Minisymposium Presentation

The last part of the workshop will be an interactive discussion on the following open questions: “Where foundation models could be useful in Earth system science?”, “What would be the advantages and limitations of foundation models in Earth system science?” and “Can we start building an agenda?”. Given the diverse audience of the event, we foreseen this part as a brainstorming occasion also across different scientific communities. For this reason, the discussion will focus on more general questions like “To which extent can we trust and utilize a foundation model for scientific predictions?” and “Will these models be able to replace the current numerical approaches?”. For this interactive Q&A part the speakers will be invited as panelists, together with experts like Karthik Kashinath from NVIDIA and Sebastian Schemm from ETH Zurich to ensure a broader overview of the ongoing efforts in the field.