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THIRD SYMPOSIUM OF THE WEST AFRICA INTERPORE CHAPTER
Special Topic: Machine Learning for Porous Media Systems.
The West Africa InterPore Chapter (WAIC), a regional chapter of the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore), was founded in October 2022 by researchers from West African countries. The chapter aims to connect West African scientists, engineers, and lecturers working in the field of porous media with each other and with the InterPore community; help to improve the international visibility of West Africans in the field of porous media, and promote the mobility of young researchers as it pertains to international conferences or research-exchange programmes.
Machine learning—spanning supervised/unsupervised methods, deep learning, physics-informed models (PINNs), data assimilation, and surrogate modeling—opens new avenues to analyze, simulate, and optimize processes in porous media. By combining experimental and numerical data (imaging, digital rock physics, in-situ sensing, field data) with physical constraints, these approaches accelerate parameter inversion, multi-scale prediction, uncertainty quantification, and decision-making across domains including hydrogeology and water quality, energy storage (H₂), CO₂ sequestration, remediation and filtration, geomechanics, engineered materials, responsible mining and tailings management, and climate resilience.
This symposium aims to foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations among researchers, engineers, and industry stakeholders to explore the latest advancements of and potential applications of porous media science and engineering in the domains.
We welcome abstracts that address topics such as:
- Porous media characterization
- Transport phenomena
- Multiphysics-multiphase flow modelling
- Contaminant transport analysis
- Machine Learning for Porous Media Systems
- Waste containment and remediation strategies
- Process engineering
- Soil mechanics and engineering
- Heat and mass transfer
- Reservoir engineering
- Other porous media applications
Join us in sharing expertise, research findings, and innovative ideas to address the challenges of porous media research and engineering for sustainable development.
ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS FOR PUBLICATION
Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee.
Assistance will be provided to the best contributions for submitting a full paper to InterPore Journal.
FEES
There is no fee to attend this symposium.
However, face-to-face participants in each country are invited to pay a contribution to cover coffee breaks and lunch during the event.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION
The abstract should contain a brief and concise summary of what was done, how it was done, what the main outcomes were and what it adds to the field. Please also feel free to submit a graphical abstract should this help in conveying the message of your work.
Link for abstracts submission: https://events.interpore.org/event/59/
To submit an abstract, you need to be logged in with your Indico account. If you do not have an account yet, create one here.
If you experience trouble creating an account, please ensure that you have checked your spam/junk folders (for the confirmation email), and firewall protections, or contact WAIC_chapter@interpore.org or marcel.kebre@ujkz.bf or folorode@lsu.edu for assistance
The Abstract submission page has the following fields:
• Title: Give title of your presentation.
• Authors: List of authors, with one corresponding author. You must select one of the co-authors as Speaker (that name then cannot be moved to the co-author field). To do so click on the box marked "Speaker" beside the author you would like to designate as the speaker. When selected, the speaker button will turn blue. You can change the order of co-authors and/or the speaker role later on until the abstract submission deadline.
• Content: Write or paste the Abstract of your presentation (300 words maximum excluding references).
• Attachments: Should you wish to include an image in your abstract, please include them as .jpg or .png files, no larger than 300 KB.
