Workshop: Freshwater Advanced Aquatic Sensor Workshop: Sensors, Platforms and Data Management, to be held, May 15-17, 2011 in Ann Arbor, MI

密歇根大学安娜堡分校获得了一笔赠款，用于支持一个为期两天的研讨会，重点是先进水生传感器的规划、部署和操作。研讨会将由全球湖泊生态观测网络(GLEON)和沿海技术联盟(ACT)的五大湖合作伙伴举办，并将由密歇根大学生物站(UMBS)主办。水生传感器技术发展迅速，但湖沼学家和野外生物学家接触这些新技术并接受培训的机制和机会有限。讲习班将讨论水生传感器使用者经常遇到的数据收集和管理以及仪器生命周期的几个关键方面。这些专题包括：主要水生传感器开发商和这项技术的最终用户之间的知识交流；为部署、操作和维护传感器网络而组建项目组；展示水生传感器和传感器平台技术的最新情况；为湖沼学家和野外生物学家开发面向传感器的课程；部署传感器所需的基本技能，如数据记录器配置、数据遥测和数据管理。研讨会的产品将包括一份关于所演示技术的报告，来自小组和演示文稿的多媒体(录制的视听)将在网上免费提供。研讨会将首次将沿海技术联盟(http://act-us.info))和全球湖泊生态观测网络(http://www.gleon.org).)的成员聚集在一起这些组织的互补使命，传感器评估(ACT)和传感器应用(GLEON)，为讨论未来的合作提供了机会。讲习班还将为来自不同地区和背景的研究生和年轻研究人员，包括为中西部上美洲原住民部落组织工作的学生和研究人员提供机会，以获得和应用从最先进的水生传感器获得的数据的技能。它还将为学生和年轻研究人员提供跨越学科和地理边界进行合作的机会。

The University of Michigan Ann Arbor is awarded a grant to support a two-day workshop focused on planning, deployment and operation of advanced aquatic sensors. The workshop will be conducted by the Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) and the Great Lakes Partner of the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT), and will be hosted by the University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS). Aquatic sensor technology is developing rapidly, yet mechanisms and opportunities for limnologists and field biologists to receive exposure to and training in these new technologies are limited. The workshop will address several critical aspects of data collection and management, as well as instrument lifecycle, which are routinely encountered by users of aquatic sensors. These topics include: exchange of knowledge among leading aquatic sensor developers and the end-users of this technology; assembly of project teams for the purpose of deploying, operating and maintaining sensor networks; demonstration of the latest in aquatic sensor and sensor platform technology; development of sensor-oriented curriculum for limnologists and field biologists; fundamental skills needed for sensor deployments such as data logger configuration, data telemetry and data management. Products of the workshop will include a report on the technologies demonstrated and multimedia(recorded audio visuals) from panels and presentations will be made freely available online.The workshop will, for the first time, bring together members of the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (http://act-us.info) and the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (http://www.gleon.org). The complementary missions of these organizations, sensor evaluation (ACT) and sensor applications (GLEON), affords opportunities for discussions on future collaborations. The workshop will also provide opportunities for graduate students and young researchers from diverse regions and backgrounds, including students and researchers working for upper Midwestern Native American tribal organizations, to gain skills in acquiring and applying data derived from state-of-the-science aquatic sensors. It will also provide students and young investigators with opportunities to collaborate across disciplinary and geographic boundaries.