EarthCube Vision

1. EarthCubeVision The EarthCube Vision An alternative approach to respond to daunting science and CI challenges EarthCube is an outcome and a process EarthCube will require broad community participation

2. EarthCube Goal and Outcomes • Goal • To transform the conduct of research in geosciences by supporting the development of community-guided cyberinfrastructure to integrate data and information for knowledge management across the Geosciences. Outcomes • Transform practices within the geosciences community spanning over the next decade • Provide unprecedented new capabilities to researchers and educators • Vastly improve the productivity of community • Accelerate research on the Earth system • Provide a knowledge management framework for the geosciences

3. EarthScope Science Plan A comprehensive understanding of active continental deformation from days to hundreds to thousands to millions of years, time-scales that span several to many earthquake cycles. A true 4-D dynamic models of the system consistent with the 3-D structure of the subsurface and the multi-scale (in time and space) deformation of the surface. 147 Terabytes Seismic, 40 Terabytes Geodetic, continuous near real time recording, 4000 sq km topography Currently individual investigators are work in a piece meal format collecting the required data sets from individual sources.

4. “Blue Book”: Challenges and Opportunitiesin the Hydrologic Sciences (2012) • Hydrologic modeling • Sensor revolution • “The Water Cycle: An Agent of Change,” • “Water and Life,” and • “Clean Water for People and Ecosystems,” • What are challenges in developing and using regional climate change projections for assessing future hydrologic change and impacts? No single discipline provides the entire knowledge base for advancing hydrologic sciences in the 21st century

5. High Resolution Numerical Models • physics-based watershed models to predict and manage surface, groundwater and ecological resources. • Link atmospheric, land-surface vegetation, soil moisture and subsurface observations into a fully-coupled distributed system • evaluate ecosystem and detect the impact of climatic change provides • The current computing infrastructure must overcome • 1. Accessibility • 2. Scaling

6. User Requirements Survey Data • Do you require data or data products from outside your immediate discipline? • 52% Yes • 14% No • Where do you obtain your data? • Is there a place for products of your own work to be archived and accessed? • 45% Yes • 25% No

7. We Know • The current research-CI paradigm works, but clearly needs revision • The process must be community driven • NSF will play a role as facilitator • “Modes of Support” will continue through and beyond this development but they will be better connected

8. Strategic Convergence Using “Spiral Development” 10 Years

9. Timeline • SocialNetworkSite • EAGER Phase First DCL June 2011 July 2011 Aug 2011 Nov 2011 Dec 2011- present • FirstCharrette • Webex Community Outreach

10. Social Network Site http://earthcube.ning.com/ • ~650 members to the EarthCube website • 113 white paper submission;185 respondents to user survey • 4 New Community Groups • Unknown number of hours of pro bono contributions by thecommunity • Unprecedented view of the pulse of the geosciences community

11. First Charrette • On-site 146 • Not all for the entire 3 ½ days • Attendance was high even on last morning • Virtual ~ 100 (varied by day) • Broad representation of geosciences research community • Including several graduate and post-docs • Representation also included • Other federal agencies • International • Industry • Publishers • Societiesand science organizations • Organizational specialists

12. Charette Capability Summary • Data discovery and workflow • Metadata • Data access and cybersecurity • Data management within workflows • Modeling standards, frameworks, capabilities • Visualization and validation tools • Numerical methods/software engineering • Community governance and broadening participation • Best practices, policy enforcement • Continuity and sustainability

13. Timeline • SocialNetworkSite • EAGER Phase First DCL June 2011 July 2011 Aug 2011 Nov 2011 Dec 2011- present • FirstCharrette • Webex Community Outreach

14. Expressions of Interest • Good response - 60 submissions • Sharing submissions • All most all are shared • Pulse of the GEO-CI community • Broad themes evident • Example (initial subject judgment) • 7 - Prototype development • 6 - case studies (narrowly focused) • 6 - semantics/ontologies • 4 - model management • 4 - data discovery and workflow

15. Concept Prototyping X Concept Prototyping Y Concept Prototyping Z Working Groups • Feasibility of Prototyping Outcomes to date • Roadmap through FY 14 with milestones • Community engagement, etc. WG Rules of Engagement, e.g. Guiding principles Function Participation Output Timeline, etc. Gap Analysis Community Event Charrette 2 Data Discovery/Mining/Access Semantics and Ontologies Workflow Governance Data Brokering X-Domain Interop. Service Based Integration Layered Architecture Earth System Modeling

16. Timeline 2 • CommunityRoadmaps begin • Working Group Phase First Sweep January 2012 April 2012 Spring 2012 June 2012 July 2012 • SecondCharrette • Last EAGERs Supported

17. Concept of the Working Groups and Prototypes Concept X Concept Y Concept Z Working Groups • Engage the entire geosciences Community • Address areas essential for EarthCube • Responsible for user requirements • Responsible for long-term roadmaps • Possible mechanisms for enacting EarthCube • More than one in the beginning • Not complete solutions, just meeting minimum requirements Prototypes Essential that Prototypes are tailored by Working Group output

18. Spring 2015 WorkingGroups Early EC?? CommunityMeeting Prototype1 Prototype2 WorkingGroups Spring 2014 Prototypes Community Meeting WorkingGroups Late 2012-2013 Charrette 2 Roadmaps & Design Concept Prototyping Jun. 2012 Charrette 1 Requirements Analysis Community Groups Capability Projects Mar. 2012 Nov. 2011