<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><img alt="CEN-FM18_logo-1.png" apple-inline="yes" id="664A9A70-334D-42B9-8EA9-02301EA1A528" class="" src="cid:59AAE574-745A-4892-87AC-BF009D187678@ed.ac.uk"><br class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">Dear colleague,<br class=""><br class="">We would like to encourage you to submit an abstract to the following session of the <b class="">Fall 2018 American Geophysical Union meeting</b> in <b class=""><font color="#b51a00" class="">Washington, D.C</font></b>. (<b class="">December 10-14</b>):</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><i class="">Innovative Data-Driven Platforms for Complex Earth & Space Science Applications (IN Session ID# 50145)</i></b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font color="#0069d9" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><b class=""><a href="https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/50145" class="">https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/prelim.cgi/Session/50145</a> </b></span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">The goal of this session is to discuss different and innovative approaches with respect to data distribution platforms and related architectures in Earth and Space Sciences in the context of huge data volumes. There will also be <b class="">invited speakers</b> in this session.<br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class="">"</span><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Achieving research progress in Earth and Space sciences depends on managing huge volumes of data for pre-processing, modeling, analysis and visualization. These data and processing requirements routinely stretch systems, service providers and users to their limits. In response to these requirements, research platforms need to provide users with innovative services, front-ends and targeted products. They also need to provide users with the means to develop new services transparently reaching across infrastructure and data boundaries. Architectures and platforms enabling this transition should move data processing and analysis away from the user and closer to the data, while allowing users to choose between different levels of control.</span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; min-height: 15px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This session will welcome presentations on <b class="">innovative approaches to the scientific data life cycle</b> in the context of huge data volumes and complex infrastructure interactions. It encourages presentations on architectures, workflow systems, provenance, front-ends and services designed to enable large-scale data-driven research products.</span><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;">"<br class=""><br class="">We look forward to a stimulating set of talks and discussions, and hope that you will consider participating. Please note that the strict <b class="">deadline for abstract submission is Wednesday, 1 August 23:59 EDT</b>.</span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br class=""></span></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">To submit an abstract to this session:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font color="#0069d9" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/in/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=50145" class="">https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm18/in/papers/index.cgi?sessionid=50145</a> </span></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">and general information about abstract submissions:</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);"></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/abstract-submissions/" class="">https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/abstract-submissions/</a> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><h4 class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(206, 0, 88); margin-top: 8.5px; margin-bottom: 8.5px;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://fallmeeting.agu.org/2018/early-abstract-submission/" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 125, 186); text-decoration: none;">Be eligible to win a $100.00 USD gift card</a> by submitting your abstract early: 25 July 2018, 11:59 P.M. EDT</strong></h4><h4 class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; color: rgb(206, 0, 88); margin-top: 8.5px; margin-bottom: 8.5px;"><strong class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Regular Deadline: 1 August 2018, 11:59 P.M. EDT</strong></h4></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">Please circulate this to your colleagues who may have interest in this session. We look forward to receiving your contribution.</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><br class="">Best regards,<br class=""><br class=""><b class="">Christian Pagé</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">CERFACS, France</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Rosa Filgueira</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">University of Edinburghm, EPCC, UK</span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;"><b class="">Iraklis Klampanos</b></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="" style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 14px;">National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Greece</span></div></div></div></div></body></html>