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Fifth Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2014)
http://www.climatemodeling.org/workshops/dmess2014/
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 2014)
Cairns, Australia
June 10--12, 2014
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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:
* Fourth Workshop on Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2013)
* 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)
* Bjørn-Gustaf J. Brooks (Saint Francis Xavier University, CANADA)
* Auroop R. Ganguly (Northeastern University, USA)
* William W. Hargrove (USDA Forest Service, USA)
* Forrest M. Hoffman (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 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)
* Richard T. Mills (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
* 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 December 15, 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
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iccs2014 and select the
workshop "Fifth Data Mining in Earth System Science (DMESS 2014)".
Important Dates:
* Full paper submission: December 15, 2013
* Notification of paper acceptance: February 10, 2014
* Camera-ready papers due: March 5, 2014
* Author registration: February 15--March 10, 2014
* Participant early registration: February 15--April 25, 2014
* Conference sessions: June 10--12, 2014
Contact:
* URL: http://www.climatemodeling.org/workshops/dmess2014/
* E-mail: [email protected]
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Forrest Hoffman [email protected]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory http://www.climatemodeling.org/~forrest
Computational Earth Sciences Group (865) 576-7680 voice
Building 2040, Room E249, MS 6301 (865) 574-9501 fax
P.O. Box 2008 Deliveries: One Bethel Valley Road
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