AICE Speaker Series: Libby Barnes (Boston University)

Please join us for a fireside discussion with Professor Elizabeth Barnes, Professor and Dalton Family Chair in Environmental Data Science & Sustainability, Boston University.

AGENDA
12:00pm – 12:30pm:  Lunch
12:30pm – 1:15pm:  Presentation
1:15pm – 1:30pm:  Q&A

Data Science Institute, Room 105
5460 S University Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

Fireside discussion: The Promise and Pitfalls of AI for Climate Science

Bio: Dr. Elizabeth (Libby) Barnes is the Dalton Family Chair in Environmental Data Science & Sustainability and Professor of Computing & Data Sciences and of Earth & Environment at Boston University. Dr. Barnes is a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS). She was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by President Biden in January of 2025, and was the recipient of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Macelwane Medal in 2021. She received the AGU Turco Lectureship for 2020, AMS Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award for 2020, and was awarded an NSF CAREER grant in 2018. She received the George T. Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award in 2016 and was recognized for her teaching and mentoring by being awarded an Honorable Mention for the Colorado State University Graduate Advising and Mentorship Award in 2017 and being named the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award in 2016 and 2022 by the graduate students of the Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science. In 2014 she was the recipient of an AGU James R. Holton Junior Scientist Award.