Community for Data Integration (CDI) DataBlast

July 17-18, 2012

USGS Clarence King Memorial Library, USGS National Center, Reston, VA

The Community for Data Integration (CDI) is a dynamic aggregation of multiple communities of practice, focused on the advancement of scientific data and information management and integration capabilities across the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).  On July 17 and 18 some of the many representatives from across the USGS who participate in the CDI were here in Reston to showcase examples of CDI-supported projects and the science data management and integration products that have resulted from them.

Kevin T. Gallagher (Associate Director, Core Science Systems) and Unknown User (lgundersen@usgs.gov) (Director, Office of Science Quality and Integrity), Executive Sponsors of the CDI invited the Executive Leadership Team and USGS staff in Reston to visit the CDI DataBlast to meet and talk with our scientists, view their posters and try out some of the live demos! Visitors to the event had the opportunity to learn how USGS science benefits from CDI-supported projects and find out how they can participate in the CDI!

CDI products that were highlighted at this event included the following best practices, tools, and technologies:

Note that the PDF poster files are made available here for the benefit of and to inform members of the CDI. We respectfully request that you do not distribute these PDF files.

U.S. Geological Survey Community for Data Integration:  A Foundation for Sharing Science (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter:  Gallagher, Kevin T., Associate Director, Core Science Systems, Reston

Co-author:  Unknown User (lgundersen@usgs.gov), Director, Office of Science Quality and Integrity, Reston

National Water Information System (NWIS) Web Services Snapshot Tool for ArcGIS (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter:  Unknown User (sholl@usgs.gov), Texas Water Science Center, Austin

The Geo Data Portal: A “Big Data” Broker for Environmental Modeling Application:  Hydrologic Modeling of Downscaled Climate Projections in the Great Lakes (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter:   John Walker, Research Hydrologist, Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton

Co-author:  Dave Blodgett, Center for Integrated Data Analytics (CIDA), Middleton

Sharing Science – The CDI Data Upload, Registry, and Access Project (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter:  Kern, Tim, Fort Collins Science Center, CO

Science for a Mobile World – Support for The Mobile Ecosystem (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter:  Schmid, Lorna A., Administration and Enterprise Information, Reston

Co-authors:  Daniel Pearson, Texas Water Science Center, Austin; Unknown User (dmasaki@usgs.gov), Core Science Analytics and Synthesis, Honolulu 

Semantic Technologies for Integrating USGS Data (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter  Lightsom, Frances L., Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, MA

Co-author:  Janice Gordon, Core Science Analytics and Synthesis, Colorado

A USGS Website to Support and Enable Better Science Data Management (PDF - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE)

Presenter:   Unknown User (hhenkel@usgs.gov), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, FL

Co-author:  Viv HutchisonHutchison, Vivian B., Core Science Analytics and Synthesis, Denver