This form can be used to register, apply for travel funding, and to submit an application to give a talk or an art climate presentation at the Math for Complex Climate Challenges Workshop to be held at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on May 1-4, 2023.
We particularly encourage the participation of women and members of underrepresented minorities.
Important Dates
Please submit your funding and abstract/climate art proposal application as soon as possible. The deadline to submit the abstract/art proposal & to apply for funding has been extended to April 14, 2023 at 11:59 PM ET. The registration deadline is April 27th.
Funding Application
This opportunity is possible through a grant from the Fields Institute and Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation (WICI). Note that awardees will need to pay for their expenses ahead of time and get reimbursed after the workshop. In selecting attendees for travel support, preference will be given to early career researchers who have no alternative means of support.
We particularly encourage the participation of women and members of underrepresented minorities.
Travel Support Requirements
Applicants are strongly encouraged to secure additional funding from other sources. Funds will be disbursed only in the form of reimbursements for actual expenses. A receipt is required for any expense reimbursed (e.g. airfare and hotel receipts).
The reimbursement will be sent as a cheque by mail six to eight weeks after receipt of an acceptable reimbursement form and supporting receipts.
Talks Abstracts Submission
You are invited to participate and submit a talk or interpretive/interactive art project! The 15-minute talk should highlight previous research on the topic and open research challenges, including challenges at the math-climate interface. We particularly encourage, and can provide travel support for, early-career scholars, indigenous research/scholars, women and those from underrepresented groups.
For the abstract applications, we expect a maximum of 250 words. Please see the Workshop’s Call for Participation for more details.
Abstracts are invited on the following topics, with other suggestions welcome:
Climate Research Topics: Synergies and conflicts between climate adaptation and mitigation, Mitigation and adaptation co-benefits, Aquatic ecosystems, Protected areas / reserve design, Energy networks / supply chains-design and resilience, Social networks and social imitation/contagion/norm adoption, Urban climate challenges, Complex coupled-human natural systems modelling, Climate economics and governance, Carbon pricing and capitalization (including carbon currencies), Carbon sequestration OR suggest a topic / organize a session!
Math Topics: Network Science and Topology, Optimization and Control Theory (Stochastic Optimization, Operations Research and Risk Management), Emerging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches, Integrated Assessment Models, Agent-Based Modelling, New Probabilistic and Statistical Tools (Quantifying and characterizing tails and observations of extreme events; Probability, Probability Distribution and Stochastic Modelling), Financial Mathematics, Game Theory, Modelling Cross-scale feedbacks, Dynamical Systems, Uncertainty Quantification, Interpreting and “tuning” models, Multiscale computations & Multiscale methods, Data Assimilation, Monte Carlo Integration OR suggest a topic / organize a session!
Art Climate Proposal Submission
Climate art proposals are also invited. Art proposals should illustrate complex climate challenges and invite audience members to envision solutions. Accepted art projects will be highlighted at Day 2 late afternoon reception. Any medium that can be presented in person and installed or presented in a lobby area is welcome, including visual, music, spoken word, and dramatic media.
Application Form Instructions
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• This online application must be filled out completely and submitted. It is not possible to save a partially completed application and return to it later.
• For early career and student applicants applying for travel funding and/or abstract/art proposal submission, please note that you are encouraged to submit a CV at the end. You may submit ONE .pdf file with your application no larger than 10MB. If you want to submit a CV, please have this .pdf ready to upload when you start to fill out this application.
• Once your application is submitted, a confirmation email will be sent to the email address you designated on your application.
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted, all responses are confidential, and will only be viewed by the organizers and administrative staff at the Fields Institute who are assisting in hosting the workshop.
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