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... The panel believes that EOSDIS must be supported by an appropriate computer science research program at a level much greater than currently planned. The panel points out that the costs of an expanded computer science effort would still be a small part of the
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... The panel believes that EOSDIS must be structured and managed as an integral part of the GCDIS, so that current and future data related to global change collected by NASA and by other national and international organizations are available in an integrated form to all global change research scientists. These data reside in a variety of media formats and physical locations.
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... Instead, the panel recommends that NASA expand by two the number of DAACs, to include NOAA's space-based and in situ data in a truly interoperable, interagency distributed information system, similar to its incorporation of DAACs from the USGS (Earth Resources Observation System, EROS) and from the DOE (the newly established Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC)
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... However, the size, complexity, and heterogeneity of the global change data sets will certainly require the development of specialized technology for information management and intelligent query, retrieval, and correlation. The panel concludes that maintaining planned costs and schedules will be jeopardized if EOSDIS is implemented without funding a complementary computer science research program.
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... NASA should: • Bring into advisory panels representation from the computer science research community; • Develop a computer science research program that includes a mix of in-house and external personnel who represent the best the research computer science community has to offer. It is important that a critical mass of expertise be assembled.6 On behalf of the panel, I wish to thank all of those at NASA who responded quickly and professionally to the questions submitted by panel members.
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... an investment would provide for, perhaps, 20 to 30 independent computer science researchers to carry out an effective research program that supports EOSDIS development.
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Key Terms

  • change research
  • change data
  • computer scientists
  • research computer
  • project management

  • space flight
  • goddard space
  • flight center
  • science data
  • eosdis program

  • eosdis development
  • data plan
  • data related
  • project staff
  • project office

  • revised cost
  • information management
  • earth observation
  • cost estimates
  • distributed information

  • submit revised
  • computing activities
  • computer research
  • eosdis science
  • program computer

  • complementary computer
  • expanded computer
  • appropriate computer
  • managing global
  • current eosdis


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