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FLORIDA COOS Caucus 6: June 19, 2006, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida

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Cyberinfrastructure Panel

Presentations given at FCC6
   AM
      Keynote
Clark, Andrew: Update Update on Ocean Observation on Ocean Observation Activities in Washington, D.C.
      Informational Updates
Luther, Mark: The US Integrated Ocean Observing System and the State of Florida
Dodge, Richard: Current COOS Activities and Opportunities Discussion
Dewar, William: FSU COOS Interests and Plans
SECOORA: The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association
Zika, Rod: Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks (ORION)
   PM
      Cyberinfrastucture Panel
Sheng, Peter: An Overview of CI and FLCOOS CI
Hood, Carroll: The Private Sector Contribution Towards a Robust Cyberinfrastructure for IOOS
Ibarra, Julio: Florida Coastal Ocean Observing Systems
Soloviev, Alexander: Cyberinfrastructure Perspectives: Academia - An Oceanographer's Perspective
Mooers, Chris: The Assessment of a Nowcast/Forecast System for the Straits of Florida/Florida Current Regime
Narasimhan, Krish: IOOS Cyberinfrastructure
Newman, Richard: Cyberinfrastructure from the Network Perspective

Florida Coastal Ocean Observing Systems Caucus Meeting 6

Monday, June 19, 2006
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida
Hartley Room
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM

  • Welcome and Introduction - FIT President Dr. Antony Catanese, FAICP

  • Featured Speaker: Dr. Andy Clark (Ocean.US) - IOOS

  • COOS Activities by Dr. Bill Dewar (FSU DO), Dr. Dick Dodge (NSU OC) and Dr. Mark Luther (USF CMS)
    Subjects: FOCRC Research Plan (FY 2006-07 & 2007-08); Federal IOOS efforts; SECOORA; GCOOS-RA; Gulf of Mexico Alliance; Orion/OOI status, and the other federal programs that relate to the development of Florida COOS.

  • Panel Discussion on Cyberinfrastructure by Dr. Richard Newman (FIT) & Dr. Peter Sheng (UF) with Dr. Alex Soloviev (NSU OC), Dr. Chris Mooers (RSMAS), Dr. Julio Ibarra (FIU), Carroll Hood (Raytheon), and Krish Narasimhan (Lockheed Martin).

  • Plan of Action - Tom Gustafson, J.D. (NSU OC)

  • Closing Comments - George Maul, Ph.D. (FIT DMES)


Driving Directions to Florida Tech's Denius Student Union Building (the SUB) and the Hartley Room:

From I-95 exit 180 (old exit 71; southernmost of two the Melbourne exits), drive east on US-192 (New Haven Avenue) about 5.2 miles to the intersection of Babcock Street. If you are coming from US1, turn west at New Haven Avenue and drive west for 1.2 miles to Babcock Street. Turn south on Babcock Street and drive about 0.9 miles to the University's Babcock Street parking lot (you'll see Florida Tech signs on both sides of the street). If you're coming from the south, take I-95 exit 173, turn east on Malabar Road, go 0.5 miles to Babcock Street, turn north on Babcock Street, go 4.6 miles north across University Boulevard, turn west into the parking lot. Park in the north section of the Babcock Street parking lot. Facing west, you'll see roads and covered wooden footbridges crossing the Botanical Garden from the parking lot into the main campus. Take the northernmost of the two wooden footbridges across the Garden. The first building on your left is the Evans Library. Continue straight and the first building on your right is the Denius Student Union Building (aka the SUB). The meeting is on the second floor of the SUB in the Hartley Room.

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