W-5: Geo-Informatics: Integrated Data Mining and Fusion of Diverse Geoscience Data Sets

SEG 2012 Annual Meeting Technical Program

Date: Thursday, 8 November 2012
Time: 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Location: Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Room: Breakers J
Organizers: Matthias Imhof, Long Jin, and Randy Keller
Through the support of the SEG Research Committee
 

Description
 

Scientific research recently entered its fourth paradigm.

At first, science was purely empirical, focused on observation and descriptions of natural phenomena. The second paradigm was theoretical, focused on the development and use of models and generalized scientific principles. The third paradigm was computational, focused on simulation of complex phenomena using computers. Recently, science entered its fourth paradigm, the data intensive stage where massive datasets become the tools for research. This fourth paradigm focuses on building unified theories of complex phenomena based on data exploration and data integration.

The need to understand complex interdependent phenomena has made science a team sport that requires collaboration among multidisciplinary teams of scientists to process, analyze, and integrate heterogeneous data that are typically assembled for different purposes, located at different sites, and stored in different formats.

Geoinformatics is an effort promoted by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to apply the paradigm of data exploration of often massive, heterogeneous datasets to Earth sciences. Geoinformatics is part of the broader NSF Cyberinfrastructure initiative.

In this workshop, we will bring together scientists from academia and industry to share their experiences with integrated data mining and fusion of diverse data sets that are often very heterogeneous. We will have a mixture of keynote speakers and solicited presentations from academia and industry to explore this exciting new development.