Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
Networked Infrastructures under Compound Extremes (NICE)
The DoD SERDP “NICE” project is funded by US DoD’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). A brief description by the funder is provided here and by Northeastern University here, and overviews were subsequently presented with a “Virtual Poster” here and at a SERDP-ESTCP Symposium here. The first workshop for SERDP NICE was held during 1-3 November 2022.
Venue: Northeastern University, Boston, MA (All times US EST)
Location: 333 Curry Center - Senate Chambers
Workshop Sponsor: US Department of Defense: DOD SERDP
Workshop Co-Sponsors: Northeastern University: SDS Lab; AI4CaS; COE
Join via Teams: Day 1 Morning || Day 1 Afternoon || Day 2
Recordings: Day 1 Morning || Day 1 Afternoon || Day 2 Part 1 || Day 2 Part 2
Download the Workshop Flyer here: Workshop Flyer
08:30–09:00 Continental Breakfast Outside Room: 333 Curry Center
09:00–09:05 Welcome and Introductions
Opening Comments: Dr. Auroop Ganguly – SERDP NICE Lead PI (Distinguished College of Engineering Professor, Director of the SDS Lab: Sustainability and Data Sciences Laboratory, and Director of AI4CaS: AI for Climate and Sustainability, Northeastern University, Boston, MA)
09:05-10:00 State of the NICE Project
Dr. Auroop Ganguly – Northeastern University
Dr. Sam Chatterjee – Pacific Northwest National Labs
Dr. Marta Gonzalez – University of California – Berkeley
Dr. Ben Trump – US Army Corps of Engineers
Dr. Satish Chikkagoudar – Naval Research Lab
10:00–10:15 Coffee Break
10:15-11:15 Panel Session 1: Climate and Compound Extremes
Moderator: Dr. Ben Trump, Research Social Scientist, US Army Corps of Engineers
Invited Panelists:
Ms. Rose Leopold, Director of Business Resilience, Moderna
Dr. Igor Linkov, Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM), Army Corps of Engineers, Boston, MA
11:15-12:15 Panel Session 2: Methods and Theories for Installation Resilience
Moderator: Dr. Marta Gonzalez, Professor of City and Regional Planning and Physics Research Faculty of Energy Technology at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, University of California – Berkeley
Invited Panelists:
Dr. Leonardo Duenas Osorio, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Dr. Jianxi Gao, Associate Professor Computer Science and Center for Network Science and Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
12:15–13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Panel Session 3: Translations for Mission Readiness
Moderator: Dr. Satish Chikkagoudar, Research Scientist, Center for High Assurance Computer Systems, US Naval Research Laboratory
Invited Panelists:
Dr. Craig Poulin, Lieutenant Colonel US Air Force & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Systems, Air Force Institute of Technology Engineering
Dr. Himangshu Das, Engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers
14:00-15:00 Panel Session 4: Synergies with SERDP RC Projects
Moderator: Dr. Sam Chatterjee, Chief Data Scientist with the Data Sciences and Machine Intelligence Group, US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Labs
Invited Panelists:
Dr. Sudershan Gangrade, Water Resources Engineer, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Dave Alderson, Professor, Operations Research Department, Executive Director Center for Infrastructure Defense Naval Postgraduate School
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg, Director, Center for Infrastructure Defense, Naval Postgraduate School
15:00-16:00 Panel Session 5: Integrating with DoD Toolkits
Opening Remarks: Dr. Auroop Ganguly
Invited Panelists:
Dr. Todd Hay, Program Manager for Defense Climate Adaptation Toolkit at US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Labs
Dr. Subhra Misra, Deputy Director Climate Change Adaptation and Planning ODASD (Energy Resilience and Optimization) Office of Secretary of Defense & DoD Climate Action Team – Climate Preparedness and Resilience
16:00 - 19:00 Networking and (Happy Hour) and Dinner
Cabral Center
Address: 40 Leon Street, Boston
Building name: John D. O’Bryant African American Institute
First Floor Lobby
08:30 - 09:00 Continental Breakfast - Outside Room: 333 Curry Center
09:00 - 09:30 Invited Talk 1: Climate Adaptation
Speaker: Dr. Evan Kodra, Senior Director, Climate & ESG, Intercontinental Exchange ICE Data Services
09:30 - 10:00 Invited Talk 2: Cyber Security
Speaker: Dr. Kaushik Chowdhury, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Associate Director of the Institute for the Wireless of Internet of Things, Northeastern University
10:00 - 10:20 Invited Talk 3: Energy Transitions
Speaker: Mr. Ardeshir Contractor, Director of Strategic Research Projects, AI for Climate and Sustainability, Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University
10:20 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Invited Talk 4: Flood Risk Management
Speaker: Dr. Julie Rosati, Lead Civil Works R&D Technical Director; R&D Technical Director Flood Risk Management, US Army Corps of Engineers
11:00 - 11:30 Invited Talk 5: Networks and Infrastructure Resilience
Speaker: Dr. Alesia Chernikova, Northeastern University
11:30 - 12:00 Invited Talk 6: Water Networks and Infrastructure
Speaker: Dr. Lina Sela, Professor, University of Texas - Austin
12:00 - 12:10 Introduction to Experiential AI Institute
Speaker: Dr. Usama Fayyad, Director EAI
12:10 - 12:30 Machine Learning for Climate Science
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Dy, Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University; Director of AI Faculty, EAI
12:30 - 13:00 Discussions and Next Steps leading to Workshop Report
13:00 - 14:00 Box Lunch & Adjourn