05.06.2025

The goal of this annual event is to promote cross-institutional knowledge and experience sharing among early-career scientists. In addition to lectures, workshops, and excursions, the program also offered opportunities for leisure activities and networking.

In a series of talks, researchers from Hamburg showcased their current work – including studies on the role of tropical clouds in the climate system, long-term observations at the Hamburg Weather Mast, applications of artificial intelligence in climate research at the DKRZ, and insights into the history of climate science.

One of the talks was given by Dr. Christopher Kadow, head of the Data Analysis department at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ). Under the title “The technology that deletes photobombs can do climate research? The chatbot that writes poetry can do climate analyses?” he demonstrated how AI methods – originally developed for image reconstruction – can also be applied to reconstruct missing climate and weather data. Such approaches require substantial computing ressources, which is provided by the DKRZ's high-performance computing infrastructure. (Photo on the right; Copyright: Kay Rabe von Kühlewein).

As part of a workshop, around 25 participants also had the opportunity to visit the DKRZ. During a guided tour they gained insights into its data archives, the history of the center, and the technical details of the operated supercomputer systems – including a look at future developments.

More information on StuMeTa 2025: https://d-austen.github.io/stumeta2025-website/program/schedule/