The 2020 MagIC Workshop: Rock and Paleomagnetism through Time and Space; March 2020; La Jolla, CA

该奖项旨在部分支持2020年3月16日至18日在斯克里普斯海洋学研究所举办为期3天的开放社区研讨会。主题是“穿越时空的岩石和古地磁”。研讨会的头两天将侧重于科学，同时传播有关MagIC和古地磁数据的基本信息。研讨会的第三天将包括上传数据的实践环节；从新的和现有的数据集访问、操作和可视化数据；对于数据模型的讨论；以及对新方向进行头脑风暴。它将汇集来自不同背景、观点和分支学科的科学家，利用古地磁数据库解决地球科学领域的科学问题。该项目和这种支持将促进博士后和研究生等年轻科学家的参与，并有一项旨在扩大参与的推广计划。会议组织者已经明确提出了会议的行为准则。研讨会有两个主要目标。首先是向社区更新MagIC古磁数据库的改进、修改和可供用户使用的新资源。其中包括上传数据的简化方法、发现他人提供的数据、使用在线工具进行可视化和分析，以及在实现api（应用程序编程接口）方面取得进展。组织者还计划收集有关MagIC数据库增强和MagIC与其他数据库互操作性改进的反馈。第二个目标是让一个多学科的科学家小组参与讨论需要磁数据来解决跨领域问题的科学问题。每个主题将分配半天时间，并且与MagIC的核心活动密切相关，以及与研究人员对互操作数据发现感兴趣的其他领域相关联。研究重点为：(1)古地磁与地质时间尺度的改进；(2)古地磁的构造应用；(3)磁场在地球历史上的变化；(4)岩石和古地磁方法与仪器。“这个奖项反映了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。

This award is for partial support to hold a 3-day open community workshop from March 16-18, 2020 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The theme is "Rock and Paleomagnetism through Time and Space". The first two days of the workshop will be focused on science combined with dissemination of essential information about MagIC and paleomagnetic data. The third day of the workshop will include hands-on sessions for uploading data; accessing, manipulating and visualizing the data from both new and existing data sets; for data model discussions; and for brainstorming on new directions. It will bring together scientists from various backgrounds, perspectives and subdisciplines using paleomagnetic databases to solve science problems across Earth sciences. The program and this support will foster the participation of young scientists, such as post docs and graduate students, and there is an outreach plan that aims to broaden participation. The meeting organizers have articulated a code of conduct for the meeting. The workshop has two overarching goals. First is to update the community about improvements, modifications, and new resources available for users of the MagIC paleomagnetic database. These include streamlined approaches to uploading data, discovering data contributed by others, using online tools for visualization and analysis, and progress in implementing APIs (application program interfaces). The organizers also plan to gather feedback for enhancements to the MagIC database and for improving the interoperability of MagIC with other databases. The second goal is to engage a multi-disciplinary group of scientists in the discussion of scientific questions that require magnetic data to solve problems across fields. Four themes will be allocated a half day each, and are intimately related to MagIC's core activities, as well as linking to other areas where researchers have interests in interoperable data discovery. The research foci are "(1) Paleomagnetism and Improving the Geological Timescale; (2) Tectonic Applications of Paleomagnetism;(3) Variations of the Magnetic Field Through Earth's History; (4) Rock and Paleomagnetic Methods & Instrumentation."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.