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November 13-16, 2002
Spencer Research Library
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
- Background Information and Links.
- Participants
Wednesday November 13 | |
evening | Arrive Wednesday afternoon/evening at MCI, drive/shuttle to Lawrence (1 hour) | |
7:00 pm | Early bird, informal dinner @ Tellers Restaurant, Massachusetts Street and 8th | |
Thursday November 14 | |
7:45 am | Coffee and continental breakfast, Spencer Research Library | |
8:00 | Welcome | Beach; Krishtalka; Research Librarian |
| Introductions | |
| Overview of SEEK vision from a community perspective | Michener |
| Summary of proposed SEEK activities and architecture | Jones |
10:00 | Break | |
10:30 | Presentations (12 x 5 minutes each) on relevance of existing projects to SEEK development. Limit 5 slides/ 5 minutes + couple minutes discussion | |
| The Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) | Jones |
| Xanthoria/ClimDB | McCartney |
| Ontology-Based Classification | Gauch |
| Storage Resource Broker: A Brief Introduction | Rajasekar |
| Semantic Mediation and Scientific Workflows | Ludaescher |
| Integrating modelling architecture: ontologies for cross-scale, cross-paradigm natural system modelling | Villa |
| The Prometheus approach to multiple classifications | Kennedy |
| Spatiotemporal Extrapolation of Ecological Knowledge | Pennington |
| LTER Informatics Activities | Brunt |
| The VegBank taxonomic data model | Peet |
| Access to Distributed Collections | Vieglais |
| Massive ecological data analysis and visualization | Stockwell |
| Modeling Complex Biodiversity Phenomena Using Informatics Tools | Peterson |
12:20 | Meeting Structure and Objectives | Michener |
12:30 | Lunch in building, 20-minute tour of natural history library | |
2:00 | Breakout groups (2.5 hours meeting, 1/2 hour break at 3:30 pm, 10 minute report, 20 minute discussion) | |
| EcoGrid -Identify existing data network efforts to consider for interoperation -Identify actual target networks for this project -Candidate functionality/features with milestones/timelines -Identify other relevant grid activities -Discussion of architectural approaches -User interfaces -Desired roles/participation -Identify possible people for membership/participation -How to best leverage efforts in community? -Personnel & hiring | Rajasekar |
Biodiversity and Ecological Analysis and Modeling WG
End user groups, driver users
Prototype hi-visibility questions; building blocks
biodiversity and ecology dynamics
How to best link with BEAM, and other 2 WGs
Data discovery/availability
Identify information & data needs
Identify leveraging groups (eg LIDET, TRAGNET)
Identify possible people for membership/participation
Personnel & hiring
Michener
6:00 Reception and dinner in building
Friday November 15
7:45 am Coffee and continental breakfast, Spencer Research Library
8:30 Breakout groups (2.5 hours meeting, 1/2 hour break at 10:00 am, 10 minute report, 20 minute discussion)
Semantic Mediation System
Identify existing ontologies/terminologies
How used today by community, availability (book, CD?)
High-level scenarios/use cases for semantic mediation
Candidate functionality/features with milestones/timelines
What role does SM play in dynamic integration and discovery of data?
(when integrated view not put together ahead of time)
What infrastructure needed to assist KR/Ontology WG?
Identify possible people for membership/participation
How to best leverage efforts in community?
Personnel & hiring
Ludaescher
Taxonomy WG
Identify existing projects & models for concept-based taxon
Identify requirements for classification data architecture
Consider alternatives to concept-based taxon?
Do concept-based taxonomies actually solve a problem?
How can classification architecture contribute to A&M & Ecogrid
Shoud we accommodate P-code & alternate naming systems, and if so, how?
End-user tools to manipulate classification trees
Discuss overlap with SM
How to populate such an ambitious DB
Identify possible people for membership/participation
How to best leverage efforts in community?
Personnel & hiring
Beach
12:30 Lunch in building
2:00 - 5:30 Breakout groups (2 hours meeting, 1/2 hour break at 3:30 pm, 10 minute report, 20 minute discussion)
Analysis and Modeling System
Identify existing systems that are relevant (e.g., Ptolemy, Pipeline Pilot)
High-level scenarios/use cases for semantic mediation
Candidate functionality/features with milestones/timelines
What infrastructure is required for DAM WG
User interfaces
Identify possible people for membership/participation
How to best leverage efforts in community?
Personnel & hiring
Jones
Knowledge Representation WG
What will useful ontologies be for A&M and SEEK in general
Identify existing controlled vocabularies that can be leveraged
To what extent can ontology generation be automated?
Level of formalism and expressiveness needed for SM
End-user tools to develop & modify ontologies
End-user tools to expose ontologies to domain scientist
Tools/metrics for relevance
Prioritize products and milestones (deliver ontology to SM)
Identify possible people for membership/participation
How to best leverage efforts in community?
Personnel & hiring
Schildhauer
6:00 Group dinner at local microbrewery
Saturday November 16
7:45 am Coffee and continental breakfast, Spencer Research Library
8:30 Discussion of overall SEEK vision/plan; unresolved issues; collaboration techniques and tools; exposing SEEK to broader community
11:30 Meeting adjourns
12:30 Lunch on your own, or depart Lawrence after 12:30. Need to leave Lawrence 2 hours before flight. United, USAir, AmerWest, Southwest (MCI)
http://seek.ecoinformatics.org/meetings/all-hands-20021113/index.html
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