AUGUST 18 DRAFT
Seventh Meeting of the
Board on Research Data and Information
National Research Council
Meeting of the Board on Research Data and Information
National Academy of Sciences Main Building, Room NAS 120
2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
Preliminary Agenda
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Open Session
08:00 Continental breakfast in meeting room
08:45 A. Welcoming remarks by Board Co-chairs
- Fran Berman and Clifford Lynch
1. Introductions
2. Agenda review
09:00 B. Director’s report
- Paul Uhlir
1. Overview of recent and ongoing projects
2. Status of action items from last meeting
- General discussion
09:15 C. The Board’s ongoing and planned activities at the national level
Session Chair: Clifford Lynch
1. Digital Curation study
- Margaret Hedstrom
FOR INFORMATION
2. US Forum on CODATA-WDS Cooperation
- Bonnie Carroll
ACTION: Advise on next steps
9:40 D. International activities of the Board and US CODATA
Session Chair: Bonnie Carroll
1. Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards project (with CODATA-ICSTI Task Group)
- Bonnie Carroll
ACTION: For information (next steps discussed in August 30)
2. Workshop on Data Intensive Science, Shanghai, October 24-25
- Subhash Kuvelker and Paul Uhlir
ACTION: For information
3. Project on Commons and Semi-Commons RFAs for USAID
- Paul Uhlir
ACTION: Advise on project participants
4. Global Scientific Data Infrastructure
- Clifford Lynch
ACTION: Prepare for mini-symposium in the afternoon and for potential follow-on activities
10:20 Break
10:45 E. Discussion of external data and information policy initiatives
Session Chair: Clifford Lynch, CNI
1. DOE SciDAC Institute on Scalable Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization
Rob Ross, Argonne National Laboratory
- Discussion
2. CENDI Group, Lisa Weber, NARA
- Discussion
3. International data management and policy issues in Earth observations, Peter Colohan, Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Discussion
11:50 Lunch (in meeting room)
F. Showcase of a BRDI member’s work
- “A Strategy for Dynamically Adaptive Weather Prediction: Cyberinfrastructure Reacting to the Atmosphere”, Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma
12:50 G. Board Sponsor Roundtable “big data” research issues and other interests
Session Chair: Fran Berman, RPI
- Opening presentation on the federal Big Data initiative, Suzy Iacono, NSF, and George Strawn, NITRD, co-chairs of the Big Data Senior Steering Group (invited)
14:30 Break
15:00 H. Symposium on Global Scientific Data Infrastructure (in the NAS Lecture Room)
Session Chairs: Clifford Lynch and Fran Berman [separate meeting description and agenda]
17:45 Adjourn and reception in Lecture Room alcove
Closed Session
19:00 I. Working Dinner—Primi Piatti Restaurant, 2013 I (eye) Street NW
- Discussion of results of the first day and preparation for the second day
Seventh Meeting of the
Board on Research Data and Information
National Research Council
Meeting of the Board on Research Data and Information
National Academy of Sciences Main Building, Room NAS 120
2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
Preliminary Agenda
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Closed Session
8:00 Continental breakfast in meeting room
8:30 J. Introductory Comments by Board Chairs
- Fran Berman and Clifford Lynch
8:50 K. Planning of Board Activities
Session Chair: Fran Berman, RPI
- General discussion of Board member proposals
10:10 Break
10:30 L. Planning of Board Activities (continued)
Session Chair: Fran Berman, RPI
- General discussion of each proposal
11:30 M. Discussion of Strategic and Tactical Focus of the Board (continued)
Session chair: Clifford Lynch, CNI
12:20 Lunch in meeting room
Open Session
13:15 N. Review of international CODATA activities and plans
Session Chair: U.S. National Delegate to CODATA, Bonnie Carroll
1. Report on CODATA activities and plans
- Bob Chen, CODATA Secretary General, and Sara Graves, CODATA Executive Committee
a. Revision of CODATA Strategic Plan
b. Plans for CODATA Conference and General Assembly (G.A.) in Taipei, October 2012
c. Nominations for CODATA Executive Committee and Officers
d. Proposed CODATA Constitution changes
e. Other action items from CODATA EC meeting in March
f. CODATA involvement in GEO Data Sharing Task Force/Working Group
g. Review of CODATA by ICSU
h. Other issues
ACTION: Discuss potential activities and agree on any actions for CODATA G.A.
14:45 2. Review of CODATA Task Groups
- Discussion led by Bonnie Carroll
ACTION: Provide guidance to U.S. National Delegate on which Task Groups to support
15:15 O. US CODATA bid to host 2014 international CODATA Conference and Data Summit
- Discussion led by Bonnie Carroll
ACTION: Approve US CODATA/BRDI bid
15:45 P. Wrap-up by Board Co-Chairs
1. Action items, schedule, and assignments
2. Co-chairs’ closing remarks
16:00 End of meeting