12 posts tagged with "Conference"

As we do every year, the CIROH team took on the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting 2025 by storm. The Amtrak shuttled us from famously frigid Tuscaloosa to balmy New Orleans, where we laissâmes les bons temps rouler a few months early. From December 15-19, our team shared presentations and posters (and beignets and Cajun food), demonstrating CIROH's commitment to advancing hydrologic science, open collaboration, and sharing technological advancements.

Where Science Connects Us​

All good event attendees embrace the theme, and we happen to be great event attendees. This year's AGU theme, "Where Science Connects Us," aligned with CIROH's mission to democratize water modeling and foster community engagement in hydrologic research. Our presentations highlighted how we use containerization, cloud infrastructure, and collaborative frameworks in the world of operational and research hydrology. We also loved connecting with the broader CIROH community through the CIROH Research Exchange (lovingly dubbed T-REX by our talented events team), our biggest exhibit hall booth to date, a very packed poster presentation caravan led by our fearless Steve Burian, Martyn Clark, and Katie van Werkhoven, and, in classic AGU fashion, running into colleagues randomly in the extremely long convention center hallways.

Featured Presentations & Posters by CIROH Science Team & Friends​

NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) Ecosystem​

1. Advancing Hydrological Modeling: CIROH’s NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) and Enhanced Tools for Community-Driven Research

   Presenter: Bhavya Duvvuri

   Session: Poster Presentation H41Q-1427

2. NextGen Research DataStream: Community Contributions Towards Improved Hydrologic Predictions

   Presenter: Zach Wills

   Session: Oral Presentation H31G-03

3. Assessing the use of Physics and AI-Driven Precipitation Forecasts for Streamflow Prediction Using the NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) National Water Model

   Presenter: Jorge Bravo

   Session: Poster Presentation H41Q-1410

4. NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) and DataStream Visualizer: A Containerized Web Application for Interactive Geospatial and Temporal Visualization and Analysis of Hydrologic Model Outputs

   Presenter: Gio Romero

   Session: Oral Presentation H31G-08

5. Streamlining Community Modeling through Automated Data Processing for the Next Generation Water Resources Modeling Framework

   Presenter: Sonam Lama

   Session: Poster Presentation IN33B-0380

Cyberinfrastructure​

1. Cloud infrastructure for NextGen Water Resources Modeling: CIROH’s R2OHC Cloud Platform

   Presenter: Harsha Vemula

   Session: Poster Presentation H41Q-1425

2. High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for NextGen Water Resources Modeling: CIROH's R2OHC HPC Platform

   Presenter: Trupesh Patel

   Session: Oral Presentation H33J-07

Data Sharing & Community Engagement​

1. CIROH DocuHub and Portal: Knowledge Management System for Collaborative Water Resources Research

   Presenter: Manjila Singh

   Session: Poster Presentation H41Q-1426

2. Demonstrating new tools and frameworks to facilitate continental-scale hydrologic data access and evaluation

   Presenter: Sam Lamont

   Session: Oral Presentation IN42A-04

3. Enabling Community Research with the Next Generation National Water Modeling Framework on through Streamlined Workflows

   Presenter: Ayman Nassar

   Session: Oral Presentation H31G-07

4. Modernizing HydroShare: Using a Cloud-Native Architecture to Accelerate Water Science Innovation

   Presenter: Tony Castronova

   Session: Oral Presentation IN42A-02

Reflections from AGU25​

AGU is a wild world. It’s incredible how you can pack the population of a small town into one convention center and still have room left to spare. It’s even more incredible that at seemingly every turn, we always recognized at least a few citizens of said small town. We had such a wonderful time getting to see old friends and make new ones and come away from each conversation with a new idea for how CIROH Science Team could collaborate with the community. Our team was so encouraged by the number of presentations and posters we saw that used our community resources like our NGIAB container and our high-performance computing cyberinfrastructure offerings like Pantarhei and Wukong. (Perhaps you were one of our 13,101 NGIAB Docker deployments?) Not mentioned in the brief list above are all the presentations we got to see about model developments for the NextGen Framework. We love supporting our member and partner institutions’ research-to-operations work with our cyberinfrastructure resource offerings and community resource repositories like the Data Preprocessor, TEEHR, and the Tethys Visualizer. We would also love to showcase that work in our NextGen Research Datastream, running every hour for all of CONUS on AWS. If you’ve got a model that you’d like included in NGIAB and/or NRDS, we are more than happy to chat about it (or read through your GitHub issues submitted through our model integration issue form). We’re excited to get to work this year and support you and all of your R2O dreams!

Community Resources​

All AGU25 presentation materials, including posters and slide decks, are available in our GitHub repository: CIROH-UA/Conferences/AGU25

Join the Community and Get Involved​

Did AGU leave you wanting more from CIROH? We might not be able to see all of you in person every day (we miss y’all already), but whether you're a hydrologist, software developer, data scientist, or agency partner, there are many ways to get involved.

• Try NGIAB: Download from DockerHub or access NGIAB 101 for more details.

• Contribute Models to NGIAB: Submit BMI-compliant models integration request through our model integration issue form under the “New issue” button.

• Calibrate Models: Use our calibration tools to calibrate models for your favorite watersheds (we all have those, don’t pretend like you don’t know what we’re talking about!).

• Share Feedback: Open GitHub issues to report bugs and suggest improvements, or join our Community Resources Working Group discussions.

• Slack Channel: Join our public slack channels for community discussions

• Working Groups: Participate in one (or more, for you overachievers) of CIROH’s working groups – Artificial Intellgience, Community Resources, Decision Support, Early Career, Flood Inundation Mapping, Hydroinformatics, Hydrologic Modeling, Model and Forecast Evaluation.

• Student Summer Education Programs: Are you/do you know any undergraduates interested in AI and operational hydrology who are looking for research experiences over the summer? We have an REU for exactly that. Applications are due March 1. (Side effects: students may leave as Alabama football fans. Roll Tide!!)

• DevCon: Attend yearly Developer Conference in May. DevCon 2026 is in Salt Lake City, UT from May 27-29.

Acknowledgments​

CIROH's work is supported by NOAA Cooperative Institute Program under award NA22NWS4320003. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions from our numerous academic and agency partners who make this collaborative research possible.

The AGU25 presentations represent the collective effort of researchers, developers, and operational forecasters working together to advance hydrologic science. They are a culmination of months and years of dedication and love for science and research. Thank you to everyone who said hi, visited our posters, attended our presentations, and engaged in discussions about the future of water modeling. We’ll see you next year in San Francisco!

My Experience at Tethys Summit 2025​

Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to attend Tethys Summit 2025 in Tampa, FL. It was a rewarding experience to learn about the Tethys Platform and how researchers, hydrologists, and geospatial scientists are applying it in their work. Through workshops and technical demonstrations, I gained insights into how this open-source Earth science platform is advancing environmental problem-solving.

The recent DevCon 2025 event showcased not just cutting-edge development practices, but also demonstrated how modern DevOps principles and cloud infrastructure can seamlessly support large-scale technical workshops. Our team had the privilege of providing IT infrastructure and support for over 200 attendees, creating a robust learning environment through an exemplary public-private partnership.

CIROH's Research Cyberinfrastructure and DevOps team.
Left to right, top to bottom:
Manjila Singh, Arpita Patel, Nia Minor, Trupesh Patel, James Halgren; Benjamin Lee.

Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to co-present a keynote at the CIROH Developers Conference (DevCon 2025), which attracted over 200 attendees. This presentation, which I presented alongside Dan Ames, focused on "CIROH HydroInformatics and Research Cyberinfrastructure." It was a fantastic experience to share insights into the powerful tools and technologies that CIROH engineers, students, researchers have been developing to advance hydrological research and operations.

CIROH-AWI Science and Technology Team.
Left to right: Sagy Cohen, Steven Burian, Manjila Singh, Saide Zand, Savalan N. Neisary, Arpita Patel, Nia Minor, Trupesh Patel, Sifan A. Koriche, Jonathan Frame, Reza S. Alipour, Hari T. Jajula, Chad Perry; Josh Cunningham.

May was a pivotal month for representing the Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH) and our collective work in advancing water science. As one of CIROH's Ambassadors, I had the privilege of connecting with the broader scientific community at two key events: the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Congress in Anchorage, Alaska, and the 2025 CIROH Developers Conference in Burlington, Vermont.

Last week at Google Cloud Next representing our CIROH cloud-based computing efforts! With more than 30,000 participants, Google Next always amazes me! It's huge, engaging on so many levels! Engaging booths, networking opportunities, great presentations, workshops, AI coach for basketball, incredible keynote from an amazing team! Event was not just a conference, but a celebration of innovation and a glimpse into the future of cloud computing! Great to see how Gemini is transforming data manipulation in BigQuery. The ability to use natural language to query, transform, and visualize data is revolutionizing how we interact with massive datasets. Gabe Weiss's demo particularly showcased the potential for non-specialists to derive insights from complex data.

If you missed the keynote, I highly recommend watching the recording here: GCN25 Keynote Video

AGU24 brought together the world’s leading minds in Earth and space sciences. CIROH participated actively, showcasing advances in water prediction, modeling techniques and many more technologies.

Presentations and Posters 📊​

The conference provided an excellent platform for CIROH researchers to present their groundbreaking work. Our team delivered impactful presentations and poster sessions highlighting CIROH’s innovative work, including advancements in water prediction systems and community water modeling.

These sessions sparked thought-provoking discussions and fostered collaborations with other researchers. For those who missed it, posters and presentation slides are now available here. Feel free to explore these materials and share your thoughts. 📝

The 2024 CIROH Science Meeting was a huge success, bringing together researchers, federal partners, and consortium members both in person and virtually. We're excited to share the valuable resources from this year's meeting with the wider CIROH community.

Slides and pictures from the various sessions, keynotes, and the Federal Town Hall have all been uploaded to a shared drive for easy access. You can find links to these materials here: Access the Shared Drive with Presentation Slides

CIROH Developers Conference 2024

The CIROH team recently participated in the 2nd Annual CIROH Developers Conference (DevCon24), held from May 29th to June 1st,2024. The conference brought together a diverse group of water professionals to exchange knowledge and explore cutting-edge research in the field of hydrological forecasting.

AWRA 2024 Spring Conference

The CIROH CyberInfrastructure team recently participated in the AWRA 2024 Spring Conference, co-hosted by the Alabama Water Institute at the University of Alabama.

Themed "Water Risk and Resilience: Research and Sustainable Solutions," the conference brought together a diverse group of water professionals to exchange knowledge and explore cutting-edge research in the field.

Google Cloud Next '24

Hello everyone, and thanks for stopping by!

I recently had the incredible opportunity to attend Google Cloud Next 2024 in person for the first time, and it was truly an amazing experience. From insightful keynote presentations and workshops to vibrant booths buzzing with connections, the event was a whirlwind of innovation and inspiration.

Accelerating Innovation: CIROH's March 2024 Update

The CIROH team has been diligently accelerating research cyberinfrastructure capabilities this month. We're thrilled to share key milestones achieved in enhancing the Community NextGen project and our cloud/on-premises platforms.