Toro and Taiwo showcased their skills at the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) Computational Academy hosted at the University of Texas, Austin during July 23-26, 2024. And Toro's team won the hackathon! Congratulations! 🎉
Chosen from a competitive pool of applicants, Toro and Taiwo were funded by NHERI to participate in the annual computational academy. During the week-long event, they worked on separate projects with different teams, leveraging their expertise for the hackathon.
Toro's team focused on a project involving tabletop experiments and simulation using NHERI's Hydro-UQ software. She played a crucial role in experimental data collection, cluster computing, and led her team's presentation by integrating the Digital Twin concept, a key aspect of her research.
Taking cues from his day-to-day work with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) at the UQ lab, Taiwo led his team's project on optimizing ADCIRC high-fidelity storm surge simulations using ML-based surrogate models. His contributions included model development, optimization, validation, visualization, and presentation.
Both also participated in trainings on NHERI-DesignSafe and SimCenter tools, gaining hands-on experience with Frontera, the world's fastest academic supercomputer, and exploring advanced ML models and tools. Their achievements at the hackathon underscore the high caliber of research and training at the UQ Lab.
