Considerable interest in the BDEI application domain has
materialized since NSF’s June 2000 workshop (http://bio.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Research areas were outlined in that workshop’s report, but definitions
of key terms and research issues have not yet been fully defined. This session
aims to give more detail about how current research would transfer to this
domain, and what are some specific research issues. Awardees of the 2001
NSF BDEI initiative, and others interested in the topic, will address what
current biodiversity and ecosystem researchers need in terms of computer
technology, using the following research areas as a starting point: remote
sensing and wireless networks; event and process tagging; spatio-temporal
data and models; visualization of patterns and processes; data heterogeneity;
and taxonomic information, nomenclature and semantics. We will also consider
other needs of the domain, including: off the shelf applications or products;
organizational infrastructure changes; technology training for ecologists;
increased funding for ecologists.
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