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CSDMS communication and community

CSDMS communication and community. The rationale: ‘community input and involvement are essential to the success of CSDMS;’ time to ‘take stock of how our community currently functions and develop plans for the future’ What is the community?

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CSDMS communication and community

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  1. CSDMS communication and community • The rationale: • ‘community input and involvement are essential to the success of CSDMS;’ • time to ‘take stock of how our community currently functions and develop plans for the future’ • What is the community? • internal & external; developers vs. users; modelers vs. non-modelers • our vision for ideal communication depends on how this is defined… • and, this must be considered in designing 5-yr strategies • vision: • developers: contributing code to CSDMS is valuable & straightforward • users: finding and using CSDMS models is valuable & straightforward • modelers: significant advantages to modeling within the CSDMS • non-modelers: should be aware of, and not intimidated by using CSDMS • -or- everyone should use CSDMS

  2. challenges • multiple audiences require multiple tools/strategies • difficult for some potential users to climb the learning curve • ‘if you build it they will come’ • csdms continues to build (eg. first articles, CMT just becoming available) • difficult to communicate potential • convincing developers to run models with CSDMS/CMT • not just independently on own computers • some developers reluctant to give up source code • moving the scientific community towards coupled models • rather than focusing on a single setting/code • communicating ‘proper’ use of various models • developers are more aware of intended purposes and limitations

  3. possible strategies 1 • multiple audiences require multiple tools/strategies • improved documentation (help?) for submitting models (videos?) • CMT: more documentation? different architecture? additional version (CMT-lite)? • discussion boards on the CSDMS website (users helping users) • ‘if you build it they will come’ • encouraging acknowledgement of CSDMS • publications & presentations; member websites; in article reviews • increasing visibility of success stories • articles in EOS, Sedimentary Record, GSA Today? AAPG? • convincing developers to run models with CSDMS/CMT • communicate the value of CSDMS – promote prestige of contributing to CSDMS • traveling CSDMS lecturer? new awards for student modeling papers? • mentoring our students to write CSDMS-ready code, and to submit it (changing culture from bottom up)

  4. possible strategies 2 • moving the scientific community towards coupled models • promote the use coupled models (by using them; by highlighting them on the webpage and in pubs like EOS) • in particular, show utility of coupled models via timely use • eg. use coupled CEM and ocean circulation to look at remobilization of oiled sediments in GOM (just one idea) • communicating ‘proper’ use of various models • improving communication between developer and user (and amongst model users) • discussion board • developer is notified when his/her code is discussed • website redesign to address all of the above…

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