CoPe: RCN: A Coastal Alliance Network for Visualization, Assessment, Science, and Stakeholders (CANVASS) for Convergent Environmental Problem Solving

气候变化要求人类适应新的和前所未有的极端天气，并在自然和人为生态系统中建立复原力，特别是在沿海地区及其附近。CANVASS（沿海联盟可视化、评估、科学和利益相关者网络）是由石溪大学（SBU）海洋与大气科学学院领导的一个网络，与霍华德大学、东北大学、SBU计算机科学系和艾伦·阿尔达传播科学中心的共同pi合作，以及来自美国东北部和大西洋中部沿海地区的跨学科合作伙伴。CANVASS的目标是双重的：(1)在科学家、决策者、教育者和利益相关者的综合网络中传播这些领域的创新方法；(2)将网络发展成为连接高影响力研究、社区参与和教育方法的中心。这种方法集成了最先进的可视化和交互技术，以支持对数据和风险的理解，同时使用“道德矩阵”供利益相关者系统地表示、讨论、理解和权衡权衡和观点。SBU的数据可视化中心Reality Deck是世界上最大的沉浸式显示器，将与其他可视化方法一起使用，将合作伙伴和利益相关者与大型多维数据集和模型联系起来，帮助他们查看、操作、分析、理解和交流数据。该项目最初将重点关注海平面上升、风暴潮和强降雨带来的沿海城市洪水风险。研讨会将探讨可视化如何支撑科学进步和有效的利益相关者互动。通过这项工作开发的方法和方法将可输出到其他沿海城市地区，从而可用于减轻洪水以外的其他气候风险，以及更广泛的人类环境问题。canvas将招收学生，包括那些在气候科学领域代表性不足的学生，以第一手了解预测科学如何转化为可操作的决策。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Climate change requires that humans adapt to new and unprecedented weather extremes and build resilience in natural and human-made ecosystems, especially in and near coastal areas. CANVASS (Coastal Alliance Network for Visualization, Assessment, Science, and Stakeholders) is a network led by Stony Brook University's (SBU’s) School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, in collaboration with Co-PIs at Howard University, Northeastern University, SBU’s Department of Computer Science and Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, and interdisciplinary partners from across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic coastal United States. The goals of CANVASS are twofold: (1) to spread innovative approaches from these fields within an integrated network of scientists, policy-makers, educators, and stakeholders; and (2) to grow the network into a hub that connects high-impact research, community participation, and educational approaches. This approach integrates state-of-the-art visualization and interactive techniques to support the understanding of data and risk, along with the use of an "ethical matrix" for stakeholders to systematically represent, discuss, understand, and weigh tradeoffs and perspectives. SBU’s data visualization center, the Reality Deck, the world’s largest immersive display, will be used along with other visualization approaches to connect partners and stakeholders to large, multidimensional datasets and models that will help them view, manipulate, analyze, understand, and communicate about data. The project will focus initially on coastal-urban flood risk from sea level rise, storm surge, and heavy rainfall. Workshops will explore how visualizations can scaffold both scientific advances and effective stakeholder interactions. Approaches and methods that are developed through this work will be exportable to other coastal urban areas, and can thus be used to mitigate other sorts of climate risk beyond flooding, as well as human-environmental problems more broadly. CANVASS will recruit students, including those underrepresented in the climate sciences, to learn first-hand how predictive science can translate into actionable decision-making.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.