earthcube egu 2014 presentation: seeking consensus on governance
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Presentation given by M. Lee Allison (PI, EarthCube Test Governance Project) at the EGU 2014 General Assembly Meeting.TRANSCRIPT
SEEKING CONSENSUS FOR CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE GOVERNANCE IN THE USA
M. Lee Allison, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson USA
Eva Zanzerkia, National Science Foundation, Arlington, USA
EGU General Assembly, April 30, 2014
WHY EARTHCUBE?
Nature does not recognize separate disciplines
EarthCube will democratize access to data
EarthCube will increase research time by reducing time needed to find, access, and analyze data
EarthCube will enable more interdisciplinary research and the pursuit of new questions
EarthCube will accelerate the pace of discovery
EarthCube will give all scientists the same chance of making major contributions regardless of institution size or institutional endowment
SCIENCE CHALLENGES
FROM END-USER WORKSHOPS
Full List of End-User Workshops at: http://earthcube.org/page/end-user-workshops
Roadmaps & Concept Designs (technical roadmaps and small prototype designs)
End-user Workshops & Stakeholder Alignment (identifying community needs & wants)
Test Governance Award (planning & demonstration phases)
Building Blocks, RCNs, and Conceptual Design Awards (current funded projects)
The EarthCube Journey
White Papers & Expressions of Interest (Geo & CI)
Dear Colleague Letter & Charrettes
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TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
DERIVED FROM END-USER WORKSHOPS
TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
DERIVED FROM END-USER WORKSHOPS (IF YOU REMOVE THE WORD “DATA”)
EARTHCUBE TEST ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE PROJECTAn agile approach to design a system that catalyzes the field and works for the community.
How do we link your tools, standards, and skills to create EarthCube?
2-year community engagement, testing, and demonstration process
Stakeholders (Assembly) – governance
ideas,
testing
Integrat
e stakeholder concepts - crowdsource
Synthesize
and recommend to NSF
Establish Organizational Demo
Facilitate convergence on system design, data standards
Evaluate results: basis for long term organization
Governance timeline – Year 2
Organizational timeline – Year 1
Demo phase Governance
charter
NSF solicitation?
DATA FACILITIESEARTHCUBE PORTFOLIOIT/FOSSEND-USER COMMUNITIES & PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Community workshops: January – March 2014
Participants: “Champions” from the Assembly Workshops
Purpose: Craft the EarthCube Demonstration Charter
Assembly Advisory Council Synthesis
Crowdsourcing
Social mediaWebsiteExhibit boothsProfessional societies
Strategic Pathway Exercises
Testing during workshopsOnline exercises
Assembly Workshops
7 stakeholder communities in 4 venues
Secretariat synthesis &
analysis
Evaluators analysis
Assembly Advisory Council
Advisory Council First Review
Crowdsourced response
Advisory CommitteeSecond Review
All-
Hands m
eeting
Charter Elements from Stakeholder
Communities
Governance Charter
V 1.0 Released
Governance Charter
Presented to All-Hands
Community
Governance Charter
Submitted to NSF
Jan-March 2014 April-June 2014 July-Sept 2014
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): CROWDSOURCING
EARTHCUBE.ORG & WORKSPACE