EarthCube domain end-user workshop: Bringing Geochronology into the EarthCube framework

1343130 singer该基金支持GEO EarthCube专题研讨会，重点关注与地质测年技术及其数字出版相关的网络基础设施问题。研讨会将邀请大约70名地质年代学家和地球科学家参加，目的是：1)制定一套统一的地质年代学数据组织要求；2)探索发展和维持领域和网络科学家互动社区的方法，以寻求下一代解决方案来应对已确定的挑战。研讨会将包括邀请的会谈，随后是多个分组讨论和制作文件草案，重点是：1)未来5-15年地质年代学的具体科学挑战和机遇；2)识别应对这些挑战的数据和网络基础设施障碍；3)已知社区数据和建模资源的汇编；4)描述应对挑战所需的数据和网络能力；5)开发至少两个“概念验证”的想法。项目或测试用例的科学变革的CI活动。对于理解地球历史和过程来说，没有什么比地质年代学更重要的了。为了保证这些数据集的完整性，为了支持地球科学的进步，美国国家科学基金会（NSF）需要帮助找到一个现代的数字解决方案，以维持这些数据集的完整性，并促进尽可能广泛的访问。本次研讨会将有助于解决许多继续阻碍地质数据管理、数字出版和社区获取的问题。

1343130 SingerThis grant supports a GEO EarthCube topical workshop with a focus on cyberinfrastructure issues germane to geological dating techniques and their digital publication. The workshop seeks to engage approximately 70 geochronologists and geoscientists with the intent to: 1) develop a set of unifying requirements for the organization of geochronology data; and 2) explore methods for developing and sustaining an interactive community of domain and cyber-scientists to pursue next-generation solutions to the identified challenges. The workshop will include invited talks followed by multiple breakout groups to discuss and produce draft documents focused on: 1) specific scientific challenges and opportunities in Geochronology over the next 5-15 years; 2) identification of the data and cyber-infrastructure obstacles to meeting those challenges; 3) a compilation of known community data and modeling resources; 4) description of data and cyber-capabilities required to meet challenges; and 5) development of ideas for at least two ?proof-of-concept? projects or test cases for scientifically transformative CI activities.Nothing is more fundamental to understanding Earth history and processes than geochronology and the expense incurred in producing robust and high resolution dates implores NSF to help find a modern digital solution(s) for maintaining the integrity of these data sets and promoting access as broadly as possible in support of the advancement of the geosciences. This workshop will help to address many of the issues that continue to hamper geochonological data curation, digital publication and community access.