22nd CODATA International Conference 2010

Scientific Program

This is a DRAFT program which will be updated and amended weekly between now and the Conference - last update: September 6, 2010

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Friday, 22 October 2010

 

Pre-Conference Meetings

TBC

Saturday, 23 October 2010

 

Pre-Conference Meetings

TBC

Sunday, 24 October 2010


Pre-Conference Meetings

TBC
12:00

Registration opens

18:00-19:00

Official Opening of the 22nd International CODATA Conference

Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, South Africa

Monday, 25 October 2010

8:30-8:50

Welcome Remarks

Albert van Jaarsveld, President and CEO, NRF, South Africa
Krishan Lal, President, CODATA

8:50-9:30

Keynote Speaker

Lidia Brito, Head of the Science Policy Division, UNESCO

9:30-11:00

High Level Session A1

The Importance of Data Sharing in the Context of the Global Earth Observing Systems of Systems (GEOSS)

Chair: Robert Chen,


Philemon Mjwara, Director General, Department of Science & Technology, South Africa (TBC)

Earth Observation Technology for Wenchuan and Yushu Earthquake Disaster Monitoring and Data Sharing
Huadong Guo

Representative, European Commission GEO, (TBC)

Representative, United States GEO, (TBC)

High Level Session A2

GRDI2020 - Towards a 10-Year Vision for Global Research Data Infrastructures (1)

Chair: Erwin Laure

European Commission Visions for Next Generation Global Data Infrastructures
(TBC)

Next Generation Global Data Infrastructures The SANReN Experience
(TBC)

GRDI Vision for Next Generation Global Data Infrastructures
Costantino Thanos

Cost-Effective, Efficient Collaborative Research Environments... with User Needs Wovem into the Fabric
Lee Dirks
11:00-11:15
Coffee Break
11:15-12:45
B1

Access to and Reuse of Public Sector Information:
Practices and Challenges

Co-Chairs: Tyng-Ruey Chuang and Paul Uhlir

B2

Scientific Data for Sustainable Development (1)

Chair: (TBC)

B3

GRDI2020 - Towards a 10-Year Vision for Global Research Data Infrastructures (2)

Chair: Yannis Ioannidis

B4

Next Generation Astronomical Challenges

Chair: Ray Norris

B5

Interoperability of Materials Databases

Co-Chairs: Toshihiro Ashino and Laura Bartolo

B1-1: B2-1: B3-1 B4-1: B5-1:
Public Sector Information Online: Measuring the Social and Economic Costs and Benefits
Paul Uhlir and Raed Sharif
Developing Information Society Innovations’ Communications Awareness Campaigns Strategy for Sustainable Development
Wilson Okaka
Visionary Presentation
(TBC)
Data Challenges of Next-Generation Radio Telescopes
Ray Norris
Using OAI-ORE to Capture the Provenance and Results of Materials Science Research
Jane Hunter
B1-2: B2-2: B3-2 B4-2: B5-2:
Considerations for Information Accessibility of Very Large Datasets
Puneet Kishor
System Adjustment of Different Nature Data for Global Modeling of Sustainable Development
Mikhail Zgurovsky
Technological Challenges and recommendations for a Global Research Data Infrastructure
GRDI2020 Technological Working Group Representative
Meerkat and the Square Kilometre Array
Kurt Van Heyden
On Design, Quality and Exchangeable aspects of Indian Materials Database
S. Rajeswari
B1-3: B2-3 : B3-3 B4-3: B5-3:
How the Data Commons Is Being Built Using Open Content Licences
Anne Fiztgerald 

Stewarding African Social Science Research Data
Faye Reagon & Lucia Lötter

 

The South African Virtual Observatory
Sudhanshu Barway

Materials Informatics and WikiMicroGraphia
Mita Tarafder
B1-4: B2-4: B3-4 B4-4 B5-4
The Value of Public Sector Information for Socioeconomic Development Research and Policy Activities in South Africa
Raed Sharif
Dynamics of Knowledge Circulation for Sustainability Innovation
Yarime Masaru
Organisational & Policy Challenges and Recommendations for a Global Research Data Infrastructure
GRDI2020 Organisational/Policy Working Group Representative
Data Management for the SALT Telescope
(TBC)
International activities for Interoperability of Material Databases, CEN WS ELSSI-EMD/VAMAS TWA35/AMDC and CODATA
Toshihiro Ashino
B1-5: B2-5: B3-5 B4-5 B5-5
Public Licenses for the Public Sector: Some Experience from Taiwan
Tyng-Ruey Chuang

Harnessing data flow potentials for sustainable applications of Science, Technology and Innovation for African Development
Kassim Mwitondi and Jamal B. Bugrien

Moderated Discussions and Feedback from Participants/Audience

 

 

Materials Science Data Management Survey: How the present can inform our future
Laura Bartolo & Todd Carpenter
12:45-13:45
Lunch
13:45-15:15
C1

Data Access & Policy Issues

Chair: (TBC)

C2

CODATA TGDC and UN GAID e-SDDC Joint Session: CODATA Benefits Developing World – Past and Future

Chair: Xingfa Gu, Christopher Lenhardt, Chuang Liu, Paul Uhlir

C3

Biodiversity Data Management and Sharing in Africa

Chair: Simeon H. Taole

C4

Preservation and Archiving

Chair: (TBC)

C5

Earth and Environmental Data: Hazards

Chair: (TBC)

C1-1: C2-1: C3-1:
C4-1: C5-1:
Scientific Data Sharing Progress and its New Features in China
Wang Juanle
  The Value of Spatial Data in Understanding and Projecting Climate Change Impacts on Species and Ecosystems
Guy Midgley
Preserving scientific data in developing countries: The Birth to Twenty data curation project
Alison Bullen & Lucia Lötter

Data for “earthquake scenario damage” assessment
Jean Bonnin & Nina I. Frolova

C1-2: C2-2: C3-2:
C4-2: C5-2:
Ocean Tracking Network Data Policy and Management Methods
Robert Branton
  'Mind the Gap' - Bridging the Aquatic Biodiversity Information Chasm in Southern Africa
Paul H. Skelton
Jonkershoek – preserving 73 years of catchment monitoring data
Victoria Goodall & Nicky Allsopp
Development of China’s digital seismograph networks and the data sharing system
Ruifeng Liu
C1-3: C2-3 C3-3:
C4-3: C5-3:
Role of Data for Promoting Public Understanding of Science
Aladeniyi, O. B & Omolofe, B
  Discovering and Documenting South Africa's Biodiversity
Michelle Hamer
Data curation practices amongst World Data Centres
Paul Laughton
Methods development concerning data analysis, data management, and simulation for early warning of mass movements
Martin Breunig
C1-4: C2-4: C3-4:
C4-4: C5-4:
SIDR-UEVE: a pilot for eliciting a French academic policy on data preservation in Life sciences
Emmanuel Dequier
  Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa: Managing for Sustainability
Brian van Wilgen
The role of C@ribNET in the preservation of and access to scientific and technical data in developing countries.
Robert Lancashire
Automatic Data Integration and Processing on Demand for Rapid Flood Monitoring
Jibo Xie
C1-5: C2-5: C3-5: C4-5: C5-5:
US-China Roundtable Discussion
Roberta Balstad
 

SANBI's Biodiversity Information Policy Framework: a mechanism to facilitate free and open access to information
Selwyn Willoughby

Archiving in Digital Cartography and Geoinformation
Horst Kremers

 

Intellectual GIS “Geoscience Data for the Territory of Russia”
A.Soloviev
15:15-16:45
D1

Open Access Data Models: The Argument for a Polar Information Commons

Chair: Robert Chen

D2

UN GAID e-SDDC Roundtable Session: CODATA for the eMDG (Millennium Development Goals)

Co Chairs: Chuang Liu, Paul Uhlir, Huadong Guo, Krishan Lal

D3

Biodiversity Data Management and Sharing

Chair: (TBC)

D4

Earth and Environmental Data: Remote Sensing

Chair: (TBC)

D5

Young Scientist Session (1)

Chair: (TBC)

D1-1: D2-1: D3-1: D4-1: D5-1:
The Hermanus Magnetic Observatory and the IPYs: Past, Present, and Future
Pierre Cilliers
  TaxoTreeComp: A solution to compare the taxonomic hierarchical trees
Hui-Jie Qiao

An application of Remote Sensing Technology on Chinese Inland Water-body research
Hu Lianglin

Usage of Expert Evaluation Methods for Collection of Data about Social Systems
Alexis Pasichny
D1-2: D2-2: D3-2: D4-2: D5-2:
The Enduring Legacy of IPY in Canada: Sharing The Data
Ellsworth LeDrew
  A solution to integration and sharing data for phylogenetic research
Zhou Yuanchun
Development of land surface phenology monitoring using time series of remote sensing data
Linlin Lu
 
D1-3: D2-3: D3-3: D4-3: D5-3:
Freeing data through The Polar Information Commons
Taco de Bruin
  Information and Communication Technology, Social Networks and the Development of the Brazilian Biodiversity Information Infrastructure
Vanderlei Canhos
A Study on Real Time Simulation and Data Assimilation System
Yang Wang
 
D1-4: D2-4: D3-4: D4-4: D5-4:
The State of Polar Data
Mark Parsons, Taco de Bruin
  The Biodiversity Advisor website, adding value, building capacity and merging biodiversity databases
Heather Terrapon
A Web-based data-processing system for Landsat imagery datasets
Xuezhi Wang
 
D1-5: D2-5: D3-5: D4-5: D5-5:
Coordination of Polar Data Management Post-IPY
Scott Tomlinson
  CoL China: a checklist of biodiversity in China
Liqiang Ji

The climatology analysis of the terrestrial snow parameters derived from remote sensing data and ground station observation
Yubao Qiu

 
16:45-17:00
Coffee Break/Poster Viewing
17:00-18:30
E1

Data Management to Support Research Integrity

Chair: Mark Thorley

E2

Scientific Data for Sustainable Development (2)

Chair: (TBC)

E3

e-Science and e-Science Networks

Chair: (TBC)

E4

Gaps in Environmental Data Records

Chair: John Faundeen

E5

Young Scientist Roundtable Discussion

Chair: (TBC)

E1-1: E2-1: E3-1: E4-1: E5-1:
  Sub-Saharan Africa - Sustainability Risks Discussion
Victoria A. Bakhtina
The Construction of the National Science and Technology Infrastructure Platform and the Scientific and Technological Resource Sharing Network of China
Cheng Dong
Identifying Data Richness and Data Gaps in the 38-Year Record of Landsat Environmental Holdings
John Faundeen
 
E1-2: E2-2: E3-2: E4-2 E5-2:
  Observational, research and training programs to build geoscience capacity in Africa
Ray Durrheim
E-science in Azerbaijan: state-of-the-art and development perspectives
Alguliyev R.M., Fataliyev T.Kh.
Global Land Survey Activities and Land Cover Analysis from Landsat
Jeffrey Masek
 
E1-3: E2-3: E3-3: E4-3: E5-3:
  O3D - Data Kiosk – Sustainable Development
Jean Pierre Caliste
Adding Value to NASA Planetary Data Archives by Integrating Mission Data and Documents
Thomas Stein
Environmental Data Through Time – Extending The Climate Record
Stephen Del Greco
 
E1-4: E2-4: E3-4: E4-4: E5-4:
  Synergy of Sustainable Development Model
P. Kervalishvili
Grid Data Resources Integration and Problem Knowledge Exchange within Information Society Structures
Zbigniew Kierzkowski
   
E1-5: E2-5: E3-5: E4-5: E5-5
  Development of a Global Roads Open Access Data Set (gROADS)
Robert Chen

DLM: A Common Data Process Pipeline for Large Scale Scientific Dataset based on Duckling Collaboration Platform
Nan Kai and Jianjun Yu

   
18:30-19:30

CODATA Prize Award Ceremony

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

8:30-9:30

Keynote Speakers

Chair: Roberta Balstad

Kari Raivio, Vice-President for Scientific Planning and Review, International Council of Science, ICSU

Jean Bernard Minster, World Data System, International Council for Science, ICSU

9:30-10:30

Panel Discussion: Strategic Planning for Data and Information Issues

Chair: Roberta Balstad

Ray Harris, Chair, Strategic Coordinating Committee on Information and Data (SCCID)

TBC, South Africa

Jane Rovins, Executive Director, International Programme Office, Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) programme, ICSU (TBC)

Krishan Lal, CODATA President

10:30-11:30 Coffee Break /Poster Madness - Session 1
11:30-13:00

Parallel High Level Sessions F

F1

Data Publishing in the Context of the ICSU World Data System (WDS)

Co-Chairs: Michael Diepenbroek and Mikhail Zgurovsky

F1-1:
Data Publishing in the Context of the ICSU World Data System (WDS)
Michael Diepenbroek

F1-2:
Data Centre-Library Co-operation in Data Publication in Ocean Science
Roy Lowry

F1-3:
Integrating Data with Publications: Greater Interactivity and Challenges for Long-term Preservation of the Scientific Record
Brian McMahon

F1-4:
DataCite – International consortium for data citation

Jan Brase

F1-5:
Data discoverability, citability and the publishers role
Eefke Smit

F2

Co-ordinating Data Standards: The Perspective of Scientific Unions

Co-Chair: (TBC)

F2-1:
A new role for CODATA in harmonizing the data standards activities of the International Science Bodies
Lesley Wyborn

F2-2:
The IUGS Approach to Standards Leadership : The Commission for Geoscience Information (CGI)
John Broome

F2-3:
The IUGG Union Commission on Data and Information - UCDI (www.iugg-ucdi.org)
Peter Fox

F2-4:
The Role of the IAU in Managing the Petabytes of Astronomical Data
Ray Norris

13:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:30

G1

Interoperability and Ontologies

Chair: (TBC)

G2

ICSU World Data System: International Building Blocks

Co-Chairs: David Clark and Luiz Horta

G3

Linking Asia e-Infrastructure with Global Data Infrastructure

Co-Chairs: Simon C. Lin and Eric Yen

G4

Data at Risk (1)

Chair: Ray Norris

(Brief Introduction by R.E.M. Griffin)

G5

Data Communities and Knowledge Integration

Chair: (TBC)

G1-1: G2-1:
G3-1: G4-1:
G5-1:
Towards Global Data Interoperability
Costantino Thanos
Construction and Application of Thematic Database for Human-Earth System
Shunbao Liao
Global e-Science Framework in the Regional Context
Simon C. Lin
Whose Responsability is it to Maintain Data for Others to Use?Should the Individual Work for the Community or Vice Versa?
William L. Anderson
Best Practices for Collaborative Data Access and Integration Projects
John Broome
G1-2: G2-2:
G3-2: G4-2:
G5-2:
Interoperability of environmental data models : an approach based on correspondences between ontologies
Anne-Francoise Cutting-Decelle
The International Laser Ranging Service: Observations and Products
Graham Appleby
Distributed Computing Standards for e-Science Collaboration
Eric Yen
Preservation of Digital Data
D. Schade
Building Communities of Data Scientists: what works and what doesn’t
Lesley Wyborn
G1-3: G2-3:
G3-3: G4-3: G5-3:
Metadata for Scientific Data: An Analysis Targeting Challenges and Opportunity in Our Global Information Ecology
Jane Greenberg, Craig Willis and Hollie White
Building National to Global Biological Informatics Systems: Lessons Learned, Solutions, and Successful Applications
John Hill
EUAsiaGrid - An Exemplar Initiative
Marco Paganoni
Global Oceanographic Data Archaelogy and Rescue
Sydney Levitus
A Socio-Technical Framework for Enhancing the Quality and Trust of Citizen Science Data
Jane Hunter
G1-4: G2-4:
G3-4: G4-4: G5-4:
Map of Computer Science: A Case Study of Mapping Knowledge Domain in NSFC
Yufang Hou
The Work of Center for Geophysics: from WDC to WDS
Fenglin Peng
Seismology Research and Collaboration in South East Asia
Bor-Shouh Huang
Biodiversity Needs Data: Rescuing Natural History Information
Anton Guentsch
Knowledge transfer and skills development during the transportation and movement of fish
Josias Masharakane Seabi
G1-5: G2-5:
G3-5: G4-5: G5-5:
Scientific Data Access Activities and Infrastructure in China
Jianhui Li, Wangping Li, Baoping Yan & Hui Zhang
Regional Multidisciplinary Initiatives of Russian-Ukrainian Worl Data Centers Segment for Occurence in the World Data System
Nataliya Sergeyeva
  Preserving and Digitizing Astronomy's 100-Year Heritage of Photographic Observations
R.E.M. Griffin
A data science community based on duckling collaboration platform
Yu Lunqing and Zhang Hui
15:30-16:30
Coffee Break/Poster Viewing
16:30-18:00 H1

Health and Human Wellbeing in Africa

Chair: Charles Wambebe

H2

The ICSU World Data System: a Disciplined or Un-disciplined Intitiative?

Chairs: Francoise Genova and Ruth Neilan

H3

Data Visualization and Delivery

Chair: (TBC)

H4

Data at Risk (2)
Roundtable Discussion

Moderators: W.L. Anderson & E. Griffin

H5

Knowledge Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Chair: Carol Van Wyk

H1-1:
H2-1:
H3-1:
H4-1: H5-1:
African Traditional Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
Philippe Rasoanaivo
Cloud Computing and Semantic Web Concepts for ICSU World Data System
Kostiantyn Yefremov
Modeling Geological Objects in 3D An Exploration Tool for Natural Resources Appraisal
Jean Jacques Royer

  Knowledge Management of IK in Practice: Management of Oral History on NAROS
Brenda Kotze & Thabang Khanye
H1-2: H2-2:
H3-2: H4-2: H5-2:
Environmental Sanitation and Household Water Supply in Africa
Isaac Quaye
The Heliophysics Data Environment, Virtual Observatories, NSSDC, and SPASE
James Thieman

Chemistry in an immersive virtual environment
Robert Lancashire

  Best Practices and Lessons Learnt
Dr Matsabisa
H1-3: H2-3:
H3-3:
H4-3: H5-3:
Food Security in Africa
Sunita Facknath
A South African Platform for Data Systems: the World Data Centre for Biodiversity and Human Health as a Case Study
Wim Hugo
E-Commerce through Mobile Technology: Global Orientedness
Nafta Mokate Lehobye
  Developing Community Databases - Community Networking
Javu Present
H1-4: H2-4: H3-4:
H4-4:; H5-4:
Food Safety and Quality Nutrition in Africa
Joyce Kinabo
The contribution of a Geophysical Data Service: the International Service of Geomagnetic Indices
Michel Menvielle
    Developing Community Databases, Best Practices and Lessons Learnt
Rensie Van Rensburg
H1-5: H2-5 H3-5:
H4-5: H5-5:
Improving the Collection of Data on Social Science and Humanities. Experiences from the South
Michael Kahn
OneGeology – Improving Access to Geoscience Information on a Global Scale
John Broome
     
  H2-6:
 
  Lessons learnt from building the astronomical Virtual Observatory
Francoise Genova
     
19:00

Conference Banquet

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

8:30-10:00

High Level Session

Scientific Data: Vision of the Future

Guo Huadong
Mikhail Zgurovsky,
Konstantinos Glinos, European Commission

10:00-11:00
Coffee Break /Poster Madness - Session 2
11:00-12:30
I1

Data Systems for Resource Management

Chair: (TBC)

I2

Global Environmental Change

Chair: Jonathan I. Matondo

I3

Data Center Infrastructure and Technology

Chair: (TBC)

I4

Advanced Data Mining and Management

Chair: Sarah Graves, (TBD)

I1-1: I2-1: I3-1:
I4-1:
Role of Data in Improved and Sustainable Food and Agricultural Productivity in Africa
Sunita Facknath
The Impact of Land Degradation and Biodiversity Loss on Human Wellbeing in Africa
Abdelkader Allali
Integrating Solid State Disks in Storage Resource Management of Scientific Data
E. J. Otoo
The Utilization of Slope Grid for Geosensor Data Abstraction
Young Jin Jung
I1-2: I2-2: I3-2:
I4-2:
D4Science: An e-Infrastructure for Facilitating Fisheries and Aquaculture Resource Management
Donatella Castelli
Impact of Climate Change on Rainfall and Water Resources in Africa
Joseph K. Kanyanga

Research and Implementation of Data Intensive Scalable Computing Platform for Scientific Applications
Li Jianhui

Managing and Publishing Relational Database via VisualDB
Zhihong Shen
I1-3: I2-3: I3-3:
I4-3:
Introducing electronic data logging to the South African and International commercial fishing industry:
Amos Barkai
Air Pollution and Health Impact in Urban Areas in Africa
Abdourahamane Konare
Development of Resource Control Algorithm for Green Supercomputing
Young Joo Lee
Data mining techniques to study research aptitude of medical students in India
Meera Singh
I1-4: I2-4: I3-4:
I4-4:
Transgenic animal bio-safety traceability platform design
Zhi-hong Pang

Africa's Oceanographic Uniqueness
Regina Folorunsho
Data center resource and load management
Sergii Telenyk
Development of Efficient Experimental Database System for Steel Manufacturing Industries
Jonghyun Lee
I1-5:
I2-5: I3-5:
I4-5:
Integration and Sharing Service of Animal and Veterinary Sciences in China
Ben-hai Xiong
Impacts of Global Warming on Future Climate in Nigeria
LAWAL Kamoru Abiodun
  Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) Based Modeling for Landslides Susceptibility Zonation in a Part of Himalayas Using Satellite Data
Levi I. Mwankwo & Prashnant K. Champati-ray
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-15:00 J1
Biological and Health Data
Chair: (TBC)

J2
Taiwan Integrated Earth Observation Systems

Chair: Chih-Hong Sun

J3
Data Management Practices and Plans

Chair: Elisha Chiware (IATUL)

J4
Continental and Regional Environmental Data Management in the Oil Industry

Chair: Moses Mensah

J1-1: J2-1:
J3-1:
J4-1:
Web-assisted Dietary Assessment System to Meet Individual Nutritional Needs for the Taiwanese
Ning Sing Shaw
TIEOS in Taiwan and Beyond
Guey-Shin Chang
Findings of a Survey of Research Data Management Practices at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Heila Pienaar
Regional Preparedness for Effective Oil Spill Response and Remediation - Environmental Sensitivity Mapping and Challenges of Environmental Degradation
Moses Mensah
J1-2:
J2-2:
J3-2:
J4-2:
The contributions of data banks to the study of childhood development
Franco Lepore
The FORMOSAT Data Used in Earth Observation
Bo Chen & Chu Vicky
Data management activities of Canada’s National Science Library – 2010 update and prospective
Mary Zborowski
 
J1-3:
J2-3:
J3-3:
J4-3:
Databases for Structural Biologists
K. Sekar
Sensor Web Enablement for Debris Flow Monitoring System in Taiwan
Tien-Yin Chou, Yao-Min Fang & Lan-Kun Chung
Knowledge management of biomedical research data
Sri S.K. Dey Biswas
 
J1-4:
J2-4:
J3-4:
J4-4:
Development of an Integrated Database of Completely Sequenced Plastids and Cyanobacteria Genomes
Takashi Kunisawa
Intelligent Spatial Decision Support System Platform For Sustainable Development
Chih-Hong Sun , Chin-Te Jung & Hsueh-Hua Chen
Theory to practice: Short phrase, long process!
Martie van Deventer
 
J1-5: J2-5:
J3-5:
J4-5:
Predicting Breast Cancer Using Combined K-fold Cross-validated Decision Tree Models
Mohamed Salem & Kassim Mwitondi
Development of near Real-Time, High-Resolution, Global Earth Observation 3D Platform for Disaster Monitoring and Assessment
Whey-Fone Tsai, Fang-Pang Lin, Jo-Yu Chang, Bo Chen, Morris Sun & Franz Cheng
Regional Environmental Monitoring Centres and regional networks
Johnny Ayer & Moses Mensah
 
15:00-16:00

Closing Ceremony
Young Scientists Awards
Best Poster Award