Agenda

CENS Research Retreat, December 3-4, 2004

Grand Challenge exercise: Divide attendees into 3 groups. Each group will work on the grand challenge on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, with a mid-way presentation and opportunity for regrouping/targeting. Education group will work separately on Saturday.

• Come up with a GENERAL yet configurable and validatable architecture and technology development plan for NSF’s many Observing Systems. Develop architecture and 5 year technology plan for Observing System software and hardware development plan that can serve NEON, CLEANER, CUAHSI, AND Earthscope. Plan should include the following pieces:

1. provide specific examples of what observable properties will be revealed and by the ENS (in situ) components of these observing systems (i.e., justification and focus)
2. technology challenges and approaches

i. algorithm ideas

ii. software requirements

iii. sensor development

3. self-* properties needed

i. acceptable configuration, system management

ii. system monitoring/visibility tools

4. multiscale, multimodal data use

i. technical support needed for integration with remote sensing and laboratory analysis

ii. description of data to be generated (what data elements, at what rate (e.g., xMB, xGB, xTeraB/day?)

iii. present and future users of data (which groups within CENS, which external groups, which data repositories?)

5. How and when to transition functionality to support practitioner/monitoring agencies (EPA, USGS, etc.)
6. How and when to transition data curation to support practitioner/monitoring agencies (EPA, USGS, etc.)
7. Include an design of a training/educational component that would take the form of a Technology Camp/Summer session

i. Design a set of lectures and hands on activities for a 1-week tech camp for undergrad researchers and new faculty (possibly MSI faculty) in the field

ii. Address both domain and technology focused participants; can involve some tracking

iii. Identify curriculum development, system development, scaffolding needed

iv. Outline reading and lectures that would be most useful

Friday 12/3

Lunch: 12:30

• Lunchtime Talks 1: 1-2 pm
• Overview of planned activities (5-10 min, Estrin)
• Introduction to observing systems: NEON (Rundel), Cleaner (Harmon), Ocean OS (Caron), Earthscope (Davis)
• Charge to working groups

Session 1: 2:30-4:30

• Groups 1-3 work on Grand Challenge: Observing systems architecture, plan, and tech camp design (see above)

4:30-5:15 Presentations and discussion

• Mid-way summary of Grand challenge discussions: 5 minute presentation per group. Discuss whether groups should continue as constituted or merge or shuffle

5:30-7 1-minute Marketplace and Demo session

• 5:30-7 Based on 1 minute talks by graduate students/faculty on USE and DEVELOPMENT, Chaired by Paul Davis. Volunteers give 1 minute talks on a capability they would like to USE or DEVELOP on the first day at lunch.

7:00 to 10:00 Dinner, Social time

Logistics

Location:
Palm Springs Riviera Resort & Racquet Club
1600 North Indian Canyon Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262-4602

Phone:
760-327-8311* 760-327-4323 fax

Web:
http://www.psriviera.com/

Directions:
From the West (Los Angeles):
Get onto Interstate 10, heading East towards San Bernardino
Travel ~95 miles East on Interstate 10
Take the CA-111 exit South towards Palm Springs, traveling ~9.5 miles
Turn Left onto Via Escuela
Turn Right onto N Indian Canyon Drive
Arrive at 1600 N Indian Canyon, you've made it!


Bus Location Pick Up & Times:
Friday Dec. 3rd
UCLA Westwood Strathmore Turn Around 9:30am
USC SAL Computer Science Building