====== Artificial Intelligence Team (AIT) ====== You can find the instructions for editing your short bio [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xsD-f-xJke5Kh9tKeKGdZHXkv4Qtt3GJWVmZV2kUaP0/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.54fu41xg9auq|here]].\\ ===== Amanda Duarte ===== {{:working_groups:amandaduarte.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Senior Research Engineer (Team Leader) \\ **Interests:** Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Open Science \\ **Contact:** [[amanda.duarte@bsc.es|amanda.duarte@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-cardoso-duarte/|LinkedIn]] [[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TEQbjmgAAAAJ&hl//|Google Scholar]]\\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-958X|0000-0002-9340-958X]]\\ **Joined BSC:** September 2022\\ **Short Bio:** Amanda Duarte leads the Artificial Intelligence Team (AIT) in the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). She holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and has over ten years of experience working with machine learning. Her research applies artificial intelligence to Earth sciences, focusing on climate and weather. Before joining BSC, she worked on projects involving sign language processing, multimodal understanding, speech-conditioned image generation, and underwater robotics. Currently, she contributes to several national and European projects, including Destination Earth, TerraDT, CONCERTO, and EXPECT. Beyond research, she enjoys travel, photography, and art. **Projects:** Destination Earth, EXPECT, ClimateDT emulator, TerraDT, CONCERTO. ---- ==== Alberto Sanchez-Marroquin ==== {{:working_groups:alberto_sanchez_marroquin.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Researcher\\ **Interests:** AI, Data Science, Climate, Aerosol Particles, Extreme Weather\\ **Contact:** [[alberto.sanchez@bsc.es|alberto.sanchez@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-sanchez-marroquin-98914723a/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4510-4551|0000-0003-4510-4551]] \\ **Joined BSC:** September 2023 \\ **Short Bio:** Alberto has a degree in Physics from the University of Valencia. He also holds a PhD in Atmopsheric Science from the University of Leeds, where he investigated the role of aerosol particles in ice formation in clouds, from both an experimental and modelling perspective. He has worked as a data scientist in different projects related to health security and extreme weather events. Currently he is working with climate emulators in the Artificial Intelligence Team. Beyond research, he enjoys doing exercise, cooking, music and history. **Projects:** Climate Emulators ---- ==== Alicia Chimeno ==== {{:working_groups:alicia_chimeno.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** AI, LLMs\\ **Contact:** [[alicia.chimeno@bsc.es|alicia.chimeno@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-chimeno-sarabia/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** \\ **Short Bio:** Alicia holds a degree in Mathematics from UAB and a master's degree in Data Science from UPC. She specializes in large language models and is passionate about applying AI to advance scientific research. She is part of the AI team, where her work focuses on fine-tuning and evaluating LLMs in the field of climate change **Projects:** ---- ==== Amirpasha Mozaffari ==== {{:working_groups:amirpasha.png?120 |}} **Position:** Researcher \\ **Interests:** Geoscience, Machine Learning, Workflow, HPC\\ **Contact:** [[amirpasha.mozaffari@bsc.es|amirpasha.mozaffari@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/amirpasha-mozaffari/|LinkedIn]] [[https://bsky.app/profile/amirpasha.bsky.social|Bluesky]] [[https://amirpasha.me/|Personal Website]] \\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6719-0425|0000-0001-6719-0425]]\\ **Joined BSC:** May 2023\\ **Short Bio:**. Pasha (he/him) holds a Ph.D. in Computational Geosciences from RWTH Aachen University. Prior to joining the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC). At BSC, he explores AI approaches to advance the understanding of the terrestrial carbon and water cycles. **Projects:**[[https://www.projectconcerto.eu/|CONCERTO]], [[https://terradt.eu/|TerraDT]], [[https://www.elliot-ai.eu/|ELLIOT]], [[https://cerise-project.eu/|CERISE]], [[https://www.deeprain-project.de/en/welcome/index.html|DeepRain]]\\ ---- ==== Andrés González ==== {{:working_groups:andres-gonzalez.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer \\ **Interests:** Machine Learning, AI, NLP\\ **Contact:** [[andres.gonzalez@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/andres-gonzalez-gongora-4b428613b/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** April 2024\\ **Short Bio:** Andrés González joined the Computational Earth Sciences Group of the Earth Sciences Department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) as a Research ML Engineer. He holds an Erasmus M.Sc. in Natural Language Processing and Language Technology from University of Malta and University of Lorraine from which he graduated in Fall of 2023. Prior to joining the BSC, Andrés worked at Orange Innovation Labs as an R&D NLP Engineer where he focused on tasked-oriented dialogue systems. Besides his interests in NLP and AI, he loves working out, traveling, reading, dancing and music. **Projects:** ---- ==== Bruna Gràvalos ==== {{:working_groups:bruna_gravalos.jpg?110 |}} **Position:** Undergraduate Student \\ **Interests:** Machine Learning, Climate Science \\ **Contact:** [[bruna.gravalos@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruna-gr%C3%A0valos-1982aa386/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** November 2025\\ **Short Bio:** Bruna Gràvalos is an intern at the AI4ES group within the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). She is completing a double degree in Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Barcelona. At BSC, she first joined the Models and Workflow team as part of the Summer HPC Internship program, and she is currently carrying out her end-of-degree thesis with the AI4ES team, specifically within the EXPECT project, under the supervision of Amanda Duarte. **Projects:** EXPECT ---- ==== David Mathas ==== {{:working_groups:david_mathas.png?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests**: Machine Learning, Earth Sciences, Data Science \\ **Contact:** [[david.mathas@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-mathas-690067110/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** \\ **Short Bio:** David Mathas holds a Masters degree in Econometrics and Data Science and worked with emission data during his thesis-internship at the Dutch Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Currently he works on machine learning in the context of the BSC RESPIRE project. **Projects:** ---- ==== Egor Tiavlovsky ==== {{:working_groups:etiavlov.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests**: Mathematical Modelling and Optimization \\ **Contact:** [[egor.tiavlovsky@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/egor-tiavlovsky-84257249/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7341-7198|0000-0001-7341-7198]]\\ **Joined BSC:** May 2026\\ **Short Bio:** Egor Tiavlovsky is a Research Engineer at the Artificial Intelligence Team within the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). He holds a BA and MEng from University of Cambridge, and has over 5 years of experience in designing Machine Learning and Optimization Algorithms. Before joining BSC, he worked at University of Valencia on co-limitation modelling of bio-geophysical processes with remote sensing observations. At BSC, he focuses on the feasibility study on the promise of Quantum Advantage in Earth System Modelling. He is also passionate about horsemanship and reading. ---- ==== Filippo Dainelli ==== {{:working_groups:fdainell.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Recognised Researcher \\ **Interests**: Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Weather Modeling, Extreme Events \\ **Contact:** [[filippo.dainelli@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/filippo-dainelli-35a1b0171/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3278-7031|0000-0003-3278-7031]] \\ **Joined BSC:** February 2026 \\ **Short Bio:** Filippo (he/him) holds a PhD in Science, Technology and Policy for Sustainable Change at Politecnico di Milano, where he developed machine learning frameworks to advance cyclone modeling and characterization. He also has experience in operational weather forecasting, working as a Voyage Planner and Risk Communicator for vessels routing. At the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, he works on the development of AI based regional weather forecasting systems and supports AI related activities across the Earth Sciences Department. **Projects:** [[https://www.bsc.es/ai-factory|BSC AI Factory]] ---- ==== Marco Bettini ==== {{:working_groups:mbettini.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer \\ **Interests**: Computer Vision, Virtualization, Containerization, Orchestration, Cyber Security \\ **Contact:** [[marco.bettini@bsc.es]] \\ **Joined BSC:** May 2026 \\ **Short Bio:** Marco Bettini (he/him) is a Research Engineer within the AI Factory Team of the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). He holds an MSc. in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from the University of Turin. Before joining BSC, he worked on the predictive maintenance of railway lines, focusing on computer vision tasks for the early identification of faults and general signs of wear. He has expertise in developing production-ready software used daily in critical scenarios. At BSC, his current focus is improving and automating the release to the public of software projects and models. ---- ==== Marina Castaño ==== {{:working_groups:marina_castano.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests**: Machine Learning, Data Science, Responsible AI\\ **Contact:** [[marina.castano@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinaishizaka/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6516-4320|0009-0007-6516-4320]]\\ **Joined BSC:** July 2025\\ **Short Bio:** Marina (she/her) has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Salamanca and a master's degree in Data Science from New York University, obtained under a Fulbright scholarship. She has done research on applying natural language processing models for legal and political documents. Now, she is part of the AI Team, working on improving the representation of land surface parameters for weather and climate models. **Projects:** [[https://www.projectconcerto.eu/|CONCERTO]], [[https://terradt.eu/|TerraDT]] ---- ==== Marvin Axness ==== {{:working_groups:marvin_axness.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Earth Science, Data Analysis\\ **Contact:** [[marvin.axness@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-axness/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Marvin Axness has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Valencia and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in Nuclear Physics from the Universities of Sevilla (Spain), Catania (Italy), Caen (France) and Padova (Italy). He is currently working in the Destination Earth project, integrating the MultiIO library into climate models to generate model outputs. **Projects:** ---- ==== Mayssa Kchaou ==== {{:working_groups:mayssa_kchaou.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer \\ **Interests:** Machine Learning, AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Large Language Models (LLMs)\\ **Contact:** [[mayssa.kchaou@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayssa-kchaou/| LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5077-311X|0009-0009-5077-311X]]\\ **Joined BSC:** September 2023\\ **Short Bio:** Mayssa Kchaou is a Research Engineer of the AIT within Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). She holds a masters degree of software engineering from University of Arts and Multimedia (ISAMM), Tunisia, and has 3 years of experience in Natural Language Processing. Before joining BSC, She worked at icompass, a tunisian startup specialized in Natural Language Processing of under-represented languages and dialects (african ones). At BSC, she focuses on Large Language Models in Earth Sciences context. She contributes to several national and European projects, including mainly Destination Earth and studying the impact of different techniques on LLMs' performance enhancing. **Projects:** Destination Earth ---- ==== Joan Martí ==== {{:working_groups:jmart1.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer \\ **Interests:** Quantum computing, CFD-MHD simulations, fusion physics, HPC\\ **Contact:** [[joan.marti@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-mart%C3%AD-i-devesa/| LinkedIn]] \\ **Joined BSC:** May 2026\\ **Short Bio:** Joan Martí is a Junior Research Engineer of the Artificial Intelligence Team within the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). He holds a degree in Physics (Universitat de Barcelona), and is currently developing a Master's thesis in HPC analysis of MHD simulations. At BSC, he focuses on assessing the feasibility of using Quantum Computing for the group's projects. He is also passionate about music and is an active jazz musician. ---- ==== Oscar Dimdore ==== {{:working_groups:odimdore.jpeg?100 |}} **Position:** Researcher\\ **Interests:** ML for climate modelling, atmospheric physics, climate variability and predictability\\ **Contact:** [[oscar.dimdore@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/oscar-dimdore-miles-714526193/| LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3910-5606|0000-0002-3910-5606]] \\ **Joined BSC:** February 2026\\ **Short Bio:** Oscar holds a PhD in atmospheric physics from the University of Oxford where he researched stratospheric dynamics and eddy-mean flow interactions in MetOffice GCMs. He is a researcher in the AI team working on ML emulators for weather and climate simulations as well as LLMs for climate information. Before BSC he worked as a hazard modeller in the climate risk sector and as data scientist for a bio-metric security company. He has also worked on NLP projects for the British Home Office and the Oxford COVID Modelling Consortium.\\ **Projects:** Destination Earth, Climate Emulators, LLMs for Climate ---- ==== Pai Peng Wang ==== {{:working_groups:ppengwan.jpeg?100 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Model Architecture \\ **Contact:** [[pai.pengwang@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-peng-8aa782199/| LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** March 2026\\ **Short Bio:** Graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a double major in Computer Science and Data Science, Pai was accepted to Carnegie Mellon University for an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He then joined QuiverAI to contribute to the state-of-the-art SVG model using his knowledge of reinforcement learning and model evaluation. At BSC - AI Factory, Pai is interested in applied AI for science and business, focusing on making models robust and scalable. \\ **Projects:** AI Factory, Climate Emulator ---- ==== Pol Brunet ==== {{:working_groups:pbrunet.jpeg?100 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Telecommunications\\ **Contact:** [[pol.brunet@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/pol-brunet-gil/| LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** [[https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0826-8059|0009-0008-0826-8059]]\\ **Joined BSC:** March 2026\\ **Short Bio:** Pol Brunet is a Research Engineer Intern at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). He holds a Double Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Systems Engineering and Computer Engineering from UAB, and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering at UPC. Before joining BSC, he worked as a Research Assistant at UOC, focusing on antenna-based sensors and passive RFID systems. At BSC, he focuses on Machine Learning research and contributes to the Climate Emulators project. \\ **Projects:** Climate Emulators ----