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一群研究人员进行，他们共同努力收集和分析数据。数据收集既在实地进行，也在实验室进行。该项目将修改现有的名为StraboSpot的数字数据系统，以允许研究人员合作。这些数字工具将通过与一项正在进行的研究俯冲带所有方面的倡议合作开发，该倡议名为SZ4D(四维俯冲带)。在SZ4D上工作的科学家们已经在野外和实验室使用显微镜进行小组合作，以揭开基础科学和与俯冲带(例如巨型逆冲地震、走滑断层和火山)相关的社会相关性问题。通过一系列以社区为基础的讲习班，该项目将为收集和解释地质数据建立一个可用的协作环境。然后，这种协作环境将通过StraboSpot数据系统分发给整个地质界。该项目将发展网络基础设施(CI)能力，使研究人员能够在收集和分析主要实地和实验室数据的同时进行协作。这一过程-小组级别的工作流-允许地质研究作为基于社区的努力，与科学家在学科内和跨学科合作。将通过修改StraboSpot开发新的CI，StraboSpot是一种现有的地质数据数字数据系统，便于数据输入和存储。支持CI的组级工作流程将利用StraboSpot系统之前的工作，改变地质科学的类型和质量。现有的SZ4D(四维俯冲区)社区，其雄心勃勃的科学议程证明需要整合和协作的工作流程，将指导CI开发以满足其社区工作流程需求。SZ4D团队将促进社区互动，创建符合当前需求的社区驱动的工作流，并进行数据发现，以在学科内和跨学科交流数据。版本化是适应小组级别的工作流程所必需的，它将记录思想的演变并促进科学中的透明度，这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得到支持，并接受跨学科合作方面的培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.