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TRAINING ON
Strategic Group: Climate and Environmental Risks & Action Area: Cryosphere and Water
College of Natural Resources, Punakha, Bhutan
01 December 2025 to 06 December 2025
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in collaboration with College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan is organising a training on Machine learning (ML) and Deep Learning applications in the cryosphere studies. The training program will introduce participants to the use of ML and DL tools for analysing glaciers, permafrost, snow and glacial lakes. Participants will learn how to prepare data, training models and apply these techniques using open datasets and computational tools to support cryosphere research and climate change assessments.
The training is designed for early-career researchers, graduate students, and professionals working in the fields of mountain cryosphere science, geoinformatics, environmental science, and climate change studies. Around 20 professionals from partners, academic and research institutions will be invited to attend the training.
Applicants with comprehensive understanding of mountain cryosphere dynamics and processes.
Applicants are familiar with geospatial tools and remote sensing techniques for high-altitude data acquisition.
The training is organised by ICIMOD’s Cryosphere and Water under Climate and Environment Risks, supported by Government of Norway and Swiss agency for development and cooperation.
The program is structured over six days, with each day focusing on a specific aspect of mountain cryosphere research and machine learning and deep learning:
– Climate change impacts on high-altitude frozen environments
– Introduction to geospatial data and tools (GIS, remote sensing)
– Overview of open mountain cryosphere datasets (Sentinel, Landsat, ASTER, MODIS)
– Introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) for mountain cryosphere data analysis
– Key algorithms for mountain cryosphere data (classification, regression, clustering, decision trees)
– Data preprocessing and feature engineering for mountain cryosphere applications
Setting up the computational environments
– Transfer learning, Vision Transformers
– Configuring a Linux workstation using WSL in Windows
– Command line basics for mountain cryosphere data processing
– Setting up Python programming environment (Miniconda3, Jupyter Notebooks)
– Python crash course: numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn (ML), PyTorch (DL)
– Practical: Data manipulation and visualization in Python
– Case studies: glacier mass balance, glacial lake mapping, permafrost distribution modeling, snow cover analysis
– Practical: End-to-end ML/DL project using GEE and mountain cryosphere datasets
This training program is a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between mountain cryosphere science and cutting-edge data analytics. It aims to empower researchers to tackle pressing environmental challenges in high-altitude regions using innovative data-driven approaches.
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