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eScience
Committee |
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Chair: Chris Elvidge/NOAA-NGDC
[Chris.Elvidge@noaa.gov] |
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Secretariat: Eunjin Seo/APAN Secretariat
[ejseo@apan.net] |
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Mailing List:
eScience@apan.net |
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Website:
/adhoc-comm/escience.htm |
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DRAFT CHARTER -2003.10.29
eScience is broadly
defined as science activities that rely on high bandwidth network
connections. This may include the
transfer of data, building / operating distributed archives, distributed data
processing, access to documents or training, remote operation of facility
instruments, and interactive collaborations. APAN has a natural role in escience
through providing bandwidth and network operating
tools. |
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The APAN
ad hoc eScience Committee objectives are to: |
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1) Provide a venue for discussion of eScience between scientists and network
administrators. |
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2) Promote eScience initiatives among APAN
members. |
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3) Promote eScience initiatives between APAN and other international
groups |
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4) Conduct of eScience demonstration
projects. |
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5) Conduct of eScience training and
outreach. |
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Science and
engineering are being revolutionized through the combined set of ongoing
technological advances in observing systems, instrumentation, mass storage,
computing, digital visualization and network infrastructure connecting research
and education institutions around the world.
The growing computing, mass
storage and communication infrastructure, enabling eScience’s distributed
collaboration, participation, and learning, is commonly referred to as
“cyberinfrastructure”. |
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In a
very clear sense government investment facility instruments and observing
systems is a driving forces behind the development of eScience.
Building cyberinfrastructure
is seen as less expensive than buying multiple copies of facility
instruments. Governments from many
countries are investing in multiyear efforts to build cyberinfrastucture
and
supporting escience,
recognizing that these investments will expand the number of scientists who have
access to the most advanced observing systems and will enable collaborations
across geographic and disciplinary boundaries. |
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The
APAN eScience Committee is chartered from August 2003 to August
2005. The committee will
have a chair (or co-chairs) and may add vice-chairs. Committee membership is open
to the APAN community. |
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Milestones: |
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First
eScience workshop and committee meeting: August, 2003 Busan,
Korea. |
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Draft
report on eScience recommendations: November, 2003. |
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Second
workshop and committee meeting: January, 2004 Honolulu,
Hawaii. |
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Initiation of Climate Science Demonstration Project: January,
2004. |
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Recommendation report submitted to APAN Secretariat: March,
2004. |
| Implementation planning workshop: July, 2004
Cairns, Australia. |
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