Introduction

1. Introduction GeoData 2011 Workshop March 2-4, 2011, Broomfield, CO Peter Fox (RPI) pfox@cs.rpi.edu Tetherless World Constellation http://tw.rpi.edu Rich Signell (USGS) rsignell@usgs.gov USGS Marine Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA

2. 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)

3. Our sponsors • NSF – GEO (award: 1105719) • Eva Zanzerkia • Leonard Johnson • Cliff Jacobs • USGS • Linda Gundersen • Kevin Gallagher • Your institutions!

4. Administration • RPI • Jacky Carley* • Joanne Luciano* • Patrick West • Stephan Zednik* • USGS • Jennifer Roberts* • Cheryl Davis • Lisa Ann Jordan • Thomas Van Dreser • Timothy Lee

5. 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… Tetherless World Constellation

6. 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!!!!!!!!!!!

7. 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.

8. 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

9. Questions?