<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear CDF,</span><br><div><br></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are pleased to announce the “Building Upon the EarthCube Community: A Geoscience and Cyberinfrastructure Workshop” to be held in Marina Del Rey (Los Angeles), CA, June 27-28th 2023. The workshop will consist of two days of science talks, posters, and demonstrations related to cyberinfrastructure in the geosciences. Please visit the </span><a href="https://isi-usc-edu.github.io/building-upon-the-earthcube-community/#about" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">workshop website</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for the schedule and other workshop details.  </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We invite </span><a href="https://isi-usc-edu.github.io/building-upon-the-earthcube-community/program" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">abstract submissions</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for talks, posters, demonstrations (including notebooks), and working sessions. Abstract submission closes on April 21st.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Participation from early-career scientists and members of underrepresented groups in the computer and geosciences is particularly encouraged. To promote their participation, ~20 </span><a href="https://isi-usc-edu.github.io/building-upon-the-earthcube-community/registration#travelawards" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">early-career travel awards</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are available.
<br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications for these awards are due April 21st. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Deborah Khider, Mike Daniels, and Nick Jarboe; Organizing Committee. </span></p></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Nicholas Jarboe</div><div><a href="mailto:njarboe@earthref.org" target="_blank">njarboe@earthref.org</a></div><div>(510) 390-1819</div><div>FIESTA backed data repositories (KArAr/GERM/MagIC/KdD/CDR)</div><div>Magnetics Information Consortium (MagIC)</div><div><a href="http://earthref.org/FIESTA" target="_blank">earthref.org/FIESTA</a></div></div></div></div></div>