1. NSF and Environmental Cyberinfrastructure
Margaret Leinen
Environmental Cyberinfrastructure Workshop, NCAR 2002

2. A brief history of “cyberinfrastructure” at NSF
2000:
Community and NSF concern about the asymmetrical development of computer power and tools to use the power
CISE funds a number of large scale infrastructure proposals as part of the Information Technology Research priority area
Late 2000
CISE proposes a “cyberinfrastructure” component to the ITR

3. Cyberinfrastructure networking data manipulation cycles data mgt
training
software

4. Changes in Environmental Education
New demands for curricular materials
Connect data on Earth’s physical and biotic components
Include recent research data and results
Discovery-based learning
Hands-on activities
Consideration of social implications in decision-making exercises

5. Needs in Environmental Education
Digital Libraries for data collections and images
Tools for manipulation of data and discovery activities
Communications networks for access and collaborations
Support services for contributors, teachers, and students

7. Environmental Cyberinfrastructure
Spatial data challenges: e.g.
Merging digital imagery with digital data
Cyberinfrastructure for discipline science
Networks, software, data manipulation,
data management, training
Compute cycles

10. S. Kazenski, U Texas - Austin

11. Galveston Bay, 1855

12. Galveston Bay, 1901

13. Galveston Bay, today