Upcoming CDI Monthly Meetings
By Community for Data Integration (CDI)
February 4, 2026
CDI Monthly Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month, from 11-12:30 pm Eastern Time.
Find abstracts and more information, including how to join, on SharePoint or by joining the CDI mailing list. You can also use the CDI Monthly Meeting Series Calendar Event (FY 2026 Calendar Event .ics). Email gs_cdi@usgs.gov for additional help joining.
February 11, 2026
- USGS Northeast Region Capability Teams - Encouraging Interdisciplinary Scientist-to-Scientist Collaboration - Vivian Nolan, Adam Mumford, and Heather Walsh, USGS
Building the Cooperative National Geologic Map - Joe Colgan and Sam Johnstone, USGS
January 14, 2026
- Lightning presentations from the FY2026 CDI Statements of Interest
| ID | Statement of Interest Title |
|---|---|
| A | Developing Training Data for Deep Learning-Based 3DEP Lidar Classification |
| B | Development and Application of a Tool for Automated Transect Extraction Along Rivers (TATER) |
| C | Gap Filling Method Development for Improving Landsat Surface Temperature Products |
| D | Timing is Everything: Advancing Avalanche Forecasting Accuracy For Partners |
| E | Graphing Meaning Across Landscapes: Adapting USGS Grammar to Graph for Regional Decision Support |
| F | Improving Access and Interpretability of USGS Lake Water Quality Data |
| G | Dynamic Data Releases for Dynamic Data: Leveraging AI to Expedite Updates to a Range Shift Database |
| H | Driller-isms: Standardizing Subsurface Data From Text-Based Well Logs Using Machine Learning |
| I | Empowering Small Teams: RAFT Network Migration to AWS Cloud with AI Support |
| J | Water-Quality Wonderland: A Nitrate Tool, the Correction Magnitude Table, & Training Opportunities |
| K | Breathing Fresh Utility into an R Package for Aquatic Photosynthesis and Respiration |
| L | Expanding Functionality of the hyswap Python Package with Base Flow and Low-Flow Estimation Methods |
| M | landtreatment-utils: an R Package for Reproducible Analysis of the Land Treatment Digital Library |
| N | Cloud and Interoperability Optimizations of Legacy USGS Software Cloud Optimizing Planetary Data |
| O | Prototyping a Shareable, Extensible Data Integration Approach for a Regional Groundwater Observatory |
| P | FieldToTable: An Open Source Tool Using AI to Rapidly Convert Paper Records to Electronic |
| Q | Integrating Extreme Storms with Stream Discharge Data for Earth System Model Development |
| R | Cryosphere Observation Standardization Python Tools |
| S | Under-ice Discharge on the Edge (ICE-Edge) |
| T | Visualizing Satellite Lake Elevation Data for Improved Glacial Dammed Lake Monitoring |
| U | DRIP: Daily Rainfall Instrument Performance: Automatic Workflow to QA/QC Precipitation Station Data |
| V | What They Forgot to Teach in Python 101: Notebook Extensions & USGS Analysis Ready Data Use Cases |
| W | Wildland Fire PROGression (WF-PROG): A Scalable Geospatial Workflow to Summarize Wildfire Spread |
| X | Development of an AI-driven Approach to Efficiently Implement Structured Literature Syntheses |
| Y | Operationalizing PyHAT for Critical Mineral and Domestic Energy Exploration |
| Z | Open-source and FAIR Compliant Python Tools for Gravity Data Processing |
| ZA | IoT Ingest Stack: Software Resources and Guidance for Leveraging IoT Monitoring in USGS Networks |
| ZB | Integrating Groundwater-Surface Water Dynamics into 3DHP Data Using Remote Sensing and Deep Learning |
| ZC | Innovative Workflows for Modernizing Geologic Data: A Tennessee Case Study |
December 10, 2025
- Communicating Science with Data Science and Visualizations, Althea Archer and Anthony Martinez, USGS
- CDI Lab Notes: How we use AI, CDI Facilitators and CDI Members
October 8, 2025 (meeting cancelled and talks postponed)
- Background and building of the Cooperative National Geologic Map, Joe Colgan and Sam Johnstone, USGS
- CDI Pop-Up Lab, CDI Facilitators
September 10, 2025
- CDI Project: USGS Data in K–12 Education — Inspiring Future Scientists, Jess McKay and Joseph Zemmels, USGS
- CDI Project: Developing Templates for Releasing and Archiving Individual-Based Genotype Data, Amy Vandergast, USGS
- New Sample Tracking Approaches Resource: Strengthening Connectivity and Collaboration Among USGS Laboratories, Susan McIlroy, USGS
August 13, 2025
- State of the Communities of Practice, Leslie Hsu, USGS
- Modernized, standardized Web delivery for USGS data: an example from Water, Dave Blodgett and Michael Mahoney, USGS
- CDI 2025 DataBlast: Lightning Talks from the Community
July 9, 2025
- CDI Project: Expansion of the Geophysical Survey (GS) data standard and open-source tools, Stephanie James, USGS
- Online and in-person learning for decision making: The NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program, Melanie Follette-Cook, NASA
June 11, 2025
- CDI Project: Enhancing ArcGIS Survey123 to improve rangeland and aquatic data collection, Justin Welty, USGS
- Digital Collections in the USGS Library’s Catalog, Debbie Frye, USGS
May 14, 2025
- CDI Project: A National Tool for Graphing and Synthesizing Continuous and Discrete Water-Quality Data, Kimberly Shaffer and Laura DeCicco, USGS
- Follow up from the CDI Workshop, CDI facilitators
April 9, 2025
- CDI Project: Making water tracing rock solid: a national, geologic map-based visualization of USGS water strontium isotope data, Adam Hudson, USGS
- Hosting Interactive Jupyter Notebooks with Cloud Hosting Solution's Posit Connect, Richie Erickson, USGS
- CDI Project: SeeOtter: Improving software for AI-assisted processing of imagery for wildlife surveys, Collin Power, Wildlife AI/ USFWS & USGS contractor
- CDI Workshop Preview, CDI Facilitators
March 12, 2025
- CDI Project: USGS Introduction to Git and Software Release Course, Madison Langseth, USGS
- CDI Project: 3DEPPCC: An automated Deep Learning-based point cloud classification tool for 3DEP point clouds, Jung kuan Liu, USGS
February 12, 2025
- Watching Wavelengths on a Budget: a low-cost, IoT enabled radiometer prototype with AWS and Foundry, Thomas Bergamaschi, USGS
- High Performance Computing (HPC): A roadmap for scientific success, Ronald Rodriguez, USGS
- USGS Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Services, Lori Hernandez, USGS
January 8, 2025
- Implementing the USGS Public Access Plan: Impacts to Scientists and Recommendations - Viv Hutchison and Kelly Haberstroh, USGS
- The USGS Artificial Intelligence Strategy - Janice Gordon and Alison Appling, USGS
December 11, 2024
There is no CDI Monthly Meeting in December.
November 13, 2024
- Image Analysis System for River Color Classification using Machine Learning - Thomas Gushue and Joseph Thomas, USGS
- Exploring Green(er)Grass at USGS CoastCam sites, Eric Swanson, USGS
- CDI Pop-Up Lab: CDI Community Voting on Statements of Interest, CDI Workshop Session Submission and Registration, and more, CDI Facilitators
Find abstracts and more information, including how to join, on SharePoint or by joining the CDI mailing list.