SEI(BIO): Computing Support for Acquisition, Collaborative Curation, and Dissemination in Biodiversity Research

SEI(BIO)：生物多样性研究中采集、协作管理和传播的计算支持

• 批准号: 0430448
• 负责人: Hector Garcia-Molina
• 金额: $ 160万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-10-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0430448&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SEI; BIO; Computing; Support; Acquisition

ABSTRACTNSF-0430448Garcia-Molina, HectorComputing Support for Acquisition, Collaborative Curation, and Dissemination in Biodiversity ResearchThe mapping and tracking of biodiversity is an important subfield of Biology. The goal is to understand the salient characteristics of ecosystems and their interactions with the diversity of species and genetics of .flora and fauna. Three components in the workflow of biodiversity scientists: information acquisition, collaborative collection curation, and effective dissemination of biodiversity research results will be studied. Interconnected prototypes will be constructed for each of these activity thrusts. The acquisition work will focus on data collection in the field, and on enabling data-related collaboration among small groups of researchers during expeditions. The grant recipients will design novel interfaces for small devices such that power is conserved, data navigation effort is minimized, and screen space is expanded by virtually placing shared information piles in space. Collaborative curation efforts will create ColCura, an infrastructure for federating biodiversity collections. The novel feature of this system will be that researchers everywhere can contribute artifacts, but also metadata about existing collection items. This work will particularly exploit the geo-referencing of information to connect otherwise disjoint data items. Dissemination-related activities will develop novel methods for semi-directed browsing of biodiversity information. The research team will combine a mixture of constraint satisfaction methods and dynamic linkage of information items into a novel browser that is specialized to biodiversity data. One of this browser's main goals will be to encourage serendipitous discovery. Biodiversity research by its nature greatly impacts all nations and their inhabitants. The localized, long-term studies at Jasper Ridge provide invaluable detailed insight into the effects of development on plant and animal life. At Stanford the work will offer unique opportunities for Biology students to interact with their peers in Computer Science. The California Academy directly helps 3rd World nations understand economic tradeoffs that involve their natural resources. Global trade and travel speed the spread of biological change across the globe. Accelerating our efforts to understand these changes is therefore of increasing urgency.

Abstractnsf-0430448garcia-Molina，HectorComputing对生物多样性研究中的获取，协作策划和传播的支持，生物多样性的映射和跟踪是生物学的重要子领域。目的是了解生态系统的显着特征及其与.flora和Fauna物种和遗传学多样性的相互作用。生物多样性科学家工作流程中的三个组成部分：将研究信息获取，协作收集策展和有效传播生物多样性研究结果。将为每个活动推力中的每一个构建互连的原型。收购工作将集中于该领域的数据收集，并在探险过程中启用小组研究人员之间的与数据相关的协作。赠款收件人将为小设备设计新颖的接口，以保存功率，将数据导航工作最小化，并通过将共享信息堆放入太空中来扩展屏幕空间。协作策划将创建Colcura，这是一种用于联合生物多样性收藏的基础架构。该系统的新功能是，各地的研究人员都可以贡献工件，但也可以介绍有关现有收集物品的元数据。这项工作将特别利用信息的地理参考来连接其他不相交的数据项。与传播相关的活动将开发新的方法，用于半指导生物多样性信息的浏览。研究团队将结合约束满意度方法和信息项的动态链接的混合，将专门用于生物多样性数据的新型浏览器。该浏览器的主要目标之一是鼓励偶然发现。 生物多样性的研究性质极大地影响了所有国家及其居民。 Jasper Ridge的局部长期研究为发育对动植物生命的影响提供了宝贵的详细见解。 在斯坦福大学，这项工作将为生物学学生提供独特的机会，可以在计算机科学方面与同龄人互动。加利福尼亚学院直接帮助第三世界国家了解涉及其自然资源的经济权衡。全球贸易和旅行速度是生物变化在全球范围内的传播。因此，加速我们为理解这些变化的努力是紧迫性的提高。