What’s Next: Understanding Scientifi c Search

1. User Study Follow-on What’s Next: Understanding Scientific Search August 23, 2011 | Flagstaff Cori Schauer, UCD | NASA Ames Research Center Mark Rose, UCD | NASA Ames Research Center Jay Trimble, UCD | NASA Ames Research Center

2. Scientific Search As you remember… • In 2010, conducted a broad study to understand PDS users • Varied needs of users when working with the PDS • The challenges experienced when working with the system itself, the data after it’s extracted from the system, or in preparing data for ingestion • What’s working with the PDS • We found multiple over-arching topics worth exploring further • PDS mental models • Understanding search • Data preparation & ingestion processes

3. Scientific Search Why scientific search? • Search is a major component of using the PDS and a big deal for users • Every participant in the 2010 survey had something to say about it • Engineering Node and PDS4 teams are thinking about and exploring how PDS4 should do search • UCD team thought it an appropriate topic to delve into further to • Answer questions from user study about centralized search and browse • provide user needs, insights, and UI and development recommendations to PDS4

4. Scientific Search Study goals • Determine what search, browse, centralized search, sort, filter, and other search activities are for scientists • Identify search processes for scientists including what is the same across scientific disciplines and what is specific to each of the node disciplines • Identify common search parameters • Understand how scientists want to use the results in their analysis including various data formats they prefer • Learn what other search tools scientists are using or building on their own to get the desired data • ALL THIS TO…provide UI and development recommendations on search to PDS4 team

5. Scientific Search Who we’re talking to • Follow up with participants from 2010 study who specifically discussed centralized search and browse • 11 people across the Nodes • And, 3 senior scientists from each of the following • Atmospheres • Geosciences • Imaging • PPI • Rings • Small Bodies • Radio Science

6. Scientific Search Where we are now • We’ve started the research and have already conducted 6 interviews • Atmospheres – talked to 3 scientists already • Rings- talked to 2 scientist already, will be setting up more meetings this week • Geosciences – talked to 1 scientist already, have 2 more interviews this week at ASU and USGS • Imaging – setting up meetings this week • We are still recruiting participants from our 2010 study list as well as looking to add scientists who have not participated before • Within the next two weeks will be contacting more nodes, specifically PPI, Small Bodies, and Radio Science • Expect to have findings report and recommendations completed by Sept/Oct and ready for report at November F2F

7. END Questions? Contact: Jay Trimble NASA Ames Research Center Jay.p.trimble@nasa.gov Cori Schauer NASA Ames Research Center Corinne.l.schauer@nasa.gov