CZ-EarthCube Updates
Anthony Aufdenkampe
- The Critical Zone Community End-User Group. http://earthcube.ning.com/group/critical-zone. At present we only have 17 members and no discussions, so please register at EarthCube Ning and become a member of this group. If there are activities that you think are relevant to our community -- on the EarthCube Ning site, on CZO site or anywhere else -- please comment on them to this CZ Community group.
- EarthCube Member Connections. http://connections.earthcube.org/memberconnections/ and described here http://earthcube.ning.com/page/earthcube-member-connections. This site is designed as a people finder to help enable collaborations between geoscientists and cyber-scientists of different specialities. NSF is very interested in populating this ASAP. Please read below for more about the vision for this site and also instructions on how to get your "card" filled out. (Note, if you are already a member of EarthCube, a card has been created for you but it is mostly blank. To get rights to work on your card, register as a new user but use the same email address as is on the card and the system will give you editing rights for your card).
- The Observations Data Model 2.0 (ODM2) project is moving forward, hosting a workshop in March. This project aims to develop the next generation information model that will meet the needs of multiple domains. It will be the foundation for the BiG CZ SSI systems and is likely to be adopted by CUAHSI and also IEDA/EarthCem. It will thus be a foundation for interoperability. We are interested in feedback and participation. See: https://odm2.codeplex.com/ and http://criticalzone.org/national/events/event/2013-03-12-odm2-workshop-1-gathering-requirements/
- CZOs are in the final round of revisions to a Data Use Policy and a Data Sharing Policy. We are interested in comments! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OGmH7GvoiO0MWXYVTZZHFwdlJa8dYY1fiEJQOXTYQcc/edit?usp=sharing
From: Ransom, Barbara L. <bra...@nsf.gov>
Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Subject: Please populate your card with your research interests/expertise on the EarthCube Connections website - Barbara Ransom from EarthCube and NSF
To: "Anthony Aufdenkampe (aufde...@stroudcenter.org)" <aufde...@stroudcenter.org>
Dear Anthony - see what you can do to get all of the CZO groups and their members to get cards created and up and populated. This is super important in terms of being able to be used as a partner-finder for proposals and projects. Want to do a big press release and need at least 500 cards populated before we can do that. See what you can do for me. B
The Connections website is a graphical utility to connect geoscientists with potential collaborators in cyber/computer science or software development, etc. so people can quickly and easily find appropriate partners for proposals and projects. Please check this out and populate your card on the site. We will be sending out a press release shortly and want to have at least 500 cards populated to make it a real resource.
EARTHCUBE CYBERCONNECTIONS: To see what this looks utility like before you put up your information, here is the link (http://connections.earthcube.org/memberconnections) with initial information
from the EC community website. To see the interface, you must have Silverlight from Microsoft (free like Acrobat Reader,
http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ (it’s free, like Acrobat Reader)!
Once its installed, click on the connections.earthcube link above. You need to be sure you allow pop-ups. The application takes time to load initially, but it will be faster the next time you log in.
Once installed, a gallery of ~ 1500 small squares of pictures comes up. These are all the people registered on the EarthCube Community website (www.earthcube.ning.com). To see how it works,
search for a last name like “Ransom” into the ”search phrase” box at the top left. You’ll see me, my name, institutional affiliation, and research interests. On the right is a vertical information bar that has additional info about the person in it. To
the left is a bar is a “search phrase” box where you can type key words. You can do any number of detailed searchers (e.g., “igneous petrologist”, etc) by clicking on the category key words. Check out the FAQs under the HELP link in the upper right hand
corner if you have questions.
HOW TO GET STARTED: 8 EASY STEPS
1. Go to the EC community website (www.earthcube.ning.com) and register. Type in a login (your email account) and password. If you are already registered on the site, just sign in (since I see your card you
are already a registered EarthCube person) go to step 4 below. If you’re new, it will ask your name, institution, etc. This is where you also upload your picture. If you already have an account, click on the “my page” link on the grey tool bar at the top
of the home page and your personal page will come up and you can click on the “edit” button to change or add any information or upload a pic.
2. Save your info and a card will be made when they process things overnight.
3. The next day you should have a card waiting for you to edit (software runs cards only once in a 24 hour
period at night).
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Once you have registered and have a card you can enter your info. Remember the site is to allow people to find you, so use the institutional associations and disciplinary descriptions that you think will best help others to discover you and your expertise.
4. Once you have the free Silverlight software from Microsoft installed, click on the “matchmaking” website
http://connections.earthcube.org/memberconnections. Be patient as the software loads for the first time.
5. In the top right side of the utility is a HELP link if you need guidance or have problems check there first. Most browsers on PCs and MACs are supported (possible exceptions-Google Chrome). Please also allow pop-ups for this utility.
6. Now populate your card! Once the pictures come up, search for your name (type your last name into search bar in the “type a search phrase here” box at the top left), your card/picture will appear. Double click on it to get to where you can enter/edit
information. If you have a problem with the card centering and uncentering and not letting you get into the card editor, simply click on the card so it centers in your frame, then use the scroll on your mouse to make it bigger so that is all that is in the
frame of view, then double click. This will get you into the editor for your card.
7. Double click on your picture to open an edit window. Create an account so only you can enter your information (“create account” button top right) and then edit your page by clicking on the “edit profile” link just under your name.
8. Enter or select the relevant information in the menus or type whatever you want in the text boxes. You are done. Your information will appear the next day (it is run each night to update). Please fill in all of the requested information, especially
your research interests, this will help us match you with others searching for people who do what you do. Now click on the SAVE button and you are don. If you went to any of the end user workshops, please click on the appropriate box in the special groups
category. That way you can connect with other workshop participants and they can find you. DONE!
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Please let all your earth, atmosphere, and ocean and computer/cyber colleagues know about this utility and encourage them to register. NSF wants to have over 1000 fully populated cards by the end of this month to “Let the partnering begin!” With thanks from
Barbara Ransom (NSF).
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Let me know if
Barbara Ransom, PhD
GEO Lead, EarthCube Planning and Execution Team
Program Director, Marine Geology and Geophysics
National Science Foundation
phone: (703) 292-7792
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Anthony K. Aufdenkampe, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist - Isotope & Organic Geochemistry
Stroud Water Research Center
970 Spencer Road, Avondale, PA 19311
Tel. 610-268-2153 ext. 263; Fax 610-268-0490