Samuel Shen

Dr. Samuel Shen is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University (SDSU) and a Visiting Research Mathematician at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD. He co-founded the SDSU Big Data Analytics (BDA) MS Program and currently serves as Co-Director of the Center for Climate and Sustainability Studies. Previously, he was McCalla Professor at the University of Alberta and President of CAIMS.

• B.Sc. in Engineering Mechanics (1982) from East China Engineering Institute
• M.A. (1985) and Ph.D. (1987) in Applied Mathematics from University of Wisconsin-Madison

His research spans three major areas:

• Climate Informatics: Developed Spectral Optimal Averaging (SOA) and Ensemble Canonical Correlation Analysis (ECCA) for climate uncertainty quantification
• Data Science: Created US Climate Prediction Center's operational prediction tools and filed a US patent on spectral optimal gridding
• Nonlinear Wave Dynamics: Advanced theoretical understanding of stochastic differential equations for climate modeling

Recent publications focus on 4D climate visualization, heat stress mitigation, AI democratization in climate science, and cloud-aerosol interactions. His work has secured major grants including:

• $2.7M NSF AI Institute grant (2023)
• $1.9M California Climate Action grant (2023)
• $2.1M NSF EaSM-3 grant (2014)

Scientific accolades include:

• Arthur Beaumont Distinguished Service Award (CAIMS)
• US National Research Council Senior Fellowship
• Chinese Academy of Sciences Well-known Overseas Scholar

He leads the SDSU Climate Informatics Lab (founded 2006) and has been featured in New York Times, NASA Top Story, and Nature Geoscience press releases.