Geoscience Cloud workshop

September 17-18, 2009
University Place Conference Center & Hotel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US

Agenda as of 09/15/09:
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For a list of important deadlines and current confirmed attendees scroll down or view the Program (next link).

Final Program:
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Each participant will receive a printed copy of the program during registration at the event.

Airport Shuttle & Hotel Information:

University Place recommends Cary Indiana as the shuttle between Indy Airport and University Place Hotel. It should only be about $34 round trip. You can call them directly to make reservations at 1-317-241-7100 or you can go to the Ground Transportation Center at the airport after you land in Indianapolis to request a ride to your hotel and make your reservation for return to the airport. They are open 6 AM - Midnight Eastern Time.

The host hotel is sold out. Please contact the Courtyard at the Capitol at 888 816-4091. Ask for an Extended King at the IUPUI rate in order to receive a room and rate of the same value as University Place. If you have questions or concerns about accommodations please contact Robert Ping.

Workshop Overview:

Cloud computing promises unlimited resources for carrying out research or conducting operational computing tasks. But how well suited is it to advancing geosciences research and operational activities? How does one take advantage of it? Collaborative sharing technologies, such as Facebook, are a second and in some ways complementary technology that promises better science outcomes. In what way can collaborative technologies contribute to scientific or operational advancements in the geosciences?

The goals of the workshop are to:

  1. Identify the key benefits and risks to adopting collaborative and cloud computing technologies in operational and research settings.
  2. Present current best practices to making effective utilization of these resources.
  3. Identify the computer science research challenges that must be overcome to advance cloud computing and collaborative technologies in the geosciences.

The workshop is being sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and hosted by the Indiana University Pervasive Technologies Institute Data to Insight Center and LEAD project.

Important Dates:

August 03 Invitees RSVPs Due
August 10 Hotel Room Block Available.
Ask for Group Code 0909CYBERP to receive discount.
OR Mention GeoCloud Workshop
August 20 Call for Abstracts Due
August 23 Hotel Reservations Due Date - Group Code 0909CYBERP
August 25 Scholarship Awardees Notified
September 05 Attendees Biographies and Photographs Due
September 10 Final Travel Itineraries Due
September 17
8:00 AM EST
(New York Time)
Workshop Begins
September 18
1:00 PM EST
(New York Time)
Workshop Ends
September 30 Final Travel Reimbursement Receipts Due to IU

Attendees and Talk Supporting Material:

Bernie Acs University of Illinois, National Center for Supercomputing Applications Download Talk Slides
Jay Alameda University of Illinois, National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Michaela Amoo Howard University, EECE
Steve Ansari National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association, National Climatic Data Center, Remote Sensing and Operations Division
Kathleen Baker Western Michigan University, Department of Geography
Bastian Baranski University of Muenster, Institute for Geoinformatics
Chaitan Baru UC San Diego, San Diego Supercomputer Center, GEON
Alan Blatecky National Science Foundation, OCI
Scott Brame Clemson University, Env. Eng. and Earth Science
Keith Brewster University of Oklahoma, CAPS
Roy Campbell Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science University of Illinois Download Talk Slides
Bruce Caron New Media Studio, New Media Research Institute
Rob Carver Weather Underground, Development
Sen Chiao Florida Institute of Technology, Marine & Environmental Systems
Chocka Chidambaram University of Alabama Huntsville, Computer Science
Eran Chinthaka Indiana University, Computer Science
Rich Clark Millersville University, Earth Sciences/Atmospheric Sciences
Peter Cornillon University of Rhode Island, Oceanography Download Talk Slides
Sudeshna Das Massachusetts General Hospital, Neuroinformatics Download Talk Slides
Geoffrey Fox Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University Download Talk Slides
Peter Fox Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation Download Talk Slides
Dennis Gannon Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Research Download Talk Slides
Vikas Garg University of Alabama Huntsville, Computer Science
Dave Hancock Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University
Chathura Herath Indiana University, Computer Science
Chris Hill MIT, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences Download Talk Slides Download Accompanying Movie
Scott Jensen Indiana University, Computer Science
Everette Joseph Howard University, Physics and Atmospheric Physics
Sriram Krishnan San Diego Supercomputer Center, Cyberinfrastructures & Clouds
Praveen Kumar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Civil & Environmental Engineering Download Talk Slides
Tsengdar Lee NASA, Earth Science
Yong Liu National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), escience, Sensor Web
Suresh Marru Pervasive Technology Institute at Indiana University, Data to Insight Center
Paul Marshall National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computer Science Section
Craig Mattocks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Atmospheric Research
Kamau Mbalia NOAA-EPP, Environmental Sciences, Central State University Download Presentation Slides
Michael Meisinger University of California San Diego Calit2, Ocean Observatories Institute
Paolo Missier University of Manchester, UK, Computer Science Download Talk Slides
Jarek Nabrzyski University of Notre Dame, Center for Research Computing
Robert Ping Project Manager, Pervasive Technology Institute Data to Insight Center at Indiana University, Center for Data and Search Informatics
Beth Plale Pervasive Technology Institute Data to Insight Center at Indiana University
Sara Pryor Indiana University, Atmospheric Science
Rahul Ramachandran University of Alabama Huntsville, Collaborative Technologies
Lavanya Ramakrishnan Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Advanced Computing for Science
Kunal Rao University of Florida, ECE/HPC
Robert Raskin NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab, Semantics
Joel Replogle Open Grid Forum Download Talk Slides
Jennifer Schopf National Science Foundation, Office of CyberInfrastructure
Jeff Smith National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, GSD, CIRA, Advanced Computing/Aviation Download Talk Slides
Preston Smith Purdue University, Rosen Center
Yiming Sun Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, Computer Science
Doug Thain University of Notre Dame, Computer Science Download Talk Slides
Kody Varahramyan IUPUI, Office of the Vice Chancellor, Research
David White Clemson University, CITI
Robert Wilhelmson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, NCSA, Severe Storms

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