list of nominations welcome! cyberinfrastructure for environmental research and education
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What is meant by Cyberinfrastructure?
Computing power for modeling, visualization, simulations, data assimilation, prediction
Capacity to archive large data sets
Standards for data integrity and accuracy (metadata)
Connecting data, computation power, sensors, and people in near-real-time through networking technology
Interoperability, common modeling frameworks
Skilled workforce
Access to emerging technology
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Workshop Goals:
•Produce a white paper for consideration by NSF and the scientific community
•Initiate a dialogue between environmental science and computer science communities, and among environmental science disciplines.
•Recent Source documents: “Blue Ribbon” report on Cyberinfrastructure; Environmental Research and Education (ERE) report.
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White Paper Objectives:
•Identify Options for near-term progress
•Identify issues requiring further attention
•Suggest approaches for dealing with such issues
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Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue
•A wide range of disciplines, agencies, programs, projects and expertise are represented here
•Agenda is structured to enable communication about common challenges and common interests across disciplinary lines
•This workshop is intended as an initial step in an ongoing dialogue
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Meeting Organization:
•Plenary talks will provide overview information, identify big issues, and describe successful activities and exciting plans
•Breakout sessions will focus on defining functional challenges and examining implementation issues
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Breakout Session Objectives:
•Produce text – 5 to 10 pages on questions listed in the agenda, and other questions and issues participants feel are important
•Identify major needs, challenges, principles, near-term opportunities, payoffs, and issues requiring further consideration,
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Key Cross-cutting Issues:
•Fostering computer science/environmental research cooperation
•Extending cyberinfrastructure benefits to the desktop of the working scientist
•Getting the most out of distributed sensor networks planned by many disciplines
•Cyberinfrastructure for environmental education
•Persistence of infrastructure
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Breakout Session Chairs:
•Lee Allison, Kelvin Droegemeier:Collecting Data and Making It Available
•Dale Haidvogel and Tom Jordan: Generating and Using Data: Data Assimilation, Analysis, and Modeling
•Peter Cornillon and Tim Killeen: Collaboration Tools and Strategies
•Jerry Schnoor and Jim Beach: Creating a New Kind of Environmental Scientist
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Logistics (continued):
•Please sign up for breakout sessions during the first break at 10:30. Sign-up sheets are located on the wall outside the auditorium.
•Wireless network is operational, instructions are in the registration packages.
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Logistics (continued):
•To print, email documents to Sandra Petrie, [email protected], then pick them up at registration desk
For assistance, please see administrative staff at registration desk or Peter Backlund
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