Research Themes
The research activities performed by the WIT staff are geared towards leveraging technology and gaining new understandings of human water interactions with a focus on
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Innovations for increasing the efficiency of agricultural water usage
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Understanding pathways of water quality degradation
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Protection against hydro-disasters and preparations against climate shocks
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Enabling equitable access of water for all using information collection and dissemination
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System-level understanding of technology interventions and complex water-land-air interactions
Past and current projects span across the following thematic areas
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Smart Water Metering
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Data-driven Hydrological Modelling
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Sustainable Agricultural Practices
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Bayesian Inversion, Compressive Sensing & Data Assimilation in Hydrosystems
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Demand-based Agricultural Water Management
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Game-theoretic Frameworks for Water Allocation and Pricing
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Water Quality and Wastewater Management
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Advanced Econometrics for Sustainable Agriculture
ICT and Flood Forecasting and Management
Reservoir Operations
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Integrated Assessment Tools for Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Telematics and IoT for Water Informatics
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Sustainability in Socio-Ecological Systems
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