http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy BESSIG RSS feed en_GB Apr 05, 2013 2:02 PM May 24, 2013 11:12 AM http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Adaptavist Theme Builder 4.0.3 confluence-autosupportrequests@atlassian.com confluence-autosupportrequests@atlassian.com Apr 05, 2013 2:02 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/aodJ This month marks the two year anniversary of the BESSIG!   Please join us at the Boulder Outlook Hotel for a remote presentation:  Chris Lynnes, Chief Systems Engineer of the Goddard DAAC, NASA, "The Earth Science Collaboratory" The Earth Science Coll... Anne Wilson Mar 07, 2013 5:10 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/KoZJ Please join us at the Boulder Outlook Hotel for: Doug Lindholm, LASP, "LaTiS: a data model, an API, a web service AND a floor wax"* LaTiS is a data model, a data analysis API, and a REST-ful web service for accessing scientific data via a common interface. The LaTiS da... Anne Wilson Jan 29, 2013 1:51 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/k4VJ Due to the constraints of our speaker, we're meeting the 2nd week of February instead of the 3rd. Yet more around semantics!   Please join us at the Boulder Outlook Hotel for: Beth Huffer, Lingua Logica, _"ODISEES: An Ontology-Driven Intera... Anne Wilson Jan 08, 2013 6:38 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/JYVJ More on semantics!  Please join us at the Boulder Outlook Hotel for: Stephen Williams, Office of Faculty Affairs, CU Boulder, "VIVO, VITRO, DataStar, and Beyond - The VIVO Project" The VIVO project was started at Cornell University in 2003 as a faculty profiling system for Mann Library.&... Anne Wilson Nov 09, 2012 9:55 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/24RJ Note: this month we're meeting on a Tuesday! Please join us back at the Boulder Outlook Hotel for: Nate Wilhelmi, NCAR/CISL, "[Experiences Using RDF and a Triple Store for Metadata Storage and Search|http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/download/attachment... Anne Wilson Sep 12, 2012 3:18 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/NIRJ "Informing Science Policy: the Role for Scientists and Engineers" A Panel Discussion Note: This meeting will be held at NEON Headquarters, instead of our usual location.  Details below. This month Brian Wee, Steve Aulenbach, and I are delighted to have representatives... Anne Wilson Sep 12, 2012 1:38 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/LIRJ Another BLAST!  Many thanks to Anna and Dave for their willingness to share ideas with us this month. Anna Milan, NOAA/NESDIS/NGDC, Metadata for the Archive: Transition to ISO, Approaches, Challenges, and Opportunities Dave Fulker, President, OPeNDAP, Inc., A (Very) Rough Idea: Raster Binning and Masking Services (... Anne Wilson Aug 03, 2012 7:07 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/9oNJ Note: Meeting on Wednesday this month! Brian Wee, NEON, Inc., "NEON: A continental-scale research and operations platform for the environmental sciences" As NEON, Inc.’s Chief of External Affairs, Brian is the organization's liaison to Congress, US Federal agencies, and other scientific organizations.... Anne Wilson Jul 12, 2012 9:42 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/14NJ NB: This is a slightly different scheduling than we've had in past!  Tuesday instead of Wednesday, 4th week of the month instead of the third. Jeffrey Morisette, USGS, “Developing a common modeling framework for the Department of Interior’s North Central Climate Science Center” This month we welcom... Anne Wilson Jun 13, 2012 12:46 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/q4NJ More around semantics! Who SiriJodha Khalsa, NSIDC, "Modeling the Model - the Semantics of the CCSM4 Sea Ice Model " Don Elsborg, LASP, "Applied Semantic Web Technology - A use case with Semantic Mediawiki" Where [Boulder Outlook Ho... Anne Wilson May 10, 2012 3:06 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/TYNJ This month we continue exploring ontology and semantic-related areas. Who Stephan Zednick,  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) "Data Models and Ontologies, describing structure and classification" When Wednesday, May 16, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Where [Boulder Outlook Hotel|http://www.boulderoutlook.com/|Boulder ... Anne Wilson Apr 15, 2012 11:26 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/BoNJ Note the time change: 5:00 instead of 4:00! This month we'll review the recent UCAR data citation workshop, then make a foray into ontology and semantic-related areas.  In May and June we'll continue with speakers on ontology and semantic-related topics.  The site [calendar|http://lasp.colorad... Anne Wilson Mar 29, 2012 8:38 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/zoJJ Organized by Mike Daniels and Matt Mayernik, UCAR's EOL/CDS  is hosting a BESSIG social hour in the Atrium at the Boulder Outlook Hotel, on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at 5:30.  The occasion is the visit of our out of town friends and ESIP colleagues Carol Meyer and Erin ... Anne Wilson Mar 19, 2012 1:33 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/pIJJ RESEARCH DATA SUPPORT POSITION DESCRIPTION University of Colorado at Boulder Research Computing               Research Data Support (Part-Time/Temporary 15 hours per week for 6 months) *            Resea... Kimberly Stacey Mar 15, 2012 9:45 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/lIJJ Bridging Data Lifecycles: Tracking Data Use via Data Citations April 5-6, 2012 at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO. Please join us for a workshop on data citation and data use geared to the interests of data manager specialists and librarians. Data citations are increasingly seen as being crit... Matt Mayernik Mar 10, 2012 11:08 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/dIJJ This month we are pleased to have some out of town colleagues speaking about a variety of topics related to content management. Speakers: Jerry Pan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), "_[Geoscience Data Repository in Digital Object Model and Open-Source Frameworks: Provenance Applications|^jerry-boulder.ppt|Geoscience D... Anne Wilson Jan 27, 2012 4:34 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/v4FJ We are dovetailing with the UCAR SEA 2012 Software Engineering Conference, which allows us to have these speakers from out of town.  This is why we are meeting at 5:00 instead of our usual 4:00.   (And also why we are meeting on the 4th Wednesday of the month instead of the 3rd.) Speakers: ... Anne Wilson Jan 02, 2012 11:22 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/w4BJ BLAST (BESSIG Lively Activists Speaking Topically) Speakers: Mike Daniels, NCAR, "From Sensor to Archive: Data Flow, Tools, and Management of Observational Data at NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory" Ruth Duerr, NSIDC, "_[Stewardship and Access - Activities of the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (E... Anne Wilson Nov 08, 2011 11:57 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/7gdB Panel Report and Discussion on Recent NSF EarthCube Charette According to the EarthCube web site, http://earthcube.ning.com/, "The goal of EarthCube is to transform the conduct of research by supporting the development of community-guided cyberinfrastructure to integ... Anne Wilson Oct 13, 2011 4:11 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/DQdB NetCDF for the Masses Ed Hartnett, Unidata, UCAR "Why should anyone consider using netCDF to store their data?" NOTE THE *NEW* NEW LOCATION:  This meeting will be held at the Boulder Outlook Hotel and Suites in the Chatauqua room.&... Anne Wilson Sep 19, 2011 5:23 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/1AVB Place: NCAR Center Green, Boulder Colorado, USA Time: Friday, 23 September 2011, 8:00am-5:30pm Fee: Free - all are welcome (registration requested, see below) This one-day workshop is focused on how the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) can contribute to studying climate change, how GEOSS can enable broad... Anne Wilson Sep 16, 2011 10:43 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/xAVB Panel discussion on Peer Review of Scientific Data "Data centers have few established practices for peer review of data. Indeed there is no clear definition of what peer review of data really means. Is it a review of data accuracy or validity, or is it a review of data documentation to ensure complete description of uncert... Anne Wilson Aug 01, 2011 11:53 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/fANB NOTE THE NEW LOCATION:  This meeting will be held at the Millenium Hotel in the Boulder Creek Living Room.  This private room is adjacent to a bar where food and beverages can be purchased and brought into the meeting.   Note that the Millenium is graciously... Anne Wilson May 20, 2011 3:30 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/FQFB Another BLAST! A time to listen and discuss as members present their work and areas of interest. Who: Doug Fowler, GLAS and MODIS Data Management and Services at NSIDC Jeff McWhirter, A RAMADDA Blast Anne Wilson, Report on Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation Summer Meeting If anyone else is... Anne Wilson May 20, 2011 3:20 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/EQFB BLAST: Bessig Lively Activists Speaking Topically  Come listen and discuss as Vince, Jeff, Steve, Peter, Doug, and Kimberly present their work and areas of interest.  Followed by 10 - 15 minute business meeting to discuss future planning.  Snacks will be provided. When: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 4:00 - 6:00 PM... Anne Wilson May 20, 2011 3:14 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/DgFB At the BESSIG planning meeting on Wednesday we scheduled meetings for Thursday, June 23 and Tuesday, July 19, 4:00 PM.  (See our Calendar ).  These meetings will be BLASTs: BESSIG Lively Activists Speaking Topically.  That means people are on deck to present their work, area of interest... Anne Wilson May 16, 2011 7:58 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/7gBB Purpose:  Plan meeting topics for upcoming year, and hobnob When:  Wednesday, May 18, 2011, 4:00 - 6:00 PM Where:  Room A200, LASP Space Technology Building, 1234 Innovation Drive, Boulder, Colorado As we've not identified a talk topic for this meeting, we'll use our time to plan meeting topics and, as much... Anne Wilson Apr 21, 2011 1:44 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/fgBB At our most recent meeting we decided to meet again on Wednesday, 5/18 from 4:00 - 6:00 with this schedule: 4:00 Talk (TBD) 5:00 Business meeting The group agreed to discuss talk topics and speakers via the web site.  In retrospect, I think this is a very tight schedule, as in general it would be good to provide a speaker ... Anne Wilson Apr 21, 2011 11:13 AM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/dgBB I'm really pleased about our launch meeting last night.  Thank you to all who attended and also those who showed interest but could not attend. We had roughly 45 people in attendance from 10 organizations: LASP, NDP LLC, NEON, NOAA, NSIDC, CU Boulder Research Computing, Tech-X Corporation, UNAVCO, UCAR, and UCAR/Unidata.&nbsp... Anne Wilson Feb 18, 2011 4:28 PM http://lasp.colorado.edu/galaxy/galaxy/x/pAcy Purpose:  1) To bring together people interested in scientific data in the Boulder, Colorado area for the purpose of sharing ideas and information, and 2) to guage interest in this group and discuss its future. When:  Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 5:00 PM Where:  Room A200, LASP Space Technology Building... Anne Wilson