NCEAS Working Groups
Conceptualizing an Institute for Sustainable Earth and Environmental Software (ISEES)
Project Description
NCEAS and its partner collaborators are developing a strategic plan for a nationally supported Institute that would coordinate the development and sustainable support of innovative and interoperable scientific software tools that can transform science at the intersection of earth, environmental, and life sciences. The ISEES steering committee is facilitating a series of design workshops with the broader research community to create a vision and criteria for an Institute. ISEES will advance the state of science software by engaging earth and environmental research communities to address the software barriers that most impede grand challenge earth science. The envisioned institute will enable researchers to collaboratively address the entire software lifecycle, from product conceptualization, to requirements analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, long-term support, and decommissioning.
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Principal Investigator(s)
Matthew B. Jones, Mark P. Schildhauer
Project Dates
Start: October 1, 2012
End: September 30, 2013
completed
Participants
- Parker Abercrombie
- Abercrombie Consulting
- Bugra Akyildiz
- New York University
- M. Lee Allison
- Arizona Geological Survey
- Ilkay Altintas
- University of California, San Diego
- Daniel P. Ames
- Brigham Young University
- Sean S. Anderson
- California State University Channel Islands
- Betsy Aoki
- Microsoft
- Robert Arko
- Columbia University
- Jennifer S. Arrigo
- Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
- George Azzari
- University of California, Irvine
- Sarah Bagby
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Leanne Baker
- Baylor University
- Ryan Bart
- University of California, Berkeley
- Marissa L. Baskett
- University of California, Davis
- Jayne Belnap
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Karl Benedict
- University of New Mexico
- Alexandra Benjamin
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Benjamin D. Best
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Carl Boettiger
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Maziyar Boustani
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Gabriel J. Bowen
- Purdue University
- Annie Bryant
- University of Utah
- Amber E. Budden
- University of New Mexico
- Abigail Cabunoc Mayes
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
- Bruce Caron
- New Media Studio
- Jeannine M. Cavender-Bares
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Scott A. Chamberlain
- University of California, Berkeley
- Cynthia Chandler
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Aashish Chaudhary
- Kitware, Inc.
- Ying-Jung Chen Deweese
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Janet Choate
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Laura Christopherson
- Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
- Tyler Clavelle
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Dave Cole
- MapBox
- Scott L. Collins
- University of New Mexico
- Larry Cooper
- Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
- Jorge Cornejo-Donoso
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jessica Couture
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Alex Cross
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Patricia Cruse
- University of California, Office of the President
- John Czaplewski
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Frank W. Davis
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Cecelia DeLuca
- NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
- Stephen Diggs
- University of California, San Diego
- Jeff Dozier
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Ruth Duerr
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Stevan Earl
- Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)/Central Arizona-Phoenix (CAP)
- Gregory Ederer
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- Vyki Englert
- NationBuilder
- Kate Ettinger
- Mural Institute
- Denny S. Fernandez-del-Viso
- University of Puerto Rico, Humacao
- Francesco Ferretti
- Stanford University
- Alessandro Filazzola
- York University
- Peter Fox
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Jim Frew
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- David Fulker
- Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP)
- John A. Gamon
- University of Alberta
- Yolanda Gil
- University of Southern California
- Nancy Glenn
- Boise State University
- Cameron Gray
- Sustain3
- Corinna Gries
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Nancy B. Grimm
- Arizona State University
- Louis J. Gross
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- William Gunn
- Mendeley
- Lauren M. Hallett
- University of California, Berkeley
- Stephanie E. Hampton
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Xueying Han
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- David J. Harris
- University of California, Davis
- Edmund M. Hart
- University of British Columbia
- Jefferson Heard
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Bryan Heidorn
- University of Arizona
- Rebecca R. Hernandez
- Stanford University
- Thomas Hetmank
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Andrew Hills
- Vizzuality
- Elizabeth E. Holmes
- NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
- Richard P. Hooper
- Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
- James Howison
- University of Texas, Austin
- Leslie Hsu
- Columbia University
- Margarita Huesca-Martinez
- University of California, Davis
- Grant Humphries
- University of California, Davis
- Ryan Hunt
- MFMP/Hunt Utilities Group
- Ray Idaszak
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Aline Jaimes
- University of Delaware
- Erik Jasiak
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Matthew B. Jones
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Sydney Jones
- University of New Mexico
- Lucas Joppa
- Microsoft Research Ltd.
- Michael Joyce
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Kotrina Kajokaite
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Sarah W. Kansa
- Alexandria Archive Institute
- Jessie Kennedy
- Napier University
- Shakeh Khudikyan
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Puneet Kishor
- Creative Commons
- Tamara S. Ledley
- Technical Education Research Centers (TERC)
- Ben Leinfelder
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- W. Christopher Lenhardt
- Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
- Jennifer Lin
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Sophia Liu
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Catherine S. Longo
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Chris Lynnes
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Andrew Lyons
- Stanford University
- Stephanie Ma
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- John MacCuish
- Mesa Analytics & Computing, Inc.
- Andrew MacDonald
- University of British Columbia
- Suresh Marru
- Indiana University
- Chris Mattmann
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Tess Mayall
- Science Exchange
- Peter McCartney
- National Science Foundation
- William McClintock
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Lewis John McGibbney
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Carol B. Meyer
- Foundation for Earth Science
- Vanessa Michelou
- University of Hawaii, Manoa
- William K. Michener
- University of New Mexico
- Brian Miles
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Bill Mills
- Independent
- Jamie Montgomery
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Joseph Mudge
- Texas Tech University
- Brian Muir
- University of California, Riverside
- Sylvia J. Murphy
- NOAA, Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
- Camilla Novaglio
- University of Tasmania
- George Oates
- Stamen Design
- Margaret O'Brien
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Nidal Odat
- Al Hussein Bin Talal University
- Nick Outin
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Margaret A. Palmer
- University of Maryland
- Claire B. Paris-Limouzy
- University of Miami
- Kristen Peach
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Malin L. Pinsky
- Princeton University
- Heather Piwowar
- Impact Story
- Jonathan Pollak
- Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI)
- Amina Pollard
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Andrea Porras-Alfaro
- Western Illinois University
- Afshin Pourmokhtarian
- Boston University
- Jason Priem
- Impact Story
- Tom Quisel
- Data Science Consultant
- Karthik Ram
- University of California, Berkeley
- Mohan K. Ramamurthy
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
- Paul Ramirez
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Sarah Ratay
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Jordan S. Read
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Stacy Rebich Hespanha
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jacob Redding
- Drupal Association
- Jordan Reese
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- James Regetz
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- David Rheinheimer
- University of California, Merced
- Stephen Richard
- US Geoscience Information Network (USGIN)
- Julie Ripplinger
- Arizona State University
- Erin Robinson
- Foundation for Earth Science
- Keely Roth
- University of California, Davis
- Mark D. Scheuerell
- NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
- Mark P. Schildhauer
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Adam Shepherd
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Peter Slaughter
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Paul Smith
- Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
- Rachel S. Smith
- Grove Consultants International
- Noah Spahn
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Thornton Staples
- Smithsonian Institution
- Michael Starch
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Michael Stealey
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Julia Stewart Lowndes
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Nick Stoddart
- Kaizen SCN
- Carly Strasser
- University of California, Office of the President
- Cody Szuwalski
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Jing Tao
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- David Tarboton
- Utah State University
- Andy Terrel
- Continuum Analytics
- Kaitlin Thaney
- Mozilla Science Lab
- Curt Tilmes
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Shivira Tomar
- Industrial Ecology Research Services (IERS)
- Ian Truslove
- University of Colorado
- Mark Turner
- California Institute of Technology
- Michael B. Twidale
- University of Illinois
- Rodrigo Vargas
- University of Delaware
- Rishi Verma
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- David A. Vieglais
- University of Kansas
- Maria José Viñas Garcia
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Lauren Walker
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Leah Wasser
- National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. (NEON)
- Nicholas Weber
- University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
- Brian Wee
- National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. (NEON)
- Chhaya Werner
- University of California, Davis
- Christine White
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
- Mary Whitton
- Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
- Mark Wilber
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Angela Willcocks
- University of Redlands
- John W. Williams
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Anne Wilson
- University of Colorado, Boulder
- Gregory Wilson
- Software Carpentry
- Luke Winslow
- US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Elizabeth M. Wolkovich
- University of British Columbia
- Kara Woo
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Zoe Wood
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- Dawn Wright
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)
- Kevin Wu
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Hong Yi
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Dan Yocum
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Naupaka Zimmerman
- University of Arizona
Products
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Software / 2015
R package pangear
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Journal Article / 2014
The tao of open synthesis for ecology
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Software / 2014
Coverage Extractor
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Software / 2015
Datapackage
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Presentations / 2014
Assesing ecohydrological impacts of forest disturbance using open source
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Software / 2014
OSS-2014