Fall 2025 Course Topic: AI, Systems Modeling and Carbon

This course will include lecture-based introductory presentations about land carbon science and modeling. After each unit lecture, there will be topic-related literature (classic paper) discussion led by the attendees (either individual or group presentation, depending on class size).

Unit Topics (Tentative)

• Land carbon cycle and its response to climate change
• Key concepts and mechanisms
• Global land carbon cycle modeling
• Land as a solution to climate change? (Vegetation)
• Land as a solution to climate change? (Soil)
• AI in land carbon cycle: Fundamentals and applications
• AI in land carbon cycle: Demystify black-boxes for mechanistic understanding