CDI Collaboration Area Meetings in FY21
Community for Data Integration collaboration area activity in FY21.
As part of networking and sharing knowledge and experience, the CDI facilitates Collaboration Areas that form around common interests, help address challenges, and identify solutions that enable data integration efforts.
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Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 13, 2020 | Injecting process knowledge into neural networks for more accurate predictions | Alison Appling, USGS |
| November 10, 2020 | Semantics & machine reasoning: the (other) AI road to EarthMAP? | Ken Bagstad, USGS |
| February 9, 2021 | Assessing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness of USGS Data | Sophie Hou, Contractor to USGS |
| March 9, 2021 | Integrating Deep Learning Methods into a National High-Resolution Land Cover Mapping | Nate Herold, NOAA, and Chris Robinson, Lynker Technologies |
| April 13, 2021 | Turning nature into numbers: Advancing Ecoscience through the lens of remote sensing and artificial intelligence/machine learning | Neal Pastick, USGS |
| June 8, 2021 | Using Deep learning to Identify North American Bats | Ben Gotthold, USGS |
| September 14, 2021 | Developing deep learning design patterns for large-scale coastal monitoring | Dan Buscombe, Contractor to USGS |
Data Management
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 12, 2020 | No meeting due to Columbus Day Holiday | |
| November 9, 2020 | Capturing Provenance of Data Curation at BCO-DMO | Adam Shepherd and Amber York, Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO) |
| December 14, 2020 | Project and Data Management Planning Tools | Mark McKelvy, USGS and Maria Praetzellis, University of California |
| January 11, 2021 | Data cleaning with OpenRefine | Ricardo McClees-Funinan, USGS |
| Discussion: A new year for DMWG | Tara Bell and Madison Langseth, USGS | |
| February 8, 2021 | Data Citation FAQs CDI FY21 Workshop Planning | Madison Langseth, USGS |
| March 8, 2021 | Legal Agreements and Data Management | Esther Eng and James Mitchell, USGS |
| April 12, 2021 | USGS Quality Management System Implementation Update and the Role of Data Management | Dave Alvarez, QMS Policy and Requirements, Lisa Olsen, SharePoint, Sarah Stetson, Teams, Molly McLaughlin, USGS |
| May 10, 2021 | No meeting due to the CDI Workshop | |
| June 14, 2021 | Data Release and Section 508 Compliance | Larry Reedy, Ed Olexa, and Sofia Dabrowski, USGS |
| July 12, 2021 | "How to talk to your data manager/scientist - Breaking the ice" Recap & Next Steps | Jason Ferrante, Tara Bell, and Madison Langseth, USGS |
| Fundamental Science Practices (FSP) Data Management Policy & Guidance Updates | Viv Hutchison, USGS | |
| August 9, 2021 | Data release with EXIF metadata | Anthony Fischbach, USGS |
| EXIF Overview and use of Imagery Headers at CMHRP | Seth Ackerman, USGS | |
| Demo of Jupyter Notebook script for bulk updating PNG EXIF | Maggie Goldman, USGS | |
| September 13, 2021 | Data Reports & other Companion Publications: How data and publishing work together | Tania Larson, USGS |
Data Visualization
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 29, 2020 | Data Sketches: a Year of Exotic Data Visualizations | Nadieh Bremer |
| March 18, 2021 | How Data Journalists Think About Data | Alvin Chang, the Guardian U.S. |
| July 8, 2021 | Using Observable for Data Visualizations | Mike Freeman, Observable HQ |
| September 16, 2021 | Beyond Bars and Box Plots — Chart alternatives and how to create and style them with ggplot2 | Cédric Scherer |
DevOps
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 6, 2020 | Roadmap to DevSecOps Adoption @ EPA | Cynthia Ferreira, EPA |
| December 1, 2020 | Prisma Cloud - DevSecOps Platform: Securing Cloud Applications | Paul Fox, Palo Alto Networks |
| April 6, 2021 | USGS NGTOC Dynamic Mapping - A Custom Mapping Platform For User Defined Topo Maps | Jesse Hopkins, Ed Phillips, Brian Cherry, and Danielle Howard, USGS |
| Automating the Deployment of a National Geospatial Map Production Platform Using DevOps Workflows | Jesse Hopkins, Ed Phillips, Brian Cherry, and Danielle Howard, USGS |
Fire Science
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 20, 2020 | USGS National Land Imaging Program Update | Timothy R. Newman, USGS |
| November 17, 2020 | Fire’s Role in Managing Native Grasslands and Invasive Plants in the Northern Great Plains | Amy Symstad, USGS |
| December 15, 2020 | Assessing the proliferation, connectivity, and consequences of invasive fine fuels | Julie Heinrichs, NREL Colorado State Univ, and Erin Buchholtz, USGS |
| January 19, 2021 | 21st Century Fire Science Partnership for Changing Needs and Technology | Rod Linn, DOE and Kevin Hiers, Tall Timbers Research Station |
| February 16, 2021 | Youth and Education in Science | Kama Almasi, Einstein Fellow |
| Fire, Climate and Humans: A Combustive Combination | Natalie Kehrwald, USGS | |
| March 16, 2021 | Preparing for Fire Response Support in 2021 | Anna Stull, USGS |
| Experience and preliminary results from applying QuicFIRE model | Seth Munson and Matt Germino, USGS | |
| April 20, 2021 | USGS fire response team and process for 2021 | Kyle Blasch, USGS |
| Climate and Fire Futures: Collaborative, Use-inspired Science for Adaptation in a Time of Transformation | Jeremy Littell, USGS | |
| May 18, 2021 | Postfire Landscape Management in Frequent-fire Conifer Forests of Western North America | Jens Stevens, USGS |
| June 15, 2021 | Strategic Plan recognition and next steps | Anne Kinsinger, USGS |
| USGS Fire Danger Forecast Program Overview | Kurtis Nelson, USGS | |
| July 20, 2021 | Potential Operational Delineations (PODs) Cross-boundary, Collaborative Fire Planning | Dave Calkin, Matthew Thompson, Kit O'Conner, USFS, and Chris Dunn, Oregon State University |
| August 17, 2021 | Contrasting Prescription Burning and Wildfires in California Sierra Nevada National Parks and Adjacent National Forests | Jon Keeley, USGS |
| September 21, 2021 | Native American Fire Management at an Ancient Wildland–urban Interface in the Southwest United States | Rachel Loehman, USGS |
Geomorphology
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2021 | Interagency Geomorphology Data Exchange Project | Molly Wood, USGS, Paul Boyd, USACE, and Rose Dopsovic, Bowhead Technical Enterprise Solutions, LLC |
| April 27, 2021 | Comparing specific gage analysis and aerial image analysis to evaluate climate driven channel change in New England | Adam Benthem, USGS |
| June 22, 2021 | Elevation-Derived Hydrography - following the flow | Silvia Terziotti and Christy-Ann Archuleta, USGS |
| August 24, 2021 | The Vigil Network: A Geomorphic Time Capsule | Joel Groten, USGS |
Hyperspectral
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 30, 2020 | Sustainable Land Imaging (SLI) Landsat Next: | Ray Kokaly, USGS |
| December 4, 2020 | Community Call | Ray Kokaly, USGS and Group Discussion |
| January 8, 2021 | Presentations on Harmful Algal Blooms | Terry Slonecker, Victoria Stengel, and Keith Loftin, USGS |
| March 5, 2021 | Community Call | Group Discussion |
| May 7, 2021 | Making the GHISA spectral library ML/ AI-Ready | Itiya Aneece and Prasad Thenkabail, USGS |
Imagery Data
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2021 | Online Imagery Data Storage and Release: Current State of the Science and Future Directions | Cian Dawson, Seth Ackerman, Evan Dailey, Chris Gazoorian, Ben Letcher, Jon Warrick, Anthony Fischbach, and Sandy Brosnahan, USGS |
| July 12, 2021 | IoT Imagery Processing Feature Brainstorm | Frank Engel, USGS |
| August 9, 2021 | EXIF Metadata and Image Headers | Anthony Fischbach, Seth Ackerman, and Maggie Goldman, USGS |
Metadata Reviewers
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 5, 2020 | Templates for Metadata Persistent identifiers for metadata | Group Discussion |
| November 2, 2020 | Data Dictionary Template | Ray Obuch and Stu Giles, USGS |
| Tracking Data Releases and Reviews through the publication process | Group Discussion | |
| December 7, 2020 | A Python Notebook for Investigating the Data Which the Metadata Describe | Erika Sanchez-Chopitea and Group Discussion |
| February 1, 2021 | Feedback on the Data Review Checklist | Madison Langseth and Group Discussion |
| March 1, 2021 | Peeking into the Future of Metadata | Group Discussion |
| April 5, 2021 | Which Link do you Provide in the Network Resources Section? | Group Discussion |
| May 3, 2021 | What Will the FAIR Principles Mean for our Metadata? | Group Discussion |
| June 7, 2021 | Disclaimers in the Metadata - Where Do They Go? Improving Use of USGS Thesaurus Keywords in ScienceBase | Group Discussion |
| August 2, 2021 | Department of the Interior Draft Records Schedule, Science Publishing Network Data Reports, Data and Metadata Review Checklists | Group Discussion |
Model Catalog
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2020 | Integrated Modeling Workshop and the USGS Model Catalog | Leslie Hsu, USGS |
| December 16, 2020 | USGS Model Catalog Quarterly Working Group Update | Leslie Hsu, USGS |
| March 24, 2021 | USGS Model Catalog Quarterly Working Group Update | Leslie Hsu, USGS |
Risk Research and Applications
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2020 | FY21 RFP Information Session | Risk team |
| Using CoSMoS for Determining Economic Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Strategies | Patrick Barnard, USGS and Lars de Ruig, VU Amsterdam | |
| November 19, 2020 | Panel Discussion on Science Communication and the Grand Canyon Uranium Project | Katie Walton Day, Jo Ellen Hinck, and Rudy Schuster, USGS |
| December 17, 2020 | Mount St. Helens 40-year anniversary: reflections on communication challenges and lessons learned about the value of partnerships | Carolyn Driedger, USGS |
| Puerto Rico Landslide Hazard Mitigation Project | Lindsay Davis and Jocelyn West, USGS | |
| January 21, 2021 | Mapping magnetic-storm geoelectric hazards | Jeffrey J. Love, USGS |
| SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) Scenario Evaluation | Nora Smithhisler, USGS | |
| February 18, 2021 | Introduction to the FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) | Casey Zuzak, FEMA |
| March 18, 2021 | Workshop Highlight: Understanding the User-centered Design Process - Methods to More User-friendly Scientific Products | Joseph Bard, USGS |
| USGS Wildland Fire Science Strategy | Paul Steblein, USGS | |
| April 15, 2021 | Earthquake-tsunami multi-hazards: Engineering challenges | Ben Mason, Oregon State University |
| Community Brainstorming for Risk CoP Annual Meeting | Risk Plan leads | |
| May 20, 2021 | Hazards, Race, and Social Justice Speaker Series: Chesapeake Bay Dashboard | John Wolf, USGS |
| June 8, 2021 | USGS Civil Applications Committee and Environmental Security Working Group Meet-and-Greet | Dan Opstal and Jordan Beauregard, USGS |
| June 17, 2021 | Hazards, Race, and Social Justice Speaker Series: In Not So Plain Sight: Untangling the Roots of Hazard Vulnerability | Kathleen Tierney, University of Colorado |
| July 15, 2021 | Science translation: Bridging user engagement with product communication and design | Emily Himmelstoss, USGS |
| Hazard Mitigation for Water Managers: Developing criteria for federal stakeholder needs using real-time web applications | Sachin Shah and Veronica Romero, USGS | |
| August 17-19, 2021 | Annual "Face-to-Face" Meeting | |
| September 16, 2021 | New Tools and Services from the Strategic Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment on DOI Resources (SHIRA) Project | Nathan Wood and Alice Pennaz, USGS |
Semantic Web
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2020 | A Geospatial Knowledge Graph for National Topographic Data | Dalia Varanka, USGS |
| November 12, 2020 | But what is a model? Semantics in the USGS Model Catalog. | Leslie Hsu, USGS |
| February 11, 2021 | USGS needs a knowledge graph capability for using schema.org vocabularies. How can we do that? | Group Discussion |
| March 11, 2021 | Our session at the 2021 CDI Workshop | Group Discussion |
| June 10, 2021 | After the CDI Workshop: What next? | Group Discussion |
| July 8, 2021 | Semantically annotating a simple model | Ken Bagstad, USGS and Group Discussion |
| August 5, 2021 | Semantically annotating models, using the ARIES system | Ken Bagstad, USGS and Group Discussion |
| September 8, 2021 | Semantic Web discussion of liquefaction models and ARIES framework, benefits/needs to be met. | Group Discussion |
Software Development
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 22, 2021 | Agile | Michelle Guy, USGS |
| Agile and Usability | Sophie Hou, USGS | |
| January 28, 2021 | Cloud migration of existing scientific processing applications | Mike Hearne, Heather Schovanec, and Kirstie Haynie, USGS |
| So you want to build a decision support tool? Assessing successes, pitfalls, and lessons learned for tool design and development | Nicole Herman-Mercer, Amanda Cravens, Amanda Stoltz, and Sophie Hou, USGS | |
| February 25, 2021 | What artifact management solutions are USGS software developers using? CDI Workshop 2021 Session Proposals | Group Discussion |
| March 24, 2021 | Amazon Elastic Container Registry Gitlab Package Registry | Group Discussion |
| April 29, 2021 | Collaborating Remotely - what has, and has not, worked for you | Group Discussion |
| July 22, 2021 | Project charters and/or approval process for software development | Dennis Walworth, USGS and Group Discussion |
| August 26, 2021 | Data accessibility and integration | Madison Langseth, USGS and Group Discussion |
| September 23, 2021 | Overview of Motus Project - the modernization of a 20+ year old 24/7 seismic monitoring system using Fast API, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, Angular, NgRx, Docker, and gitlab runners | Michelle Guy, John Patton, Eddie Hunter, Erik Myers, Kathy Dooley, Blake Draper, Aaron Stephenson, Jeremy Newson, and Katrin Jacobsen, USGS |
Tech Stack
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 8, 2020 | Quantifying and Communicating Climate Change Risk at First Street | Ed Kearns, USGS |
| November 12, 2020 | OGC API Update | Gobe Hobona, Open Geospatial Consortium |
| December 10, 2020 | Environmental Data Retrieval API | EDR-API Standard Working Group Members |
| February 11, 2021 | Elevation Data Processing At Scale - Deploying Open Source GeoTools Using Docker, Kubernetes | Josh Trahern and Andrew Bulen, USGS |
| March 11, 2021 | Earth Data Extraction, Exploration and Visualization Using the AppEARS Platform | Tom Maiersperger and Chris Torbert, USGS |
| April 8, 2021 | Developing A New Geologic Map Database and 3D Geologic Model of The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains | Joe Colgan, Paco Van Sistine, and Kenzie Turner, USGS |
| May 13, 2021 | Visualization of Landsat Data stored in the Cloud using LandsatLook 2.0 | Kristi Kline and Kelly Lemig, USGS |
| June 10, 2021 | USGS Hydro Network Linked Data Index Tools | Dave Blodgett, Anders Hopkins, USGS, Taher Chegini, University of Houston |
| August 12, 2021 | Developing an Open-Source Workflow and Toolset for Quantifying Lacustrine Sedimentation Using Publicly Available Data | Jake Gearon, Indiana University |
| September 9, 2021 | TerrainR - Generating 3D Landscape Visualizations Using R and Unity | Mike Mahoney, State University of New York - ESF |
Usability
| Date | Topics | Presenters |
|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2020 | Testing Usability with Users: Finding Users, Recruiting Users, Determining the Number of Users, Testing Remotely | Sophie Hou |
| February 3, 2021 | Three questions to help discuss usability with your teams | Sophie Hou |
| February 17, 2021 | User-centered design process: Overview | Sophie Hou |
| April 7, 2021 | User-centered design process: User Research | Sophie Hou |
| April 21, 2021 | User-centered design process: User Research - Contextual Inquiry | Sophie Hou |
| June 6, 2021 | User-centered design process: Analysis/Definition of User Needs/Requirements | Sophie Hou |
| June 16, 2021 | User-centered design process: Analysis/Definition of User Needs/Requirements - Mapping (e.g., empathy mapping and journey mapping) | Sophie Hou |
| August 4, 2021 | User-centered design process: Prototyping | Sophie Hou |
| August 25, 2021 | User-centered design process: Prototyping - Wireframing | Sophie Hou |
| September 20, 2021 | Usability Workshop: "Understanding the User-Centered Design Process – Methods to More User- Friendly Scientific Products!" | Joe Bard, Sophie Hou, Rachel Volentine |
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