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Geoinformatics 2006 - Agenda

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Wednesday, May 10 2006 Evening Reception 5:00 - 6:30 pm Welcome Reception Crowne Plaza, Dulles (formerly the Days Hotel), Salon BC See map and directions to Crowne Plaza, Dulles (formerly the Days Hotel): http://www.dullesdayshotel.com/mapanddirections.htm

Thursday, May 11 2006 Morning Sessions (top) 8:30 - 9:30 Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center 8:30 - 9:00 Randy Keller University of Texas at El Paso Opening Remarks (Due to an unforeseen emergency Dr. Keller was unable to attend the Geoinformatics 2006 meeting)   Margaret Banton GEON Welcoming Remarks (webcast)   Linda Gundersen U.S. Geological Survey Welcoming Remarks (webcast)   A.Krishna Sinha Virginia Tech Brief History of Geoinformatics (slides) (webcast) 9:00 - 9:30 John LaBrecque (bio) NASA Keynote: Geoinformatics in the Era of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) (webcast)   9:30 - 9:40 Break   9:40 - 12:00 Concurrent Session 1: Ontologies and the Semantic Web, USGS Auditorium Chair: Robert Raskin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA 9:40 - 10:00 Deborah McGuinness Stanford University and McGuinness Associates Solar-Terrestrial Ontologies (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:00 - 10:20 A.Krishna Sinha Virginia Tech Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences: ontology based discovery and integration (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:20 - 10:40 Hassan Babaie Georgia State University Designing dynamic Earth Sciences ontologies (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:40 - 11:00 Douglas Fils CHRONOS The Taxonomic Synonymy Definition Framework (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:00 - 11:20 Nancy Wiegand University of Wisconsin-Madison Using Semantic Web Modeling and Technology for Automated Search for Data (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:20 - 11:40 Ullas Nambiar University of California, Davis GEONSearch: From Searching to Recommending (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:40 - 12:00 Larry Kerschberg George Mason University Knowledge Sifter: Agent-Based Search over Heterogeneous Sources Using Semantic Web Services. (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 9:40 - 12:00 Concurrent Session 2: Geologic mapping and databases, Visitor Center Chair: Peter Lyttle, U.S. Geological Survey 9:40 - 10:00 Alan Stevens Federal Geographic Data Committee Spatial Data Infrastructure: What is it? Why is it critical? (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:00 - 10:20 David Soller U.S. Geological Survey Advances in design of the U.S. National Geologic Map Database (abstract) 10:20 - 10:40 Boyan Brodaric Geological Survey of Canada GeoSciML: an international GML 3 standard for sharing geologic map information, with examples from Canada and the U.S. (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:40 - 11:00 Christopher Condit Dept. Geosciences, Univ. Massachusetts-Amherst Dynamic Digital Maps: An Open-Source Tool to Distribute Maps, Data, Articles and Multi-Media as an Integrated Stand-alone Cross-platform Package via the Web and CD/DVD for Use in Research, Teaching and Archiving Information (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:00 - 11:20 Michael Williams Geosciences - University of Massachusetts Building a dynamic image-based database: Integrating thin section images and data using Dynamic Digital Maps (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:20 - 11:40 John Oldow University of Idaho Spatial and Temporal Pattern of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Fault Slip-Rates in the Alvord Extensional Basin, Southeastern Oregon (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:40 - 12:00 Branko Djapic Columbia University New approach to Designing Geochemical Databases (abstract) (slides) (webcast)   12:00 - 1:00 Lunch   Afternoon Sessions 1:00 - 1:30 Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center 1:00 - 1:30 Linda Gundersen (bio) U. S. Geological Survey Keynote: Data to Knowledge to Applications! Geoinformatics at the USGS (slides) (webcast) 1:40 - 3:00 Concurrent Session 1: Natural Hazards, USGS Auditorium Chair: Mike Williams, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1:40 - 2:00 Philip Maechling Southern California Earthquake Center Using the SCEC Computational Platforms for Seismic Hazard Analysis Research (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:00 - 2:20 Serkan Bozkurt U.S. Geological Survey Using GIS to visualize, analyze, and forecast seismic hazards (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:20 - 2:40 Dina Venezky U.S. Geological Survey A New System for Publishing and Archiving Volcano Hazard Information Statements using the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:40 - 3:00 Mark Gahegan GeoVISTA Center, Penn. State Utilizing GEON Cyberinfrastructure for United Nations Disaster Relief Efforts (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 1:40 - 3:00 Concurrent Session 2: Web Services and IT Tools, Visitor Center Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center 1:40 - 2:00 Peisheng Zhao George Mason University A Virtual Geospatial Product Toolkit Based on Geospatial Web Service Orchestration (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:00 - 2:20 Leonardo Salayandia University of Texas at El Paso Evaluating BDI Agents to integrate resources over Cyberinfrastructure (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:20 - 2:40 Christopher Crosby Arizona State University The GEON LiDAR Workflow: An Internet-Based Tool for the Distribution and Processing of LiDAR Point Cloud Data (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:40 - 3:00 Gyorgy Fekete Johns Hopkins University Efficient search indexes for geo-spatial data in a relational database (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 3:00 - 5:00 Demonstrations and Poster Session Located in Art Hallway, Main Lobby and Rooms BA102A, BA102B, BA102C, and 1B215   7:00 Geoinformatics 2006 Participant Dinner Crowne Plaza, Dulles (formerly the Days Hotel), Salon AB 2200 Centreville Road, Herndon, VA 20170 Dinner made possible by sponsorship from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC).

Friday, May 12 2006 Morning Sessions (top) 8:30 - 9:30 Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: June Thormodsgard, U.S. Geological Survey 8:30 - 9:00 Margaret Leinen (bio) National Science Foundation Keynote: Cyberinfrastructure and Geoinformatics at NSF (slides) (webcast) 9:00 - 9:30 Ian Foster (bio) Argonne National Laboratory / University of Chicago Keynote: Cyberinfrastructure and the role of GRID computing (slides) (webcast)   9:30 - 9:40 Break   9:40 - 12:00 Concurrent Session 1: Integration and Computation, USGS Auditorium Chair: June Thormodsgard, U.S. Geological Survey 9:40 - 10:00 Gregory Van der Vink EarthScope Exploring the Structure and Evolution of North America (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:00 - 10:20 Randy Keller University of Texas at El Paso Building and editing 3-D models of lithospheric structure via integrated analysis geological and geophysical data: A scheme for formal integration (data fusion) of geophysical data (abstract) (Due to an unforeseen emergency Dr. Keller was unable to attend the Geoinformatics 2006 meeting) 10:20 - 10:40 Peter Bajcsy NCSA CyberIntegrator: A Meta-Workflow System Designed for Solving Complex Scientific Problems using Heterogeneous Tools (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:40 - 11:00 Vladik Kreinovich University of Texas at El Paso Towards Combining Probabilistic, Interval, Fuzzy Uncertainty, and Constraints: An Example Using the Inverse Problem in Geophysics (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:00 - 11:20 Cinzia Cervato CHRONOS CHRONOS: Transforming Earth History Research by Seamlessly Integrating Stratigraphic Data and Tools (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:20 - 11:40 Peter Fox HAO/ESSL/NCAR Semantically-Enabled Scientific Data Integration (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:40 - 12:00 Walter Landry Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (Caltech) CIG: Software for the Geophysics Community (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 9:40 - 12:00 Concurrent Session 2: Cyberinfrastructure and Visualization, Visitor Center Chair: Phil Maechling, Southern California Earthquake Center 9:40 - 10:00 Jens Klump GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam GEO-GRID – eScience for the Earth- and Environmental Sciences (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:00 - 10:20 Annette Olson U.S. Geological Survey The geological and ecological sciences - their natural interdependency reflected in cyberinfrastructure (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:20 - 10:40 David Govoni U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Information Management at the U.S. Geological Survey—Issues, Challenges, and a Collaborative Approach to Identifying and Applying Solutions (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 10:40 - 11:00 William Miller U.S. Geological Survey A Cognitive-Agent Based Geospatial Data Distribution System (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:00 - 11:20 Aijun Chen George Mason University Standard Compliant Grid Framework for Geoscience Virtual Products Modeling (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:20 - 11:40 Toni Schenk The Ohio State University Computer vision and digital photogrammetry methodologies for extracting information and knowledge from remotely sensed data (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 11:40 - 12:00 Brian Davis SAIC Contractor to USGS/EROS Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems (abstract) (slides) (webcast)   12:00 - 1:00 Lunch   Afternoon Sessions 1:00 - 1:30 Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center 1:00 - 1:30 Kelvin Droegemeier (bio) University of Oklahoma Keynote: A Service-Oriented Architecture for Interacting Dynamically with Severe Weather (slides) (webcast) 1:30 - 2:10 Concurrent Session 1: Oceans and Ice, USGS Auditorium Chair: Rama Kotra, U.S. Geological Survey 1:30 - 1:50 John Graybeal Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute A Conversation with an Ocean Observing System (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 1:50 - 2:10 David Percy Portland State University Spatio-temporal asset management in a database of glacier change (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 1:30 - 2:10 Concurrent Session 2: Hydrology, Visitor Center Chair: Pierre Glynn, U.S. Geological Survey 1:30 - 1:50 Ilya Zaslavsky SDSC A scalable system for online access to national and local repositories of hydrologic time series (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 1:50 - 2:10 David Valentine San Diego Supercomputer Center Developing a CUAHSI HIS Data Node, as part of Cyberinfrastructure for the Hydrologic Sciences (abstract) (slides) (webcast) 2:10 - 5:00 Demonstrations and Poster Session Located in Art Hallway, Main Lobby and Rooms BA102A, BA102B, BA102C, and 1B215

 

Demonstrations Located in Main Lobby, Visitor Center and Rooms BA102A, BA102B, BA102C, and 1B215 (top) Nadine Alameh NASA GeoSciences Interoperability Office/ MobiLaps LLC NASA's Earth-Sun System Gateway: an open standards-based portal to geospatial data and services (abstract) (BA102A) Eric Anderson USGS - Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team 3-Dimensional model of laccolith intrusions in the Rosillos Mountains of Big Bend National Park – a product of the integration of publicly available geospatial data (abstract) (poster) (Main Lobby) John Bailey Alaska Volcano Observatory Volcano Monitoring Using Google Earth (abstract) (poster) (BA102B) Gregory Bensen University of Colorado/UNAVCO What do we know? Tomography uncertainty visualization and a proposed standard file format. (abstract) (BA102B) Bora Beran Drexel University A novel search mechanism for navigating national datasets (abstract) (poster) (1B215) Luis Bermudez MBARI / MMI MMI Web Services (abstract) (poster) (BA102C) Ronald Blom JPL Solid Earth Science Computational Architecture and Environment for Space Based Data Analysis and Modeling (abstract) (Main Lobby) Jonathan R Childs U.S. Geological Survey National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (abstract) (BA102A) Eric Cowgill UC Davis RIMS: A real-time, interactive mapping system for neotectonic/geologic investigations of digital terrain data (abstract) (1B215) Brian Davis SAIC Contractor to USGS/EROS Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems (abstract) (poster) (Visitor Center) Rebecca L Dodge University of West Georgia Department of Geosciences AmericaView – A State-Based Remote Sensing Initiative in Partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (abstract) (1B215) Peter Fox HAO/ESSL/NCAR The Virtual Solar-Terrestrial Observatory: Exploring paradigms for interdisciplinary data-driven science. (abstract) (poster) (BA102C) Mark Gahegan GeoVISTA Center, Penn. State Managing and Utilizing Knowledge for GEON (abstract) (BA102A) Martha Garcia U.S. Geological Survey USGS Activities Towards Preserving Data Collections (abstract) (1B215) Derek Holom University of Idaho Gravity Reduction Spreadsheet to Calculate the Bouguer Anomaly Using Standardized Methods and Constants (abstract) (1B215) Bruce Johnson U.S. Geological Survey Internet access to spatial data of the USGS Mineral Resources Program (abstract) (BA102A) Robert Kucks U.S. Geological Survey Online Internet Access of Publicly Available U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geophysical Data (abstract) (1B215) Bih-Ru Lea University of Missouri-Rolla Application of Text Mining in Developing Standardized Descriptions of Taxa in Paleontology: A Framework (abstract) (poster) (Main Lobby) Kai Lin SDSC Discovery and Semantic Integration of Geologic Data (abstract) (1B215) Ben Logan Virginia Polytechnic State University A Rapid Registration Tool: making legacy map data geospatial (abstract) (BA102C) Philip Maechling Southern California Earthquake Center SCEC Earthworks: Community Access to Wave Propagation Simulations (abstract) (poster) (BA102A) Mark Nell University of Idaho Strike Dependence of Variable Scarp Height on the Emigrant Peak Fault, Western Great Basin: Limitations of Digital Elevation Models and Digital Orthophoto Quadrangle Analysis (abstract) (poster) (Main Lobby) Emmanuel Gbenga Olagunju Linkoping University Resource and Environmental Dynamics: Role of GIS in Monitoring, Analysis, Management - Case Study from Sub-Sahara Africa (Nigeria) (abstract) (poster) (1B215) Rahul Ramachandran The University of Alabama in Huntsville Noesis: An Ontology-based Semantic Search Tool and Resource Aggregator (abstract) (poster) (1B215) Josh Reed CHRONOS/Iowa State University The Paleontological-Stratigraphic Interval Construction and Analysis Tool (PSICAT) (abstract) (poster) (BA102C) Allister Rees University of Arizona Online Databases and Paleomaps (abstract) (BA102A) Dogan Seber San Diego Supercomputer Center Analyzing EarthScope USArray Data Using GEON Cyberinfrastructure Network Resources (abstract) (1B215) Tyler Stevens NASA Global Change Master Directory NASA’s Global Change Master Directory (GCMD): A Website for Managing, Discovering and Accessing Earth Science Metadata Records (abstract) (BA102A) Chris Weaver Penn State University Exploratory Geovisualization in Improvise (abstract) (poster) (BA102A) Genong Yu Laboratory for Advanced Information Technology and Standards, George Mason Univ. Ontology-driven Geospatial Service Composition Using a Multiagent Framework (abstract) (poster) (Main Lobby) Peng Yue George Mason Univeristy Path Planning for Automatic Chaining of Geospatial Web Services (abstract) (poster) (BA102B)

 

Posters Located in Art Hallway and Main Lobby (top) Roddy Amenta Geology & Environmental Sciences, James Madison University The Role of Microstructure Development on Crystal Size Distribution and on Recovering Crystal Size Distribution form Thin Slices, A Modeling Approach (abstract) (poster) Hassan Babaie Georgia State University Ontology of experimental and simulated fault gouge (abstract) (poster) Yuqi Bai George Mason University From Service Replica to Service Grid (abstract) (poster) Calvin Barnes Texas Tech University From Object to Process Ontology (abstract) (poster) Chaitan Baru San Diego Supercomputer Center GEON: Cyberinfrastructure in Support of a Distributed Geosciences Community (abstract) (poster) Scott Callaghan USC/SCEC SCEC/CME CyberShake: Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis Using 3D Seismic Waveform Modeling (abstract) (poster) Peter Cervelli U.S. Geological Survey Data Management Challenges for the USGS Volcano Hazards Program Sandeep Chandra San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD Grid Account Management Architecture 2.0 (abstract) (poster) Nicholas Del Rio The University of Texas at El Paso Towards Formal Web Service Behavioral Descriptions (abstract) (poster) David Donato U. S. Geological Survey Beowulfs' Place in the Computational Infrastructure for Geographic Modeling (abstract) Hong Fan Lab for Advanced Information Technology and Standard GIS Technology Assists with Atmospheric and Oceanographic Data Management and Visualization (abstract) (poster) Donna Foulke U.S. Geological Survey GIS Activities in the USGS Energy Resources Program: A Model for GIS Utilization (abstract) Peter Fox HAO/ESSL/NCAR A Capability Vision for Earth Science Information Systems (abstract) (poster) Irbis Gallegos The University of Texas at El Paso An approach for identifying and specifying runtime monitoring properties for geoinformatics software applications (abstract) Yongli Gao East Tennessee State University Development of a GIS-Based Regional Upper Mississippi Valley Karst Feature Database (abstract) (poster) Asli Garagon Dogru Bogazici University Internet Technologies in GIS-Based Earth Science Applications (abstract) (poster) Philip Maechling Southern California Earthquake Center The SCEC TeraShake Simulations: High Resolution, Regional Scale Simulations of Large Southern San Andreas Earthquakes (abstract) (poster) Ashraf Memon SDSC - GEON Search, Access and Visualization of 3D volume data on the GEONgrid portal (abstract) (poster) Ghulam Memon University of California San Diego Extending Akamai to incorporate application specific P2P overlays (abstract) (poster) Ghulam Memon University of California San Diego Seamless Integration of Heterogeneous data sources (abstract) (poster) Douglas Miller Penn State University Building a Cyberinfrastructure for the Critical Zone Exploration Network (abstract) (poster) Joanna Muench IRIS Data Management Center Opening Doors for Seismic Data Access (abstract) (poster) Viswanath Nandigam San Diego Supercomputer Center - University of California, San Diego A Three Tier Architecture for LiDAR Interpolation and Analysis (abstract) (poster) Jai Ho Oh Pukyong National University Construction of e-Science Environment for Weather Information System (abstract) (poster) Rahul Ramachandran The University of Alabama in Huntsville Ontology Re-engineering Use Case: Extending SWEET to Map Climate and Forecasting Vocabulary Terms (abstract) (poster) Stephen Richard Arizona Geological Survey/U. S. Geological Survey Formalization of fold and fault concepts in a structural geology ontology (abstract) (poster) Leonardo Salayandia University of Texas at El Paso Talwani: A profile modeling tool adaptable to Cyberinfrastructure (abstract) (poster) Leonardo Salayandia University of Texas at El Paso Believing answers from GEON applications (abstract) (poster) Karin Sigloch Geosciences Department, Princeton University Building and Managing a Waveform Data Set for Finite-Frequency Body-wave Tomography (abstract) (poster) A.Krishna Sinha Virginia Tech Towards an Ontology for Volcanoes (abstract) (poster) Zhanli Sun University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign Managing the Dynamics of Geographic Information: The Case of Urban Land Use Transformation in St Louis, MO (abstract) Luca Telloli University of California, San Diego Towards a Better Understanding of Failures in Grid Systems (abstract) (poster) Yaxing Wei George Mason University An ebRIM-based Catalogue Service Information Model for Virtual Geospatial Data (abstract) (poster) Gerald Weisenfluh Kentucky Geological Survey Online Geologic Map Information Meets Institutional Memory (abstract) (poster) Ruixin Yang George Mason Unviersty Metadata Integrated Data Analysis Server (MIDAS) (abstract) (poster) Choonhan Youn SDSC The GEON Portal: Scientific Portal Development for Research and Education (abstract) (poster)

 

Keynote Speaker Bios (top) Kelvin K. Droegemeier Kelvin K. Droegemeier earned a B.S. with Special Distinction in Meteorology in 1980 from the University of Oklahoma, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in atmospheric science in 1982 and 1985, respectively, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He joined the University of Oklahoma in September, 1985 and in 1989 co-founded the NSF Science and Technology Center (STC) for Analysis and Prediction of Storms (CAPS) and continues to serve as its director. In 2003, Dr. Droegemeier co-founded the NSF Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) and serves as its deputy director. He also directs the Sasaki Institute, which is a non-profit organization at the University of Oklahoma that fosters the development and application of knowledge, policy, and advanced technology for the mutual benefit of the government, academic and private sectors. In 2004, Dr. Droegemeier was appointed by President George W. Bush to a 6-year term on the National Science Board. Dr. Droegemeier's research interests lie in thunderstorm dynamics and predictability, variational data assimilation, mesoscale dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, massively parallel computing, and aviation weather. Elected to the UCAR Board of Trustees in 2002 and as its Vice Chairman in 2003, he became Chairman of the Board in 2004. Dr. Droegemeier has authored and co-authored nearly 60 refereed journal articles and over 200 conference publications, and has graduated 27 students and served on the committees of numerous others. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and in 2004 was elected a Councilor. Dr. Droegemeier also serves on the Board of Directors of the Norman Chamber of Commerce and has been a consultant to the National Transportation Safety Board and American Airlines. Ian Foster Dr. Ian Foster is Director of the Computation Institute at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory, Senior Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne, and the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. The co-editor with Carl Kesselman of "The Grid: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure", he is an internationally recognized researcher and leader in the area of Grid computing. Dr. Foster is a founding member of the Globus Alliance, the open source community that develops the Globus Toolkit, the open source software that has emerged as the de facto standard for Grid computing. He is also Chief Open Source Strategist at Univa Corporation, a company he founded with other Globus leaders to foster and promote the adoption of Globus in commercial environments. Foster is a fellow of the British Computer Society and AAAS. His awards include the GII Next Generation Award, the Lovelace Medal, and DSc Honoris Causa from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Linda Gundersen For the last 27 years, Linda C. Gundersen has worked as a geologist and manager with the U.S. Geological Survey. The first half of her career focused on conducting research and directing diverse projects in the fields of geochemistry and ore deposits, ranging from understanding the origin of hard rock uranium deposits to environmental investigations of radon, uranium, and radium in rocks, soils, and water; eventually assessing the geologic radon potential of the United States. This research was conducted in partnership with states, federal agencies, universities, and communities, and received significant grants from the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. In 1995, she took a temporary assignment as Coordinator of the Energy Resources Program and in 1996 became the Coordinator of the Mineral Resources Program. She served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water from 1997-1999. In 1998, she became the Associate Chief Geologist for Operations where she implemented many successful changes in the budgeting and science planning processes. During 2000 she served on a detail in the Director’s Office, working with the Director and Deputy Director to implement a major reorganization of the USGS. She was appointed Chief Scientist for Geology in 2001, supervising the geologic hazard, resource, and landscape programs of the USGS. Recently she served a detail as the Associate Director for Geology. Her academic background includes undergraduate and graduate work in structural geology and geochemistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She has received the Department of Interior Superior Service and Meritorious Service Awards as well as the Unit of Excellence Award. She has published over 65 papers in the field of geology. John LaBrecque Dr. LaBrecque is lead of NASA’s Earth Surface and Interior (ESI) focus area includes a broad spectrum of research and applications ranging from geodetic science to natural hazards. The ESI satellite observation program includes recently successful satellite missions such as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, the GRACE and CHAMP gravity missions, and the Oersted and SAC-C geomagnetic satellite missions. NASA’s ESI focus area provides global leadership in operating and maintaining an integrated global geodetic reference and satellite tracking network employing GPS, VLBI and SLR technologies. ESI supports a vibrant program in geodetic research and development which includes leadership in the development of the Southern California Integrated GPS Network, the development of the International GPS Service, the development of the GRACE mission to measure the temporal and spatial variability of gravity, and the development of space-borne GPS remote sensing. John LaBrecque received his Ph.D. in Geophysics from Columbia University in 1977. John has published over 80 scientific articles in various aspects of marine geophysics, satellite geophysics, and related technology as a senior scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory and senior scientist at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dr. LaBrecque made notable contributions to magnetic chronology, evolution of ocean basins including the Indo-Atlantic, Weddell Sea, South Atlantic, and Red Sea Basins, development of volcanic passive margins, the study of satellite magnetic anomalies, the development of satellite altimetry derived gravity field, and the first space-borne observation of reflected GPS energy. Dr. LaBrecque served as NASA’s program scientist for Geodyamics and Geopotential Fields from 1993 to 1996 and encouraged the formulation of numerous GPS, geodetic, and geopotential field projects such as the development of the International GPS Service (IGS), Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN), the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), and the Oersted, CHAMP, and SAC-C missions. Dr. LaBrecque conducted research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1996 to 2000 where he participated in the formulation of GPS remote sensing techniques. Margaret S. Leinen Dr. Margaret S. Leinen serves as Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation, having been appointed in January, 2000. In addition to her responsibilities as the Assistant Director, Dr. Leinen is responsible for coordinating environmental science, engineering and education programs within the National Science Foundation (NSF), and for environmental cooperation and collaborations between NSF and other Federal agencies. She also serves as the chair of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, the federal interagency committee that coordinates ocean science among the participating federal agencies and she serves as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change, the federal interagency committee that coordinates global change science among the participating federal agencies. Dr. Leinen is involved in a wide range of international activities. She is Chair of the International Group of Funding Agencies for Global Change Research (IGFA). Dr. Leinen leads NSF cooperation in global change and environment research with the European Commission and with Japan. She represents the United States in the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), in the APN Conference of the Parties, and has served until recently as Vice-Chair of the IAI Executive Council. Prior to coming to NSF, Dr. Leinen was Dean, Graduate School of Oceanography and Vice Provost for Marine and Environmental Programs at the University of Rhode Island. She was also Acting Dean, College of the Environment and Life Sciences. Dr. Leinen spent her entire academic career at the University of Rhode Island, considered one of the country’s top institutions for marine studies. During her tenure, she spearheaded the University’s efforts to build a cohesive interdisciplinary marine and environmental focus. Dr. Leinen is a well-known researcher in paleo-oceanography and paleoclimatology. Her work focuses on the history of biogenic sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to global biogeochemical cycles, and the history of eolian sedimentation in the oceans and its relationship to climate. Dr. Leinen received her B.S. degree (1969) in Geology from the University of Illinois; M.S. (1975) in Geological Oceanography from Oregon State University; and Ph.D. (1980) in Geological Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Leinen is past president of The Oceanography Society. She served on the Board of Governors of the Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., on the Board of Directors of the Bermuda Biological Station for Research and on and the Ocean Research Advisory Council. Dr. Leinen also served as the Vice Chair of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and on the Board on Global Change of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences.

 

Technical Committee:

Chair:	Randy Keller, UT, El Paso, grkeller@ou.edu
Members:	Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego Phil Maechling, Southern California Earthquake Center David Maidment, University of Texas at Austin Robert Raskin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA June Thormodsgard, USGS, Reston Michael Williams, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Organizing Committee:

Chair:	Margaret Banton, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego, margaret@sdsc.edu
Members:	Linda Gundersen, USGS, Reston A. Krishna Sinha, Virginia Tech