The OOI Facility Board (OOIFB) and Data Systems Committee (DSC) held their 2024 Fall Meetings on November 13 and 14, 2024. A site visit day with other activities was held on Friday, November 15, 2024. The meetings was held in person with virtual participation available.
Dates:
- Wednesday, November 13th – Data Systems Committee (DSC) meeting
- Thursday, November 14th – OOIFB and DSC joint session
- Friday, November 15th – site visits and field activities
Location:
The meeting was held at the University of Washington’s Ocean Teaching Building (RM 155) in Seattle, Washington.
Agenda:
The Agenda can be found here.
A list of participants can be found here.
Minutes:
Minutes will become available soon.
PRESENTATIONS:
(available presentations are linked below)
Day 1, Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Welcome, Introductions & Review agenda– Jim Potemra, DSC Chair
- OOI Data Delivery System Presentation– Jeff Glatstein
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Data Processes– Charles Varderman (University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing)
- External presentations (different groups/agencies and data service activities)
- Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)- Observation Coordination Group (OCG) and ERDDAP–Kevin O’Brien (NOAA PMEL/UW)
- Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) overview– Leslie Smith (Your Ocean Consulting, LLC)
- Using Machine Learning/Computer Vision with RCA Imagery– Katie Bingham (UW)
- OOI Data Working Session: Zarr Files
- Presentation I: Zarr as a data model for the cloud (feasible for OOI?)– Deepak Cherian (NCAR)
- Presentation II: How OOI is using Zarr now: RCA as a case study– Joe Duprey (UW)
- OOI Data Working Session: DSC data levels document– Jim Potemra
- [Additional discussion: OOI data levels and the current scheme for community-provided datasets, Kristen Fogaren].
- Revisit Activities outlined in the 2023 DSC Annual Report– Jim Potemra
- DSC Other Business– Holly Morin
- Around the Table– Jim Potemra
Day 2, Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Welcome, Introductions & Review agenda– Dax Soule, OOIFB Chair
- Updates from NSF– George Voulgaris, NSF Program Director
- Update from the DSC– Jim Potemra, DSC Chair
- Report out from OOIFB-DSC Knowledge Base Subcommittee– Karen Bemis, Subcommittee Chair
- Updates from the OOI Program Office and MIOs– Updates will include information about operational updates, sensor refresh activities, community engagement efforts, and user metrics.
- OOI 2.5 Program Update
- OOI PMO Report–Jim Edson
- SUGR Meeting– Amber Coogan
- Community Engagement activities– Amber Coogan
- Status of each array and community engagement activities
- Regional Cabled Array– Deb Kelley (UW)
- Endurance Array– Ed Dever (OSU)
- Pioneer & Global Arrays– Al Plueddemann/Derek Buffitt (WHOI)
- External presentations I
- Stone Soup & Christmas Trees– A story of Station Papa– Meghan Cronin (NOAA PMEL)
- NSF Education Update– Lisa Rom, NSF Program Director
- Marine Technology Society (MTS) Microdentials Program – Liesl Hotaling (MTS Director of Program Development)
- CI and Data Delivery Updates
- OOI Data Delivery Manager Report– Jeff Glatstein
- OOI Cyberinfrastructure/Data storage– Craig Risien
- External presentations II
- Designing Mental Wellness at Sea– Nichole Sams (UW Equitable Mental Health Technologies Researcher)
- Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) updates (including details on engagement with tribal communities)– Meghan Paulson (ONC, Director Observatory Digital Operations)
- External presentations III
- OOIFB and the Community– Dax Soule/Holly Morin
- Afternoon Keynote: Digital Twins: Key to Sustainable Stewardship of “Urban Sea Systems”– John Delaney (UW)
- Wrap up and closing remarks– Dax Soule