***Earth Lab is hiring a Data Analytics Specialist*** Accelerating scientific discovery with a view from Space
Earth Lab is a new initiative launched in September 2015 by the University of Colorado-Boulder as part of the campus-wide Grand Challenge <http://www.colorado.edu/grandchallenges/> effort called “Our Space. Our Future.” Earth Lab’s mission is to harness the wave of Earth observations from space and integrate them to answer outstanding questions about the pace and pattern of environmental change, from our backyards to our world. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/jkbalch/jkbprofile/Earth_Lab.html At the core of Earth Lab is the Analytics Hub, a state-of-the-art computing facility that leverages CU-Boulder’s cyberinfrastructure and houses analytics specialists who assist researchers and students along the discovery pathway—from data integration and management to analysis and visualization. Earth Lab’s Analytics Hub will ultimately lower the barriers to engagement with ‘big Earth data’ so that students, researchers, and partners can quickly generate new insights. Earth Lab’s initial portfolio of Science Projects builds on existing research strengths at CU-Boulder to better: ●Understand how fire is changing in the western U.S. over the past two decades. (Project Fire) ●Improve risk management and decision-making in land use and hazards mitigation. (Project Risk) ●Determine the sensitivity of permafrost to a warming Arctic. (Project Permafrost) ●Identify how rapid and slow landscape evolution impacts our lives. (Project Erosion) ●Determine what is driving Colorado forest dieback. (Project Forest) ●Examine how data at varying resolutions represents Earth System phenomena. (Project Data Harmonization) ●Understand the fundamental processes driving extreme events and threshold behavior across several systems in Earth Lab’s initial Science Projects, including fire, drought, flooding, erosion, and permafrost contexts. (Project Extremes) Education Initiative Earth Lab will also help to train the next generation of Earth scientists who are among the leaders in data analytics. The educational mission accelerates from short courses and certificates to a professional master’s degree in Earth Analytics. Earth Lab will provide a rich environment for student and professional development through innovative, interdisciplinary course and curriculum design. __________________________________________________________ Earth Data Analytics Specialist: Application Deadline January 8, 2016 Earth Lab is working with the university’s Research Computing group (https://www.rc.colorado.edu<https://www.rc.colorado.edu/>) to find a Research Data Analytics Specialist to join its dynamic team. This specialist will help develop Earth Lab’s Analytics Hub, a state-of-the-art computing facility that leverages existing cyber-infrastructure investments and houses scientific support staff and specialists who assist researchers and students with all data management and visualization needs. Specific job responsibilities include: i) designing and implementing advanced analytical solutions for Earth Lab’s scientific researchers and working groups; ii) consulting, educating, and advising CU scientists in the use of advanced quantitative tools on Earth Lab’s computing systems, to address leading-edge, synthetic analyses in answering global change questions in various physical sciences; iii) developing and leading training modules, workshops, or courses designed to educate researchers on analytics tools available for their research; and iv) documenting code and approaches for use by other projects and researchers. See full job ad for specific qualifciations desired. SEE FULL AD HERE<http://www.colorado.edu/geography/jkbalch/jkbprofile/Earth_Lab_Jobs%21_files/Data%20Analytics%20Specialist%20112115.docx>: http://www.colorado.edu/geography/jkbalch/jkbprofile/Earth_Lab_Jobs!.html For general inquiries regarding Earth Lab jobs, please contact Chelsea Nagy ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). **** Dr. Jennifer K. Balch Director of Earth Lab & Assistant Professor Department of Geography The University of Colorado-Boulder www.colorado.edu/geography/jkbalch<http://colorado.edu/geography/jkbalch>
