Baltimore Ecosystem Study Quarterly Science Meeting June 27, 2006, 9 AM – 3:30 PM UMBC, Technology Research Center, Room 206 Sensors, Sensor Networks, and Cyberinfrastructure for the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Conveners: Claire Welty, UMBC, and Katalin Szlavecz, The Johns Hopkins University

9 AM Meet and Greet 9:25 Welcome – Steward Pickett, Project Director 9:30 - 9:45 Claire Welty, CUERE and Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMBC “ An End-to-End Vision for Sensor Networks and Cyberinfrastructure in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study” 9:45 – 9:55 Discussion 9:55 – 10:10 Katalin Szlavecz, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, JHU “ Soil Moisture Sensors and Future Opportunities with Gas Sensors” 10:10 – 10:20 Discussion 10:20 – 10:35 Andreas Terzis, Dept. of Computer Science, JHU “ Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental Monitoring: A View from the Trenches” 10:35 – 10:45 Discussion 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 11:15 Mark Rawlinson, EnviroTech LLC " Reliable High-Frequency Nutrient Monitoring and Real-Time Dissemination: Is it now feasible?" 11:15 – 11:25 Discussion 11:25 – 11:40 Gary Fisher and Robert H. Pentz, USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center “ Overview of Real-time Hydrologic Data Collection by the U.S. Geological Survey” 11:40 – 11:50 Discussion 11:50 – 1:00 Lunch; Peter Groffman, IES, and Claire Welty, UMBC Update on NEON, CUAHSI, and CLEANER 1:00 – 1:15 Randal Burns, Dept. of Computer Science, JHU “ High-level Design Tools for Sensor-Based, Environmental Monitoring” 1:15 – 1:25 Discussion 1:25 - 1:40 Alex Szalay, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, JHU “ How to Build a Scientific Database” 1:40 – 1:50 Discussion 1:50 – 2:05 Charles Schweik and Andrei Semenov, U. Mass Amherst " The Design and Functionality of ORS-lite (ORS version 3.0)” 2:05 – 2:15 Discussion 2:15 – 2:30 Jonathan Walsh, Institute of Ecosystem Studies “ Ecological Metadata Language - An Information Synthesis and Collaboration Tool” 2:30 – 2:40 Discussion 2:40 – 2:55 Mike McGuire, CUERE, UMBC " Spatial Data Warehousing and Data Mining for Ecological Research" 2:55 – 3:05 Discussion 3:05 – 3:30 General discussion and wrap-up 3:30 Adjourn