Harry Lee - News[5/20/2025] Interpore2025 “Advanced Subsurface Characterization using Deep Generative Prior and Reduced Order Modeling” [5/14/2025] Caltech ESE Seminar “Toward accurate and scalable site characterization with multi-scale, multi-modal observations” [5/3/2025] A First Look at River Discharge Estimation From SWOT Satellite Observations published in Geophysical Research Letters [3/5/2025] AMRY ERDC CHL Research Forum Seminar “Advanced site characterization using machine learning-accelerated inversion and reduced-order models” [2/20/2025] Our work “A Neural Operator-Based Emulator for Regional Shallow Water Dynamics” posted on arXiv [12/13/2024] AGU24 Poster H53F-1153 Modeling upscaled mass discharge from complex DNAPL source zones using a Bayesian Neural Network: prediction accuracy, uncertainty quantification and source zone feature importance [12/13/2024] AGU24 Poster H53F-1160 Latent space-based data assimilation for real-time forecasting during geologic carbon storage [12/12/2024] AGU24 Poster OS41C-0440 A novel data-driven, physics-guided neural emulator for predicting coastal hydrodynamics [12/09/2024] AGU24 Poster H04-12 Poster Graph Neural Network-Based Runoff Prediction for Large Sets of Catchments [12/09/2024] AGU24 Poster H02-33 Poster Value of SWOT data in river bathymetry and discharge estimation [10/15/2024] Our book chapter “Bayesian Inference in Geomechanics” published in Machine Learning in Geomechanics 2: Data‐Driven Modeling, Bayesian Inference, Physics‐ and Thermodynamics‐based Artificial Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning [9/3/2024] Our manuscript “CO2 Storage Site Characterization using Ensemble-based Approaches with Deep Generative Models” accepted in Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering [7/22/2024] WCCM-PANACM 2024 Deep neural operators for data-driven modeling of multiphysics coastal hydrodynamics [7/8/2024] SIAM Annual Meeting 2024 Deep Neural Operators for Multiphysics Coastal Hydrodynamics [6/26/2024] “Modeling upscaled mass discharge from complex DNAPL source zones using a Bayesian Neural Network: prediction accuracy, uncertainty quantification and source zone feature importance” published in Water Resources Research [5/29/2024] “Blending Bathymetry: Combination of image-derived parametric approximations and celerity data sets for nearshore bathymetry estimation” accepted in Coastal Engineering [5/10/2024] “A first look at river discharge from SWOT satellite observations” posted on ESS Open Archive [5/9/2024] “Multi-fidelity Hamiltonian Monte Carlo” posted on Arxiv [5/1/2024] Lee is selected as NREL Faculty-Applied Clean Energy Sciences (FACES) Program fellow [2/22/2024] AGU OSM 2024 OT42B-06 Bathymetry estimation from satellite-based optical video using a data fusion approach [12/13/2023] AGU Fall Meeting H31I-04 Latent Space Neural Operators for Hydrodynamic Modeling [12/13/2023] AGU Fall Meeting Session H31I Scientific Machine Learning for Flow, Transport, and Coupled Processes [12/13/2023] AGU Fall Meeting H33R-2027 Characterizing Carbon Storage System Using Patch Diffusion Model and Bayesian Inversion [11/03/2023] Our conference paper “Improved Black-box Variational Inference for High-dimensional Bayesian Inversion involving Black-box Simulators” accepted in NeurIPS 2023 Workshop Deep Learning and Inverse Problems [11/02/2023] “Blending Bathymetry: Combination of image-derived parametric approximations and celerity data sets for nearshore bathymetry estimation” posted on arXiv [10/02/2023] “Subsurface Characterization using Ensemble-based Approaches with Deep Generative Models” posted in arXiv [09/11/2023] Lee is selected as a NSF-NASA EPSCoR Research Fellow [09/04/2023] “Evolution of plume geometry, dilution and reactive mixing in porous media under highly transient flow fields at the surface water-groundwater interface” published in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology [07/28/2023] SynS & ML Workshop @ ICML 2023 accepted paper “Coupling Self-Attention Generative Adversarial Network and Bayesian Inversion for Carbon Storage System” [07/28/2023] SynS & ML Workshop @ ICML 2023 accepted paper “Estimation of Physical Coefficients for CO_2 Sequestration using Deep Generative Priors based Inverse Modeling Framework” [04/22/2023] Our paper “Improved methodology for deep aquifer characterization using hydrogeological, self-potential, and magnetotellurics data” posted in arXiv [02/27/2023] Our paper “Using Deep Learning to Model the Groundwater Tracer Radon in Coastal Waters” accepted in Water Resources Research [12/13/2022] AGU 2022 Natural gas fugitive leak detection and quantification using a continuous methane emission monitoring system and a simplified model [12/12/2022] AGU 2022 H16H Scientific Machine Learning for Flow, Transport, and Coupled Processes IV Oral [12/12/2022] AGU 2022 H15H Scientific Machine Learning for Flow, Transport, and Coupled Processes III Oral [12/12/2022] AGU 2022 H12Q Scientific Machine Learning for Flow, Transport, and Coupled Processes II Poster [12/11/2022] AGU 2022 H11J Scientific Machine Learning for Flow, Transport, and Coupled Processes I Poster [12/9/2022] ICCE 2022 Scalable real-time data assimilation with various data types for accurate spatiotemporal nearshore bathymetry estimation [10/05/2022] Our paper “Integration of deep learning-based inversion and upscaled mass-transfer model for DNAPL mass-discharge estimation and uncertainty assessment” accepted in Water Resources Research [10/04/2022] Our paper “Variational encoder geostatistical analysis (VEGAS) with an application to large scale riverine bathymetry” accepted in Advances in Water Resources [09/19/2022] 49th IAH Congress Topic 10 Session Invited Talk: Subsurface Characterization using Generative Models [09/16/2022] CEE Department Graudate Seminar: Machine Learning in Civil and Environmental Engineering [08/18/2022] USACM UQ-MLIP Multifidelity Monte-Carlo Sampling in Mechanics [08/11/2022] KSIAM-MINDS-NIMS ICMLP Uncertainty Quantification using Generative Models for Geoscience Applications [08/01/2022] WCCM-APCOM 2022 Multi-fidelity Hamiltonian Monte Carlo with Deep Learning-based Surrogate [07/12/2022] ICCFD11 Development of the PISALE Codebase for Simulating Flow and Transport in Large-scale Coastal Aquifer [06/26/2022] ARMA 56th US Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium Workshop: Subsurface Characterization using Generative Models [06/21/2022] CMWR 2022 A Multi-Fidelity Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Method with Deep Learning-Based Surrogate for Subsurface Flow [05/31/2022] InterPore 2022 CO2 Storage Site Characterization using Deep Generative Models [04/13/2022] 2022 SIAM UQ Multi-Fidelity Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Method with Deep Learning-Based Surrogate [03/17/2022] New paper “Inference of young groundwater ages and modern groundwater proportions using chlorofluorocarbon and tritium/helium-3 tracers from West Hawai‘i Island” accepted in Journal of Hydrology [03/07/2022] Harry Lee was selected as 2022 Google Cloud Research Innovator [03/03/2022] AGU OSM 2022 CP12 Bathymetry Blending using cBathy and Parametric Beach Tool [03/03/2022] AGU OSM 2022 CP08 Single Flight Littoral Bathymetry Estimation from Infrared Imagery [03/02/2022] AGU OSM 2022 CP12 Sensitivity Analysis of a Parametric Model for Barred Equilibrium Beaches [02/16/2022] New paper “Optimizing automated kriging to improve spatial interpolation of monthly rainfall over complex terrain” accepted in Journal of Hydrometorology [02/01/2022] New arXiv manuscript on fast 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography [12/16/2021] AGU Fall Meeting H45I-1280 - Development of the PISALE Codebase for Coastal Aquifer Management [12/15/2021] AGU Fall Meeting H35S-1254 - Deep learning-based estimation of riverine bathymetry using Variational Encoder Geostatistical Approaches (VEGAs) [12/13/2021] AGU Fall Meeting H15O-1226 - Subsurface Characterization using Deep Learning Approaches [12/13/2021] AGU Fall Meeting H15O-1217 - Geothermal Reservoir Characterization using Deep Learning Based Inversion Approach [12/13/2021] AGU Fall Meeting H12E-06 Efficient Stochastic Subsurface Inversion using Deep Generative Modeling and Multi-fidelity Importance Sampling [11/30/2021] Our new article “Bayesian Level Set Approach for Inverse Problems with Piecewise Constant Reconstructions” on arXiv [11/6/2021] “Multi-Fidelity Hamiltonian Monte Carlo Method with Deep Learning-based Surrogate” presented in AAAI 2021 Fall Symposium on Science-guided AI [11/4-6/2021] AAAI 2021 Fall Symposium on Science-guided AI [10/5/2021] Our paper “A framework for data-driven solution and parameter estimation of PDEs using conditional generative adversarial networks” accepted in Nature Computational Science [09/22/2021] Combining ML with Physics Information in Water Resources Engineering [08/12/2021] Our paper “A density-dependent multi-species model to assess groundwater flow and nutrient transport in the coastal Keauhou aquifer, Hawaii, USA” accepted in Hydrogeology Journal [08/10/2021] KGML2021 ML-based scalable data assimilation with hydrological applications [08/09/2021] Our paper “Fast and Scalable Earth Texture Synthesis using Spatially Assembled Generative Adversarial Neural Network” accepted in Journal of Contaminant Hydrolgy [07/22/2021] Our paper “Elastic Full-waveform Inversion using both the Multiparametric Approximate Hessian and the Discrete Cosine Transform” accepted in Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing [07/19/2021] SIAM AN21 Large-Scale Bathymetry Prediction using Deep Learning Approaches [07/15/2021] Our paper “A non-Bayesian nonparametric model for characterization of basin-scale aquifers using groundwater level fluctuations” accepted in Journal of Hydrology [04/16/2021] Our paper “PBBFMM3D: a parallel black-box algorithm for kernel matrix-vector multiplication” accepted in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing [03/22-24/2021] AAAI 2021 Spring Symposium on Combining Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Physical Sciences (AAAI-MLPS) [03/05/2021] SIAM CSE21 Bayesian Level Set Approaches for Inverse Problems with Piecewise Constant Reconstructions [03/04/2021] SIAM CSE21 Data Assimilation and Inverse Modeling using Variational Supervised-Encoders [03/04/2021] SIAM CSE21 Bayesian Inference of Nearshore Bathymetry using Deep Learning Techniques [03/03/2021] SIAM CSE21 Deep Learning for Large-Scale Riverine Surface Flow Velocity Estimation [03/03/2021] SIAM CSE21 Physics-Guided Machine Learning and Data-Driven Methods in Computational Geoscience - Part I of II [03/03/2021] SIAM CSE21 Physics-Guided Machine Learning and Data-Driven Methods in Computational Geoscience - Part II of II [02/18/2021] Our paper “Microfluidic Investigation of Salinity-Induced Oil Recovery in Porous Media during Chemical Flooding” accepted in Energy & Fuels [01/28/2021] Our paper “Application of deep learning to large scale riverine flow velocity estimation” accepted in Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment [01/26/2021] Our paper “Hydrogeophysical Characterization of Nonstationary DNAPL Source Zones by Integrating a Convolutional Variational Autoencoder and Ensemble Smoother” accepted in Water Resources Research [12/17/2020] Our paper “Connectivity-informed Drainage Network Generation using Deep Convolution Generative Adversarial Networks” accepted in Scientific Reports [12/14-17/2020] CMWR2020 Data-centric simulations and modeling [12/16/2020] AGU2020 H196-0014 Development of the PISALE Codebase for coastal aquifer management [11/13-14/2020] AAAI 2020 Fall 2020 Symposium on Physics-guided AI to acclerate scientific discovery, November 13-14, 2020 [10/16/2020] UHM Engineering seminar “Recent developments in fast and scalable inverse modeling and data assimilation in hydrology” [10/07/2020] Our paper “Bathymetric Inversion and Uncertainty Estimation from Synthetic Surf-Zone Imagery with Machine Learning” accepted in Remote Sensing [07/30/2020] Our paper “Deep learning technique for fast inference of large-scale riverine bathymetry” accepted in Advances in Water Resources [07/15/2020] Our paper “Improved characterization of DNAPL source zones via sequential hydrogeophysical inversion of hydraulic-head, self-potential and partitioning-tracer data” accepted in Water Resources Research [06/29/2020] Our paper “Recent developments in fast and scalable inverse modeling and data assimilation methods in hydrology” accepted in Journal of Hydrology [06/24/2020] Assessment of Groundwater Ages Using Radiocarbon and Chlorofluorocarbons in West Hawai'i Aquifer Systems [06/16/2020] Our paper “Connectivity-informed Drainage Network Generation using Deep Convolution Generative Adversarial Networks” uploaded in arXiv [04/01/2020] AAAI-MLPS symposium proceedings published [03/23-25/2020] AAAI 2020 Spring Symposium on Combining Machine Learning with Physics Sciences (AAAI-MLPS) [02/20/2020] AGU Ocean Sciences 2020 Rapid wave model-based nearshore bathymetry inversion with UAS measurements [02/06/2020] Fall 2019 Deep Learning course featured in UH News and Hawaii Data Science Institute [12/20/2019] CEE696-007 Deep Learning final project presentation [12/12/2019] AGU2019 EP43C-04 Applications of Deep Neural Network to near-shore bathymetry with sparse measurements [12/10/2019] AGU2019 S53D-0485 Two dimensional acoustic full waveform inversion using Discrete Cosine Transform [12/10/2019] AGU2019 NS23B-0848 Multi-parameter elastic full waveform inversion using Discrete Cosine Transform [12/03/2019] Awarded $5,000 Google Cloud Platform Research Credits [11/04/2019] Ike Wai Modeling team interview with South Korea's JIBS TV station for groundwater management in Hawaii and Jeju Island, South Korea
[10/21/2019] CEE691 Seminar “Deep Learning in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Science” [10/12/2019] Our paper on hydrogeochemical and microbiological effects of aquifer recharge operations was accepted in Chemosphere [09/17/2019] CEE 696-007 Deep Learning awarded $2,000 AWS Educate Credits. [09/17/2019] UW-Madison Geoscience Department Seminar: Modeling groundwater flow in Hawai'i Island [09/14-15/2019] AMS Special Session on Uncertainty Quantification Strategies for Physics Applications [08/05-06/2019] NSF EPSCoR ‘Ike Wai Project Site Visit at UHM (annual report can be found in the project website) [07/18/2019] ICSC2019 Pacific islands’ desalination aiming for zero-discharge: concepts, designs, and feasibility [07/14-24/2019] 2019 SAMSI Industrial Math/Stat Modeling Workshop [05/09/2019] CEE699-007 Deep learning in CEE and Earth Science will be offered in Fall 2019 [04/25/2019] KSEG Spring 2019 Acoustic full waveform inversion using discrete cosine transform [03/12/2019] SIAM GS 2019 Robust Parameter Estimation Using Inverse Modeling and Advanced Machine Learning Techniques [03/11/2019] SIAM GS 2019 A Locally Conservative Enriched Galerkin for Coupling Flow and Transport [03/06/2019] Our manuscript on parallel black-box Fast Multipole Method was uploaded in arXiv (arXiv:1903.02153) [02/08/2019] Our paper on nearshore bathymetry estimation was accepted in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology [12/14/2018] AGU 2018: Characterizing pool-dominated DNAPL source zones using hydraulic tomography [12/14/2018] AGU 2018: Nearshore Bathymetry Estimation using Batch Inversion from UAS Based Observations [12/13/2018] AGU 2018: The Role of Hydrogeophysics in the ‘Ike Wai Project within a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Understanding Groundwater in Hawai‘i [12/12/2018] AGU 2018: 3D Nano-porous Chalk Rock Construction using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Neural Networks [12/12/2018] AGU 2018: Enriched Galerkin approach for density-driven flow in coastal aquifer [12/11/2018] AGU 2018: Bathymetry estimation using deep learning techniques [12/11/2018] AGU 2018: Drainage network generation using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks [12/10/2018] AGU 2018: Groundwater Modeling Challenges Under Limited Field Data in Hawai'i Aquifer Systems [11/03/2018] Our paper on pyrite oxidation modeling and experiments was accepted in Applied Geochemistry [10/24/2018] UHM Applied Math Seminar: A parallel black-box Fast Multipole Method and its applications in spatial interpolation and inverse modeling [10/16/2018] Harry Lee becomes an associate editor in Journal of Hydrology [10/09/2018] TOUGH Symposium 2018: Subsurface characterization for large-scale systems: an integrated Python-based inversion tool for TOUGH2 [09/26/2018] UMH CEE 691 Seminar: Fast linear algebra and its applications in engineering [09/11/2018] IAH 2018 Presentation: FP-046 Machine-learning-based Fast Forecast of Future Reservoir Performance [08/01/2018] Young-Ho joined our group! [07/03/2018] As2018 Presentation: Towards imaging the spatial distribution of geochemical heterogeneities and arsenic sources [06/21/2018] Harry Lee was selected as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Faculty Fellow, 2018/10-2019/09 [06/19/2018] Our 2017 aquifer control paper in GWMR was one of the journal's top 20 downloaded papers. [06/06/2018] CMWR 2018 Presentation: S23-3 Bathymetric Inversion from indirect observations [06/05/2018] CMWR 2018 Presentation: S24-2 Imaging the spatial distribution of geochemical heterogeneities with inverse reactive transport modeling: The example of pyrite oxidation [05/31/2018] Our paper “A learning-based data-driven forecast approach for predicting future reservoir performance” was accepted in Advances in Water Resources [05/18/2018] 110th KSMER Spring Conference Presentation: Fast Forecast of Future Reservoir Performance Using Machine Learning [05/17/2018] InterPore 2018 Poster: GS2 Fast Forecast of Future Reservoir Performance Using Deep Learning [05/16/2018] InterPore 2018 Presentation: MS3.08 Imaging the spatial distribution of geochemical heterogeneities in porous media: multidimensional flow-through experiments and inverse modeling [05/14/2018] InterPore 2018 Poster: MS1.19 Enriched Galerkin approach for density-driven flow in unsaturated coastal aquifer [04/20/2018] Our paper “Riverine bathymetry imaging with indirect observations” was accepted in Water Resources Research [04/17/2018] SIAM UQ 2018 Presentation: MS40 Efficient Bathymetry Estimation in the Presence of Model and Observation Uncertainties [04/13/2018] EGU 2018 Poster: EGU2018-10230 Pyrite oxidation in porous media: flow-through experiments and reactive transport modeling [04/03/2018] NSF EPSCoR ‘Ike Wai Project Reserve Site Visit in DC (annual report can be found in the project website) [03/19/2018] pyPCGA: python package for Principal Component Geostatistical Approach released in public (openbeta) [03/08/2018] CODA 2018 Poster: Efficient graph model construction for nano-porous media [03/01/2018] Dr. Sung Eun Kim joined our research group! [01/02/2018] A new course on optimization in groundwater engineering using USGS FloPy and Python SciPy optimization package [12/13/2017] AGU 2017 Poster: NG31A-0168 Efficient data assimilation algorithm for bathymetry application [12/11/2017] AGU 2017 Poster: H11E-1222 Riverine Bathymetry Imaging with Indirect Observations [10/01/2017] The Lee Research Group is offically launching! We are inviting applications for PhD postions! see here [09/2017] Our paper on groundwater solute transport and dispersion was accepted in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. [09/13/2017] SIAM GS 2017 presentation: Fast and scalable bathymetry inversion in riverine and near-shore environments [08/2017] Our paper on subsurface characterization using pressure and heat tracer was accepted in Transport in Porous Media. |