UW-Madison plays prominent role in 2012 ESIP Meetings
The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) meets twice a year, in January and July. CIMSS/SSEC has had an active presence at ESIP meetings for several years now, this past January saw our role expand with three UW graduate students attending the winter meeting in Washington DC.
Two students, Brent Maddux and Jesse Roberts, served in the inaugural ESIP student fellow program, a year-long research fellowship focusing on various interdisciplinary Earth Science issues. Six paid positions were made available in 2011 and UW-Madison students landed two of them!
To top this off, UW’s Alex Matus applied and was awarded a short-term research project working with ESIP members from the University of New Hampshire. Alex presented a poster at the winter meeting entitled “Real-time Automated Cloud Classification from Live Webcams” featuring AOSS roof-top data.
Along with the strong UW student showing at the winter meeting, Margaret Mooney organized and co-convened a successful session called “Technology Tools that Enhance Collaboration” where more participants participated remotely (about 25) than in the room (about 20). A recording of this session can be viewed on-line.
Looking ahead, UW-Madison will host the ESIP summer meeting 16-20 July 2012 with more opportunities for graduate students and a NOAA-supported teacher workshop organized by CIMSS/SSEC. More information about ESIP summer meeting can be obtained online.
