Staff Exchanges

The REALI3SE project will organise its research activities around three integrated work packages. WP1 will acquire co-registered multimodal datasets. It will also develop new data fusion approaches to support multimodal petrologic modelling. WP2 focuses on turning observations into process understanding. This is done through physics-informed ML and ML-accelerated CFD. WP2 will deliver fast surrogates, inversions, and uncertainty-aware parameterisations. WP3 will provide cloud-ready visual workflows and generative AI tools. These can be used for synthesis, augmentation, and interpretable modelling, usable from laptop to HPC scale. WP4 will derive new international collaborations, field data, and broad knowledge transfer worldwide. Intersectoral and interdisciplinary exchanges will ensure rapid method transfer, reproducibility, and Open Science across petrology, ore geology, and volcanology.

Building on the recently approved MSCA-DN REALISE, the REALI3SE MSCA Staff Exchange brings together leading experts in igneous petrology, volcanology, ore geology, geochemistry, physics, and data science to bridge Earth sciences with AI/ML. The project expands the scope of REALISE by including new intercontinental partners from Colombia, Argentina, DRC and South Africa, strengthening global collaboration and ensuring a broad diversity of geological settings and methodological expertise. The consortium unites academic and non-academic organisations, combining access to advanced analytical and experimental laboratories, large-scale research infrastructures, and computational resources.

Through a structured programme founded on the 3 MSCA-SE pillars of intersectoral, interdisciplinary, and international staff exchanges, REALI3SE will:

  • Advance petrologic multimodal data acquisition, fusion, and modelling, providing new research tools with potential commercial exploitation (WP1);
  • Develop new physics-informed ML and generative AI for geoscience applications, to support researchers, stakeholders, and decision makers (WP2, WP3);
  • Extend petrologic and volcanological studies that are planned in the REALISE doctoral network involving intercontinental partners, fostering new collaborations and knowledge transfer (WP4);
  • Foster training and knowledge exchange across sectors and continents (WP5);
  • Strengthen citizen science and outreach to ensure societal impact (WP6).