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Vassili Kitsios

Senior Research Scientist, Climate Forecasting, CSIRO

Senior Research Scientist, Climate Forecasting, CSIRO Dr Kitsios completed a PhD with the University of Melbourne and the Université de Poitiers (France) on fluid dynamical stability and model reduction of aerospace flows (2006-2010). He then undertook post-doctoral research with the CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere division (2010-2013) and the Monash University (2013-2016), on the massively parallel numerical simulation (32,000 cores) and stochastic parameterisation of atmospheric, oceanic and boundary layer turbulence. He then held an industrial research position at a hedge fund (2016-2017) developing trading algorithms on the basis of macroeconomic themes and market conditions. Since re-joining CSIRO in 2017, he has been undertaking research on the data assimilation and stochastic modelling methods for improved climate state / parameter estimation and forecasting. His most recent research involves the application of machine learning for climate emulation, and quantifying the influence of climate on financial markets and health indicators.