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 Seyed Mahdi Jafari Mohammadi, Aalto University. seyed.jafarimohammadi@aalto.fi Floodplain vegetation does far more than add greenery to riversides. It slows down water, stabilizes riverbeds and banks, traps sediment and nutrients, and creates habitats for fish and other species [1], [2]. These vegetation-flow-sediment interactions are essential for flood management, river engineering, and

Bilal Liaqat, University of Turku, bilal.liaqat@utu.fi Spring floods are one of the most important hydrological events in Finland. Each year, melting snow causes river levels to rise rapidly, sometimes leading to flooding. In my PhD research, I explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Explainable AI (XAI) can help us not