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WK-28:
Multi-scale cyberinfrastructure to support biodiversity research and
conservation
Tuesday, August 9, 11:30 AM -
1:15 PM, Meeting Rooms 513a and 513b, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Fee:
$15 US Dollars per person – includes
Grab-and-Go Lunch ticket.
Minimum:
10
Maximum: 100
Organizers:
Sandy Andelman
(andelman@nceas.ucsb.edu), Leslie
Allfree, Thomas Lacher
Description:
Understanding
and managing biodiversity, environmental complexity, and other dimensions of
ecological systems depend, in part, on the identification, retrieval, and
integration of diverse data from many different systems and across many
different spatial and temporal scales. Increased access to better quality
ecological data, with broad geographic coverage, will allow us to address
fundamental questions about biodiversity and ecosystem processes. The magnitude
and heterogeneity of these data require the development of novel informatics
tools that can support the distributed access, integration, and analysis. There
is a pressing need for increased collaboration among the ecology, systematics,
and conservation communities to develop unified solutions. Advancing our ability
to integrate data across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales will
substantially increase the value of both new and existing information resources
for advancing understanding of ecological systems. Objectives of the workshop
include: (1) develop strategies to improve coordination among the academic
research communities, NGOs, and public agencies in the development of a
scaleable cyberinfrastructure; (2) share information about new tools and
approaches for data dissemination, integration and management at scales ranging
from local plots to continental and global-scale networks; and (3) identify
scalable solutions that are applicable for both research and conservation
applications. Panelists include Judith Kruger, Piotr Naskrecki, Gerald Guala,
Sandy Andelman, and Michael Willig.
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