[Esip-envirosensing] ESIP Summer Meeting 2018 - EnviroSensing Sessions

[Jane Wyngaard]

Both sound really good, looking forward to them!

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Jane Wyngaard, PhD

Data Science Technologist
Centre for Research Computing
University of Notre Dame

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 6:11 PM, Scotty Strachan via Esip-envirosensing <
esip-envirosensing at lists.esipfed.org> wrote:

> Greetings fellow EnviroSensors!
>
> Renée & myself want to give you a heads-up on two related sessions that we
> proposed to ESIP for the Summer Meeting.
>
> Following on this year's cluster topic focus, we are hoping to see
> stimulating discussion on QA/QC workflow for streaming sensor data,
> including current practices/tools/standards and needs for more integrative
> software and standards.
>
> If the ESIP organizers put these sessions in the program, we will both be
> there and will facilitate the sessions. We would love to see any of you who
> are going to the Summer meeting and are interested in this topic to give a
> short case study presentation or contribute to the discussion.
>
> See the sessions as proposed below, and look for them on the ESIP website
> as we get closer to the meeting!
>
> Cheers, and hope to see you in Tucson!
>
> Renée & Scotty
>
>
> Session 1 Title:
> Sensor QA/QC workflow: case studies and discussion
>
> Description:
> The EnviroSensing Cluster is currently focused on workflow improvement for
> sensor-based science, particularly in the areas of quality assurance (QA)
> and quality control (QC) to meet FAIR Data (Findable, Accessible,
> Interoperable, and Reusible) objectives. Provenance for sensor data begins
> at the procurement/deployment phase and ends with some level of
> quality-controlled output product. Capture of metadata for hardware
> deployment, field maintenance, and data transmission represents the bulk of
> QA work, whereas the subsequent evaluation and flagging of observation data
> represents the QC process. As part of a two-session series, we will have
> short presentations (5-10min/ea) on case studies of QA Metadata Capture and
> subsequent Data Quality Control workflows, followed by group discussion of
> efficacy and directions for improvement. A separate session on standards
> for sensor QA/QC metadata annotation and related protocols will follow up
> on these concepts.
>
>
> Session 2 Title:
> Standards and technologies for sensor QA/QC annotations, metadata capture,
> and automated workflows
>
> Description:
> As sensor networks become more ubiquitous and complex, the scientific
> community requires a convergence on standards for metadata (e.g.,
> deployment conditions and QC annotations) as well as technology tools to
> facilitate semi- or fully-automated workflows. Protocols such as SensorML
> and other emerging standards exist, so how well do they fit these needs and
> how might they be incorporated into new software tools and frameworks?
> Where are the gaps and opportunities? This session will incorporate a mix
> of short presentations (5-10min/ea) on existing tools and forward-looking
> ideas, as well as group discussion.
>
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