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BITC Global Online Seminar #28: Citizen Science

 

When: Thu, Sep 29, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Where: https://plus.google.com/events/ck2pmdceheg1a8d6b6pgli6apts/p>

Hosted by: A. Townsend Peterson

Title: History of Biodiversity Informatics: Citizen Science a Cornell Lab of Ornithology Perspective

Steve Kelling, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
We continue our "history of biodiversity informatics" series with this seminar on citizen science contributions to the field. Steve Kelling is Senior Director of Information Science & Technology at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, and has been at the center of many of the exciting recent advances in 'building out' biodiversity informatics in citizen-science dimensions.

Call for PlantingScience Mentors!

PlantingScience has finally moved to a new improved platform! We’re excited by the new features and the increased potential for growth we’ve been waiting for. We have a really large session for fall with about 70 teachers planning to participate with their students. I anticipate we’ll have around 800-1000 student teams this fall. So, we’ll need all the new mentors we can get!

iDigBio Retreat 2016

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iDigBio’s fourth annual retreat was held on August 26, 2016. The event was held at Camp Weed in Live Oak, FL, which was conveniently located midway between UF and FSU. The retreat provided an opportunity for the diverse staff at iDigBio to celebrate the past year’s accomplishments, develop plans for the future, and get to know one another better.

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Physical Samples and Digital Collections Workshop @ ASIST, Copenhagen

Friday, October 14: 8:30-12:30

https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/seminars...

Research in disciplines such as the earth and biological sciences depends on the availability of representative physical samples that have been collected at substantial cost and effort and some are irreplaceable. The EarthCube iSamples (Internet of Samples in the Earth Sciences) RCN (Research Coordination Network), funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to connect physical samples and sample collections across the Earth Sciences with digital data infrastructures to revolutionize their utility in the support of science. The goal of this workshop is to attract a broad audience comprising of biologists, earth scientists and those working with physical samples, data curators, along with computer and information scientists to learn from each other about the requirements of physical as well as digital sample and collection management. We are hosting a first workshop in this series in conjunction with the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2016. A specific objective in conducting the proposed workshop is to connect sample-related communities in Europe and the USA.

For more detailed information, please click here.

Research Spotlight: September 2016

Using island biogeography to investigate a weird and scenic landscape in southern Idaho

-- Contributed by Katie Peterson, PhD Student, Parent Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho

I am currently a third year PhD student at the University of Idaho in the Parent Lab. The Parent Lab studies the biodiversity and evolution of organisms that have recently colonized novel, “blank slate”, environments on islands....read more here.

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Virtual Paleontology @GSA2016

PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY presents:

Virtual Paleontology
Sat., 24 Sept., 9 a.m.–6 p.m., CCC, Mile High Ballroom 4AB

Cost: FREE, with no registration needed and no course attendance limit. 
Instructors: Leif Tapanila, Idaho State Univ.; Imran A. Rahman, Univ. of Oxford

Abstract: Computer-aided, three-dimensional visualization and analysis of fossils, or virtual paleontology, is becoming an increasingly important approach for reconstructing the history of life. Poorly understood or previously unknown morphological details can be described in greater detail than previously possible using non-destructive digital imaging methods. Additionally, functional morphology can be investigated in three dimensions using quantitative computer modelling. However, associated with these advances are new challenges for paleontologists, especially as they relate to the long-term storage of digital data, as well as copyright issues. The goal of this short course is to bring together researchers interested in the broad field of virtual paleontology to present and discuss methods and results, and to set an agenda for future research. Students and others new to virtual paleontology will be introduced to the variety of methods, software, and applications and gain contacts with leading colleagues in the field.

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