Collaborative Research: CI-TEAM Demonstration Project: WaterHUB for Cyber Enabled Training, Education and Research in Water Resources

合作研究：CI-TEAM 示范项目：用于水资源网络培训、教育和研究的 WaterHUB

• 批准号: 1041365
• 负责人: Benjamin Ruddell
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1041365&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; CI; TEAM; Demonstration

Considering the growing importance of water resources issues around the globe, this project addresses the need to train the current and future generations of teachers, students and general public to use cyberinfrastructure (CI) to address water related issues. The overall goal of this project is to develop a prototype CI for data access and sharing, simulation modeling and visualization to address water related issues, and then show that this CI can be used as a platform to train educators, students and the general public. Specifically, this proposal: (i)bis developing WaterHUB (by utilizing Purdue HUBZero platform) to include prototype tools for accessing, analyzing and visualizing water resources geospatial and temporal data; (ii) is developing a prototype framework for collaboration among educators to develop, publish, review and share training material for using cyberinfrastructure to address water issues; (iii) is evaluating and assessing the effectiveness of the proposed cyberinfrastructure and the collaborative framework through application at three universities (Purdue, Arizona State U, Jackson State U); and (iv) is building community through workshops and training sessions for teachers, students, policy makers and the general public. This demonstration project will show proof-of-concept for a scalable mechanism to create water resources awareness among a much broader community by incorporating the needs of a diverse population through collaboration with faculty and students at three geographically and culturally diverse research institutions in the United States. External evaluation and assessment of all aspects of this demonstration project including community input through workshops and training sessions will provide the basis for developing a plan for scaling up the project. Intellectual Merit This proposal involves a group of hydrologists, computer scientists, an educational expert and an environmental researcher at three geographically and culturally different institutions (Purdue, Arizona State and Jackson State) to develop a CI for data access, analysis and visualization to study water resources issues including collaboration for teaching and training. Specifically, this proposal will use a proven CI, initially developed for nanotechnology (nanoHUB.org that has more than 100,000 users annually), to develop a customized cyber environment for water resources called WaterHUB. The core nanohub CI, known as HUBZero, is inadequate to handle large spatial and temporal datasets that are typical in water related studies, and lacks the capability to link such data with data driven, computationally intensive hydrologic simulations. This work will add the much needed data and coupling of data and high performance computing to HUBzero to support water resources studies. WaterHUB will be the first of its kind in the water resources community that will provide a collaborative web-based platform for research and education at all levels including P-12. The prototype WaterHUB is being developed to address three basic questions related to water storage, human impacts and energy fluxes by using public domain data and simulation models to address water related problems. This project also involves a comprehensive evaluation and assessment plan that will quantify the effect of cyber-enabled pedagogy on students learning. This assessment is critical in terms of evaluating the attributes of existing and future CI to meet the needs of next generation cyber learners and researchers. Broader Impacts The proposed WaterHUB is providing the much needed cyber environment to train and educate the current and next generation of citizens on water related issues. The activities will specifically target: (i) P-12 teachers and students through collaboration with Purdue?s INSPIRE institute; (ii) undergraduate and graduate students at three research universities; (iii) state and federal decision makers in the state of Indiana. Through collaboration with Jackson State and Arizona State universities, under-represented students are being trained through workshops and summer internships to use the latest cyber technology for exploring water related issues. In addition, workshop gatherings will be used to develop a strategy for up-scaling this effort to include more computational tools, national and international datasets and high quality curriculum material. WaterHUB?s cyber environment to develop collaborative teaching material will enable training of teachers and students at places that have inadequate resources to develop new curriculum material for adopting cyber technology to tackle water related issues.

考虑到全球水资源问题的重要性越来越重要，该项目解决了培训当前和后代的教师，学生和公众使用网络基础设施（CI）来解决与水有关的问题的必要性。该项目的总体目标是开发用于数据访问和共享，模拟建模和可视化以解决与水相关的问题的原型CI，然后证明该CI可以用作培训教育者，学生和公众的平台。具体而言，该建议：（i）开发WaterHub（使用Purdue Hubzero平台）包含用于访问，分析和可视化水资源地理空间和时间数据的原型工具； （ii）正在开发一个原型框架，用于教育工作者之间的协作，以开发，发布，审查和共享使用网络基础设施解决水问题的培训材料； （iii）正在评估和评估拟议的网络基础设施的有效性和通过三所大学的应用程序（亚利桑那州普渡大学，U，杰克逊州立大学）的应用程序； （iv）正在通过为教师，学生，政策制定者和公众的研讨会和培训课程建立社区。该演示项目将通过与三个地理和文化上多样化的研究机构的教职员工和学生合作结合多样化的人群的需求，来展示一种可扩展机制在更广泛的社区中提高水资源知名度的概念证明。 。对该演示项目的各个方面的外部评估和评估，包括通过研讨会和培训课程的社区意见，将为制定扩大项目规模的计划提供基础。知识分子优点该提案涉及一组水文学家，计算机科学家，教育专家以及三个地理和文化不同机构（普渡大学，亚利桑那州立大学和杰克逊州）的环境研究人员，以开发用于数据获取和可视化的CI，以研究水资源问题，包括教学和培训协作。具体而言，该提案将使用最初为纳米技术开发的经过验证的CI（Nanohub.org每年有100,000多名用户）来开发一种定制的网络环境，用于称为WaterHub的水资源。核心NanoHub CI（称为Hubzero）不足以处理与水相关研究中典型的大型空间和时间数据集，并且缺乏将此类数据与数据驱动的计算密集型水文模拟联系起来的能力。这项工作将为Hubzero添加急需的数据以及数据和高性能计算的耦合，以支持水资源研究。 WaterHub将是水资源社区中的第一个此类研究，它将在包括P-12在内的所有级别提供基于网络的研究和教育平台。正在开发原型WaterHub，以通过使用公共领域数据和仿真模型来解决与水相关的问题，以解决与储水，人类影响和能量通量有关的三个基本问题。该项目还涉及一项全面的评估和评估计划，该计划将量化支持网络的教学法对学生学习的影响。就评估现有和未来CI的属性以满足下一代网络学习者和研究人员的需求而言，这项评估至关重要。更广泛的影响拟议的水车提供了急需的网络环境，以培训和教育当前和下一代有关水相关问题的公民。这些活动将专门针对：（i）P-12通过与普渡大学的Inspire Institute合作； （ii）三所研究大学的本科生和研究生； （iii）印第安纳州的州和联邦决策者。通过与杰克逊州立大学和亚利桑那州立大学的合作，正在通过研讨会和暑期实习对代表性不足的学生进行培训，以使用最新的网络技术来探索与水有关的问题。此外，研讨会聚会将用于制定一项策略，以提高这种努力，以包括更多的计算工具，国家和国际数据集以及高质量的课程材料。 WaterHub的网络环境开发协作教学材料将使能够在资源不足以开发新的课程材料来采用网络技术来解决与水有关的问题的地方进行培训。