<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Thanks to those of you who attended our monthly meeting this month. It is always a great discussion with the group with much constructive feedback and things to think about for the cluster's work.</div><div><br></div><div>The recording of our meeting is available for you to watch in case you missed the meeting - <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9kcHTZnYPuGgQD6FYuHFv1c9FDpFQ0FqpoA_VMdhfFMhXilxXar58dqvsC2GXQ-L.yBpF7Qq3PX4lk9cr?startTime=1623258289000">https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9kcHTZnYPuGgQD6FYuHFv1c9FDpFQ0FqpoA_VMdhfFMhXilxXar58dqvsC2GXQ-L.yBpF7Qq3PX4lk9cr?startTime=1623258289000</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Our discussion mainly focused on the example checklist that is championed by Tyler (see the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XqLNdKqOXTgmVoY1iLZQaX0dEg8TUUuZ7FnUvzOmFfg/edit">document</a>). If you haven't got a chance to read it and provide your feedback, we invite you to do so when you have time.</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>Next steps</u></b>:</div><div>- We will use our ESIP Summer Meeting session to collect feedback on this checklist via an <a href="https://2021esipsummermeeting.sched.com/event/jMP9/ai-data-readiness-designing-a-community-driven-road-map-for-data-standards-and-tools">interactive working session</a>. So we encourage you to put this on your ESIP meeting schedule.</div><div>- Meanwhile, we are collaborating with the NASA ESDS Data Interoperability Working Group on <a href="https://2021esipsummermeeting.sched.com/event/jMOx/ai-data-readiness-what-does-ml-training-data-interoperability-mean-to-you-examples-and-use-cases">another session around training datasets for ML applications</a>.  Please consider adding it to your schedule as well!</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>Relevant events & resources:</u></b><br clear="all"><div>- OGC recently set up a working group focused on sample markup language standard development. You can learn more about their <a href="https://www.ogc.org/standards/requests/231?utm_source=phplist803&utm_medium=email&utm_content=HTML&utm_campaign=OGC+seeks+public+comment+on+new+Sample+Markup+Language+for+Artificial+Intelligence+Machine+Learning+Standards+Working+Group+Charter">charter</a>.</div><div>- Recently, the White House launched the <a href="https://www.ai.gov/the-biden-administration-launches-the-national-artificial-intelligence-research-resource-task-force/">National AI Research Resource Task Force</a>. </div><div>- NIST is currently seeking feedback on <a href="https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/06/nist-proposes-approach-reducing-risk-bias-artificial-intelligence">approaches to reduce the risk of bias in AI</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>I will be visiting Maryland for the next two weeks and plan to meet some ESIPers in person. If you want to talk about AI-ready data in person, let me know!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Wish you all have a great weekend and (please stay cool if you live on the west coast of the US)! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Douglas</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas Rao (he/him/his)</div></div><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="http://www.ncics.org" target="_blank">Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)</a><br><a href="http://www.ncei.noaa.gov" target="_blank">NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</a><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801</div></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:douglas.rao@noaa.gov" target="_blank">douglas.rao@noaa.gov</a></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;font-size:13px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:b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