Galen McKinley(She/Her)Columbia University
Galen McKinley is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Professor McKinley is an ocean, carbon cycle, and climate scientist whose research focuses on the physical, chemical, and ecological drivers of the ocean’s anthropogenic carbon sink at scales from regional to global. Her research tools include models of the ocean and climate, in situ and satellite datasets, and machine learning. Professor McKinley holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Rice University and a PhD in Climate Physics and Chemistry from MIT. Selected honors include the 2020 Ocean Science Voyager award from the American Geophysical Union and, in 2011, the Class of 1955 Teaching Award at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. |
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TalksPanel: Ethics and Explainability in Climate AI: From Theory to Practice24-Apr-24Scientific inquiry and artificial intelligence algorithms are increasingly intertwined. This makes it essential to collectively develop guidelines for responsible and ethical behavior for training, deploying, and using AI-based models in scientific investigation, more crucially so for a field with such high societal impact as climate science. In this panel, we aim to explore this relatively uncharted territory, with the goal of creating a pipeline for a mindful climate science practice and identifying standards for disseminating results. |