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8"></div></div></div></section><section id=news class="home-section wg-pages"><div class=home-section-bg></div><div class=container><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="section-heading col-12 mb-3 text-center"><h1 class=mb-0>Latest News</h1></div><div class=col-12><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><div><span class=author-highlighted><a href=/author/georgios-c.-anagnostopoulos/>Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos</a></span></div><span class=article-date>Last updated on
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11<a href=/post/2026-07-11-ppfe-award/><div class=img-hover-zoom><img src=/post/2026-07-11-ppfe-award/featured_hua98b265b38d56ac546a26da54c1fd6a0_219853_808x455_fill_q75_h2_lanczos_smart1.webp height=455 width=808 class=article-banner alt="MLRG Joins NASA Project on Prithvi-WxC-Based Probabilistic Precipitation Forecasting" loading=lazy></div></a><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/post/2026-07-11-ppfe-award/>MLRG Joins NASA Project on Prithvi-WxC-Based Probabilistic Precipitation Forecasting</a></div><a href=/post/2026-07-11-ppfe-award/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>A newly awarded NASA-funded effort will develop Prithvi-WxC-powered ensemble precipitation forecasts for flood-risk assessment and operational decision support.</p></div></a><div class=btn-links></div></div><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><div><span class=author-highlighted><a href=/author/georgios-c.-anagnostopoulos/>Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos</a></span></div><span class=article-date>Last updated on
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14<span class=article-reading-time>2 min read</span></div><a href=/post/2026-07-07-ipwg2026/><div class=img-hover-zoom><img src=/post/2026-07-07-ipwg2026/featured_huba9dd2a64e3f8f2dfa0b5d83514638ae_536223_808x455_fill_q75_h2_lanczos_smart1_3.webp height=455 width=808 class=article-banner alt="Satellite-Based Extreme-Precipitation Study Presented at IPWG 2026" loading=lazy></div></a><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/post/2026-07-07-ipwg2026/>Satellite-Based Extreme-Precipitation Study Presented at IPWG 2026</a></div><a href=/post/2026-07-07-ipwg2026/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Malihe Nasibi presented project-related work on satellite-based analysis of extreme precipitation trends across West Africa.</p></div></a><div class=btn-links></div></div><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><div><span class=author-highlighted><a href=/author/georgios-c.-anagnostopoulos/>Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos</a></span></div><span class=article-date>Last updated on
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17<span class=article-reading-time>3 min read</span></div><a href=/post/2026-07-01-phd-opening/><div class=img-hover-zoom><img src=/post/2026-07-01-phd-opening/featured_hu9d8cd73d4d7bbf17bf75b1e2a92e04b9_682119_808x455_fill_q75_h2_lanczos_smart1.webp height=455 width=808 class=article-banner alt="Ph.D. Position in Foundational AI/ML" loading=lazy></div></a><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/post/2026-07-01-phd-opening/>Ph.D. Position in Foundational AI/ML</a></div><a href=/post/2026-07-01-phd-opening/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>We are inviting applications for a doctoral student position in foundational artificial intelligence and machine learning.</p></div></a><div class=btn-links></div></div><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><div><span class=author-highlighted><a href=/author/georgios-c.-anagnostopoulos/>Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos</a></span></div><span class=article-date>Last updated on
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20<span class=article-reading-time>2 min read</span></div><a href=/post/2026-01-27-ams2026/><div class=img-hover-zoom><img src=/post/2026-01-27-ams2026/featured_hu1b8dc61b638728e69cb486006c43b502_1015546_808x455_fill_q75_h2_lanczos_smart1_3.webp height=455 width=808 class=article-banner alt="Collaborative NASA/SERVIR Work Presented at AMS 2026" loading=lazy></div></a><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/post/2026-01-27-ams2026/>Collaborative NASA/SERVIR Work Presented at AMS 2026</a></div><a href=/post/2026-01-27-ams2026/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Malihe Nasibi presented collaborative NASA/SERVIR work on extreme precipitation and cloud-top temperatures in West African flash-flood events.</p></div></a><div class=btn-links></div></div><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><div><span class=author-highlighted><a href=/author/georgios-c.-anagnostopoulos/>Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos</a></span></div><span class=article-date>Last updated on
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