Earth Science Community Testbeds: Landscape & Collaboration

First Presentation: EarthCube

Key to note not an overview of EarthCube:
There are a lot of possible projects and synergies with ESIP.

Overall, seems as though EarthCube is still early on in its process, and is still determining what it really wants to “get” out of it.

• Is it capturing information from projects?
• Is it demonstrating the integration of information between projects?
• Perhaps both?

There are working groups, and they are building use cases. Use cases = what’s important for EarthCube
Still early on -- but there is flexibility and a lot of potential overlap, and ability to sign on to participate.
Especially lots of discussion to have with ESIP - synergies of resources and ideas of valuation approaches.

EarthCube Update Summary:
ECITE prototyping on schedule
Initial use cases in the pipeline

But the bottom line is: Let’s not reinvent the wheel here - let's collaborate / share

QUESTIONS / DISCUSSION:

EarthCube could take advantage of ESIP Testbed
ESIP could take advantage of EarthCube platform

Real Needs: The glue that connects projects together… everything is distributed and not everyone will use the same computational resources. But EarthCube could help with integration and interoperability

• TECHNICALLY? ie: how things plug into each other… OR knowledge?
• Will EarthCube provide either the technical ability or simply the knowledge and sharing… or both? -- Unclear! What does EC really want to get out of this?

What about cyber security?

• Has not been expressed as a big need. They do address it, but not perhaps to the level? Particularly dealing with commercial cloud. Data is not sensitive but...

Second Presentation: Earth Science Data Access and Analytics: OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) Testbeds

OGC is a partner of ESIP

• global forum to advance geospatial information
• innovation through prototyping
• interoperability program
• advancement of technology “maturation levels”

Testbed 11 - had four groups (One of which was CDI… which is the focus for this talk, though there are other threads)

• Climate Data Initiative -- bring and increase the interoperability of climate data

Urban Climate Resilience with Coastal Inundation: Climate and Human Security

• Sea level rise is hard to deny - people take this seriously, so it’s relatively easy to focus on
• Climate models are complicated. How to give information to first responders in real time. This was to simplifiy and put some knobs on complicated models

Goal is to connect science with first responders.

RETROSPECTIVE; 11 going on 12 testbeds. 80+ initiatives.

Retrospective paper: published recently.

“Join testbed 12” --

WCS and OpenDAP -- you’re already doing things, so get involved and participate to get involved in the broader activities that are going on! collaboration?

Questions AND COLLABORATIONS

How do we leverage ESIP testbeds projects into OGC testbeds

• GEOSS pilot about air quality…  from ESIP (Erin led) -- if we could do that again?

ESIP testbed: Framework for evaluating technologies - Can we solicit ESIP evaluators?

• Or the other way: incubation aspect - possible small seed funding funding for ESIP members?
• Keeping eyes and ears peeled -- opening doors between ESIP and OGC?

OGC and ESIP Collaborations:

Future Collaboration:

• No ESIP Testbed session this week (ESIP session) -- AIST is about evaluation. not matchmaking between projects.
• However, could make sure the incoming products and services person from ESIP is on the mailing list for OGC -- make sure there is communication.
• When ESIP members are proposing projects, and see a way to connect with OGC to build into the proposal… make more communication known.

Immediate Collaboration:

"Let’s not wait until it comes out - says OGC. A lot of processes could happen now:" 

• World Bank in March
• Communication could happen now and at that point at the World Bank - coordination can happen early on.

What Might Be Possible for Collaborations:

• Right now (ESIP says) 2 RFPs per year for ESIP TestBeds… but there is fluidity - perhaps we could have an exciting opportunity? TEX project (technology Earth exchange) -- but actually we could do a testbed call, we could link the two if there are interest. People could propose to participate, as long as there are connections and collaborations, the How To are flexible and making it work.

• Seems like there is a LOT of reasons why there should be great coordination between ESIP federation and OGC -- we’re leveraging the ESIP federation (separate brain trust) - people are addressing some of the same things, but different… good way to come together? Pilot? Climate data? -- in support of presidents CDI… would make joint sponsors excited. They could look at the federation. Makes it exciting for people to participate… through these communications and projects. Reenergize...agenda item. Sounds like quick successes are possible.

• Annie’s idea; RFP special project call that could be “anytime” - if it collaborates with other OGC/Earth Cube… maybe what that looks like is that someone from OGC does a presentation… here’s the “nutshell” on Testbed 13 and then ESIP coordinates folks that would be interested in coordinating on behalf of ESIP… maybe we have a “hey you’re representing ESIP and your member organization” -- getting people on the hook… work needs to happen, put a title on it. Testbed...start and end date.

• Action: Two committees (ESIP? -- who is Ethan? IT and?? Interop?)