Institute of Computing for Climate Science

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We support and empower climate scientists by accelerating their research through the development of innovative tools and models in computational science, data science and machine learning. https://iccs.cam.ac.uk/

We're recruiting! Senior Research Software Engineer in AI. Closing date 28 August
We're recruiting a Senior Research Software Engineer in Machine Learning. Closing date 28 August
We're recruiting a Research Assistant/Associate in Trustworthy Generative AI for Computational Science. Closing date 6 September
Research vessel sailing close to iceberg in Antarctic waters
A retrospective on the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. "Atlantic hurricane activity in 2025 was influenced by circulation patterns and upstream conditions that influence tropical cyclone formation, such as the West African Monsoon, Kelvin wave activity, and the MJO." Dr Charles Powell
Walking tour group standing in an ornate archway looking at a Cambridge college
Tom Meltzer gives his AI workshop to a room full of people
Professor Steve Easterbrook at the front of a lecture theatre giving his keynote talk in front of a rapt audience
Approaching the Centre for Mathematical Sciences on a sunny morning with blue sky and fluffy white clouds
ICCS stand at the Climate and Nature Research Showcase with people sitting at a table and banners and information boards behind them
Durham Cathedral seen from low viewpoint with river in foreground fringed with green trees
Attendees at climate science grant writing workshop listening to panel discussion
Jack Atkinson pointing at his EGU 2026 poster about TCTrack
Stack of cardboard files tied up with ribbon, each filled to bursting with paper documents
Dark grey rainclouds gathering over wooded river valley in English countryside
Silhouetted scientists up on a raised platform where they are installing equipment. The landscape is snowy, with white mountains and blue sky in the background
Idyllic Cambridge summer scene: a group enjoys a punting trip on the River Cam, with King's College Chapel in the background
ICCS volunteers watch as two children play the Planktomania game
Jack Franklin and Mikolaj Kowalski from ICCS work on the Oceanigans code at the DiRAC hackathon in Birmingham, assisted by Miren Radia and Richard Regan.
Summer School attendees working together around a table on their laptops
Tom's laptop, covered in stickers from various programmes and institutions
Aerial view of white icebergs floating in deep, dark blue sea. The ice looks turquoise where it's visible underwater
We’re recruiting a Senior Research Software Engineer. Closing date 20 March
Quote from Rishul Karia, 2025 ICCS Summer Intern: "I thoroughly enjoyed my time as an intern at the ICCS. Overall, this experience has been electric, and one I would highly recommend to anyone considering applying in the future!”
Attendees at ICCS Summer School chatting and working at laptops around a table
Four students walking along the towpath by the River Cam in summer. The trees are green and it's a beautiful day
ICCS's Jack Atkinson giving presentation, with logos of Inigo, TCTrack and ICCS below
ICCS team members outside the Maxwell Centre in Cambridge. Left to right: Josh Stevens, Matt Archer, Simon Driscoll and Annabelle Scott
The Centre for Mathematical Sciences in summer, with buildings visible between green trees and lush flower beds
The river Danube and its bridges and high rise buildings as seen from the Döbling hills in Vienna.
Dramatic image of forest fire burning at night, with orange flames behind silhouetted trees and shrubs
Elevated view of attendees at Coupling Workshop at the Maxwell Centre, Cambridge
ICCS Research Software Engineer Adeleke O. Bankole attending Ibadan 2025 conference, standing on right of large banner
Room full of software engineers and climate researchers collaborating on hackathon
Satellite image of Hurricane Dorian, with white clouds whirling around eye of the storm above green land and blue sea
Dramatic image of stormy sky over sea with bolts of lightning
Poster session at 2025 summer school, with attendees discussing research
2025 - what a year! Dive into ICCS Wrapped. Small boat in blue sea off coast of Antarctica carrying researchers and equipment. Icebergs float in the distance.
Participants at ICCS Summer School work and chat together during session
The BAS ship RRS James Clark Ross, at the wharf at Rothera Station, Antarctica. Image by Tom L-C. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Skyline of Vienna, Austria, at sunset with large church spire
Attendees of ICCS's 2025 Summer School enjoy a poster session, with groups of people reading and discussing poster content
Professor Emily Shuckburgh
Speaker standing in front of giant presentation screen, with text "Reflections on cross-cutting software tools borne out of project work"