Form:Annualmeeting2019

CSDMS 3.0 - Bridging Boundaries

May 21 -23^th 2019, Boulder Colorado, USA

Registration

Will open coming December - January.

Introduction

The meeting will bring together experts in earth surface process modeling in a three-day hands-on workshop to identify challenges in bridging boundaries in our current process understanding, both fundamentally in the earth surface processes as well as in the modeling approaches and technology. This includes interdisciplinary boundaries and how best to identify and address these numerically.
The CSDMS3.0 - bridging boundaries 2019 workshop aims to:

1. Identify new frontiers in fundamental process understanding in earth surface. New algorithms, cyberinfrastructure development and new model couplings appear paramount to explore important process dynamics and linkages.
2. Identify what are critical missing components in our ability to overcome model and process boundaries.
3. Built researcher-to-researcher connections. Better connect earth surface process modelers with modelers of primary and secondary forcings, as well as social sciences and engineers to allow exploration of the human dimensions in earth surface processes.

As in past meetings, keynote speakers are by invitation only, and poster presentations are the general media. The meeting will include:

• State-of-the art keynote presentations in earth-surface dynamics
• Hands-on clinics related to community models, tools and approaches
• Transformative software products and approaches designed to be accessible, easy to use, and relevant
• Breakout sessions
• Poster Sessions
• Consider signing up for the pre- and post-conference meetings as well. See below for more information on these.

Poster Information: The poster boards are configured for 4' wide by 6' tall (portrait orientation) posters.

Agenda

A first draft of the agenda will follow closer to the meeting.

Keynote Speakers

Presenter	Title
Anders, Alison	Follow the water: Post-glacial landscape evolution in the Central Lowlands
Brown, Jed	JOSS: Journal of Open Source Software
Buiter, Susanne	How extensional tectonics and surface processes interact to shape continental plate boundaries
Flores, Lejo	2019 Diversity Panel
Goldstein, Evan	Machine Learning and Coastal Morphodynamics
Hay, Lauren	The National Hydrologic Model: coordinated, comprehensive, and consistent hydrologic modeling at multiple scales for the conterminous United States
Hutton, Eric	The CSDMS Python Modeling Tool (PyMT)
Jenkins, Chris	The Machine Learning Landscape
Lai, Jingtao	Modeled Postglacial Landscape Evolution at the Southern Margin of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Hydrological Connection of Uplands Controls the Pace and Style of Fluvial Network Expansion
Nitzbon, Jan	Modeling the degradation of ice-rich permafrost landscapes
Norris, Boyana	Understanding and Improving the Performance of Scientific Software and its Humans
Ratliff, Katherine	Exploring delta morphodynamics using the CSDMS BMI to couple fluvial and coastal processes
Robinson, Derek	Coupling natural-human systems at the decision-making scale
Steckler, Michael	Sequence Stratigraphic Modeling in Landlab
Sylvester, Zoltan	meanderpy: A simple model of meandering sheds light on channel kinematics and autogenic counter point bars
Tucker, Greg	CSDMS 3.0 updates

Clinic Leaders

Presenter	Title
Barnhart, Katy	Model Calibration with Dakota
Buscombe, Daniel	Landcover and landform classification using deep neural networks
Fleming, Jason	Real Time ADCIRC Modelling for Coastal Zone Decision Support
Hamman, Joseph	Pangeo: Scalable Geoscience Tools in Python — Xarray, Dask, and Jupyter
Hsu, Leslie	Making your models and data FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
Hutton, Eric	Hands-on with the Python Modeling Toolkit
Jagers, Bert	Morphological modelling using Delft3D Flexible Mesh
Lyons, Nathan	Model sensitivity analysis using SALib
Moodie, Andrew	Developing and teaching interactive sedimentology and stratigraphy computer activities
Piper, Mark	BMI Live!
Tijerina, Daniella	CUAHSI Services for Hydrologic Modeling and Data
Yang, Yang	An Introduction to CUDA-enabled DES3D

Reimbursement

Within its budget, CSDMS intends to partially 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.

CSDMS is able to provide the following meeting support:

For up to 72 participants lodging will be provided at the designated meeting hotel (for the evenings of May 20th, 21st and 22nd, shared rooms at 100% of cost and single rooms at 50% of cost). Additionally, breakfast and lunch each day of the meeting and one dinner, shuttle service between meeting hotel and meeting venue will be provided for all registrants. Lodging support is available for registrations received through April 1, 2019 or until 72 reservations have been received. After the April 1st deadline, lodging reservations and costs will be the responsibility of the participant.

Scholarship recipients, Keynote presenters, Clinic leaders and Awardees - travel support, registration support and lodging as specified in your invitation letter, breakfast and lunch each day of the meeting and one dinner, shuttle service between meeting hotel and meeting venue.

Specific reimbursement procedures will be emailed to qualified attendees along with your final confirmation early May, 2019.

Important for foreign travelers: If you need a visa to travel to USA, select a business visa. Please email csdms@colorado.edu as soon as possible if you need an invitation letter and indicate any specific wording required. 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 (especially when dealing with airfare reimbursements). We are only able to potentially provide reimbursement for airfare within the U.S. and in airlines that are U.S. flag carriers.

Travel, Lodging and Conference Center Information

Meeting venue: SEEC at the University of Colorado's East Campus in Boulder.
Hotel: TBD
Transportation: You can book transportation between DIA and Boulder here: Green Ride Boulder. And information on how to find Green Ride Boulder at DIA.

A bus between the designated Hotel and the meeting venue will be provided each day (the shuttle is not able to stop at other hotels). We will also provide transportation from the designated Hotel to the banquet (again, the shuttle is not able to stop at other hotels). Please note that the parking adjacent to the SEEC building requires payment for non-permit holders. You will need to park in the limited designated areas and provide payment in the adjacent kiosks.

Student Scholarships

This year CSDMS is offering a limited number of scholarships (up to 5) for graduate students to attend the CSDMS annual meeting. These scholarships will be offered for the purpose of increasing participation of underrepresented students or those that have not previously attended. To be eligible, graduate students need to meet the following requirements:

• Attend the whole meeting (May 21-23, 2019)
• 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 natural hazards and surface dynamics modeling. Be sure to mention if it is your first time attending.

Send your application materials to csdms@colorado.edu by February 19^th, 2019. The CSDMS scholarships will cover:

• Registration costs (you will still need to pay the registration fee, but will be reimbursed after attending the meeting)
• Hotel accommodations for three nights, starting May 21^nd. (as outlined in Travel/Lodging section above - 100% paid if you agree to a roommate)
• Travel (air fare ONLY within the United States and local shuttle transport)
• Per diem to help reimburse the cost of meals from 21-23 May 2019 not offered in the conference schedule

All applicants will receive confirmation of their submission. Please notify us at csdms@colorado.edu if you do not receive confirmation within 24 hours of submission.

Important dates

• January 7^th: Deadline for student modeler competition submission
• January 14^th: Registration opens
• February 1^st: Student modeler competition results announced
• February 8^th: Deadline for student scholarship applications CSDMS
• February 28^th: Scholarship awardees notified
• April 1^st: Deadline abstract submission, discounted early registration ($250) and meeting supported hotel reservations (unless our cap of 72 lodgers has already been met). After this deadline, reservations and accommodation costs will be responsibility of participant.
• May 1^th: Deadline for late registration ($400). Notice additional costs do apply.
• May 21-23^th: CSDMS annual meeting
• May 24^th: CSDMS Executive and Steering committees meetings (by invitation only)