US-Costa Rica PASI: Expanding the frontier in tropical ecology through embedded sensors; Costa Rica 2010

美国-哥斯达黎加 PASI：通过嵌入式传感器拓展热带生态学前沿；

• 批准号: 0921786
• 负责人: Elizabeth Losos
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2012-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0921786&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Costa; Rica; PASI; Expanding

This Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes (PASI) award, jointly supported by the NSF and the Department of Energy (DOE), will take place at the Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Organized by Dr. Elizabeth Losos of Duke University, the PASI will address the topic of expanding the frontier in tropical ecology through embedded sensors. The Institute will consist of a two-week session, where experienced researchers, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and young faculty explore the merging of ecological research with engineering and information technologies. Lectures will be divided into three modules, the first a review of how the field of ecology has advanced through the application of sensor technologies; a second module will focus on the technological component, introducing and reviewing all aspects of a sensor network, from the individual elements to the data that they generate. A final module will review case studies in which sensors have been successfully incorporated to answer ecological questions, and will include more practical tutorial and hands-on exercises to cross-train the participants in the actual generation of hypothesis and deployment and operation of short- and long-term sensor setups. The activity will broaden the horizons of tropical ecologists by transforming their methods for conducting research and gathering data. Outcomes of this PASI will include the opportunity to expand the geographical scope of extant networks and maximizing the potential of data sharing and comparative ecology. Lectures and materials developed for the PASI will be disseminated through a public website and an online portal will further foster interactions among participants.

这项泛美高级研究院(PASI)奖由美国国家科学基金会和能源部(DOE)联合支持，将在哥斯达黎加的塞尔瓦生物站举行。由杜克大学的伊丽莎白·洛索斯博士组织的PASI将解决通过嵌入式传感器扩大热带生态学前沿的主题。该研究所将由为期两周的会议组成，经验丰富的研究人员、研究生、博士后研究员和年轻教师将探索生态学研究与工程和信息技术的融合。讲座将分为三个单元，第一个单元回顾生态领域如何通过传感器技术的应用取得进展；第二个单元将侧重于技术部分，介绍和回顾传感器网络的所有方面，从单个元素到它们产生的数据。最后一个模块将回顾成功地将传感器纳入其中以回答生态问题的案例研究，并将包括更多实用的教程和动手练习，以交叉培训参与者实际产生假设以及部署和操作短期和长期传感器设置。这项活动将通过改变热带生态学家进行研究和收集数据的方法来拓宽他们的视野。这一PASI的成果将包括有机会扩大现有网络的地理范围，最大限度地发挥数据共享和比较生态的潜力。为PASI编写的讲座和材料将通过一个公共网站传播，一个在线门户网站将进一步促进参与者之间的互动。