A special episode of the Julia Dispatch podcast was recorded during the AIR Centre's JuliaEO2025 Workshop, an event that brought together climate scientists and Earth observation specialists to discuss Julia's growing role in environmental research.
Experts explored Julia's adoption in climate sciences, comparing its performance to traditional Fortran models while highlighting its Python-like accessibility. The discussion addressed both Julia's strengths in processing large-scale Earth observation datasets and remaining challenges that developers are actively working to overcome.
The JuliaEO Workshop continues to establish the AIR Centre as a hub for innovative computational approaches to Earth Observation and climate research, bringing together interdisciplinary experts to advance tools for environmental monitoring and modeling.
The complete podcast episode is available on YouTube and on Spotify.
Event
calendar_today July 17, 2026
El Centro AIR participó en la Cumbre Científica Portuguesa «Innovación 2026», celebrada los días 15 y 16 de julio en el Centro de Convenciones de Lisboa, que supuso el primer gran evento organizado por la recién creada Agencia de Investigación e Innovación de Portugal (AI²).
Innovation
calendar_today July 16, 2026
El 15 de julio de 2026, el Centro AIR participó en la visita oficial del ministro de Sanidad de Brasil, Alexandre Padilha, con motivo de la inauguración oficial de la oficina de la Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) en Lisboa. La nueva oficina está situada en el mismo edificio que alberga también a ApexBrasil, Embratur y Sebrae, lo que refuerza la presencia institucional de Brasil en Portugal y amplía las oportunidades de cooperación bilateral.
Collaboration
calendar_today July 9, 2026
On 2 July, the AIR Centre hosted a meeting at its Lisbon office with the Comendador Anthony Bailey, Honourable Consul-General of His Majesty The King of Tonga to the Portuguese Republic. The discussion brought together AIR Centre Executive Director Miguel Miranda, Deputy Executive Director Mafalda Carapuço, and researcher Ana Faria, marking the beginning of a promising dialogue between the two nations.