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CLAWRIM presented and worked at GRASS Developer Summit 2025
CLAWRIM attended the GRASS Developer Summit 2025. I presented updates on the internationalization of GRASS and gave a lightning talk on “Continental-Scale Hydrologic Modeling Using GRASS.” Abdullah developed his first GRASS module. We had a lot of fun and productive time!
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NMSU Research Assistant – Software Infrastructure for Scientific Computing (Undergraduate or Graduate)
Position Title: NMSU Research Assistant – Build Systems and Packaging for Open-Source Scientific Software Supervisor: Dr. Huidae Cho, Associate Professor & NMSU PI, NSF POSE Project (NSF Award #2303651) Overview: We are seeking a motivated NMSU undergraduate or graduate student to contribute to a software engineering project focused on improving the infrastructure of an open-source…
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Abdullah presented at AWRA 2025 Spring Conference
Abdullah Azzam presented his global curve number research at the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) 2025 Spring Conference. Congratulations!
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Presented the statewide culvert capacity analysis at 2025 NM TransCon
CLAWRIM presented “How to Address Uncertainty in Culvert Capacity Analysis for the NMDOT Culvert Asset Management Program (CAMP)” at the 2025 New Mexico Transportation Conference (NM TransCon).
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Memory-Efficient Longest Flow Path (MELFP) algorithm released under GPL-3
A new OpenMP parallel algorithm for Memory-Efficient Longest Flow Path (MELFP) computation is just released under GPL-3 at https://github.com/HuidaeCho/melfp. Compared to the OpenMP benchmark algorithm, MELFP achieved a 66% reduction in computation time utilizing 79% less peak memory. Its GRASS addon will be available soon!
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Delivered an open-source hydrologic modeling workshop to NMSU graduate students as part of the NSF POSE project
I organized a 4-hour workshop on open-source hydrologic modeling using GRASS GIS for NMSU graduate students as part of the NSF POSE project. Check the workshop manual.
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Delivered a talk on parallel computing in hydrology for the Global Seminar Series of Kyungpook National University
I gave a research talk “Parallel Processing Methods for Big Data in Hydrology” for the Kyungpook National University (KNU) Global Seminar Series (translated).
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Dr. Kim gave a talk on “Human vs. Machine in Hydrologic Simulation”
Dr. Dongkyun Kim from the Hydrology Innovation Laboratory at Hongik University kindly gave a talk to the lab on his research “Human vs. Machine in Hydrology Simulation.”
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Took a field trip to Ciudad Juárez as part of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP)
As part of the Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program (TAAP), Abdullah and I took a field trip to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, to visit the facilities of the Junta Municipal de Agua y Saneamiento de Juárez (JMAS). Read more about it here.
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CLAWRIM presented at 2024 American Geophysical Union (AGU24) Annual Meeting
Abdullah Azzam, a PhD student, Asad Reshad, a Master’s student, and I presented our projects at AGU24. I presented two posters. Abdullah talked about his VIC-MODFLOW modeling. Asad presented his state-scale culvert capacity analysis. Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) showcased GRASS GIS. Finally, I reconnected with Dr. Rakesh Teja Konduru.