Ecosystem Informatics

生态系统信息学

• 批准号: 0333257
• 负责人: Julia Jones
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-10-01 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0333257&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ecosystem; Informatics

This IGERT program in Ecosystem Informatics builds on synergies among ecosystem science, computer science, and mathematics in the context of regional, national and global natural resource management and policy. Informatics - which includes modeling, data analysis, interpretation, and management of information using computerized systems; combined with ecosystem science; and study of the biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) components of complex systems and their interactions - contributes to basic theory as well as natural resource policy and management. Practically every government agency, national and international organization involved in natural resources and ecosystem management is engaged in Ecosystem Informatics. The field is timely, participating scientists are successfully collaborating across these disciplines, and the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. has many pertinent issues and agencies.Intellectual merit: The goals of the Ecosystem Informatics IGERT program are to: (1) train young scientists who will make basic contributions to ecosystem science, computer science, and mathematics; (2) promote discovery through team-based research and education; and (3) further ecosystem and natural resources management and policy. This IGERT enhances current efforts in eco-informatics, many involving NSF-sponsored efforts (e.g. LTER, NCEAS, SDSC). This program will train scientists who can work on interdisciplinary teams, supported by internships at national and international organizations. Research efforts integrate four ecosystem science areas of (1) diversity, stability, and invasion in communities; (2) carbon and nitrogen fluxes in watersheds and airsheds; (3) disturbance dynamics in landscapes, oceans, and coastal zones; and (4) fluxes of material and energy through physical networks, with five areas of informatics: (a) software engineering for model construction, experimentation, and replication; (b) representation and modeling of complex ecosystems; (c) information management and access; (d) spatio-temporal database systems; and (5) data mining and pattern recognition.Broader impacts: Ecosystem Informatics is largely missing from graduate education today. The IGERT program will train students to become outstanding interdisciplinary scientists and effective contributors to ecosystem informatics research teams. Through cross-disciplinary team-based activities the program will improve diversity, recruitment and retention of Ph.D. students in computer science, mathematics, and ecosystem science. It will contribute to ecosystem management and policy at the regional, national and international levels through student-faculty team projects, presentations and symposia, and internships across the US, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In this sixth year of the program, awards are being made to institutions for programs that collectively span the areas of science and engineering supported by NSF

生态系统信息学的这个IGERT项目建立在生态系统科学、计算机科学和数学在区域、国家和全球自然资源管理和政策背景下的协同作用之上。信息学——包括建模、数据分析、解释和使用计算机系统管理信息；结合生态系统科学；研究复杂系统的生物（生物）和非生物（非生物）组成部分及其相互作用，有助于基础理论以及自然资源政策和管理。几乎所有涉及自然资源和生态系统管理的政府机构、国家和国际组织都从事生态系统信息学。该领域是及时的，参与的科学家们在这些学科之间成功地合作，美国西北太平洋地区有许多相关的问题和机构。智力优势：生态信息学IGERT计划的目标是：(1)培养将在生态系统科学、计算机科学和数学方面做出基础贡献的年轻科学家；(2)通过团队研究和教育促进发现；(3)进一步的生态系统和自然资源管理和政策。这个IGERT加强了目前在生态信息学方面的努力，其中许多涉及nsf赞助的工作（例如LTER， NCEAS， SDSC）。该项目将培养能够在跨学科团队中工作的科学家，并在国家和国际组织实习。研究工作整合了群落多样性、稳定性和入侵性四个生态系统科学领域；(2)流域和大气流域的碳氮通量；(3)景观、海洋和海岸带的扰动动力学；(4)物质和能量通过物理网络的流动，具有五个信息学领域：(a)用于模型构建、实验和复制的软件工程；(b)复杂生态系统的表示和建模；(c)信息管理和获取；(d)时空数据库系统；(5)数据挖掘与模式识别。更广泛的影响：生态系统信息学在今天的研究生教育中基本上是缺失的。IGERT计划将培养学生成为杰出的跨学科科学家和生态系统信息学研究团队的有效贡献者。通过跨学科的团队活动，该项目将提高计算机科学、数学和生态系统科学博士生的多样性、招聘和保留。它将通过在美国、欧洲和环太平洋地区的师生团队项目、演讲和专题讨论会以及实习，为区域、国家和国际层面的生态系统管理和政策做出贡献。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战，他们具有跨学科背景，所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第六年，奖项将颁发给那些由NSF支持的科学和工程领域的项目的机构