Campbell Watson
IBM researcher focused on applying foundation-model concepts to Earth and space science, collaborating with NASA and the European Space Agency to build open-source geospatial and heliophysics models and deploy lightweight models in orbit.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 39min
Foundation models accelerate space and climate science
Campbell Watson, an IBM researcher who builds open-source foundation models for Earth and space science, discusses applying large-model ideas to multimodal satellite data. He covers collaborations with NASA and ESA, building tiny models that run in orbit, multimodal fusion of radar/lidar/optical, and applications like flood detection, biodiversity monitoring, and solar flare forecasting.
