Form:CSDMS annual meeting
Uncertainty and Sensitivity in Surface Dynamics Modeling
May 20 - 22, 2014, Boulder Colorado, USA
Optional May 23rd: Post-meeting Software Bootcamp
Registration
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Objectives and general description
The CSDMS Meeting 2014 will bring Uncertainty and Sensitivity in Surface Dynamics Modeling to your attention.
The meeting includes: 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, 2014.
Invited Keynote speakers
Tom Hsu
University of Delaware
{{{participants}}}Computational Fluid Dynamics and Sediment Transport Jim McElwaine
Durham University (UK)
{{{participants}}}Modeling Granular Flows Alexey Voinov
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC)
{{{participants}}}COMPLEX Peter Koons
University of Maine
{{{participants}}}Unifying Tectonics and Surface Processes in Geodynamics Elowyn Yager
Center for Ecohydraulics, University of Idaho
{{{participants}}}Modeling the effects of vegetation on bedload transport David Pyles
Chevron Center of Research Excellence, Colorado School of Mines
{{{participants}}}What field geologists look for in numerical simulations Eric Larour
JPL
{{{participants}}}Ice Sheet Model Intercomparisons Mick van der Wegen
UNESCO-IHE
{{{participants}}}How to quantify uncertainty in morphodynamics model predictions. Rebecca Caldwell
Indiana University
{{{participants}}}A numerical modeling study of the effects of sediment properties on deltaic processes and morphology Mariela Perignon
University of Colorado
{{{participants}}}Coupling vegetation to the ANUGA flow model Atilla Lazar
University of Southampton
{{{participants}}}Linking social sciences, bio-physical sciences and governance in a dynamic framework Rudy Slingerland
Penn State
{{{participants}}}FESD Delta Dynamics Modeling Collaboratory
Clinic Invitees
Fotis Sotiropoulos
University of Minnesota
{{{participants}}}SAFL Software Greg Tucker
CIRES
{{{participants}}}Landlab Eunseo Choi
UTIG
{{{participants}}}SNAC Courtney Harris
VIMS
{{{participants}}}ROMS Chris Jenkins
INSTAAR
{{{participants}}}Carbonate Michael Eldred (not yet confirmed)
Sandia NL
{{{participants}}}DAKOTA CSDMS Staff
CSDMS
{{{participants}}}CMTWeb Michael Barton (not yet confirmed)
Arizona State University
{{{participants}}}Agent Based Modeling Scott Peckham
University of Colorado
{{{participants}}}BMI and Standard Names Chris Duffy (not yet confirmed)
Penn State
{{{participants}}}PIHM Monte Lunacek
University of Colorado
{{{participants}}}Interactive Data Analysis with Python
Post-meeting Software Bootcamp
CSDMS is proud to announce that we will have a Software Carpentry Bootcamp associated with the Annual Meeting. We will offer the first clinic on our last meeting day and then have a full extra day on Friday May 23rd, 2014.
A bootcamp is an on-site workshop, in our case 1 or 1,5 day long that covers the core computer and programming skills needed to be a productive data analyzer or model user/developer in a small research team:
- the Unix shell (and how to automate repetitive tasks);
- Python (and how to grow a program in a modular, testable way);
- Git and GitHub (and how to track and share work efficiently);
Software Carpentry is a volunteer organization whose goal is to make scientists more productive, and their work more reliable, by teaching them basic computing skills. We will be bringing in their experienced instructors especially for these courses.
Computing is now an integral part of every aspect of science, but most scientists are never taught how to build, use, validate, and share software well. As a result, many spend hours or days doing things less sufficient. The software carpentry organization’s goal is to change that so that scientists can spend less time wrestling with software and more time doing useful research. Short tutorials alternate with hands-on practical exercises; learners work on their own laptops using either native software or a virtual machine, so that they have a working environment when the bootcamp is done.
Your registration fees of $40 for this camp include full access to all the clinic modules (Unix, version control and Python programming) and won't be reimbursed. It also includes coffee and lunch on Friday 23rd, 2014. Note that CSDMS will not be able to cover your additional hotel night.
Participants
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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 Millennium Harvest House Hotel), and a limited amount of travel expenses of qualified registrants - those members who have attended all three days of the meeting and are not industry or federal employees.
Registration fee, lodging and possible additional travel costs for the one day Post-meeting Software Bootcamp will not be reimbursed.
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 soonest. 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.)
Travel, Lodging and Conference Center Information
The meeting will be held at UCAR Conference Center
Lodging for meeting participants is at the Millennium Harvest House Hotel
Please visit the CSDMS contact page for advice on ways to reach Boulder from the Denver Airport.
Student Scholarships
This year CSDMS offers a limited (up to 10) number of scholarships for graduate students to attend the CSDMS annual meeting. To be eligible, graduate students need to meet the following requirements:
- Attend the whole meeting (20-22 May 2014)
- 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
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 20-22 May 2014 not offered in the conference schedule
To be considered, scholarship applications must be sent to Lauren Borkowski: csdms@colorado.edu before March 1st, 2014.
Important dates
- February 1st: Registration opens
- March 1st: Deadline student scholarship applications
- April 1st: Deadline abstract submission & registration
- May 20-22th: CSDMS annual meeting
- May 23rd: Post-meeting Software Bootcamp
- May 23rd: CSDMS Executive and Steering committees meeting (by invitation only)
