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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Envirosensing community,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’m forwarding a short survey (~ 5 min) from colleagues doing a computer science project at one of my Nevada universities. They seek to discover what users of weather station data would prioritize in a web
interface.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This student-driven development project is aimed at people who would use data from or even deploy their own sensors as part of a local (Lake Tahoe) community LoRaWAN infrastructure for climate/science.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Responses from the collection of real sensor science practitioners (yourselves), regardless of where you operate, would be excellent and really help the students out.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">They have agreed to let me share the results back to the community here, so some of you may find it useful. The survey will only be open through June 1, so I expect that I will be able to share the results
in July/Aug. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It’s not a perfect survey for all things science, but it does provide valuable feedback for the CS folks, and I am trying to help them as a field network collaborator.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">See the description and IRB statement below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://unr.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9QYBRrUksZgUp9k">https://unr.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9QYBRrUksZgUp9k</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks for considering! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Scotty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Scotty Strachan, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Principal Research Engineer, NevadaNet<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">System Computing Services, Nevada System of Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">co-PI (Cyberinfrastructure) Nevada NSF-EPSCoR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Research Affiliate, DoE ESNet, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">email: <a href="mailto:sstrachan@nshe.nevada.edu">
<span style="color:#0563C1">sstrachan@nshe.nevada.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">phone: (775) 789-3765<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">tweets: @ScottySci <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Sergiu Dascalu <<a href="mailto:dascalus@unr.edu">dascalus@unr.edu</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The University of Nevada Reno College of Engineering and climate data collaborators are developing a pilot web portal designed to collect, store, share, and visualize weather data collected via sensors collected
via sensors that transmit information using low-power wide area network technology. These low-cost sensors that require minimal power could be useful for researchers and communities interested in better understanding their environments. We are interested in
understanding how you interact with environmental data and what features you would find most helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We expect the survey will take you no longer than 15 minutes. We do not anticipate that participating in this survey will have any direct benefit for you, although it will provide valuable information about
how the web portal can be as useful as possible. The survey also poses no known risks to you. We will not collect identifiable information, unless you elect to offer your email to participate in future user testing. You may stop taking the survey at any point.
If you have any questions or comments about the weather stations, the survey questions, your participation in the survey, or the broader research goals please reach out to Sergiu Dascalu at
<a href="mailto:dascalus@cse.unr.edu">dascalus@cse.unr.edu</a> or (775) 636-5060.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you have questions, concerns, or complaints, you can also contact the University of Nevada, Reno Social Behavioral Institutional Review Board at 775-327-2368 or via the contact form at
<a href="https://www.unr.edu/research-integrity/contact">https://www.unr.edu/research-integrity/contact</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">By taking the survey you agree that:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are at least 18 years old,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You have read the information above,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">You are voluntarily taking the survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The survey is available online until June 1, 2024 and you can access it here:
<a href="https://unr.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9QYBRrUksZgUp9k">https://unr.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9QYBRrUksZgUp9k</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for your participation!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sergiu Dascalu, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PI, NSF award # 2209806 “CSSI: Elements: Innovating for Edge-to-Edge Climate Services”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Nevada, Reno, 89557 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:dascalus@cse.unr.edu">
dascalus@cse.unr.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone: (775) 636-5060<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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PUBLIC RECORDS NOTICE: In accordance with NRS Chapter 239, this email and responses, unless otherwise made confidential by law, may be subject to the Nevada Public Records laws and may be disclosed to the public upon request.
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