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Geoinformatics 2006

The Geoinformatics 2006 conference took place in Reston, Virginia May 10-12, 2006, at the USGS Headquarters. Below is a listing of webcasts hosted by the CI Channel for the event.

NOTE: For more detailed information regarding this conference such as agenda, demonstration content, as well as abstracts and slides, please visit the official conference website located at: http://www.geongrid.org/geoinformatics2006/.

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Thursday, May 11 2006 Morning Sessions
Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium, Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center
	Margaret Banton GEON	Welcoming Remarks (webcast)
	Linda Gundersen U.S. Geological Survey	Welcoming Remarks (webcast)
	A.Krishna Sinha Virginia Tech	Brief History of Geoinformatics (slides) (webcast)
	John LaBrecque NASA	Keynote: Geoinformatics in the Era of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 1: Ontologies and the Semantic Web, USGS Auditorium Chair: Robert Raskin, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
	Deborah McGuinness Stanford University and McGuinness Associates	Solar-Terrestrial Ontologies (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	A.Krishna Sinha Virginia Tech	Cyberinfrastructure for the Geosciences: ontology based discovery and integration (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Hassan Babaie Georgia State University	Designing dynamic Earth Sciences ontologies (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Douglas Fils CHRONOS	The Taxonomic Synonymy Definition Framework (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Nancy Wiegand University of Wisconsin-Madison	Using Semantic Web Modeling and Technology for Automated Search for Data (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Ullas Nambiar University of California, Davis	GEONSearch: From Searching to Recommending (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Larry Kerschberg George Mason University	Knowledge Sifter: Agent-Based Search over Heterogeneous Sources Using Semantic Web Services. (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 2: Geologic mapping and databases, Visitor Center Chair: Peter Lyttle, U.S. Geological Survey
	Alan Stevens Federal Geographic Data Committee	Spatial Data Infrastructure: What is it? Why is it critical? (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	David Soller U.S. Geological Survey	Advances in design of the U.S. National Geologic Map Database (abstract)
	Boyan Brodaric Geological Survey of Canada	GeoSciML: an international GML 3 standard for sharing geologic map information, with examples from Canada and the U.S. (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Christopher Condit Dept. Geosciences, Univ. Massachusetts-Amherst	Dynamic Digital Maps: An Open-Source Tool to Distribute Maps, Data, Articles and Multi-Media as an Integrated Stand-alone Cross-platform Package via the Web and CD/DVD for Use in Research, Teaching and Archiving Information (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Michael Williams Geosciences - University of Massachusetts	Building a dynamic image-based database: Integrating thin section images and data using Dynamic Digital Maps (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	John Oldow University of Idaho	Spatial and Temporal Pattern of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Fault Slip-Rates in the Alvord Extensional Basin, Southeastern Oregon (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Branko Djapic Columbia University	New approach to Designing Geochemical Databases (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
Thursday, May 11 2006 Afternoon Sessions
Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center
	Linda Gundersen U. S. Geological Survey	Keynote: Data to Knowledge to Applications! Geoinformatics at the USGS (slides) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 1: Natural Hazards, USGS Auditorium Chair: Mike Williams, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
	Philip Maechling Southern California Earthquake Center	Using the SCEC Computational Platforms for Seismic Hazard Analysis Research (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Serkan Bozkurt U.S. Geological Survey	Using GIS to visualize, analyze, and forecast seismic hazards (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Dina Venezky U.S. Geological Survey	A New System for Publishing and Archiving Volcano Hazard Information Statements using the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Mark Gahegan GeoVISTA Center, Penn. State	Utilizing GEON Cyberinfrastructure for United Nations Disaster Relief Efforts (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 2: Web Services and IT Tools, Visitor Center Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center
	Peisheng Zhao George Mason University	A Virtual Geospatial Product Toolkit Based on Geospatial Web Service Orchestration (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Leonardo Salayandia University of Texas at El Paso	Evaluating BDI Agents to integrate resources over Cyberinfrastructure (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Christopher Crosby Arizona State University	The GEON LiDAR Workflow: An Internet-Based Tool for the Distribution and Processing of LiDAR Point Cloud Data (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Gyorgy Fekete Johns Hopkins University	Efficient search indexes for geo-spatial data in a relational database (abstract) (slides) (webcast)

Friday, May 12 2006 Morning Sessions
Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: June Thormodsgard, U.S. Geological Survey
	Margaret Leinen National Science Foundation	Keynote: Cyberinfrastructure and Geoinformatics at NSF (slides) (webcast)
	Ian Foster Argonne National Laboratory / University of Chicago	Keynote: Cyberinfrastructure and the role of GRID computing (slides) (webcast)

Concurrent Session 1: Integration and Computation, USGS Auditorium Chair: June Thormodsgard, U.S. Geological Survey
	Gregory Van der Vink EarthScope	Exploring the Structure and Evolution of North America (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Peter Bajcsy NCSA	CyberIntegrator: A Meta-Workflow System Designed for Solving Complex Scientific Problems using Heterogeneous Tools (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Vladik Kreinovich University of Texas at El Paso	Towards Combining Probabilistic, Interval, Fuzzy Uncertainty, and Constraints: An Example Using the Inverse Problem in Geophysics (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Cinzia Cervato CHRONOS	CHRONOS: Transforming Earth History Research by Seamlessly Integrating Stratigraphic Data and Tools (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Peter Fox HAO/ESSL/NCAR	Semantically-Enabled Scientific Data Integration (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Walter Landry Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics (Caltech)	CIG: Software for the Geophysics Community (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 2: Cyberinfrastructure and Visualization, Visitor Center Chair: Phil Maechling, Southern California Earthquake Center
	Jens Klump GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam	GEO-GRID – eScience for the Earth- and Environmental Sciences (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Annette Olson U.S. Geological Survey	The geological and ecological sciences - their natural interdependency reflected in cyberinfrastructure (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	David Govoni U.S. Geological Survey	Scientific Information Management at the U.S. Geological Survey—Issues, Challenges, and a Collaborative Approach to Identifying and Applying Solutions (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	William Miller U.S. Geological Survey	A Cognitive-Agent Based Geospatial Data Distribution System (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Aijun Chen George Mason University	Standard Compliant Grid Framework for Geoscience Virtual Products Modeling (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Toni Schenk The Ohio State University	Computer vision and digital photogrammetry methodologies for extracting information and knowledge from remotely sensed data (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	Brian Davis SAIC Contractor to USGS/EROS	Next Generation Geoscience Visualization Systems (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
Friday, May 12 2006 Afternoon Sessions
Plenary Session, USGS Auditorium Chair: Chaitan Baru, San Diego Supercomputer Center
	Kelvin Droegemeier University of Oklahoma	Keynote: A Service-Oriented Architecture for Interacting Dynamically with Severe Weather (slides) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 1: Oceans and Ice, USGS Auditorium Chair: Rama Kotra, U.S. Geological Survey
	John Graybeal Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute	A Conversation with an Ocean Observing System (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	David Percy Portland State University	Spatio-temporal asset management in a database of glacier change (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
Concurrent Session 2: Hydrology, Visitor Center Chair: Pierre Glynn, U.S. Geological Survey
	Ilya Zaslavsky SDSC	A scalable system for online access to national and local repositories of hydrologic time series (abstract) (slides) (webcast)
	David Valentine San Diego Supercomputer Center	Developing a CUAHSI HIS Data Node, as part of Cyberinfrastructure for the Hydrologic Sciences (abstract) (slides) (webcast)