Collaborative Research: CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: WaterHUB for Cyber Enabled Training, Education, and Research in Water Resources

考虑到全球水资源问题日益重要，该项目解决了培训当代和未来几代教师、学生和普通公众利用网络基础设施(CI)解决与水有关的问题的必要性。该项目的总体目标是开发一个原型传播信息，用于数据访问和共享、模拟建模和可视化，以解决与水有关的问题，然后展示该传播传播信息可以作为培训教育工作者、学生和普通公众的平台。具体而言，这项建议：(I)之二开发WatHUB(通过利用普渡HUBZero平台)，以包括访问、分析和可视化水资源地理空间和时间数据的原型工具；(Ii)为教育工作者之间的合作开发、出版、审查和分享利用网络基础设施解决水资源问题的培训材料的原型框架；(Iii)通过在三所大学(普渡、亚利桑那州立大学和杰克逊州立大学)的应用，评估拟议的网络基础设施和合作框架的有效性；(Iv)通过为教师、学生、政策制定者和普通公众举办讲习班和培训班，建立社区。这一示范项目将展示一个可扩展机制的概念验证，通过与美国三个地理和文化不同的研究机构的教职员工和学生合作，在更广泛的社区中创建水资源意识，纳入不同人口的需求。对这一示范项目所有方面的外部评价和评估，包括社区通过讲习班和培训班提供的投入，将为制定扩大该项目的计划奠定基础。这项建议涉及三个地理和文化不同的机构(普渡大学、亚利桑那州立大学和杰克逊州立大学)的一组水文学家、计算机科学家、一名教育专家和一名环境研究人员，以开发一个用于数据获取、分析和可视化的CI，以研究水资源问题，包括合作进行教学和培训。具体地说，这项提议将使用最初为纳米技术开发的成熟的传播与信息技术(NanHUB.org，每年有超过10万名用户)，为水资源开发一个定制的网络环境，称为Water HUB。被称为HUBZero的核心NanHub CI不足以处理与水有关的研究中典型的大型空间和时间数据集，并且缺乏将此类数据与数据驱动的计算密集型水文模拟联系起来的能力。这项工作将为HUBZERO增加急需的数据以及数据和高性能计算的耦合，以支持水资源研究。WatHUB将是水资源界的第一个此类机构，它将为包括P-12在内的各级研究和教育提供一个基于网络的协作平台。正在开发原型机WatHUB，通过使用公共领域数据和模拟模型来解决与水有关的问题，从而解决与水储存、人类影响和能量通量有关的三个基本问题。该项目还涉及一项全面的评价和评估计划，该计划将量化网络教学对学生学习的影响。这种评估对于评估现有的和未来的CI的属性以满足下一代网络学习者和研究人员的需求是至关重要的。更广泛的影响拟议的Water HUB正在提供亟需的网络环境，以培训和教育当前和下一代公民与水有关的问题。这些活动的具体目标是：(I)与普渡大学-S激励研究所合作的P-12级教师和学生；(Ii)三所研究型大学的本科生和研究生；(Iii)印第安纳州的州和联邦决策者。通过与杰克逊州立大学和亚利桑那州立大学的合作，通过讲习班和暑期实习，代表人数不足的学生正在接受培训，以使用最新的网络技术来探索与水有关的问题。此外，将利用讲习班会议制定一项战略，扩大这项工作的规模，纳入更多的计算工具、国家和国际数据集以及高质量的课程材料。沃特胡布？S在网络环境下开发协作教材，将使教师和学生在没有足够资源开发新课程材料的地方得到培训，以便采用网络技术解决与水有关的问题。

Considering the growing importance of water resources issues around the globe, this project addresses the need to train the current and future generations of teachers, students and general public to use cyberinfrastructure (CI) to address water related issues. The overall goal of this project is to develop a prototype CI for data access and sharing, simulation modeling and visualization to address water related issues, and then show that this CI can be used as a platform to train educators, students and the general public. Specifically, this proposal: (i)bis developing WaterHUB (by utilizing Purdue HUBZero platform) to include prototype tools for accessing, analyzing and visualizing water resources geospatial and temporal data; (ii) is developing a prototype framework for collaboration among educators to develop, publish, review and share training material for using cyberinfrastructure to address water issues; (iii) is evaluating and assessing the effectiveness of the proposed cyberinfrastructure and the collaborative framework through application at three universities (Purdue, Arizona State U, Jackson State U); and (iv) is building community through workshops and training sessions for teachers, students, policy makers and the general public. This demonstration project will show proof-of-concept for a scalable mechanism to create water resources awareness among a much broader community by incorporating the needs of a diverse population through collaboration with faculty and students at three geographically and culturally diverse research institutions in the United States. External evaluation and assessment of all aspects of this demonstration project including community input through workshops and training sessions will provide the basis for developing a plan for scaling up the project. Intellectual Merit This proposal involves a group of hydrologists, computer scientists, an educational expert and an environmental researcher at three geographically and culturally different institutions (Purdue, Arizona State and Jackson State) to develop a CI for data access, analysis and visualization to study water resources issues including collaboration for teaching and training. Specifically, this proposal will use a proven CI, initially developed for nanotechnology (nanoHUB.org that has more than 100,000 users annually), to develop a customized cyber environment for water resources called WaterHUB. The core nanohub CI, known as HUBZero, is inadequate to handle large spatial and temporal datasets that are typical in water related studies, and lacks the capability to link such data with data driven, computationally intensive hydrologic simulations. This work will add the much needed data and coupling of data and high performance computing to HUBzero to support water resources studies. WaterHUB will be the first of its kind in the water resources community that will provide a collaborative web-based platform for research and education at all levels including P-12. The prototype WaterHUB is being developed to address three basic questions related to water storage, human impacts and energy fluxes by using public domain data and simulation models to address water related problems. This project also involves a comprehensive evaluation and assessment plan that will quantify the effect of cyber-enabled pedagogy on students learning. This assessment is critical in terms of evaluating the attributes of existing and future CI to meet the needs of next generation cyber learners and researchers. Broader Impacts The proposed WaterHUB is providing the much needed cyber environment to train and educate the current and next generation of citizens on water related issues. The activities will specifically target: (i) P-12 teachers and students through collaboration with Purdue?s INSPIRE institute; (ii) undergraduate and graduate students at three research universities; (iii) state and federal decision makers in the state of Indiana. Through collaboration with Jackson State and Arizona State universities, under-represented students are being trained through workshops and summer internships to use the latest cyber technology for exploring water related issues. In addition, workshop gatherings will be used to develop a strategy for up-scaling this effort to include more computational tools, national and international datasets and high quality curriculum material. WaterHUB?s cyber environment to develop collaborative teaching material will enable training of teachers and students at places that have inadequate resources to develop new curriculum material for adopting cyber technology to tackle water related issues.