22ndnd APAN eScience APAN eScience WorkshopWorkshop

Chris ElvidgeChris ElvidgeU.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationU.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National Geophysical Data Center National Geophysical Data Center

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January 27-28, 2004January 27-28, 2004East-West Center, Honolulu, HawaiiEast-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii

In the Past Waves of Biological and Cultural In the Past Waves of Biological and Cultural Exchange Occurred Between Asia and the Exchange Occurred Between Asia and the

Pacific IslandsPacific Islands

                        Two-Way Voyaging after Settlement According to Hawaiian oral traditions collected in the 19th century, voyaging continued between

Hawai'i and the South Pacific after the original settlement of Hawai'i. The motives given for voyaging are various:

1. Maintaining Family Connections.

2. Marriage.

3. Burial in Homeland.

4. Escaping Flood and Famine.

5. Acquiring Mana from the Homeland.

6. Family Quarrels and Unhappy Love Affairs.

7. Sightseeing and Adventure.

Alternate Approach to ConnectivityAlternate Approach to Connectivity

eScience CommiteeeScience Commitee

eScience is broadly defined as science activities that rely on high bandwidth network connections. This may include the transfer of data, building / operating distributed archives, distributed data processing, access to documents or training, remote operation of facility instruments, and interactive collaborations. APAN has a natural role in escience through providing bandwidth and network operating tools.

The APAN ad hoc eScience committee has been asked to conduct three workshops and to provide a report to APAN on ways to promote eScience in the AsiaPacific region.

A permanent eScience committee could:•Provide a venue for discussion of eScience between scientists and network administrators.•Promote eScience initiatives among APAN members.•Promote eScience initiatives between APAN and other international groups.•Conduct of eScience demonstration projects.•Conduct of eScience training and outreach.

Charter MilestonesCharter Milestones

1. First eScience workshop and committee meeting: August, 2003 Busan, Korea.

2. Draft report on eScience recommendations: Outline distributed Jan., 2004.

3. Second workshop and committee meeting: January, 2004 Honolulu, Hawaii.

4. Initiation of Climate Science Demonstration Project: January, 2004.

5. Recommendation report submitted to APAN Secretariat: March, 2004.

6. Implementation planning workshop: July, 2004 Cairns, Australia.

January 27January 27

Keynote Addresses

8:00 The transformation of science and engineering through cyberinfrastructure. Prof. Tony Hey, Director, e-Science Core Program, UK Research Council.

8:30 Cyberinfrastructure - Revolutionizing discovery, learning and innovation in the 21st century. Dr. Deborah L. Crawford, Deputy Assistant Director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, NSF.

January 28January 28

13:00  Workshop introduction, Review of the eScience Committee charter, Draft report & Discussion.Chris Elvidge, NOAA National Geophysical Data Center.

13:30  Large-scale linguistics archives of endangered Asia-Pacific languages. Dr. Linda Barwick, University of Sydney and Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC).     14:00  Digitizing Aloha: Using Information Technology to Preserve and Present the History and Culture of Hawaii. Dr. Bob Schwarzwalder,  Assistant University Librarian for Library Information Technology University of Hawaii at Mânoa.    

January 28January 28

14:30  The GLORIAD Project. Prof. Baoping YAN,  Director, Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences.        15:00 The Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF) V. Balaji, SGI/GFDL Princeton University

15:30  Cyberinfrastructure for Earth System Modeling. Don Middleton, Manager, Visualization and Enabling Technologies Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

January 28January 28

16:00 Overview of the Earth Observation Summit and the GEO Initiative. Chris Elvidge, NOAA. 16:30 Discussion on: 1) building an APAN eScience community across organizational lines,

2) promoting eScience in the Asia Pacific.