Conceptual Design Review

Representatives of the National Ecological Observatory Network presented project details and fielded questions from an NSF panel during the NEON Conceptual Design Review in La Jolla, California, November 6-9, 2006. More than two dozen ecologists, technology experts, NEON Project Office staff, and NEON, Inc. Board members participated in the review, which was held at the San Diego Super Computer Center and Calit2 Synthesis Center. The CDR panel was charged with evaluating the planning progress for all aspects of NEON, including science and education, governance, budget, performance requirements, major system components, and cyberinfrastructure interfaces.

Participants

Dr. Mike Allen, University of California, Riverside
Dr. Ilkay Altintas, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Dr. Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Dr. Terry Benzel, Information Sciences Institute
Dr. Carol Brewer, University of Montana
Spencer Curtis, TRIAD Project Management
Dr. Deborah Estrin, Center for Embedded Network Sensing at UCLA
Dr. Aaron Falk, Information Sciences Institute
Dr. Tony Fountain, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Dr. Jerry Franklin, University of Washington
Dr. Jeff Goldman, Center for Embedded Network Sensing at UCLA
Dr. Michael Hamilton, James San Jacinto Reserve
Dr. William Hargrove, USDA, Forest Service
Dr. Bruce Hayden, University of Virginia
Dr. Paul Hubbard, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Dr. Tom Jorling, NEON Inc. Board
Dr. David Kirschtel, NEON Project Office
Dr. Alan Knapp, Colorado State University
Dr. Jim MacMahon, Utah State University
Dr. William Michener, University of New Mexico
Dr. J. William Munger, Harvard University
Rick Munro, TRIAD Project Management
Dr. Knute Nadelhoffer, University of Michigan
Dr. Deb Peters, USDA ARS
Becky Reed, TRIAD, Reed Integration
Dr. David Schimel, NEON Project Office
Dr. Dave Smith, University of Virginia
Dr. Jason Taylor, ESA
Dr. Larry Winter, NCAR, NEON Inc. Board

Presentations

NEON Overview
Project Management: Organizational Development
Instruments, Measurement Systems, and Cyberinfrastructure, Part 1
Instruments, Measurement Systems, and Cyberinfrastructure, Part 2
Education & Outreach
Deployment, Facilities, and O&M Infrastructure, Requirements, Strategies, Schedule, Costs, Contingency: CI – Technical Architecture
Infrastructure, Requirements, Strategies, Schedule, Costs, Contingency: CI – District
Infrastructure, Requirements, Strategies, Schedule, Costs, Contingency: Embedded CI
Infrastructure, Requirements, Strategies, Schedule, Costs, Contingency: CI – HQ
Infrastructure, Requirements, Strategies, Schedule, Costs, Contingency: Sensors and Instrumentation
Environmental Health and Safety, QA/QC, EIS
Governance and Business Services
Systems Engineering
Fundamental Sentinel Units
Mobile Capacity
Remote Sensing
Citizen Science
Education Portals
Experiments
Outreach at NEON Sites
Contracted Services-Stable isotope, genomics, bio archives
Facility Deployment
Headquarters, Site Facilities