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

密歇根大学安阿伯获得一笔赠款，以支持为期两天的研讨会，重点是规划，部署和先进的水生传感器的操作。研讨会将由全球湖泊生态观测网和沿海技术联盟的五大湖伙伴组织，并由密歇根大学生物站主办。水生传感器技术正在迅速发展，但湖沼学家和野外生物学家接触和接受这些新技术培训的机制和机会有限。讲习班将讨论数据收集和管理的几个关键方面，以及水生传感器用户经常遇到的仪器生命周期。这些主题包括：在主要的水生传感器开发者和这一技术的最终用户之间交流知识;为部署、操作和维护传感器网络的目的组建项目小组;演示最新的水生传感器和传感器平台技术;为湖沼学家和实地生物学家编制面向传感器的课程;传感器部署所需的基本技能，如数据记录器配置、数据遥测和数据管理。讲习班的成果将包括一份关于所展示技术的报告，并将在网上免费提供小组讨论和介绍的多媒体（录音录像），讲习班将首次汇集沿海技术联盟（http：//www.example.com）和全球湖泊生态观测网（http：www.gleon.org）的成员。act-us.info这些组织的互补任务，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。该研讨会还将为来自不同地区和背景的研究生和年轻研究人员提供机会，包括为上中西部美洲土著部落组织工作的学生和研究人员，以获得获取和应用来自国家的技能科学水生传感器数据。它还将为学生和年轻的研究人员提供跨学科和地理界限合作的机会。

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.