Microsoft eScience Workshop 2012
Monday, October 8, 2012
|
Time |
Room: Crystal A | Room: Crystal C |
|
7:30–8:30 |
Continental Breakfast/Check-in – Room Crystal B | |
| 8:30–9:30 |
Welcome |
|
|
Keynote Defensible Modeling of the Biosphere Chair: Kristin Tolle, Microsoft Research Speaker: Drew Purves, Microsoft Research | video | slides | ||
| 9:30–10:00 |
Beverage Break – Room Crystal B | |
| 10:00–12:00 |
Open Data for Open Science—Data Interoperability Chair: Yan Xu, Microsoft Research
|
General Informatics Chair: Kristin Tolle, Microsoft Research |
|
Panel: Open Data for Open Science—Data Interoperability | video Robert Gurney, University of Reading Philip Murphy, University of Redlands | slides Karen Stocks, University of California, San Diego | slides Yan Xu, Microsoft Research | slides Ilya Zaslavsky University of California, San Diego | slides |
Panel: Enabling Multi-Scale Science | video Speakers: Roberto Cesar, University of Sao Paulo (USP) | slides James Hunt, University of California, Berkeley | slides Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) | slides
The Internet of Databases—Generalizing the Archaeo Informatics Approach | video | slides
Combining Semantic Tagging and Support Vector Machines to Streamline the Analysis of Animal Accelerometry Data | video | slides | |
|
12:00–1:15 |
Lunch – Room Crystal B | |
|
1:15–2:45 |
Handling Big Data for the Environmental Informatics
|
Active Publications Chair: Dennis Gannon, Microsoft Research |
| Panel: Handling Big Data for the Environmental Informatics / Real-Time Environmental Observation, Modeling, and Decision Support | video
Speakers: Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara | slides David Maidment, University of Texas, Austin | slides Barbara Minsker, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | slides Chaowei Yang, George Mason University | slides |
Active Publications | video Ian Foster, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory | slides Tanu Malik, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory | slides | |
| 2:45–3:15 |
Beverage Break – Room Crystal B | |
| 3:15–4:30 |
The Cloud and Big Data Chair: Kenji Takeda, Microsoft Research | slides
|
Machine-Assisted Thought Chair: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research |
|
Panel: Cloud Computing - What Do Researchers Want? | video Speakers: Fabrizio Gagliardi, Microsoft Research | slides Dennis Gannon, Microsoft Research | slides Marty Humphrey, University of Virginia | slides Paul Watson, Newcastle University | slides |
Machine-Assisted Thought | video | slides Speaker: Michael J. Kurtz, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | |
|
4:30–6:00 |
Chair: Jim Pinkelman, Microsoft Research
|
|
|
Layerscape: Tools for Collaborative Analysis of Complex Data
Globus Online: Research Data Management as a Service Presenter: Ian Foster, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory; Steve Tuecke, University of Chicago; Vas Vasiliadis, University of Chicago
The Open-Source ISA Metadata Tracking Framework: from Data Curation and Management at the Source, to the Linked Data Universe Presenter: Eamonn Maguire, University of Oxford
SOLE: Connecting Publications to Large Online Data Repositories Presenter: Tanu Malik, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory
DataUp: A Tool for Documenting and Sharing Scientific Tabular Data
Databib: An Online Catalog of Research Data Repositories
12,000 Human Genomes from Raw Sequence to Result, on Windows and Windows Azure
OData and Environmental Informatics |
||
|
6:00–6:30 |
Bus to Adler Planetarium | |
| 6:30–8:30 |
Adler Planetarium Reception | |
| 8:30–9:00 |
Bus to Hyatt and Swissôtel | |
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
|
Time |
Room: Crystal A | Room: Crystal C |
|
7:30–8:30 |
Continental Breakfast/Check-in – Room Crystal B | |
| 8:30–9:30 |
Keynote Biology: A Move to Dry Labs | video Chair: Dan Fay, Microsoft Research | slides Speaker: David Heckerman, Microsoft Research | slides |
|
| 9:30–10:00 |
Beverage Break – Room Crystal B | |
| 10:00–12:00 |
Data Scientists: Part I Chair: Gail Steinhart, Cornell University
|
Citizen Science and Big Data Chair: Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation |
|
Panel: Educating Data Scientists for Scientific Data | video Moderator: Gail Steinhart, Cornell University
Teaching Scientific Data Management in Data Science Education and Workforce Development Programs for Science Communities | video | slides
Educating Scientists About the Data Life Cycle | slides
Priorities for Data Curation Education: Data Center Partnerships and Long-Tail Science | video | slides
Educating a New Breed of Data Scientists for Scientific Data Management | video | slides |
The Utility of a Human/Computer Learning Network For Improving Biodiversity Conservation and Research in eBird | video | slides Speaker: Carl Lagoze, University of Michigan
Tools and Techniques for Outreach and Popular Engagement in eScience | video | slides Speaker: Rafael Santos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Big Data Processing on the Cheap | video | slides | |
|
12:00–1:30 |
Lunch – Room Crystal B | |
|
1:30–3:00 |
Data Scientists: Part II
|
Publishing and eScience | video Co-Chairs: Mark Abbott, Oregon State University; Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara |
|
What Is a Data Scientist? | video Speakers: Liz Lyon, UKOLN-DCC, University of Bath UK | slides Kenji Takeda, Microsoft Research
Informatics, Information Science, Computer Science, and Data Science Curricula | video | slides
Data Science Curricula at the University of Washington eScience Institute | video | slides |
Scientific Publishing in a Connected, Mobile World | slides
How to Collaborate with the Crowd: a Method for “Publishing” Ongoing Work | slides Speaker: Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara, Visiting Researcher Microsoft Research
When Provenance Gets Real: Implications of Ubiquitous Provenance for Scientific Collaboration and Publishing | slides Speaker: James Frew, University of California, Santa Barbara
Data Journal Challenge for the Fourth Paradigm-Trust through Data on Environmental Studies and Projects | slides Speaker: Shuichi Iwata, The Graduate School of Project Design | |
| 3:00–3:30 |
Beverage Break – Room Crystal B | |
| 3:30–5:00 | Data Curation Chair: Kristin Tolle, Microsoft Research |
Novel Approaches to Data Visualization | video Chair: George Djorgovski, California Institute of Technology |
|
Panel: Scientific Data: the Current Landscape, Challenges, and Solutions | video | slides Speakers: Jeff Dozier, University of California, Santa Barbara Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation William Michener, University of New Mexico Dave Vieglais, The University of Kansas Stephanie Wright, University of Washington |
Data Visualization in Virtual Spaces and High Dimensions | slides
CT and Imaging Tools for Windows HPC Clusters and Azure Cloud | slides Speaker: Darren Thompson, CSIRO (Advanced Scientific Computing)
Work in Progress Toward Enhancing Multidimensional Visualization with Analytical Workflows | slides Speaker: Dawn Wright, Environmental Systems Research Institute | |
|
5:15–6:00 |
Reception – Crystal Foyer | |
| 6:00–9:00 |
Microsoft Jim Gray eScience Award Banquet – Room Crystal B | |
| 6:00–7:00 |
Dinner | |
| 7:00–7:30 |
Announcement of Jim Gray eScience Award Recipient Host: Tony Hey, Microsoft Research | video (subsequent keynote address also on this video) | slides | |
|
7:30–9:00 |
Keynote The Possibilities and Pitfalls Internet-Based Chemical Data Chair: Tony Hey, Microsoft Research Speaker: Antony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry | video (Jim Gray Award precedes keynote on this video) | slides | |
