Introduction

GeoData 2011 Workshop

March 2-4, 2011, Broomfield, COPeter Fox (RPI) pfox@cs.rpi.eduTetherless World Constellation http://tw.rpi.edu

Rich Signell (USGS) rsignell@usgs.gov USGS Marine Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA

Science Organizers

• Academic - John Helly, (UCSD/SDSC), Susan Carbotte (LDEO), Kerstin Lehnert (LDEO)

• Agency - Linda Gunderson (USGS)• Library - Catherine Norton (MBL/WHOI library),

Amy Stout (MIT library)• Data Center - Tom Loveland, (EROS Data

Center), Ken Casey, (NOAA/NODC), Christopher Lynnes, (NASA/GSFC), Steven Worley (NCAR/CISL), Ruth Duerr (NSIDC), Bruce Wilson, (ORNL)

• General skeptic - Fran Lightsom (USGS)

Our sponsors

• NSF – GEO (award: 1105719)– Eva Zanzerkia– Leonard Johnson– Cliff Jacobs

• USGS– Linda Gundersen– Kevin Gallagher

• Your institutions!

Administration

• RPI– Jacky Carley*

– Joanne Luciano*

– Patrick West

– Stephan Zednik*

• USGS– Jennifer Roberts*

– Cheryl Davis

– Lisa Ann Jordan

– Thomas Van Dreser

– Timothy Lee

How did we get here?

• A world of challenges – that is why we asked Tim Killeen to motivate you

• And all of you, to participate!• Confluence of many factors (data) motivated by

NSF and USGS interests– Life cycle– Integration– Citation (and the consequences)

• Focus on what is being DONE vs. what could be done vs. just talking about it… there are many other efforts around community development

• And academic – industry – government…

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Goal

• The workshop brings together the requisite scientists, information specialists, librarians, computer scientists and data managers who specialize and generalize in a broad variety of geo- discipline areas and applications, with the primary objective to: – to substantially advance discussions and directions of data

life cycle, data integration and data citation, with strong emphasis on end-use, and

– to provide a state-of-the-field report to NSF and the USGS of the geoinformatics community’s capabilities and needs that could in turn ultimately benefit from an academic-multi-agency community-focused set of development activities.

• But this is about ALL of us!!!!!!!!!!!

Outcome(s)+

• A ‘survey’ of what different groups are doing, what parts of a data life cycle, data citation and data integration frameworks are well established, and to determine if there are common gaps across disciplines.

• Guidance or prioritization of addressing gaps in the lifecycle of data acquisition; curation and preservation would be a useful outcome for the NSF potentially leading to new program opportunities. Similar prioritization and program opportunities for data citation and integration are also envisioned.

• Develop a communications strategy to meet the needs of the research community, identify demographically underserved communities including aspects of management of any geoinformatics data infrastructure.

• Identify how academic and agency collaboration in geoinformatics and Geo-Data informatics data life cycle, citation and integration can be optimally leveraged and implemented to serve the needs of all constituents.

Ah, the questions!

• GEODATA 2011 – Questions (fine print)• In your view/ experience what parts of data life cycle, data citation and data integration

implementations/applications or frameworks are well established (or not) in your discipline(s) and what are the common gaps?

• How would you give guidance or prioritize how to address gaps in the lifecycle of data acquisition; curation and preservation? For data citation and integration? Are there new program or community opportunities?

• What do you see as the important elements of a communications strategy to meet the needs of the research and agency communities? Do these include demographically underserved communities (including aspects of management and data infrastructures)?

• What opportunities or means are there for academic and agency collaboration in geoinformatics and Geo-Data informatics data life cycle, citation and integration? How can they be optimally leveraged and implemented to serve the needs of all constituents?

• Review the Description, Outcomes and Deliverables for the meeting and consider the following questions (Life cycle, citation, integration):

– What is the one most important thing you need to address to make progress in your field/ job/ project?

– What is the one most important thing you are working on right now?– What three things would you like to get out of the meeting?

–What three things do you expect to contribute to the meeting 

Questions?