ITR/IM: An Internet Environment for BioDiversity Survey Collaboration and Verification

ITR/IM：生物多样性调查协作和验证的互联网环境

• 批准号: 0113918
• 负责人: Patrick Heidorn
• 金额: $ 47.59万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2006-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0113918&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITR; IM; Internet; Environment; BioDiversity

Much field data for ecology and biodiversity studies uses data collected from hundreds of mostly novice collaborators. In order to address the issues of distributed intelligence, field support, mobile computing, remote training, data quality and coordination of information across time and space, with real-time expert feedback, a BioDiversity Collaboration Environment (BDCE) will be developed.Information technology could fundamentally change the way we understand the world and the way science in done. Substantial improvements in science can be made if the information technology is carefully developed and integrated. The system will integrate collaboration, collection development, information retrieval, and information creation and management. A key component of the technology is the development of software agents that will analyze the needs of survey members, prior surveys of the same site, museum record and other resources to create a customized collection of digital support material that can be put on disk and taken to the field, thereby overcoming bandwidth problems. The DBCE will be developed within the framework of a project being conducted by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, which increases the impact of the research by it use in hundreds of surveys across Illinois. This is a largely volunteer effort, including high school students, for the data collection. The education to students and other non-scientists provides significant impact, beyond the information technology impact of smart devices.

许多用于生态学和生物多样性研究的现场数据都使用了数百个新手合作者收集的数据。 为了解决分布式智能，现场支持，移动计算，远程培训，数据质量和信息跨空间的信息协调的问题，以及实时专家反馈，将开发生物多样性协作环境（BDCE）。从根本上可以改变我们了解世界的方式和科学的方式。 如果信息技术是精心开发和集成的，则可以对科学进行实质性改进。 该系统将集成协作，收集开发，信息检索以及信息创建和管理。 该技术的关键组成部分是软件代理的开发，该软件代理将分析调查成员的需求，同一网站的先前调查，博物馆记录和其他资源，以创建可定制的数字支持材料集合，并可以放在磁盘上并采用到达该领域，从而克服了带宽问题。 DBCE将在伊利诺伊州自然资源部进行的项目框架内开发，该项目通过在伊利诺伊州的数百次调查中使用研究来增加研究的影响。 这是包括高中生在内的一项志愿者努力，用于数据收集。 除了智能设备的信息技术影响之外，对学生和其他非科学家的教育提供了重大影响。