1160979 George Mason University; Chaowei Yang 1160990 Harvard University; Peter Bol 1160959 University of California-Santa Barbara; Keith Clarke
George Mason University (GMU), Harvard University (HU), and the University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara (UCSB) will conduct a planning meeting with industry, university, government agencies, and associations to a) determine the feasibility and viability of developing a center for spatiotemporal thinking and computing, and b) plan the research agenda for the proposed center.
The proposal seeks to establish an I/UCRC for spatiotemporal thinking and computing as a collaboration platform among universities, industry, government agencies, and other organizations to enable research and education to 1) improve the US geospatial research infrastructure base; 2) enhance the intellectual capacity within the future engineering and science workforce; and 3) establish the US leadership in spatiotemporal thinking and computing. The proposed center will be established based upon the previous successes at each of the three sites including: a) the Center for Intelligent Spatial Computing (CISC) at GMU for spatiotemporal computing/software development; b) the Center for Spatial Studies (CSS) at UCSB for spatial thinking and analyses; and c) the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) at Harvard for spatiotemporal applications.
The Planning Meeting will solicit input from potential Center members and develop projects and priorities for research. There are existing programs at the three campuses with potential overlap, but the mission of the new Center would be to integrate these technologies into a comprehensive spatiotemporal theory and applications. Research results and success stories will be disseminated through publications in relevant spatiotemporal venues as well as among the center member sites for adoption and outreach. The PIs plan to include leading relevant professional organizations to help broadcast the research results and recruit new members through their organizational channels. The PIs also intend to collaborate with complementary I/UCRCs to broaden the impact of the proposed center's research results.
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Project Outcomes Report for NSF Project IIP-1160959 Keith C. Clarke (UCSB) Award Number:1160959 Project Title: Planning Grant: I/UCRC for Spatiotemporal Thinking and Computing Report Type: Project Outcomes report PI: Keith Clarke Project Outcomes Report This planning grant was awarded to UC Santa Barbara to support the preparation of a full proposal to the Industry/University Collaborative Research Centers program at NSF. The proposal was entitled: I/UCRC for Spatiotemporal Thinking , Computing and Applications, and was submitted on time to NSF (and has since been funded). The University partners are George Mason University and Harvard University, and the industrial and institutional partners include Northrop Grumman, Microsoft, the USGS and others. Under the planning grant, special session at three national conferences were held to advance knowledge of spatio-temporal computing, to identify research issues and to identify collaborators. The Center web sites were developed and tested, and ongoing contacts and working relationships with partner companies were established. The required initial planning meetings were organized and held successfully. This planning grant funded travel to the required meetings, student and secretarial support and consumables. Meetings were held at George Mason University, Fairfax VA and Alexandria, VA at NSF. Sessions were also held on spatiotemporal computing, thinking and applications at two national conferences, and at the UCGIS meeting.
