ICTS

The Indian summer monsoon is a dramatic multiscale, multiphysics event that has a profound impact on the food security of a billion people. Accuracy of predictions for every year's rainfall has serious consequences for the economy of the country. This requires a thorough understanding of the basic dynamical system of the monsoon, which is an important open problem. Further, there is a need to create a community of researchers in theoretical sciences including mathematics, physics, and computer science, in order to improve our understanding of the Indian monsoon, and in general of the tropical dynamics of the atmosphere and the oceans.

The ICTS monsoon group aims to address both these needs, and in particular endeavours to study this problem using a three-pronged, multi-disciplinary approach, putting together statistical, mathematical, and physical perspectives.

The "Monsoon Day" will be a one day discussion meeting to be held in connection with ICTAI - the International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence. The day will consist of talks and panel discussion, and aims to bring together some of the leading experts who have made major contributions to studying the monsoon phenomenon.