earth cube

I'm adding a new topic to this blog, cyberinfrastructure (to take NSF's out-of-date word). And I'm not going to add propriety either. I considered having a new blog about geoinformatics but now I've decided that I should just add to the list of topics in matlabor. (Currently something like (1) matlab (2) GIS (3) stuff I like.)

In these new posts I will attempt to capture the interesting events and topics in the deluge of emails and announcements I get.

Random: I was thinking of building a matlab program to analyze Eminem lyrics.

Anyway, the first cyberinfrastructurey post is about Earth Cube.

http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/index.jsp

NSF ... recognize(s) the multifaceted challenges of modern, data-intensive science and education and envision an environment where low adoption thresholds and new capabilities act together to greatly increase the productivity and capability of researchers and educators working at the frontiers of Earth system science.

Writing about cyberinfrastructure often has a lot of very long sentences.