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The UARC/SPARC Experience: 1993 - 2002

The UARC/SPARC Experience: 1993 - 2002. Peter A. Knoop, Dan Atkins, Gary Olson, Tom Finholt, Joseph, Hardin, Terry Weymouth, Farnam Jahanian, Atul Prakash, Bob Clauer, Tim Killeen School of Information and Department of Geological Sciences University of Michigan. Aurora image. The Community.

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The UARC/SPARC Experience: 1993 - 2002

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  1. The UARC/SPARC Experience:1993 - 2002 Peter A. Knoop, Dan Atkins, Gary Olson, Tom Finholt, Joseph, Hardin, Terry Weymouth, Farnam Jahanian, Atul Prakash, Bob Clauer, Tim KilleenSchool of Information and Department of Geological SciencesUniversity of Michigan

  2. Aurora image

  3. The Community • Space physicists • Concentrated in N. America and Europe (approx. 300 researchers) • Affiliated with the American Geophysical Union • space physics and aeronomy sub-division

  4. Description: System • Goals • Real-time remote control of instruments • Access to archival and real time data • Communication with remote colleagues • Evolution • Organized campaigns • Impromptu campaigns and monitoring

  5. Description: History • UARC v.5 (pre-web era) • NeXTstep-based system, 1992-97 • UARC v.6 • java applet-based system, 1996-98 • SPARC • Web-based, thin client system, 1999 - present

  6. UARC 5.0 interface

  7. UARC 6.0 interface

  8. Early SPARC interface

  9. Current SPARC Interface • Live demo! • http://sparc-1.si.umich.edu/sparc/central

  10. Description: Funding • UARC (IRI 9216848) • cooperative agreement between Michigan and NSF CISE & ATM • approximately $800 K per year, 1992-97 • SPARC (ATM 9873025) • KDI award from NSF CISE • approximately $500 K per year, 1997-01

  11. Description: Organization • 14 investigators • 3 computer science • 2 human-computer interaction • 9 space physics • 15 students • 6 computer science • 6 human-computer interaction • 3 space physics • 8 staff • 7 programmers • 1 system administrator

  12. Description: Incentives • Funding • scientists recruited through sub-contracts • Recognition • innovative system • highly visible to space science and computer science communities • Novel capabilities • new ways of combining data • respond to opportunities (e.g., UCB sounding rocket campaign)

  13. Data Sources and Characteristics • Observational and model • Real-time and archival; dirty vs. clean • Web-scrapping into flat files • Access to community databases (e.g., CEDAR, CDAW)

  14. Access: Instruments • Observational • ground-based • active • incoherent scatter radar (e.g., convection reversal boundaries) • all-sky cameras (e.g., auroral morphology) • interferometry (e.g., winds) • passive • riometry • magnetometer chains

  15. Access: Instruments (cont.) • Observational • space-based • satellite imagery (UV and visible light) • shuttle imagery • sounding rockets • Theoretical • computational simulations

  16. Sondrestrom observatory Sondrestrom, Greenland

  17. Instrument scope, 1993

  18. Instrument scope, 2001

  19. Technology involved • 1992-97 • UARC v.5 built on NeXT machines, migrated to NeXTstep OS • 1996-98 • UARC v.6 built as java applets (MURAL), Web-based • 1998 to present • SPARC built as thin client (e.g., HTTP), migrating toward CHEF-based system (e.g., portlet technology)

  20. Success and challenges • Scientific • first simultaneous real-time display of incoherent scatter radar chain (April, 1998) • first combined real-time simulation and observation campaign (April, 1997) • first archival campaign (December, 1993) • Educational • first student campaign (February, 1995) • Future • model for dozens of collaboratory efforts

  21. ISR Radar Chain

  22. Simulation and observational data

  23. Social network 2/95 campaign Michigan California A No one Scientist Scientist Florida California B Student Greenland Engineer Student Site crew Scientist Scientist Scientist

  24. Total sessions per year • Arrival of web • Internet usage

  25. Use of SPARC, 1999-2000

  26. Simultaneous scientific useSeptember 22, 1999 - May 2, 2000 Y2K shutdown Missing data Fire in server building

  27. Simultaneous scientific use with chatSeptember 22, 1999 - May 2, 2000 Radar campaign LTCS campaign Geophysical world days Workshop

  28. Shift in Usage Patterns • Campaigns • Real-time monitoring • Archival data access • Island Community Networks (meta-data standards, XML, and Z39.50)

  29. Key findings, 2001 • Some use of data intensive websites; concentrated with core users • No predominant community web or data sites • Scientists do not read core space science journals on-line • Low use of collaboration technologies • Data conferencing • Videoconferencing

  30. For more information… • http://www.si.umich.edu/SPARC • http://chefproject.org • http://scienceofcollaboratories.org • knoop@umich.edu

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