Current events
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GIScience 2008 Cyberinfrastructure Workshop (originated by Dawn Wright) (you can login to change)
Goal of Workshop: To continue the momentum of initiatives such as increased CI opportunities at NSF, UCGIS Winter meeting, AAG CI specialty group, etc. by - introducing CI for GIScience to workshop attendees - dialogue and strategize, especially regarding collaborating on future proposals or raising visibility of geospatial CI at NSF, other agencies
9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome and introduction to workshop agenda - Dawn?
9:15 - 9:45 - Introduction to CI for Geospatial Applications - Phil?
9:45 - 10:15 - Continued introduction - overview of emerging topics such semantic, tool, and model interoperability, autonomous sensor networks, etc. - Rob?
10:15 - 10:30 - Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00 - Recap of "GIScience and Cyberinfrastructure: Making Global Connections" UCGIS Winter Assembly and where CI is with the federal agencies - Tim?
11:00 - 11:30 - Review of recent CI developments/initiatives such DGIP paper session, IJGIS special issue, etc. and their implications - Phil?
11:30 - 12 noon - Review of CI applications, tools - Lynn?
12 noon - 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 - Group discussion, additional Q&A
1:30 - 1:45 - Intro to break-out group goals/objectives - Dawn?
1:45 - 3:00 - Breakout groups Breakout group #1? - What should be in a "Geospatial CI Research Agenda"? Breakout group #2? - Funding Strategies (NSF)
-- NSF 07592 Expeditions in Computing -- NSF 07565 Community-based Data Interoperability Networks (INTEROP) -- NSF 07537 Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Program -- perhaps even the next DataNet, NSF 07601
3:00 - 3:30 - Breakout group reports
3:30 - 3:45 - Coffee break
3:45 - 4:45 - Discussions on follow-up activities (e.g., workplans for future collaborations, organizing proposal teams for upcoming calls, etc.)
4:45 - 5:00 - Information sharing on existing resources such AAG CI Specialty Group, Digital Earth society, USGS GISci Center of Excellence, future UCGIS events, etc.??
