New Workshop Materials Available

Last week, CUAHSI hosted the 2013 Conference on Hydroinformatics and Modeling where we held four workshops. The materials for these workshops are now available on the WDC website:

• HydroDesktop 1: Data Discovery - This workshop covers the basics in HydroDesktop; downloading, viewing, and exporting data.
• HydroDesktop 2: Data Discovery & Analysis - This session repeats some of the material from HydroDesktop 1, but adds a statistical analysis component using R.
• Data Publication with the WDC: Aside from asking CUAHSI to host your data, how can you publish data with the WDC? This exercise teaches participants how to configure SQL Server and load data into a SQL database, how to deploy WaterOneFlow Web Services, how to register your web service with the central catalog, and how to test your web service using both ODM Tools and HydroDesktop to view data. 
• Writing Custom Plugins for HydroDesktop: Want to learn how you can extend the capabilities of HydroDesktop? Learn how to develop an extension...

Thanks to everyone who made it to Logan! We will also have the slides from presentations available online soon as well.

Last Week to Register Online for the 2013 CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics and Modeling!

Online registration closes for the 2013 CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics and Modeling this Sunday, June 30. If you have not done so, and are planning to attend, register today!

The conference will be held at Utah State University in Logan, Utah from July 17-19.

Confirmed Keynote and Invited Speakers Include:

• Dr. Alva Couch, Interim Director of the CUAHSI Water Data Center (Opening Keynote)
• Dr. Stan Ahalt, Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) - PI of the Water Science Software Institute Conceptualization Project (Keynote)
• Dr. Anthony Aufdenkampe, Stroud Water Research Institute and Principal Investigator on the CZO Data Project
• Dr. Amarnath Gupta, San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC) - Semantics & Ontology, Examples from neuroscience
• Dr. Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois, Urbana - SEAD Project
• Dr. David Maidment, University of Texas at Austin - Leader of the CUAHSI HIS Project, 2008-2012 (Closing Keynote)
• Dr. Emilio Mayorga, University of Washington - Addressing the intersection of biogeochemistry and (geo)informatics (Keynote)
• Dr. Ramakrishna Nemani, NASA - NASA Earth Exchange (NEX)
• Dr. Silvano Pecora, Italy Institute for Environmental Protection & Research - Discussing deployment of HIS technology in Italy
• Dr. Jordan Read, US Geological Survey - USGS partnerships and innovations in modern hydroinformatics
• Dr. David Tarboton, Utah State University, Extending HIS through the new HydroShare Project
• Dr. Shaowen Wang, University of Illinois, Creator of CyberGIS

In addition to the very accomplished presenters listed above, there will additional presenters, research posters, and a number of HIS related workshops. I will be leading:

• HydroDesktop 1
• HydroDesktop 2 
• Publishing Data with the WDC

Dr. Daniel Ames, who is the lead developer of HydroDesktop, will also be leading a workshop on writing plugin tools for HydroDesktop.

Questions? Email me (jpollak@cuahsi.org) or CUAHSI's Communications and Outreach Specialist, Kayla Berry (kberry@cuahsi.org).

Hope to see you there! 

2013 CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics and Modeling - Registration Now Open!

Registration and Abstract Submission is now open for the 2013 CUAHSI Conference on Hydroinformatics and Modeling.

CUAHSI is hosting a conference on Hydrologic Information Systems and Modeling for researchers to showcase advances in hydrologic information system and modeling technology and their use to advance hydrologic science. Contributions are solicited on scientific progress enabled through the use of advanced information systems and models. The conference will include technical sessions on hydrologic information systems and hydrologic modeling and hands-on training and workshops to introduce the community to the services provided by the new CUAHSI Water Data Center.

Who Should Attend?

Researchers: Data discovery, analysis, and science enabled by information systems
Educators: Uses of water data for teaching
Modelers: Coupling models and data from multiple sources
Data Publishers: Organizing, storing, and making data available to others
Developers: Creating tools and contributing to the future of hydrologic information systems

Planned Topics Include:

• Earth System Modeling
• Semantics and Ontology
• Data Interoperability with the Earth System
• Data and Information Systems in Hydrologic Education
• Programming Hydrologic Information Systems
• Data Publication and Data Citation
• Workflows
• HPC and Cloud Computing
• Sensor Networking and Telemetry
• Emerging Technologies for Hydrologic Field Data Capture

Click to Register!