Cyberinfrastructure for Environmental Observation: A Forum for Collaboration

该项目是为期两年的环境研究和教育网络基础设施年度论坛的初始阶段。其主要目的是促进未来十年在设计和开发新一代环境观测系统方面的合作、信息交流和提高效率。论坛将促进跨学科合作，分享经验教训，减少不必要的重复工作，并就共同问题的共同办法达成一致。每年的活动将包括一个大型讲习班和一些较小的会议。将维持一个互动网站，以收集和传播有关环境网络基础设施的信息。与会者将包括来自主要学术环境观测站发展努力的科学家、相关网络基础设施发展项目、从事环境观测的联邦机构的代表，以及一些环境网络基础设施的商业用户。会议和研讨会预计将是跨学科的，汇集了各种环境科学和工程学科的成员、计算机科学家和社会科学家。这项工作将由一个多学科指导委员会指导，该委员会由各种环境观测站和网络基础设施发展工作组成。

The project is the initial two-year phase of an annual forum on cyberinfrastructure for environmental research and education. The primary purpose is to promote collaboration, the exchange of information, and enhanced efficiency in the design and development of a new generation of environmental observing systems over the coming decade. The forum will foster interdisciplinary collaboration, the sharing of lessons learned, a reduction in unnecessary duplication of effort and agreement on common approaches to common issues. Each year's activities will include a large workshop and a number of smaller meetings. An interactive web-site will be maintained to gather and disperse information on environmental cyberinfrastructure. Participants will include scientists from major academic environmental observatory development efforts, relevant cyberinfrastructure development projects, representatives of federal agencies engaged in environmental observations, together with some commercial users of environmental cyberinfrastructure. The meetings and workshops are expected to be interdisciplinary, bringing together members of a variety of environmental science and engineering disciplines, computer scientists, and social scientists. The effort will be guided by a multi-disciplinary steering committee drawn from various environmental observatory and cyberinfrastructure development efforts.