<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear colleagues,</span><br></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">You are invited to join the <a href="https://www.noaa.gov/ai/events/6th-noaa-ai-workshop-2024" target="_blank">6th NOAA AI Workshop</a> that will be held as a hybrid event during the week of September 16–20, 2024. This year’s workshop focuses on fostering collaborative development within the community around the theme of </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">heat resilience</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. </span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We define “heat” broadly across different physical systems and its impacts on society and ecosystems. Examples that are relevant to the workshop include but are not limited to:</span></p><ul style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><li style="margin-left:15px"><span id="m_4524379939302498333gmail-docs-internal-guid-751281cf-7fff-5804-e5e7-7a6ba8f35905"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applying AI to advance prediction and attribution of extreme heat events across different domains of the earth systems (e.g., atmospheric and marine).</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span id="m_4524379939302498333gmail-docs-internal-guid-751281cf-7fff-5804-e5e7-7a6ba8f35905"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Using AI techniques to quantify impacts of extreme heat events on human & natural systems (e.g., community and ecosystem health, drought and food security, wildfire, social equity).</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span id="m_4524379939302498333gmail-docs-internal-guid-751281cf-7fff-5804-e5e7-7a6ba8f35905"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Leveraging AI tools to improve information services for heat resilience planning for the community and ecosystems (e.g., urban planning, coral reef conservation).</span></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span id="m_4524379939302498333gmail-docs-internal-guid-751281cf-7fff-5804-e5e7-7a6ba8f35905"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Prototyping AI applications to enhance environmental observing systems for heat resilience (e.g., mission planning, observing network design, on-orbit computing).</span></span></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This year’s NOAA AI Workshop will gather community members to discuss and explore collaborations on leveraging AI that align with NOAA’s strategic priorities. Participants will form community collaboration groups around selected use cases that can be sustained after the workshop via online collaboration platforms. We invite all interested scientists, AI practitioners, and application end users to join this community-driven collaboration development event.</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Given available resources, the in-person component of the workshop will take place at up to three locations – <i>College Park, MD, Boulder, CO, and Seattle, WA</i> – simultaneously and connected via the video meeting platform. The event is open to the public with a fully virtual participation option. Due to space limitations, priority for in-person participation will be given to participants who can commit to fully participate in the planned activities.</span></p><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif">You are invited to complete the <a href="https://forms.office.com/r/PF42dpxi8d" target="_blank">expression of interest form</a> for this year's workshop by <b><i>July 12, 2024</i></b>. Further communication regarding the workshop will be provided in late July.</font></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Douglas Rao, Rob Redmon, Eric Kihn</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">NOAA Center for Artificial Intelligence</span></p></div></div>