<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Dear all,</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">As AI is becoming popular and powerful in the Earth and space science informatics field, the lack of "AI-ready data" has often been recognized as a key bottleneck that limits exploring/applying AI in Earth and space sciences at scale. During the 2021 ESIP Winter Meeting, we convened </span><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://2021esipwintermeeting.sched.com/event/g4AU/accelerating-artificial-intelligence-applications-at-scale-with-ai-ready-data" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">a session</span></a><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> to explore the topic of AI-ready data and how the community can work together to address this issue.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">As a direct result of the session, we initiated a new cluster, </span><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.esipfed.org/Data_Readiness" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Data Readiness Cluster</span></a><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">, as a community-driven group to help define "AI-ready" data and share recommended practices to assess and improve AI-readiness of open Earth and space data. If you are interested in joining the group or keeping informed about the development, please join </span><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://lists.esipfed.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-datareadiness" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">the cluster mailing list</span></a><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">. We want to work closely with various clusters within ESIP and the broad Earth and space science informatics community to discuss advancements, define standards, and develop tools related to AI-ready open Earth and space data.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">The Cluster will host its kick-off meeting on </span><strong style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Monday (04/12) at 12 pm Eastern time </span></strong><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">to refine the Cluster's goal, identify key stakeholders to engage with, and discuss plans for the ESIP Summer Meeting Session. We invite you to join us to learn more and provide your input for the Cluster. You can join the meeting using this </span><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89570417449?pwd%3DVE8vYzZ1SGRRRVc2aXE1c3dQM3JKZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3low1xl_LpJoWUNRVXZxno" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Zoom link</span></a><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> or find more details in the </span><a style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;color:rgb(74,110,224)" target="_blank" href="https://www.esipfed.org/get-involved/telecon-calendar" class="editor-rtfLink"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">ESIP Community Calendar</span></a><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">.</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We appreciate your help in sharing this announcement with others who might be interested in joining us. We are looking forward to working with you all on this exciting journey!</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Yuhan (Douglas) Rao, Tyler Christensen, Rob Redmon</span></p><p style="color:rgb(14,16,26);background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background:transparent;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Data Readiness Cluster Co-Chairs</span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;border:3px solid rgb(170,170,170);font-family:Times;line-height:14.4px"><tbody><tr><td align="center" height="71" width="71" style="padding:0px"><span style="font-size:11px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://ncics.org/" style="background:0px 0px;color:rgb(204,0,0)" target="_blank"><img height="71" width="71" alt="NCICS" src="https://ncics.org/ncics/img/NCICS_logo-131x131.png" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;border:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:69px"></a></span></span></td><td valign="top" style="padding:0px"><span style="font-size:11px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:700">Yuhan (Douglas) Rao</span><br><b>Postdoctoral Research Scholar</b><br>Pronoun: he/him/his<br><a href="http://ncsu.edu/" style="background:0px 0px;color:rgb(204,0,0)" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="https://ncics.org/" style="background:0px 0px;color:rgb(204,0,0)" target="_blank">North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS)</a><br>151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801<br>e: <a href="mailto:yrao5@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">yrao5@ncsu.edu</a><br>o: +1 828 271 4903</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>