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“Spatial Reasoning at Sea and Ashore: Directions and Challenges in Ocean Informatics”

Dawn Wright, Professor of Geosciences, Oregon State University

Tuesday, May 27, 4-5:15pm
Y2E2 Room 299

Informatics is a term that has been used with increasing frequency to represent the growing collaboration between computer scientists, information scientists, and domain scientists to solve complex scientific questions. Earth system science is based upon the recognition that the Earth functions as a complex system of inter- related components that must be understood as a whole. Examples range from understanding the complex interactions at mid-ocean ridge systems, to exploring the structure and evolution of continental earthquakes and volcanoes, to informing regional decision- and policy- making across several themes in coastal zone management and marine spatial planning. Successfully addressing these scientific problems requires integrative and innovative approaches to analyzing, modeling, and developing extensive and diverse data sets. Read the rest of this entry »

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