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About the talk: 

Earth sciences are crucial for understanding and addressing challenges like climate change, extreme weather, and environmental sustainability. Advances in computational science have revolutionized the field, enabling the development of sophisticated models and workflows that simulate the complex processes shaping our planet.

This talk will explore the computational challenges faced in various domains of Earth sciences. Topics include building and running advanced climate and weather models, analyzing and processing massive observational and simulated datasets, and applying high-performance computing to areas such as atmospheric modeling, ocean dynamics, and ecosystem simulations. These challenges highlight the intricate balance of scientific inquiry and computational innovation required to push the boundaries of Earth system research.

About the speaker:

Oriol Tintó Prims holds a PhD in Earth Sciences from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, where he developed advanced methods to optimize the computational performance of Earth science models on HPC infrastructure.

After contributing to the Waves to Weather project in Germany from 2021 to 2023, he rejoined the Barcelona Supercomputing Center in 2024, where he currently holds an AI4S fellowship.

His expertise includes mixed-precision computing, data compression techniques, and performance optimization, with contributions to major European projects like EERIE and ESiWACE3, driving innovation in computational Earth sciences.