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Fourth Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2013)
http://www.climatemodeling.org/workshops/dmess2013/

Co-convened by:
Forrest M. Hoffman, Jitendra Kumar, J. Walter Larson, and Miguel D. Mahecha

Held in Conjunction with:
International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2013)
Barcelona, Spain
June 5--7, 2012
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Workshop Description:

Spanning many orders of magnitude in time and space scales, Earth science data are increasingly large and complex, and often represent very long time series, making such data difficult to analyze, visualize, interpret, and understand. Moreover, advanced electronic data storage technologies have enabled the creation of large repositories of observational data, while modern high performance computing capacity has enabled the creation of detailed empirical and process-based models that produce copious output across all these time and space scales. The resulting "explosion" of heterogeneous, multi-disciplinary Earth science data have rendered traditional means of integration and analysis ineffective, necessitating the application of new analysis methods and the development of highly scalable software tools for synthesis, assimilation, comparison, and visualization. This workshop explores various data mining approaches to understanding Earth science processes, emphasizing the unique technological challenges associated with utilizing very large and long time series geospatial data sets. Especially encouraged are original research papers describing applications of statistical and data mining methods---including cluster analysis, empirical orthogonal functions (EOFs), genetic algorithms, neural networks, automated data assimilation, and other machine learning techniques---that support analysis and discovery in climate, water resources, geology, ecology, and environmental sciences research.

Previous workshops:

* Third Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2012)
* Second Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2011)
* First Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (at ICCS 2009)

Program Committee Members:

* Michael W. Berry (University of Tennessee, USA)
* Auroop R. Ganguly (Northeastern University, USA)
* William W. Hargrove (USDA Forest Service, USA)
* Forrest M. Hoffman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
* Jian Huang (University of Tennessee, USA)
* Robert L. Jacob (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
* Ashu Jain (Indian Institute of Technology, INDIA)
* Chris Johnson (University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, USA)
* Jitendra Kumar (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
* Vipin Kumar (University of Minnesota, USA)
* J. Walter Larson (The Australian National University, AUSTRALIA)
* Miguel D. Mahecha (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, GERMANY)
* Kumar Mahinthakumar (North Carolina State University, USA)
* Richard T. Mills (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
* Markus Reichstein (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, GERMANY)
* Karsten Steinhaeuser (University of Minnesota, USA)
* R. Raju Vatsavai (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)

Paper Submission:

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts of up to 10 (A4) pages reporting unpublished, mature, and original research and recent developments/theoretical considerations in applications of data mining to Earth sciences by January 14, 2013. Accepted papers will be printed in the conference proceedings published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series. Submitted papers must be camera-ready and formatted according to the rules of Procedia Computer Science. /Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper./

Please submit your paper via the conference website at http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2013/papers/upload.php and select the workshop "Fourth Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2013)".

Important Dates:
* Full paper submission: January 14, 2013
* Notification of paper acceptance: February 10, 2013
* Final camera-ready papers due: March 1, 2013
* Early registration opens: February 10, 2013
* Early registration closes: April 25, 2013
* Tutorials, Welcome reception: June 4, 2013
* Conference sessions: June 5--7, 2013

Contact:
* URL: http://www.climatemodeling.org/workshops/dmess2013/
* E-mail: [email protected]

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