Ecoinformatics Training For Ecologists (e.g., Information Technologies for Ecology) January 4-9, 2004

The Long Term Ecological Research Network Office at the University of New Mexico, in collaboration with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD, the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas, and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at UCSB, will be conducting a one-week training workshop in ecoinformatics and relevant information technologies for new faculty and postdoctoral associates. The goal is to develop cutting edge technologies for the integration, analysis, and synthesis of heterogeneous ecological data through a large ITR grant from NSF, called the Science Environment for Ecological Knowledge (SEEK).

The goals of SEEK are to make fundamental improvements in how researchers can gain global access to ecological data and information, rapidly locate and utilize distributed computational services, and exercise powerful new methods for capturing, reproducing, and extending the analysis process itself. The seminar will be held at the University of New Mexico. Application deadline is 1 November 2003. For more information, please contact dpennington@LTERnet.edu