B

Wednesday, Oct 2

Amilcare Porporato, Maša Prodanović

1A, 2C~2D, 3A, 8A~8B, 9A, 10A~10D, 13, 16, 18A~18B

Thursday, Oct 3

Kaiyu Guan, Paul Bates

1B~1C, 3B~3D, 9B-9C, 11A~11B