Form:CSDMS annual meeting

The joint 2017 CSDMS - CoMSES ^* Annual Meeting
Modeling Coupled Earth and Human Systems - The Dynamic Duo

May 23 -25^th 2017, Boulder Colorado, USA

Optional: May 22^th 2017, pre-conference bootcamp

Registration

Registration opens mid January.

Objectives and general description

The joint CSDMS - CoMSES^* 2017 annual meeting will focus on “Modeling Coupled Earth and Human Systems”. Topics of interests also include modeling research that integrate different disciplines, different scales, and the synergy between models and Human Systems. As in past meetings, keynote speakers are by invitation only, and poster presentations are the general media. The meeting will include:

1. State-of-the art keynote presentations in earth-surface dynamics and modeling
2. Hands-on clinics related to community models, tools and approaches
3. Transformative software products and approaches designed to be accessible, easy to use, and relevant
4. Breakout sessions for Working, Focus Research Groups and the Initiatives
5. Poster Sessions

and more!

Poster Information: The poster boards are configured for 4' wide by 6' tall (portrait orientation) posters. The deadline to submit abstracts is April 1, 2017.

Agenda

Click here to view the draft agenda of 00/00/2017.

Keynote Speakers

As of now:

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Clinic Leaders

Tuesday (1^st day)

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Wednesday (2^nd day)

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Thursday (3^rd day)

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Participants

Interested to see who registered for the meeting as of 06/19/2025?

• Participants meeting
• Submitted abstracts

• Participants bootcamp May 22^th

Reimbursement

Within its budget, CSDMS intends to support member applicants to attend the annual meeting. Towards this goal, we encourage members to fully or partially cover their expenses if capable. We additionally thank those in the industry and agency fields for understanding that 1) we cannot compensate federal agency participants since our own funding is from NSF, and 2) we request that our industrial/ corporate participants cover their own costs thereby allowing more academic participants to attend.

To the extent possible, CSDMS intends to reimburse the registration fee, lodging (shared rooms at 100% and single rooms at 50% at conference hotels), and a limited amount of travel expenses for qualified registrants - those members who will attend all three days of the meeting and are not industry or federal employees.

Important for foreign travelers requesting reimbursement: If you need a visa to travel to USA, select a business visa. If you need an invitation letter, please email csdms@colorado.edu as soon as possible. Also indicate whether specific wording is required in the letter. Second, we will need to copy the entry stamp in your passport sometime during the meeting as proof that you were here on business as required by US tax laws for reimbursement (especially when dealing with airfare.) We are only able to provide reimbursement for airfare within the U.S. All airfare that is being reimbursed must be for airlines that are U.S. flag carriers.

Travel, Lodging and Conference Center Information

The meeting will be held at SEEC
Hotel: Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Transportation: You can book transportation between DIA and Boulder here: Green Ride Boulder. And information on how to find Green Ride Boulder at DIA.
We will provide a bus between the hotels and the meeting venue each day. We will also provide transportation to the banquet.

Pre-conference one-day Software Carpentry bootcamp

CSDMS will host a Pre-conference one-day Software Carpentry bootcamp on Monday May 22^th, 2017. The objective is to teach basic programming skills that will be useful for scientific computing and model development. This is an intensive, hands-on workshop, during which certified instructors will cover basic elements of:

1. the Unix bash shell,
2. Python programming and NumPy, and
3. Github for version control.

Our instructors are earth scientists and have familiarity with the CSDMS framework, such that lessons and examples will be targeted toward relevant problems in your field. The bootcamp intentionally precedes the CSDMS meeting, so the skills participants develop should be useful in the clinics during the meeting.

Note:

• Registration is open till April 1^st (or until program fill) and is handled through the 2017 meeting site.
  
• The bootcamp is capped at 30 participants (first paid first serve), and it has a $30 registration fee.
• Participant will be responsible for cost / organization of their extra day of hotel accommodation and dinner. Costs will not be reimbursed.
• We will cover coffee and lunch during the bootcamp.

Student Scholarships (two options)

CSDMS

This year CSDMS is offering a limited number of scholarships (up to 12) for graduate students to attend the CSDMS annual meeting. Three of the 12 scholarships will be offered for the purpose of increasing participation of underrepresented students. To be eligible, graduate students need to meet the following requirements:

• Attend the whole meeting (May 23-25, 2017)
• Submit an abstract
• Be enrolled as a graduate student at the time of the meeting (bring proof)
• Submit a letter of motivation that states why you wish to participate in the meeting, and explain how your participation would enhance diversity in the field of surface dynamics modeling.

Send your application materials to csdms@colorado.edu by March 1, 2017.

The CSDMS scholarships will cover:

• Registration costs
• Travel (air fare ONLY within the United States and local transport)
• Per diem to help reimburse the cost of meals from 23-25 May 2017 not offered in the conference schedule

CoMSES

Important dates

• January 15^th: Registration opens
• March 1^st: Deadline for student scholarship applications CSDMS
• April 1^st: Deadline for student scholarship applications CoMSES
• April 1^st: Deadline for abstract submission & early registration
• May 10^th: Deadline late registration. Notice additional costs do apply.
• May 22^th: Optional: pre-conference bootcamp
• May 23-25^th: CSDMS annual meeting
• May 26^th: CSDMS Executive and Steering committees meeting (by invitation only)

^* The COMSES (COmputational Modeling for SocioEcological Science) network aims to be broadly inclusive of social and natural scientists using (and desiring to use) advanced modeling to study coupled natural and human, or 'socioecological systems' (SES). The primary goal of the COMSES network is to serve as a coordinated community of practice and a conduit to expedite knowledge exchange for computational modeling in SES. The network will build on the NSF-funded OpenABM Consortium http://www.openabm.org. It will seek to grow scientific infrastructure so as to better serve research that uses computational modeling.