2022 Summer Tutorial Series

Machine Learning: Applications and Practices, and Introduction to Meteorology (Syllabus)

Instructors:

Dr. Xu Yuan   Dr. Li Chen   Dr. Nian-Feng Tzeng   Dr. Sytske Kimball   Dr. Eric Rappin

TAs:

Yihe Zhang,   Jiadong Lou

Week 1

May 31 - Introduction to Course Overview.
June 1 - Lecture 1: Introduction to Machine Learning. Slides
June 2 - Q&A.
June 3 - Lab 1: Installing Python (File 1), Running Simple ML Examples (File 2).

Week 2

Watching video clips: The sun as the primary weather forcing factor.
June 8 - Lecture 2: Data Labeling. Slides
June 9 - Q&A.
June 10 - Lab 2: Labeling Twitter Data. Sample Codes

Week 3

Watching video clips: What happens when the sun hits the Earth’s Surface?
June 15 - Lecture 3: Feature Selection. Slides
June 16 - Q&A.
June 17 - Lab 3: Coding for Feature Extraction. Sample Codes

Week 4

Watching video clips: Where weather affects us: The Boundary Layer?
June 22 - Lecture 4: Machine Learning for Twitter Classification. Slides
June 23 - Q&A.
June 24 - Lab 4: Coding for Each ML Algorithm. Sample Codes

Week 5

Watching video clips: Forecasting Basics?
June 29 - Lecture 5: Neural Network and Deep Learning. Slides
June 30 - Q&A.
July 1 - Lab 5: Coding for LSTM and CNN. Sample Codes

Week 6

Watching video clips: Severe Weather.
July 6 - Lecture 6: Theory of Deep Learning. Slides. Introduction of Mesonet and WRF-HRRR data. Slides.
June 7 - Q&A.
July 8- Lab 6: Coding for LSTM and CNN (continued). Sample Codes

Week 7

Watching video clips: Hurricanes.
July 13 - Lecture 7: Machine Learning Modelets for Weather Forecasting. Slides
June 14 - Q&A.
July 15 - Lab 7: Donwload Weather Data of Interest Weather Data and Sample Code, and Running Codes for Weather Prediction Modelets with Mesonet Micro Model Sample Code.

Week 8

Watching video clips: Measuring the Weather with Instruments and Weather Stations.
July 20 - Lecture 8: Machine Learning Model for Temperature Inversion Prediction. Slides
June 21 - Q&A.
July 22 - Lab 8: Running Codes for Weather Prediction Modelets with Mesonet and WRF. Macro Model Sample Codes

Week 9

Watching video clips: Observing Weather with Radar.
July 27 - Lecture 9: Tweet Classification via Neural Network. Slides
June 28 - Q&A.
July 29 - Lab 9: Reporting.