Collaborative Research: GEO OSE Track 2: Developing CI-enabled collaborative workflows to integrate data for the SZ4D (Subduction Zones in Four Dimensions) community

地质研究越来越多地由研究人员小组进行，他们共同收集和分析数据。数据收集在实地和实验室进行。该项目将修改一个名为StraboSpot的现有数字数据系统，使研究人员能够协同工作。这些数字化工具将通过与一项正在进行的研究俯冲带各个方面的倡议合作开发，该倡议称为SZ 4D（四维俯冲带）。研究SZ 4D的科学家们已经在野外和实验室的显微镜下分组合作，以解开与俯冲带相关的基础科学和社会相关问题（例如大型逆冲断层地震，走滑断层和火山）。通过一系列社区讲习班，该项目将为收集和解释地质数据建立一个有用的协作环境。这种协作环境随后将通过StraboSpot数据系统分发给整个地质界。 该项目将开发网络基础设施（CI）能力，使研究人员在收集和分析主要现场和实验室数据时能够协同工作。这个过程-组级工作流程-允许地质研究作为一个社区为基础的奋进，与科学家合作内和跨学科。新的CI将通过修改StraboSpot来开发，StraboSpot是一种现有的地质数据数字数据系统，有助于数据输入和存储。CI支持的组级工作流程将改变地质科学的类型和质量，利用StraboSpot系统以前的工作。现有的SZ 4D（四维俯冲带）社区，其雄心勃勃的科学议程已经证明需要整合和协作工作流程，将指导CI开发以满足其社区工作流程需求。SZ 4D小组将促进社区互动，以创建一个社区驱动的工作流程，该工作流程与当前需求和数据发现一致，以便在学科内部和跨学科交流数据。版本控制，需要适应组级工作流程，将记录思想的演变，并促进我们的科学透明度，对科学成果至关重要。三名早期职业科学家和一名博士后研究员将获得支持，并接受跨学科合作的培训。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Geological research is increasingly conducted by groups of researchers who work together to collect and analyze data. Data collection occurs both in the field and in laboratories. This project will modify an existing digital data system called StraboSpot to allow researchers to work collaboratively. These digital tools will be developed by working with an ongoing initiative studying all aspects of subduction zones, called SZ4D (Subduction Zones in Four Dimensions). The scientists working on SZ4D are already working together in groups, both in the field and with microscopes in the lab, to unravel both the basic science and issues of societal relevance associated with subduction zones (examples include megathrust earthquakes, strike-slip faults, and volcanoes). Through a series of community-based workshops, this project will build a useable collaborative environment for collecting and interpreting geological data. This collaborative environment will then be distributed to the entire geological community through the StraboSpot data system. This project will develop the cyberinfrastructure (CI) capability for researchers to work collaboratively while collecting and analyzing primary field and laboratory data. This process –group-level workflows – allows geological research as a community-based endeavor, with scientists collaborating within and across disciplines. New CI will be developed by modifying StraboSpot, an existing digital data system for geologic data that facilitates data input and storage. CI-enabled group-level workflows will transform the type and quality of geological science, leveraging the previous work on the StraboSpot system. The existing SZ4D (Subduction Zones in Four Dimensions) community, whose ambitious science agenda has a demonstrated need for integrative and collaborative workflows, will guide the CI development to meet their community workflow needs. The SZ4D group will facilitate the community interactions to create a community-driven workflow that is consistent with current needs and data discovery to communicate data within and across disciplines. Versioning, required to accommodate group-level workflows, will record the evolution of ideas and foster transparency in our science, critical to scientific outcomes. Three early career scientists and one post-doctoral fellow will be supported and receive training in cross-disciplinary collaboration.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.