Intern-flood Modeling - London, United Kingdom - Moody's

Moody's

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Moody's is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions.

Team Overview

The Moody's RMS model development team hires the best scientist for building mathematical models that predict the distributions of possible damage due to the effects of tropical storms, extra-tropical storms, thunderstorms, storm-surges and fluvial floods, using a combination of observed data, reanalysis data, numerical and statistical models and data assimilation.

Within the Model Development department, the flood team focuses on developing high-resolution, large-scale hydrologic/hydraulic models to assess flood risk. The modeling work carried out by the flood team encompasses all steps from hazard modeling to loss modeling. The group has an engaged, collaborative working environment with a clear scientific and technological culture.

Overview of role/responsibilities for the intern

The goal of the internship is to perform applied research on AI tools to model riverine and runoff processes to further improve flood model accuracy and efficiency.

Tasks will include conducting scientific literature reviews and sharing this out to the team, manipulation of flood modelling datasets, and prototyping and experimenting with modelling approaches at the forefront of the science.

Qualifications:

Musthave: _

- _Scientific background in mathematics, physics, engineering, earth sciences or other relevant discipline and an interest. _to work in weather related risk modelling _
- _Working knowledge of AI methods and hands-on experience with data driven methods_
- _ Demonstrated programming skills in R or Python or other programming language used for scientific computing. _
- _Ability to communicate scientific research and ability to work as part of a _team._

_Considered an advantage:
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- _Knowledge of hydrology and hydrologic modelling_
- _ Advanced programming skills and GPU-accelerated computing_

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

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