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New Approaches in Embedded Networked Sensing for Terrestrial Ecological Observatories

Speaker: Michael P. Hamilton, Ph.D. , University of California
Date: June 6 2007
Time: 10:00AM to 11:00AM
Location: 32-D463 (Star)
Host: Daniela Rus, MIT-CSAIL

Abstract:
Ecological Observatories are a new class of multi-user research infrastructure being designed and deployed to address a broad range of ecological questions. These observatories, spread across the United States and featuring a diverse integration of programmable in-situ sensing capabilities and remote observational functions, will enable a transformative change in the scope of environmental research, particularly in relation to understanding regional phenomena. The Center for Embedded Sensing (CENS) was established by the National Science Foundation in 2002 to explore observing systems technologies. CENS has since become an international leader in the field, defining the major technology research directions, and contributing crucial platforms, protocols, and algorithms. Observing Systems research focused on terrestrial ecology is one of the four core research application fields of CENS, with a deployed engineering and experimental test bed located at the James San Jacinto Mountains Reserve, a biological field station operated by the University of California Natural Reserve System, which is located in the mountains east of Los Angeles. This presentation will discuss the various experimental and deployed embedded networked sensing systems at the James Reserve, and suggests how similar systems and related cyberinfrastructure will be key to meeting the engineering and science objectives of future ecological research.


Bio:
http://www.jamesreserve.edu/staff/hamilton.html

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