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Exploring the Potential of Deep Learning for Efficient Assessment of Water System Vulnerabilities

Climate stress testing is a well-established methodology for assessing the long-term vulnerabilities of water

systems under uncertain climate conditions. This involves simulating the sensitivities of hydrology and water

allocation models to changes in relevant climate statistics using plausible climate change scenarios. However, the

high computational requirements of this process have limited its use primarily to academic studies.

In this research proposal, we aim to explore the potential of using deep learning techniques to reduce the

computational burden and speed up climate stress testing experiments. While data-driven approaches have been

increasingly used in hydrological modeling, their application to climate change studies poses a new challenge due

to the inclusion of new conditions that are not present in the historical data used to train the models.

Our research aims to determine whether this approach can effectively reduce the computational burden of climate

stress testing and make this methodology more accessible for practical applications beyond academic studies.

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Enrolled in a relevant MSc program software development, data science, earth observation,

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