[Sigsti-l] Possible sessions of interest for the Fall AGU:
Joe Hourcle
oneiros at grace.nascom.nasa.gov
Thu Sep 4 11:21:36 EDT 2008
I know I've been slacking off lately, and I never did get the last
newsletter out that I asked for submissions for ...
...
But well, AGU submissions for the Fall Meeting are due next week (Sept
10th), and there's a lot of potentially interesting sessions for people
working in science informatics. (So many, in fact, that I'm going to have
a hard time deciding which ones to try to present in)
The full list of 'Earth and Space Science Informatics' sessions is at:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=session§ion=6&searchBy=sponsor
For a list of sessions that Earth and Space Science Informatics is
co-sponsoring, see :
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=session§ion=0&cosection=6&desc=1&searchBy=sponsor
I've attempted to categorize the most relevent of the sessions into the
following groups:
Data & Records Management
'CyberInfrastructure' (includes semantics as well as social and
technical issues ... may include other more specific
areas)
Visualization
Education & Outreach (where the intended audiance is not the
scientific community; if it's education of the scientists
about informatics, I've filed those under the other
categories)
I've skipped the more science-heavy stuff, that uses data for modeling,
prediction and other analysis, unless they specifically mention aspects
that are more related to information science; and the origin end, where
it's discussion of new instrumentation and techniques for obtaining data.
... you may want to see the two above lists if you deal with these topics
or know people who do that might be interested.
I've attempted to provide an excerpt of the descriptions to show how the
session relates back to the information science; see the links provided
for the full text.
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General
IN01: Earth and Space Science Informatics: General Contributions
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=7
(the 'everything else' category)
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Data & Records Management
IN07: Making Earth Science Data Records
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=192
... it is essential to build long time series of
consistently calibrated, computed and validated data. NASA
refers to such long time series records as Earth System
Data Records (ESDRs) ... Of particular interest in
addition to the scientific significance of the ESDRs will
be processes to: achieve algorithm maturity, obtain
community consensus on algorithms, generate and reprocess
products, ensure product availability and encourage usage.
IN08: Provenance Management for Large Scale Scientific Datasets
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=221
This session will explore current methods and "best
practices" for providing adequate provenance for the types
of data sets in use in the Earth and Space Science
communities. It will also provide a venue for identifying
missing elements and needed changes in the production,
archival and distribution communities for such data.
IN22: Data and the Ethos of Science
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=351
... people increasingly repurpose data in ways
unforeseen and unforeseeable by the original
investigator or user community. This data sharing and
reuse imply certain ethical obligations for both data
producers and users. These obligations include ensuring
that data are shared openly and preserved for future
generations, that data authors receive fair attribution,
that data are as accurate as possible, that uncertainty
is well described, and that data are not used
inappropriately. ... we solicit papers that explore the
disconnect between professed ethics and actual practice,
especially across diverse disciplines. What is lacking
socially, politically, and technically to bring data
into the core ethos of science? What are the root issues
and how can they be addressed? What is the role of the
academy in educating future scientists? We seek results
of both formal investigations and practical experiences
from both producers and users of data in exploring the
ethical dimensions of data.
IN23: Uncertainty in Geophysical Data Interpretation:
Implications and Developments
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=435
... it is of prime importance for the geophysical
community to shed light onto great efforts by
geophysicists to quantify uncertainties and to provide
quality assurance to our communities at large. ...
papers that propose consideration of new case studies,
that highlight implications of uncertainties in near
surface geophysical data interpretations and explain
techniques of quantifying and understanding causes of
uncertainty, which are very significant for future
developments and essential for feasibility studies. ...
advances in geophysical modeling towards understanding
uncertainties in data interpretation and those that help
avoid interpretation pitfalls.
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CyberInfrastructure
IN03: Emerging Cyberinfrastructure for Geosciences
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=47
... we use the term to mean the set of reliable,
well-specified, and interoperable connections of
electronic hardware and software that allows people to
discover, learn, teach, collaborate, disseminate, access,
and preserve knowledge in their domain.
Cyberinfrastructure includes technology ... the networks
used and software tools used for analysis and
manipulation. CI also includes the social infrastructure
used to support interpersonal collaboration among all team
members with diverse backgrounds and discipline training.
... This session seeks broad contributions on emerging CI
in support of all areas of geosciences particularly those
that highlight areas where needs are only partially or not
being met.
IN04: Rich Collaboration Environments for Geosciences
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=48
A significant challenge to facilitating collaborations in
informatics and cyberinfrastructure projects is the
availability of suitable collaboration environments. While
there has been an explosion and even proliferation of
tools and greater provisioning of interactive
user-contributed web-based content, it is still true that
collaboration systems and related software are far from
robust and complete. ...
This session solicits contributions from a broad spectrum
of those involved in collaboration: the end-users, the
project managers, and the developers. We specifically
invite contributions for innovative solutions to difficult
collaboration environment challenges, both technical and
social/ organizational. We also welcome requirements
specifications with the supporting use cases.
IN05: Frontiers in Advanced Information Systems and Earth
Observation Technology
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=90
Many promising remote sensing technologies and systems of
space-based observations will be bringing scientific data
and observations to Earth scientists in the next 5 to 10
years. ... advanced information systems will be storing,
processing and transmitting data collected from spaced
based sensors so that massive amounts of data will be
available for scientists to analyze and include in their
models. This session ... solicits papers relating to these
technologies that support earth science observations and
information systems.
IN09: EarthScope and CyberInfrastructure
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=266
... a forum for discussion of the cyberinfrastructure(CI)
needs, requirements, and objectives of EarthScope-based
science and education applications ... and efforts in
related geoinformatics and CI communities ... and their
potential use in supporting EarthScope applications.
IN10: Data Fusion: Issues, Barriers and Approaches
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=278
We welcome submissions describing multidisciplinary
settings in which integrative data analysis has been
achieved, the barriers to cooperation and coordination
found, and specific approaches which overcame these
barriers.
IN12: Strategies for Improved Marine and Synergistic Data Access
and Interoperability
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=306
... session will focus on solutions to, and strategies
for, accessing marine and synergistic data across multiple
collections, platforms, systems, and standards. The
effective integration of data retrieved from distributed
sources depends upon negotiated arrangements of science
domain concepts, metadata frameworks, and community
engagement. We will hear about successful interactions of
these components, managing field data in all its
complexity, as well as lessons learned from strategies
gone awry.
(ASIS&T member Karen Baker is one of the conveners)
IN13: Information Technology Infusion - Successful Strategies
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=310
This session seeks technology infusion experiences ... and
how the corresponding lessons learned can benefit present
and future efforts. Examples of problems and solutions to
technology infusion in remote sensing data systems are
desired, specifically those dealing with data processing,
system interoperability and service oriented
architectures.
IN14: Advancing Digital Watersheds and Virtual Environmental
Observatories
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=339
... digital watersheds and virtual environmental
observatories (VEO) [are] as a means of integrating and
interacting with heterogeneous data sources from sensors,
satellites, models and other user-generated contents (such
as citizen-science-generated observation data) ... This
session will bring interdisciplinary experts ... to
present the latest in digital watershed developments and
to discuss the research and development needed to realize
the full potential of the digital watershed concepts.
IN16: Challenges for Earth Science Software Reuse
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=413
This session will cover a variety of topics within the
area of software reuse, focusing on its application within
the Earth science domain and the challenges involved with
reuse. ... Topics may include, but are not limited to: web
services, challenges faced when reusing assets, how to
overcome "not invented here" syndrome, lessons learned
through reuse experiences, preparing and packaging assets
for reuse, documenting for reuse, maturity of assets in
terms of reusability, creation of reusable assets,
modification of reusable assets for reuse in a new system
or environment, distribution of reusable assets, methods
for increasing systematic reuse, reuse of assets from
other domains, case studies of reuse experiences,
incentives for encouraging/practicing reuse, education and
public outreach, tools and mechanisms that support and
enable reuse.
IN18: Complex, Interdisciplinary Ontologies and Automated
Semantic Web Data Integration for Hydrology and Earth
System Science
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=557
Two projects ... are attempting to construct new semantic
web data integration and ontological tools that will
automate data retrieval to advance hydrological science
(CUAHSI) and help create an integrating framework for the
Integrated Earth Observation System and GEOSS (WaterNet).
The session will provide a forum for overviews of new
techniques, both within a GIS-framework and a Land Surface
Modeling-framework, that will be useful for other Earth
Sciences.
IN20: Sustained, Interoperable Data Systems for Observing
Networks: Building the IPY Legacy for Earth System
Science.
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=593
1. How can the research community sustain the increase in
observational capability and ensure the data are preserved
for long-term access and use? 2. How can data and metadata
be shared across the various networks in interoperable
frameworks supporting interdisciplinary, system science?
In this session we seek presentations that describe the
status of observation systems and their associated data
systems and presentations that describe recommended
approaches or lessons learned on data management and
interoperable data and metadata sharing in existing
networks. In addition, discussion of cost models and the
networks of human interaction necessary to sustain
observational data systems are encouraged. We particularly
emphasize examples of interdisciplinary support.
IN21: Building Interoperability Across the Geosciences
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=621
There are a number of critical stumbling blocks to
overcome in creating the geoinformatics component of the
Cyberinfrastructure for the Sciences. These challenges
include: agreement on common standards, vocabularies,
and protocols; engagement in a vast number of
distributed data resources; practices for recognition of
and respect of intellectual property; a simple data
discovery system with distributed and integrated
catalogues; mechanisms to encourage development of web
sevice tools for analysis; and business models for
continuing maintenance and evolution of information. ...
Presentations will discuss progress to date,
philosophies, and solutions to problems in informatics
and building interoperability.
G13: Ever Faster: Low-Latency Data Collection and Applications
Across the Earth Sciences
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=487
... it is increasingly common for terrestrial networks,
and now even Earth observing satellite missions, to
provide low-latency data products, despite significant
technical challenges and restricted funding environments.
We intend this session to bring together network and data
managers, technologists, and researchers with an interest
in low-latency data across the Earth sciences. We
particularly welcome those presentations that define
scientific needs or new solutions that can foster further
growth in this exciting area.
H15: Recent Innovations in Environmental Sensing,
Cyberinfrastructure and Observatories
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=446
In this session we invite studies from the fields of
hydrology, remote sensing, geophysics and land surface
atmosphere interactions that deal with ... b) design of
data-models and inverse modelling approaches that tightly
couple high resolution spatial and temporal systems,
numerical models, and processing and visualization tools
(GIS), c) implementation of large scale numerical-modeling
and data-management tools using super-computers ...
H65: Integrated Modeling in Hydrology: Advances in Model
Interoperability, Architectures, and Cyberinfrastructure
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=549
... encourage submissions addressing scientific and
technical challenges in creating such next generation
integrated modeling systems. These include but are not
limited to semantic mediation between earth science
disciplines, component-based modeling architectures, model
coupling paradigms, and scaling between spatially and
temporally mismatched models.
SA11: Heliophysics Research Using Virtual Observatories
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=588
This session solicits reviews of experiences from
heliophysics missions, ground-based projects and the
general user communities that use current and legacy data.
Presenting researchers are encouraged to describe how one
or more Virtual Observatories are or may be used to
conduct research. We also seek to bring together
researchers and developers to exchange ideas, demonstrate
innovations and share perspectives on the effectiveness of
the heliophysics Virtual Observatories. Developers are
asked to describe advances and innovations that could
further advance heliophysics research. Overviews of how
researchers and data providers can use and participate in
a Virtual Observatory, as well as share results are
welcome.
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Visualization
IN02: Visualizing Scientific Data Using KML and Virtual Globes
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=28
... seeks to provide a forum for users to exchange ideas,
promote concepts and demonstrate innovations using KML
and/or globe and other geobrowser technologies. We also
welcome participation from the wider 3D visualization
scientific user community.
ED19: Solid Earth Geovisualizations
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=636
... This session will highlight visualizations of these
data in 3 and 4 dimensions and their applications in
geoscience research, education and outreach. ... We invite
contributions from scientists and educators who are
developing and using innovative methods of visualizing
data from seismology, geodesy, geodynamics, subsurface
exploration and other fields investigating the solid Earth.
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Education & Outreach
ED10: Promoting the Use of Cyberinfrastructure in the Classroom:
Challenges and Success Stories
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=434
... online data resources are often geared toward domain
research and present challenges to both non-specialist
instructors and students in how to develop teaching
modules and reach learning goals, respectively. This
session invites papers that provide detailed examples of
how online resources are applied in the undergraduate
classroom and the range of success attained in the various
endeavors.
ED14: Teacher Professional Development Programs Promoting
Authentic Scientific Research in the Classroom
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/index.php/Program/SessionSearch/?show=detail&sessid=555
This session will focus on [people] providing K-12
teachers with authentic research experiences in science
and engineering. Presentations should highlight best
practices for the "Teacher Research Experience" (TRE)
model. Presentations by those who design, facilitate,
evaluate, and fund TRE programs are especially encouraged,
as well as presentations by teachers and scientists who
have participated in such programs. Presentations on new
or ongoing successful models for long and short-term
teacher research experiences are invited ...
Scientist-teacher research teams are particularly
encouraged to submit abstracts for the session.
(see also ED19, above)
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Joe Hourcle
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