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PRESENTATIONS FROM WORKSHOP-
POSTED BELOW WITH PROGRAM
BUILDING AN AUSTRALIAN
SOLID EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GRID
July 29-30, 2003
Optus Theatre, The CSIRO Discovery Centre Black Mountain,
CANBERRA
Setting the Scene Drivers
Enablers
Architectures
Resource Perspectives
Grid Exemplars
Web-based Delivery
The Way Forward
BACKGROUND
Sustainable management of Australia’s mineral, energy and
environmental resources is a knowledge-based process that
relies upon continual access to accurate geo-spatial data
in its many forms, data processing and analysis tools, and
integration platforms. Over the past decade, the shift to
geographic information systems (GIS), 3D and temporal modelling,
process simulation and visualisation have transformed the
way that earth scientist work. In order to achieve the next
advance required to sustainably manage our resources, we must
be able to easily, quickly and reliably access the huge volumes
of complex geoscientific data as well as suitable processing
and analysis tools required to generate terrain specific knowledge
and visualise it in a mix of 2D to 4D environments. Grid technologies
provide part of the solution by facilitating access to the
different and non-centralised resources. Grid technologies
have the capacity to make access to geoscientific data repositories,
processing packages and computer power as easy as the web
has made access to information.
GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP
The goal of the workshop is to bring together people in the
earth, environmental and computing sciences to address the
issues of "transparent access" to data and knowledge about
the Australian landscape, and the available and potential
technologies offered by the grid that enhance our ability
to explore for and manage our natural and mineral resources.
ORGANISERS
The workshop is sponsored by the CSIRO Glass Earth
Initiative, Geoscience Australia, the Predictive Mineral Discovery
Cooperative Research Centre (pmd*CRC), Australia’s
Academic and Research Network (aarnet), and the Australian
Research Council (ARC).
CONVENORS
Dr. Joan Esterle, CSIRO Glass Earth
Dr. Lesley Wyborn, pmd*CRC and Geoscience Australia
DAY 1 – Tuesday 29th July Discovery
Centre
| Session
1: Setting the scene Chair Dr Neil Williams
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9:00 |
Welcome And
Introductory Remarks
Dr Joan Esterle CSIRO Glass Earth |
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9:05 |
E-Science:
A Frontier Technology For Achieving The National Research
Priorities Dr Robin Batterham, Chief Scientist of
Australia
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| 9:30 |
The
Australian Solid Earth And Environmental Sciences GRID
– The Vision Dr Lesley Wyborn, pmd*CRC and Geoscience
Australia
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| 10:10 |
“SEEGRID”-
Is This The “Telescope” That Will Unify The Earth And
Environmental Sciences? Prof Sue O’Reilly, GEMOC
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| 10:30-11:00
Morning Tea |
| Session
2: Drivers Chair Dr Michael Barber
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| 11:00 |
The
ARC e-Research Program Prof Lawrence Cram,Executive
Director, ARC
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| 11:30 |
A
Spatial Data Infrastructure For Australia
Mr Paul Kelly, Executive Director, ANZLIC - the Spatial
Information Council
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| 12:00 |
Community
Access to Natural Resource Information in a Distributed
Environment
Mr Jonathan Doig, Program Director, CANRI, NSW Dept
Sustainable Natural Resources
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| 12:30-1:30
Lunch |
| Session 3: Enablers
Chair Mr Paul Trezise |
| ;2:00 |
Global
Cyber infrastructure - The Network Infrastructure Needed
To Support e-Science
Dr George McLaughlin, Director, International Developments,
AARNET
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| 2:30 |
Providing
The Advanced Computing And Grid Infrastructure For e-Science
Prof John O’Callaghan, Executive Director, Australian
Partnership for Advanced Computing
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| 3:00 |
Building
A Repository Of Downloadable Geoscience Software: The
ACESS MNRF
Prof Bill Appelbe, CEO, Victorian Partnership for
Advanced Computing
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| 3:00-3:30
Afternoon Tea |
| Session
4: Architectures Chair Dr Rhys Francis
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| 3:30 |
Architecting
The Solid Earth And Environmental Sciences GRID Dr
Rob Woodcock, CSIRO Glass Earth and pmd*CRC
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| 4:00 |
Enabling
Interoperability In The Solid Earth & Environmental
Sciences GRID: What Language Are We Speaking?Dr
Simon Cox, CSIRO Glass Earth >
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| 4:30 |
Data
Models For Interoperability Mr Rob Atkinson, Social
Change on Line
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| 5:00 |
The
GGIPAC XMML Working Group: Promoting XMML To The Australian
Geoscience Industry Mr Frank Brassil, Geoscience
Australia
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| 5:20 |
Review And Wrap Up
Of Day I
Dr Chris Pigram, Geoscience Australia
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| 7:00 |
Workshop
Dinner Speaker
The UK e-Science Program: People to People Dr. Anne
Trefethen, Deputy Director, UK e-Science Core Program
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DAY 2– Wednesday 30th July Discovery
Centre
| Session 5: Resource Perspectives
Chair Prof Neil Phillips |
| 9:00 |
Schlumberger
Information Solutions (SIS) –Integration Strategies
for the Petroleum Industry Dr Patrick Dineen, Schlumberger
Norway
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| 9:30 |
A
Mineral Exploration Industry Perspective: Data - Information
- Knowledge Resources Ms Liedeke Bosma, Chief Geologist
Knowledge Management, BHP Billiton Minerals Exploration
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| 10:00 |
The
National Land And Water Resources Audit-The Need For
Data And Information Dr Blair Wood, National Land
and Water Audit
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presentation
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| 10:30-11:00 Morning Tea |
| Session 6: GRID exemplars
in the Australian Earth and Environmental Sciences Chair
Dr John Busby |
| 11:00 |
Implementing
Web Services To Access Real World Data In Real Time
For More Accurate Simulation Of Ore Forming Processes
Mr Stuart Girvan, pmd*CRC & Geoscience Australia
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presentation
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| 11:30 |
Oceanographic
Digital Libraries, and Climate System Simulations
Assoc Prof Nathan Bindoff, Director, Tasmanian
Partnership for Advanced Computing
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| 12:00 |
Implementing
the NOO Data and Information Strategy Dr Alicja Mosbauer,
National Oceans Office
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| 12:30-1:30 Lunch |
| 1:30 |
Towards Australia
as an international centre for computational solid earth
systems simulation Prof Peter Mora, ACcESS: The Australian
Computational Earth Systems Simulator
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| 2:00 |
The
Virtual Observatory In Australia: Connecting To International
Initiatives Dr Peter Lamb, CSIRO Math and Information
Science
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| 2:30-3:00
Afternoon Tea |
| Session 7: Web-based delivery
Chair Dr Mike Etheridge |
| 3:00 |
Publishing
3-D Models On The Web
Mr Mark Morrison, Technical Director, Fractal Technologies
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| 3:30 |
Next Generation Browser Technology
Mr Tony Gill, CSIRO Virtual Mine
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| 4:00 |
Intrepid
On The Web And The French Connection: The SME Perspective
Des Fitzgerald, Des Fitzgerald & Associates
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| 4:30 |
Open
Discussion/Action Plans (now
includes minutes)
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| 5:00 |
Closing Remarks |
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