The NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board (OOIFB) and Data Systems Committee (DSC) held a joint Spring 2024 Meeting in Alexandria, VA.
DATES: May 7-9 2024
LOCATION: US National Science Foundation Offices, Alexandria, VA 22314
The goals of this meeting were to engage in collaborative discussions surrounding the current and future activities of the OOIFB and DSC.
AGENDA:
The meeting agenda is available HERE.
A list of participants can be found HERE.
MINUTES:
Minutes will become available soon
PRESENTATIONS:
(available presentations are linked below)
Tuesday, May 7th – DSC Meeting
Welcome, Introductions & Review agenda – Jim Potemra, DSC Interim Chair
- Brief membership recap/view
OOI Data Delivery System Presentation – Jeff Glatstein
Revisit Activities outlined in the 2023 DSC Annual Report (review recommendations, master timeline of activities, other updates) – Jim Potemra
BREAK
DSC Discussion Topics
- How are users accessing acoustics/video data; how does this involve data services?
- OOI acoustic data and cloud data processing workflows – John Ragland
- Integration into JupyterHub? – Dax Soule/Karen Bemis
- RCA and ML/AI (Amazon cloud computing, data visualization) – Wendi Reuf
LUNCH
DSC Discussion: Data curation document – Jim Potemra
Reports from other Agencies and Observatories (focused on data use, workflows, etc.)
- Tiffany Vance, NOAA/Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
- Richard Dewey, Ocean Networks Canada
BREAK
DSC OOI AWP discussion- CI Focused (closed door) *review AWP review process
DSC Other Business – Holly Morin
- Revisit DSC Monthly Web Conferences – day/time
- Next DSC web call: Tuesday, May 21 at 3:30pm ET
Around the Table
DSC Closing Remarks – Jim Potemra
Adjourn for the day
Wednesday, May 8th – Joint DSC and OOIFB Meeting
Welcome, Introductions & Review agenda – Dax Soule, OOIFB Chair
- Brief membership recap/review
Update from NSF – NSF OOI Program Director, George Voulgaris
Update from the DSC – Jim Potemra, DSC Interim Chair
- DSC focus areas and activities
- Recap of DSC Discussions from May 7th (minus AWP discussions)
Report out from OOIFB Modeling Committee (recap of recap of comments from OSM Town Hall; C. Risien publication as a data/process example) – Kendra Daly, OOIFB Immediate Past Chair
Updates from the OOI Program Office and MIOs – Updates will include information about operational updates, community engagement activities, and user metrics. There will be time for questions after each report (times below include 5 minutes for Q&A) with a discussion period at the conclusion of the session.
- OOI 2.0 Program Update
- OOI PMO Report – Jim Edson
- Community Engagement activities
- BREAK
- Status of each array and community engagement activities
- 1100: Endurance Array – Ed Dever (OSU)1120: Regional Cabled Array – Deb Kelley (UW)1140: Pioneer & Global Arrays – Al Plueddemann/Derek Buffitt (WHOI)
- 1200: Discussion
LUNCH
CI and Data Delivery Updates
- OOI Data Delivery Manager Report – Jeff Glatstein
- OOI Cyberinfrastructure/Data storage – Craig Risien
- Q&A
OOI Sensor Servicing, Tech Refresh, and Future Sensors – Ed Dever and the OOI Team
OOIFB and the Community – Dax Soule/Holly Morin
- Update: 2024 Pioneer Array Community Workshop
- Discussion: Summer 2025 sensor workshop
- Update: AGU 2024 (Washington DC)
- Discussion: Early Career Scientist (ECS) engagement
- Other venues and events to consider [OSM 2026- Glasgow]
- Next in-person meeting [tentative plan: UW in Fall 2024; OSU in Spring 2025; back to NSF Fall 2025]
OOI Education Programs – Update and discussion on future OOI education initiatives
- NSF Update – Lisa Rom
- Data Labs Project Update– Janice McDonnell and Anna Pfifer-Herbert
BREAK
Joint DSC-OOIFB AWP discussion (closed door) *review AWP review process
Wrap up and closing remarks – Dax Soule
Adjourn for the day (dinner on your own)
Thursday, May 9th – OOIFB Meeting
Welcome, Introductions & Review agenda – Dax Soule
Reports from other Agencies and Observatories
- Carrie Schmaus (DOE-WPTO)
- Shane Guan (BOEM)
- Shannon Davis (DOE)
- Richard Dewey (ONC)
Future activities and focus areas for the OOIFB – Dax Soule
- OOIFB Action Item review
- Other activities – open discussion BREAK
OOIFB Membership Review (closed door)
OOIFB Other Business – Holly Morin
- Revisit OOIFB Monthly Web Conferences – day/time
- Next OOIFB web call: Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 1pm ET
Wrap up and closing remarks – Dax Soule
Meeting Adjourn