1. Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure National Science Foundation
in the Geosciences
National Science Foundation
November 11-12, 2003

2. Geoscience CI Challenges
Generating, collecting, and federating heterogeneous data (including grid access)
Data sharing (between disciplines)
Data mining and knowledge discovery
Visualization
Data preservation and authentication
Workflow orchestration and processing pipelines
Standard tools and services
“X in a box” (off the shelf, widely usable)

3. Recommendations Establish a technology forum for sharing and learning
Create partnership projects that integrate domain science and computer science for research and education
Recognize that a balance is needed between an investment in innovation and the provision of reliable services involving long term support (“everything is an experiment”)
Initially, focus on a few narrow efforts, as opposed to broad and shallow
Recognize education as a first class partner

4. Other Issues
How broad should CI be? (e.g., does it include metadata, etc?)
Service, centralization, planning
Security, access control
Data discovery in DLs
Workforce issues
First CI solicitation possible in FY 05