Participants

Sai serves as the Principal Investigator of this project. He specializes in Informative Learning and Inference for stochastic processes, applying to the Earth & Planets. Natural Hazards and Climate are key application areas for the methods developed in his group, in particular, flood prediction, uncertainty quantification, risk estimation, and decision problems in a changing climate.	Sai Ravela
Michael Barbehenn	Michael is a software architect with an extensive background working with engineers on embedded control, desktop tools, and server and database applications. He is a co-author on 28 patents and is mainly responsible for architecting the software migration from Kiva Systems' warehouse solution to the Amazon cloud.
Fulvio  is a  meteorologist  (Air Traffic Control Systems) since 2010 at MITLL. Prior background in finance (Fidelity Investments 2000-2010) and Television Meteorology (WCVB-TV / NECN 1988-2000).	Fulvio Fabrizi
Goran Zivanovic	Goran received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Belgrade in 2011. He completed his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT in 2014. Currently, he is pursuing a Ph.D. in the EECS department at MIT. His research interests are in Machine Learning and Detection.
Aruna is a research assistant at the MIT Media Lab. She applies techniques from computer vision, distributed systems, and geospatial data extraction, processing, and analysis to problems in climate change. She has previously conceptualized crowd-sourced flood maps used in several countries worldwide. She cares deeply about the ideals of free and open-source software.	Aruna Sankaranarayanan
Fiyifolu Adebekun	Fiji is a current junior studying math and computer science. He is interested in using statistics and machine learning to tackle challenging real-world problems. Outside ESSG, he enjoys traveling, trying new foods, and playing spike ball.
Postdoctoral Researcher -- Hydrometeorology, Hydrology, ML	coming soon!
Advisory Group Students
Emine Fidan	Emine is a Ph.D. Student in the Biosystems Analytics Lab at NC State University. Her interests are in utilizing geospatial data, data analytics, and modeling techniques to understand hydrology and the water quality of floodwaters. Her professional interests include iterative stakeholder engagement, high-performance team building, open-access data and software, and inclusivity and diversity in research.

Advisory Group

Prof. Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof. Auroop R Ganguly, Northeastern University
Prof. Henry (Jake) Jacoby, JP. Climate Mitigation
Prof. Natalie Nelson, North Carolina State University

Collaborators

Clea Denamiel, EAPS. Coastal Oceanography.
Jen Holak, JP.  Climate Mitigation Planning.
Samiya Al Khairy, Inference and Information

Nishant Yadav, Northeastern University