Capstone Conference: Mathematical Modeling for Renewable Energy and Environment

Topic

In this conference, we bring together researchers from a broad range of active research areas related to energy transition and climate change where the common element is weather.  We aim to highlight varied mathematical models of weather-related phenomena and encourage exchange of ideas among distinct research areas.  

Speakers

Judith Sayers
Judith Sayers
Judith Sayers, indigenous leader, Chancellor of Vancouver Island University, President of Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
Julie Lundquist
Julie Lundquist
Johns Hopkins University
Jen Beverly
Jen Beverly
University of Alberta
Audun Bottarud
Audun Bottarud
MIT
Mohammad Farazmand
Mohammad Farazmand
North Carolina State University
Sara Hastings-Simon
Sara Hastings-Simon
University of Calgary

Details

Program

Download the full program [pdf] for abstracts and other details.

 

Special Guest Lecture: First Nation Leadership in Clean Energy and Climate Action

Speaker: Judith Sayers, indigenous leader, Chancellor of Vancouver Island University, President of Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Time: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 7PM

Location: University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre (BWC), Room A104
 

Conference Sessions

  1.  Stochastic modeling of atmosphere, and applications to energy and environment-Part 1: Wind and Solar, Monday, May 25.  
    • Speaker: Julie Lundquist, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
    • Organizers:  Tianxia Jia (U Victoria) , Adam Monahan (U Victoria)
  2. Stochastic modeling of atmosphere, and applications to energy and environment-Part 2:  Wildfires, smoke and air pollution, Tuesday, May 26.
    • Speaker: Jen Beverly, Department of Renewable Resources, Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta
    • Organizers: John Braun (UBC-O), Ruth Digby CCCMA
  3. Decision making for power systems with renewables, electric vehicles and storage. Wednesday, May 27
    • Speaker: Audun Bottarud, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, MIT
    • Organizers :Deniz Sezer (UCalgary), Zhirui Liang (UCalgary)  
  4. Modeling of environmental extremes:  Extreme value theory, Uncertainty quantification, stochastic dynamical systems, Thursday, May 28.
    • Speaker: Mohammad Farazmand, Department of Mathematics, North Carolina State University
    • Organizers: Slim Ibrahim, (UVic), Mustafa Mohamad (UCalgary)
  5. Financial modeling in the face of energy transition and climate change, Friday, May 29
    • Speaker: Sara Hastings Simon
 

Featured Talks

 

Ahmed Aziz Ezzat

Rutgers University

Atefeh Mohebi

University of Victoria

Chaoyue Zhao

University of Washington

Cynthia Whaley

Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

Dirk Lauinger

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jagdeep Singh

University of British Columbia Okanagan

Julie Carreau

Polytechnique Montréal

Kiri Daust

BC Ministry of Forests

Ladan Tazik

University of British Columbia Okanagan

Mike Ludkovski

University of California Santa Barbara

Mina Dashler

University of British Columbia

Rahul Agarwal

University of Calgary

Robert Webber

University of California San Diego

Sara Hastings Simon

University of Calgary

Sarah Henderson

University of British Columbia

Tylar Jia

University of Victoria

Yize Chen

University of Alberta

Zhirui Liang

University of Calgary

Hamidreza Zareipour

University of Calgary

Kerry Anderson

Environment and Climate Change Canada (Emeritus)

Shanukie Vithana

University of Calgary

Tomasz Weron

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Rafal Weron

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Di Qi

Purdue University

 
FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Financial support is available for graduate students and early career researchers.  

Please apply at  https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_b4xBN1CTWDBFuF8  

  • Apply by April 1st to be considered for the first intake.  
  • Applications beyond this date will be considered depending on the availability of funds. 
     

Additional Information

A useful guide welcoming you to PIMS-UVic has been prepared by the event organizers, it has details of where to eat, what to do and how to get around as well as lots of other tips

 

PIMS UVic Guide 

 

This event is sponsored by the following organizations: 

PIMS
UC

 

UVIC PICS
PIMS
U Calgary-Electricity Center
Department of Earth, Energy and Environment
Pacific Institute of Climate Solutions 
U Calgary-Mathematics and Statistics
U Victoria-Faculty of Science
UBC Math
U Calgary-Mathematics and Statistics
U Victoria-Faculty of Science
UBC-Vancouver-Mathematics 

This event, which is funded by PIMS, is an activity of the Forecasting and Mathematical Modeling for Renewable Energy CRG 

Link:  https://www.pims.math.ca/programs/scientific/collaborative-research-groups/forecasting-and-mathematical-modeling-renewable

Jump to Event Details
Event Type
Scientific, Conference
Date
May 25–29, 2026
Time
-
Location
University of Victoria

Organizers
Deniz Sezer
Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Calgary
Adam Monahan
Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
Brian Marcus
PIMS Site Director & Professor of Mathematics, University of British Columbia
Slim Ibrahim
Professor, Department of Math and Statistics, University of Victoria
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