COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Cyberinfrastructure for a Virtual Observatory and Ecological Informatics System (VOEIS)

合作研究：虚拟观测站和生态信息系统（VOEIS）的网络基础设施该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。蒙大拿州-肯塔基州（MTKY）网络联盟是两个州的主要研究型大学的合作伙伴关系-蒙大拿大学（UM），蒙大拿州立大学（MtSU），肯塔基大学（英国），路易斯维尔大学（UL），东肯塔基大学（EKU），蒙大拿州的弗拉黑德湖生物站（FLBS）由UM运营，肯塔基州的汉考克生物站（HBS）由默里州立大学（MuSU）运营，伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的国家超级计算应用中心（NCSA）和思科系统公司。NCSA和思科。这个由MT和KY以及来自工业界和公共部门的合作伙伴之间的合作项目计划通过使用现代网络基础设施资源开发集成传感器和生态信息系统。通过这个CI项目，研究人员将开发一个协作的、基于研究的查询线和信息学框架，该框架将从流传感器数据的收集到这些数据在仿真模型和可视化中的应用。这将通过开发和实施必要的硬件、网络、软件和人力资源的组合来实现，以确保端到端的工作流程。知识价值。由网络基础设施进行的研究将使一个试点项目性质的集成传感器和信息网络成为可能，该项目将开发对蒙大拿州和肯塔基州未来竞争力至关重要的环境科学专业知识。该联盟团队由弗拉黑德湖生物站（MT）、汉考克生物站（KY）以及肯塔基州四所大学和蒙大拿州两所大学的研究和教育中心的教师和学生组成，将为该网络的设计、开发和应用做出贡献。通过该项目开发的信息系统将被设计用于管理大量遗留数据以及传感器网络产生的新数据。数据将通过与位于伊利诺伊州厄巴纳-香槟市的国家超级计算应用中心（NCSA）的软件专家合作设计的工作流程环境进行分析。私营部门和合作伙伴思科系统公司将为这项工作提供传感器和路由器的开发和资源。数据的可视化将由NCSA和肯塔基可视化和虚拟环境中心联合进行。这些资源的组合将形成一个网络基础设施，以探索环境科学的基本问题，包括气候变化的影响，人类活动对环境的强加，以及国家的恢复能力。美国水资源。更广泛的影响。培训学生使用VOEIS和NCSA开源软件是该项目的重要组成部分，并将发展传感器开发、部署和仿真方面的本地专业知识。蒙大拿州和肯塔基州的大学将设计和测试湖沼学和生态学的本科课程。将特别努力包括来自代表性不足群体的学生（例如，蒙大拿州七所部落学院的学生和肯塔基州阿巴拉契亚县经济条件不利的学生）。与公众和K-12学生的互动将通过肯塔基水资源研究所（KWRRI）和蒙大拿州水中心（MWC）的外展项目进行，这两个项目都是国家水中心网络的一部分。预计这将提高人们对人类活动如何影响环境的认识。

EPS-0919557, University of Montana, Richard Hauer, linked to EPS-0918856 (University of Kentucky Research Foundation)Collaborative Research: Cyberinfrastructure for a Virtual Observatory and Ecological Informatics System (VOEIS)This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).The Montana-Kentucky (MTKY) cyber consortium is a partnership of the primary research universities in the two states--University of Montana (UM), Montana State University (MtSU), University of Kentucky (UK), University of Louisville (UL), Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), Flathead Lake Biological Station (FLBS) in Montana operated by UM, Hancock Biological Station (HBS) in Kentucky operated by Murray State University (MuSU), the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Cisco Systems, Inc. NCSA and Cisco. This collaborative project between MT and KY and partners from industry and the public sector plans to develop an integrated sensor and ecological informatics system through the use of modern cyberinfrastructure resources. Through this CI project, the researchers will develop a collaborative, research-based line of inquiry and informatics framework that will function from the collection of streaming sensor data to the application of those data in simulation models and visualizations. This is to be accomplished by developing and implementing a combination of the necessary hardware, networking, software and human resources to ensure an end-to-end workflow.Intellectual Merit. The research carried out by the cyberinfrastructure will enable an integrated sensor and informatics network in the nature of a pilot project which will develop expertise in environmental science of importance in the future competitiveness of Montana and Kentucky. The consortium team, composed of faculty and students at Flathead Lake Biological Station (MT), Hancock Biological Station (KY) and research and education centers at four universities in Kentucky and two in Montana, will contribute to the design, development and application of this network. The informatics system developed through this project would be designed to manage vast amounts of legacy data, as well as new data generated by the sensor network. Data will be analyzed through a workflow environment designed in collaboration with the software experts at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in Urbana-Champaign, IL. Private sector and collaboration partner, Cisco Systems Inc., will contribute sensor and router development and resources to this effort. Visualization of the data will be carried out jointly between NCSA and the Kentucky Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments. The combination of these resources will form a cyberinfrastructure to explore fundamental questions in environmental science, including the effects of climate change, the imposition of human activities on the environment, and the resilience of the nation?s water resources. Broader Impacts. Training of students in the use of VOEIS and the NCSA open source software is an important part of this project and will develop local expertise in sensor development, deployment and simulation. Undergraduate curricula in limnology and ecology will be designed and tested in Montana and Kentucky universities. A special effort will be made to include students from underrepresented groups (e.g., students at the seven Tribal Colleges in Montana and the economically disadvantaged students from the Appalachian counties of Kentucky). Interaction with the public and K-12 students will be channeled through the outreach programs at the Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute (KWRRI) and the Montana Water Center (MWC), which are both part of the national network of water centers. This is expected to raise the awareness of how human activities have impact on the environment.