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EV-12:
Empowering ecologists with informatics education and training
Sponsored
by NSF IGERT
Tuesday,
August 9, 8 PM - 10 PM, Meeting Rooms 514a-c, Level 5, Palais des congrès de
Montréal
Organizers:
Deana Pennington, Julie Jones, Samantha Romanello
Description:
Ecological
research needs of the 21st century are being enabled by the development of new
cyberinfrastructure for management, integration, and analysis of distributed,
heterogeneous, sometimes massive, data collections. Ecologists are confronted
with a host of new technologies, terminology, and ways of collaborating that are
drastically different from anything in their experience. The kinds of questions
being asked require synthesis of data from many sources. It is imperative that a
cohort of ecologists become adept at conducting technology-enabled research at
any scale. This session features four scientists who are presently involved in
ecoinformatics education, training, and research, in different capacities, and
with different groups (e.g., undergrads, graduates, technicians, postdocs,
faculty). Each will offer a short presentation on the nature of their
involvement, difficulties encountered, and positive experiences. The
presentations will be followed by a 1-hour panel discussion of effective
approaches for introducing ecoinformatics into the ecological community.
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