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GEON: Education Components at the University of Texas at El Paso

GEON: Education Components at the University of Texas at El Paso. Ann Gates Department of Computer Science The University of Texas at El Paso. Overview. Geoinformatics: Geology seminar course Uncertainty and Knowledge Representation in Geoinformatics: Computer Science graduate course

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GEON: Education Components at the University of Texas at El Paso

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  1. GEON: Education Components at the University of Texas at El Paso Ann Gates Department of Computer Science The University of Texas at El Paso CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  2. Overview • Geoinformatics: Geology seminar course • Uncertainty and Knowledge Representation in Geoinformatics: Computer Science graduate course • Software Engineering: Computer Science undergraduate senior project course CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  3. Geoinformatics Graduate Seminar • Offered fall 2003 by Randy Keller • Attended by 22 graduate geology and computer science students • Covered following topics: • Elements for creating Cyberinfrastructure • Existing database efforts • Software challenges and developments • Ontologies • Grid computing • Portals • Guest speakers CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  4. Uncertainty and Knowledge Representation in Geoinfomatics-1 • Offered in spring 2004 by Vladik Kreinovich • Attended by 13 graduate CS students • Course objectives • apply and evaluate general techniques of representing and processing uncertainty and • apply these techniques in geoinformatics (using geospatial applications) CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  5. Uncertainty and Knowledge Representation in Geoinfomatics-2 • Topics • Motivation for estimating and processing uncertainty • Techniques for estimating uncertainty of the results of data processing • Techniques for representing and processing expert uncertainty • Geospatial applications in uncertainty: methods for detecting outliers and duplicates • Determination of geospatial characteristics based on measurement results CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  6. Software Engineering Course: Goals • Curriculum • Teach software engineering methods, tools, and techniques • Have students work in teams to: • apply course material while developing an actual project • work with an actual customer to elicit requirements and validate product • prepare documentation in adherence to IEEE standards • GEON • Prepare students who can work on cross-disciplinary projects in the geo-science domain • Contribute to the geo-science toolkit • Promote the field of geoinformatics CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  7. Course Structure • Required, two-semester (32-week) course • ~ 30 seniors enrolled per course • ~100 have been involved in GEON-related projects • Instructor-selected teams consisting of 5 students • Limited background in SE principles, methods, and process CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  8. Master-Apprenticeship Learning Cycle CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  9. Deliverables: SE1 • Feasibility report • Interview report • Software Requirements Specification • Interface prototype • Analysis diagrams and models • Use cases and scenarios • Object model • Dataflow • State transition diagrams (Statecharts) • Activity diagrams CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  10. Deliverables: SE2 • Configuration management plan • Design document • Test plans • “Contracted” software • Funded students complete software development after the course completes CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  11. Projects: Gravity Data Repository System (GDRP) • Need for GDRP • Accumulated gravity measurements stored at numerous research centers around world • Effort seeks to establish a combined database • Relevance of gravity data • Important source of geophysical and geological information • Geophysical models are designed to fit gravity measurement and used to generate models of lithospheric structure • Participants are UTEP, USGS, NGA, NOAA. CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  12. CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES GeoNet GDRP

  13. Projects: Seismic Waves Rock Correlation System (SWRoCS) • Need for SWRoCS • Earthscope and Geoinformatics initiatives call for better access of data on physical properties of rocks and minerals • Understanding of how properties vary with temperature and pressure • Relevance • Required to interpret geophysical data • Facilitates integrated analysis of different types of data CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  14. SWRoCS2 CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

  15. Questions CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE GEOSCIENCES

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