[ESIP-all] Three week Environmental Informatics Course

[Karl Benedict]

Please forward this to any interested parties.

University Libraries
Walter E. Dean Environmental Information Management Institute
http://elibrary.unm.edu/courses/eimi

When: Monday, May 28 -- Friday, June 15, 2011

Who:                This course is for MS students and professionals with a
BS in biology, geology, ecology, or other environmental sciences,
environmental engineering, geography or science librarianship

The Environmental Information Management (EIM) Institute provides MS and
PhD students and professionals with the conceptual and practical hands-on
training that allows them to effectively design, manage, analyze,
visualize, and preserve data and information.

Participants completing the three-week Institute will be at a significant
competitive advantage as they pursue further academic and professional
efforts. They will gain invaluable experience with all aspects of the data
life cycle: from managing data files and creating databases and web
portals, through state-of-the-art analysis and visualization techniques, as
well as managing, analyzing, and visualizing geospatial data.

Week 1
INFO 530 Environmental Information Management

An introductory hands-on course on environmental information management and
the data life cycle for the environmental sciences, with emphasis on data
acquisition technologies, metadata, QA/QC procedures, data preservation,
and database management.

Week 2
INFO 532 Environmental Data Analysis and Visualization

Lectures and exercises cover techniques for data exploration, data analysis
and scientific workflows, and creation of effective visual representations
of analytical results.

Week 3
INFO 533 Spatial Data Management in Environmental Science

This hands-on course focuses on how geospatial data are effectively
managed, analyzed, visualized and preserved in Geographic Information
Systems.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: http://elibrary.unm.edu/courses/eimi/index.php#reg
Space is limited. The Institute is comprised of three one-week courses for
two credits each. Students must register for and attend all three courses.

Open to non-UNM students. For more information visit
http://elibrary.unm.edu/courses/eimi or email Teresa Neely atneely at unm.edu

The 2012 EIM Institute is made possible by generous funding from Walter E.
Dean. Dr. Dean, a UNM alumnus, has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey
since 1975 on a variety of projects and is currently a research geologist
in the Geology and Environmental Change Science Center in Colorado. Dean is
a prolific researcher and author who has won numerous awards.

Thanks,
Karl

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Karl Benedict, Ph.D.
Director, Earth Data Analysis Center
Research Assistant Professor, University Libraries
Research Assistant Professor, Geography Department
University of New Mexico

MAIL / PARCELS
MSC 01 1110 / Bandelier West, Rm. 118
1 University of New Mexico / University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87109

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Skype: karlbenedict
Twitter http://twitter.com/kbene
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