Projects
The ElevatHE project aims to consolidate and extend the work achieved with its predecessor, ExpertisHE, and thus help the BSC-CNS maximise the return in the HE program to fund its research areas. The project will help consolidate the research support area of the center and incorporate the responsible use of new tools, especially artificial intelligence, to improve the support...
To guide climate change adaptation and mitigation, reliable information on the regional and local impacts of climate change is needed. The Destination Earth (DestinE) initiative responds to this need by developing Digital Twins (DTs) of the Earth. In particular, DestinE Climate DT provides climate information at regional and local scales over multiple decades. However, the...
The goal of UrbanAIR is to develop a new digital twin that supports decision-makers in urban areas to deal with urban designdilemmas in atmospheric heat and air quality to maximise the health and socio-economic well-being of its citizens affected by climatechange. It will provide critical tools for climate adaptation and hazard control through urban design and planning,...
This contract is the result of the response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) DE_393: Development and Implementation of Climate Emulator for Destination Earth (DestinE) which has been issued by ECMWF.
Launched in 2022, Destination Earth (DestinE) is a European Union-funded initiative aimed at building a highly accurate digital replica of the Earth system by 2030. This digital...
The AtLaS project, focused on advancing Human Language Technology (HLT) in Defence, combines artificial intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to handle low-quality and multilingual data. AtLaS' objectives include developing resilient systems for noise and multiple language handling, leveraging advanced training and technologies like denoising. It aims to...
MOIRAI, named after the three Greek goddesses of fate, stands as a pioneering project at the intersection of past, present, and future. MOIRAI endeavors to weave a comprehensive understanding of the ocean's dynamics and biogeochemical cycles through advanced models, integrating historical data, current observations, and future projections. Integrated into the frameworks of...
During the last decades, the wind energy produced in Europe has reached up to 11% and is expected to keep growing, reducing the CO2 yearly produced and the usage of non-renewable energy. One crucial factor for wind energy to reach this relevance is the improvement ofsimulation tools in the early stages of the wind farm design. Simulation has allowed the enhancement of the...
As the world is edging closer to the 1.5 degrees planetary boundary and is failing to adequately cut greenhouse gas emissions, societal actors from all sectors and scales are requested to rapidly devise adequate responses to ensure a liveable future. However, there is a recognised usability gap in climate science, which makes that despite having better quality data, this data...
The climate system is changing rapidly and some regions have seen increases in extremes beyond what is expected from climate model simulations. To support targeted climate adaptation strategies, EXPECT will enable trustworthy assessments and predictions of regional climate change including extremes by developing a prototype operational capability for integrated attribution...
The ICEBERG project has a two-fold aim: to comprehensively assess sources, types, distributions and impacts of pollution in combination with chronic climate-induced stressors on ecosystems and communities in the European Arctic's land-ocean continuum using a One Health approach, and to develop strategies for enhancing community-led resilience, as well as pollution-control...