[Ieee_vis] CFP: NSF Food, Energy, Water Systems Nexus Workshop: Technology and Information Fusion, Nov. 5-6, 2015

[David S. Ebert]

Call for Participation:

National Science Foundation

Food, Energy, Water Systems (FEWS) Nexus Challenges Workshop: Technology and
Information Fusion 

 

Oakville Station, Napa Valley, California

 

November 5th and 6th, 2015

 

Scientists at Purdue University, Vanderbilt University and the University of
Texas at Austin are pleased to announce the National Science Foundation's
2015 Food, Energy, and Water Systems (FEWS) Nexus Challenges Workshop:
Technology and Information Fusion, hosted at the University of California's
Oakville Station in Napa Valley on November 5th and 6th, 2015. 

Overview:

Changing environmental conditions coupled with societal and agricultural
growth and associated energy demands are creating stresses and presenting
new challenges to the food, energy, and water systems (FEWS) interaction.
Thanks to resources provided by the National Science Foundation, our
workshop will focus on addressing these challenges and developing a roadmap
to outline short-term and long-term research, technology and farming
challenges for the NSF FEWS program. The workshop will concentrate on the
following:

. Opportunities to integrate novel microclimate weather, subsurface soil,
and remotely sensed image data with hydrology models, high-resolution soil
models and pedology, and perennial crop plant models into effective and
sustainable value-added farming solutions;

. Novel remote sensing and wireless in-situ sensing technology,
opportunities and practical constraints;

. Data integration, visualization, and interactive predictive decision
making environments.

The workshop will include leading researchers from the variety of scientific
disciplines that underpin this novel and evolving topic, as well as
agricultural producers who are experiencing food, water system challenges
created by changing climate and weather conditions. The two-day workshop
will bring together researchers as well as end-users, and will define the
scope and relevant research priorities. (Please see attached agenda for more
details). Feedback from the breakout sessions will serve as the basis for
workshop proceedings and recommendations to both the National Science
Foundation and the scientific communities.

Intended Participants:

Participants will include researchers, cooperative extension specialists,
and farmers with a common goal of defining novel research topics based on
the most pressing needs of perennial crop farmers in the Western U.S.


Application for Workshop:

Space for the workshop is limited to 30 participants. To apply for
attendance at the workshop, interested participants must email the VACCINE
Center at  <mailto:vaccine at purdue.edu> vaccine at purdue.edu by September 21,
2015 with the required application materials below. You will be notified of
the application decision by (insert date).


.         2-page NSF Biographical Sketch
(http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf15001/gpg_2.jsp)


.         1-page position paper on one or more of the topics listed below:


o   Where do water resources face the greatest stress and uncertainty?


o   What impact will a changing climate have on the global and regional
precipitation pattern?


o   How can integrated modeling efforts inform decision making with respect
to seasonal high-risk-of-failure water quantity and quality?


o   What technological innovations in engineering and agricultural practices
will prove most effective in achieving water-food system resiliency and
sustainability?


 

This workshop is supported by the National Science Foundation award
CNS-1541863. Partial to full travel and accommodation support will be
available to participants. There is no registration fee for the workshop
itself.


Workshop Organizing Committee:


. David Ebert, Purdue University, visual and predictive analytics (Chair)


.   Doug Adams, Vanderbilt University, sensing technology and environmental
engineering


. Christian Butzke, Purdue University, enology, viticulture, and food
science


. Melba Crawford, Purdue University, remote sensing technology


. Kelly Gaither, University of Texas at Austin, advanced computational
infrastructure and large-scale data visualization


. Terry Nipp, Aegis, crop science and biofuels


. Phillip Owens, Purdue University, soil pedology


. Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue University, wireless sensor technology


. Jonathan Gilligan, Vanderbilt University, climate change


 

 

- Dr. David S. Ebert, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
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- Purdue University; 465 Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907  -

- Director, Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability   -

-    Environments (VACCINE), DHS CCI Center of Excellence
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-    http://www.VisualAnalytics-CCI.org
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- Director, Purdue Visualization and Analytics Center, www.purvac.org   -

- ebertd at purdue.edu http://www.ece.purdue.edu/~ebertd                     -

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