The School of Information Sciences invites you to hear Dr. Bill Michener, the director of e-Science Initiatives for University Libraries at the University of New Mexico, speak on the DataONE (Observation Network for Earth) project, which represents a “new virtual organization whose goal is to enable new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about life on earth and the environment that sustains it.”
A webcast of the event is now available.
Join the School in welcoming Dr. Michener present “"DataONE: Enabling Data-Intensive Biological and Environmental Research through Cyberinfrastructure” on April 13, from 2:30 – 3:30 pm at the Haslam Building West Wing, Room 440.
This talk is free and open to the public.
What: SIS Research Forum with Dr. Bill Michener
When: Monday, April 13, 2:30 – 3:30
Where: Haslam Building West Wing, Room 440
Title:
"DataONE: Enabling Data-Intensive Biological and Environmental Research through Cyberinfrastructure"
Abstract:
Earth’s environmental challenges are daunting. Human populations are increasing and shifting geographically; the demand for freshwater is outstripping supply in many regions; and regional and global climate change are affecting natural resources, disturbance regimes, economies, and quality of life. Addressing these problems requires that we change the ways that we do science; harness the enormity of existing data; develop new methods to combine, analyze, and visualize diverse data resources; create new, long-lasting cyberinfrastructure; and re-envision many of our longstanding institutions. DataONE Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) represents a new virtual organization whose goal is to enable new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about life on earth and the environment that sustains it. DataONE is poised to be the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, DataONE will ensure the preservation and access to multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national science data. DataONE will transcend domain boundaries and make biological data available from the genome to the ecosystem; make environmental data available from atmospheric, ecological, hydrological, and oceanographic sources; provide secure and long-term preservation and access; and engage scientists, land-managers, policy makers, students, educators, and the public through logical access and intuitive visualizations. Most importantly, DataONE is not an end but a means to serve a broader range of science domains both directly and through the interoperability with the DataONE distributed network.
Bio:
Bill Michener (University of New Mexico) is Professor and Director of e-Science Initiatives for University Libraries at the University of New Mexico. He has a PhD in Biological Oceanography from the University of South Carolina and has published extensively in the ecological sciences and information sciences. During the past decade he has directed several large interdisciplinary research programs and cyberinfrastructure projects including the NSF Biocomplexity Program, the Development Program for the NSF-funded Long-Term Ecological Research Network, and cyberinfrastructure projects that focus on developing information technologies for the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.
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