{"id":285056,"date":"2016-09-02T10:34:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T17:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=285056"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:59:25","slug":"escience-workshop-2014","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"eScience Workshop 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<h3>Related Events<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2005\/\">eScience Workshop 2005<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2006\/\">eScience Workshop 2006<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2007\/\">eScience Workshop 2007<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2008\/\">eScience Workshop 2008<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2009\/\">eScience Workshop 2009<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2010\/\">eScience Workshop 2010<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2011\/\">eScience Workshop 2011<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2011-transforming-scholarly-communication\/\">eScience Workshop 2011-Transforming Scholarly Communication<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2012\/\">eScience Workshop 2012<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2013\/\">eScience Workshop 2013<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_305108\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: ESA; ENVISAT image of southeastern Brazil\" width=\"604\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-305108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ESA<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>eScience is the increasingly pervasive role of computation in modern scientific research. Today\u2019s research problems are very complex and require massive amounts of data. The challenges to deal with that data extend throughout the lifecycle of the projects, including data acquisition, data storage and retrieval, data visualization, data analysis, and modelling.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 Microsoft eScience Workshop was held in conjunction with the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/escience.ime.usp.br\/events\/ieee-escience-2014\">10th IEEE International Conference on e-Science<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in Guaruj\u00e1, Brazil. The workshop focused on presentations of the various technologies that can help scientists accomplish research projects more quickly and efficiently. In addition to investigating various general areas of computation that are valuable to scientific projects, we also presented case studies that demonstrate how scientists are already using these approaches in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal for this workshop was to explore how technologies can assist researchers throughout the various steps of the research lifecycle, turning data into knowledge.<\/p>\n<h2>About the workshop<\/h2>\n<p>Each year, the eScience Workshop provides a forum for scientists and researchers to share their experiences and expertise with the academic and research communities. The eScience Workshop fosters collaboration, facilitates the sharing of software components and techniques, and defines rich, open scientific challenges. Microsoft has been actively pursuing research in eScience for more than\u00a011 years; the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/fourth-paradigm-data-intensive-scientific-discovery\/\"><em>The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery<\/em><\/a> provides a background on its many areas of focus.<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand 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href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/6\/9\/8\/69832FF7-D30C-42FC-B36C-712BF4066BCD\/Science@Microsoft_InteractivePDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Science@Microsoft: The Fourth Paradigm in Practice<\/em><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (PDF, 10 MB)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B009D623WU\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Science@Microsoft: The Fourth Paradigm in Practice<\/em><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (Kindle Edition)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"invalidLink\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/4th_paradigm_book_complete_lr-2.pdf\" target=\"_new\"><i>The Fourth Paradigm<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(PDF, 6.5 MB)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"invalidLink\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimgrayaward-1.pdf\" target=\"_new\">Jim Gray eScience Award Datasheet<\/a> (PDF, 4.4 MB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Held in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on e-Science<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand 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class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3520\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3520\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3519\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMonday, October 20: Microsoft Azure Training\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3519\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3520\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\" style=\"height: 731px\" width=\"1037\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:30\u201312:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; AM<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; PM<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">15:30\u201316:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">16:00\u201318:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; PM<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">18:00\u201320:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3522\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3522\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3521\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tTuesday, October 21\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3521\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3522\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Welcome<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-welcome-2014-jim-gray-escience-award-announcement-opening-keynote\/\"><b>2014 Jim Gray eScience Award Announcement<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Opening Keynote<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina&Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">10:30\u201312:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Data Acquisition<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Data Analysis in Social Sensing: Perspectives and Opportunities<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Building sensing applications with the Owl Platform<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>SensorFly and Beyond: Knowledge Discovery through Ambient Sensing<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-panel-the-strategic-importance-of-escience\/\"><b>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moderator: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Jason Rhody, National Endowment for the Humanities<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina&Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">15:30\u201316:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">16:00\u201318:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Microsoft Research-FAPESP <\/b><b>Joint Research Center<\/b><b> Projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Making Sense of Environmental Data in a Cloud Forest<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>E-phenology: combining new technologies to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems <\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Patricia Morellato, UNESP S\u00e3o Paulo State University at Rio Claro<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Advances in Computer Science Towards an Understanding of Tipping Points within Tropical South American Biomes<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ricardo da Silva Torres, University fo Campinas<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">18:00\u201319:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">19:00\u201321:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>IEEE Reception Sponsored by Microsoft<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>DemoFest with Poster Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Demos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Large Scale Study of Urban Societies in Near Real Time<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Thiago H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>SandDance<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Holograph<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Dave Brown, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Cortana<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Juliana Salles, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>WorldWide Telescope\/Oculus<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jessika Gebauer, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Tempe: Quick Answers from Large Data<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>CodaLab<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Microsoft Cloud Services for Machine Learning<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Live Ocean<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rob Fatland, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Cloud Forest<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Anna Izabel Tostes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">Princesa Leopoldina&Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3524\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3524\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3523\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, October 22\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3523\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3524\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-panel-going-native\/\"><b>Panel: Going Native<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moderator: Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Paul Watson, Newcastle University UK<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Antony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Princesa Leopoldina&Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee\u00a0Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:30\u201312:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Joint Microsoft-IEEE e-Science Keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Claudia Medeiros, University of Campinas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><i>Leveraging Computational (e)Social Science to address Grand Societal Challenges<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina&Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/advancing-environmental-understanding-the-role-of-escience-2\/\"><strong>eScience and Environment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Rob Fatland, Microsoft ResearchPresentations:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Bringing the Cloud Down to the Water: Towards <\/b><b>Enabling a \u201cDynamic Information Framework\u201d for Environmental Resource Decisions<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jeffrey Richey, University of Washington and Visiting Professor, University of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Estimating the carbon stocks by optimizing LiDAR forest big data<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rosiane de Freitas Rodrigues, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>The Birder Effect: data driven science for biodiversity conservation<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">15:30\u201316:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">16:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Data Visualization<\/strong>Chair: Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<b><\/b>Presentations:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Exploratory Visualization for Big Data<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>&#8220;Touching&#8221; the Third Dimension\u2014Exploration of Scientific Data on Surfaces<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Tobias Isenberg, INRIA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Interactive Network Visualization<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Benjamin Bach, INRIA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">20:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Dinner<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">Princesa Leopoldina&Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center 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all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3526\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3526\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3525\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAnna Izabel Tostes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3525\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3526\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cloud Forest <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305081 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anna-izabel-tostes75x108.jpg\" alt=\"anna-izabel-tostes75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Tropical ecosystems are major contributors to the global environment as they control significant exchanges of energy, water and other resources between the atmosphere, land surfaces and belowground. Cloud forests, in particular, in addition to their significant biodiversity, play a key role in the regional water cycle areas of urban areas and typically occur in areas of high population density. We want to understand how key cloud forest processes are affected by changes in land use and climatic variation, temporally and spatially. During this internship, we designed an ontology of a cloud forest in order to understand how micro-climatic variability impacts ecosystem processes using data streaming from sensors. We use two services: Thing Registration Service (TRS), which is a registration or indexing service also known as DNS for things, and Observation System (OS), which indexes data from sensors and produce inferences. Then, we visualize sap flow, vapor pressure deficit, soil moisture, and fog in Worldwide Telescope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Anna Izabel Jo\u00e3o Tostes Ribeiro is a PhD student at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (fourth year). She is supervised by Antonio Loureiro on the topic \u201cContext-aware solutions for traffic congestion using Bing maps data.\u201d From June 30 to October 10, she did an internship at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA, United States. She won the Brazil Women in Technology Award by Google (2008), before joining her masters. Her research interests are traffic jam, vehicular networks, big data, and data visualization.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3528\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3528\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3527\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAntonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3527\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3528\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cloud Forest Data Analysis in Social Sensing: Perspectives and Opportunities<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305084 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antoni-loureiro75x108.jpg\" alt=\"antoni-loureiro75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The ubiquitous availability of computing technology such as smartphones, tablets, and other easily portable devices, and the worldwide adoption of social networking sites make it increasingly possible for one to be connected and continuously contribute to this massively distributed information 5 publishing process. In this scenario, people act as social sensors, voluntarily providing data that capture their daily life experiences, and offering diverse observations on both the physical world (e.g., location) and the online world (e.g., events). This large amount of social data can provide new forms of valuable information that are currently not available, at this scale, by any traditional data collection methods. In this talk, we will discuss some perspectives on social sensing and some interesting research opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making Sense of Environmental Data in a Cloud Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>With the backdrop of concerns over loss of habitat and biodiversity, and disruption to carbon and water cycles and related environmental impacts, it is important to gather fine-grained information on intact versus disturbed mountain forest systems to learn how land management practices can safeguard the functioning of the whole sequence of vegetation types, land forms and land uses which begin in the delicate upper slopes of mountains. In this context, two important research questions are: 1) How does the mixture of functional traits in plants communities combine to influence the exchange of carbon and water between the biosphere and atmosphere at multiple scales? and 2) How will tropical plants and ecosystems respond to climate change and what are the effects of these responses on ecosystem functioning? In this talk, we discuss how the technology can help us to answer those questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Antonio A.F. Loureiro received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1995. Currently, he is a full professor of Computer Science at UFMG, where he leads the research group in ubiquitous computing, wireless sensor networks and embedded systems. In the last 15 years he has published extensively in international conferences and journals related to those areas, and also presented keynotes and tutorials at international conferences.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3530\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3530\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3529\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAntony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3529\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3530\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: Going Native<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305087 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antonywilliams75x108.jpg\" alt=\"antonywilliams75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Antony Williams is the VP of Strategic Development for the Royal Society of Chemistry and manager of the cheminformatics team for the RSC. His scientific expertise is presently focused in the fields of chemical structure representation, analytical data management and prediction, and computer-assisted structure elucidation. His passion for integrated data management and a vision of aggregating chemical compound data on the internet initiated a hobby project to develop the ChemSpider database, acquired by the Royal Society of Chemistry and now providing access to more than 30 million chemicals online. He is widely published with more than 150 publications and book chapters and is the ChemConnector in the social networks. He has worked on the quality of chemistry content on Wikipedia, is a recipient of the Jim Gray award for eScience from Microsoft and is particularly focused at this time in helping scientists understand the power of the web for social networking in the sciences.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3532\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3532\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3531\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBenjamin Bach, INRIA\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3531\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3532\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Interactive Network Visualization<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305090 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benjamin-bach75x108.jpg\" alt=\"benjamin-bach75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>This talk presents an overview of interactive visualisations for complex networks. Networks are used to model a wide range of phenomena, from computer networks to similarities between genes, brain activity, and social interactions between individuals (social networks) or organizations. Yet, making sense of these complex networks requires more than modeling and statistics. Network visualization has progressed dramatically in recent years and provides novel and effective ways to make sense of complex networks through effective visual encodings and interactions.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will present an overview of important advances in visualising complex networks, with a special focus on networks that change over time. Based on the use case of analysing functional brain activity, we demonstrate techniques from our own research. However, these techniques are not limited to brain connectivity but can be used to visualise other dense networks with changing connection strengths. The talk concludes with an outlook on our ongoing research as well as future challenges and applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Benjamin Bach is a post-doctoral research fellow in information visualisation, currently working on a joint project between Microsoft Research and Inria, France. His research addresses the design and evaluation of interactive visualisations for temporal data and complex networks, with a strong focus on networks changing over time. His current interdisciplinary collaborations involve helping brain scientists analysing functional brain activity, as well as historians exploring historic social networks. Benjamin received his MS from the University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, and his PhD from the University of Paris Sud, France.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3534\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3534\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3533\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tCarlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3533\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3534\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305093 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brito-cruz75x108.png\" alt=\"brito-cruz75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today&#8217;s society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz graduated in Electrical Engineering (Inst. Tecn. de Aeron\u00e1utica, ITA, 1978), has a MSc in Physics and a DSc in Physics (1980 and 1983, Physics Inst., Univ. of Campinas, Unicamp). He was a researcher at the Quantum Optics Laboratory, at the University of Rome (1981), a resident visitor at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ (1986-7) and was a visitor at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ (1990). Brito Cruz has been the Director of the Physics Institute at Unicamp for two terms. He has been the Dean of Research at Unicamp and the President of the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP (1996-2002) and the Rector of Unicamp (2002-05). Since 2005 he is the Scientific Director at the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP. Brito Cruz is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3536\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3536\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3535\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tChris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3535\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3536\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305096 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/chris-mentzel75x108.jpg\" alt=\"chris-mentzel75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today&#8217;s society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Chris Mentzel leads the foundation\u2019s Data-Driven Discovery Initiative, a $60 million effort within the Science Program to enable data scientists to turn the scientific data deluge into opportunities to address some of today&#8217;s most important research questions. Previously, Chris led the grants administration department and also worked as senior network engineer for the foundation. He has also held positions as a systems engineer and integrator at the University of California, Berkeley, and at various Internet consulting firms in the Bay Area. An active member of the broader big data and open science communities, Chris serves on a number of advisory boards and program committees and speaks frequently at conferences and workshops on topics related to data-driven research. Chris received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in management science and engineering at Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3538\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3538\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3537\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDanyel Fisher, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3537\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3538\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Exploratory Visualization for Big Data<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305099 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/danyel-fisher75x108.jpg\" alt=\"danyel-fisher75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>We&#8217;re increasingly living in a world of very big data\u2014but in doing so, we&#8217;re losing out on the ability to flexibly explore that data. Interactive, exploratory visualization counts on rapid responsiveness\u2014but our big clusters don&#8217;t provide that today. Adding more machines adds more communications overhead \u2013 and you can\u2019t add computers as fast as the data is growing. The ability to ask new questions, quickly, is critical.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will give a broad overview of some of the research challenges in big data analysis. We&#8217;re going to do a pass across vast swathes of computer science\u2014from visualization, to database research, to distributed systems\u2014to figure out what the new challenges and opportunities in big data visualization are. We\u2019ll look back to techniques developed in the distant past\u2014the 1970s\u2014when data was big and core memory was small; and the techniques evolved with the big energy simulations, where thousands of cores work busily for days at a time. I\u2019ll discuss my own research on progressive analysis of big data: for some types of problems, progressive computation can often let a data scientist get as much detail they need in tractable time. I\u2019ll talk about two different projects exploring progressive big data visualization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DemoFest: Tempe\u2014Quick Answers from Large Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Tempe is an interactive system for exploring large data sets. It accelerates data science by facilitating quick, iterative feature engineering and data understanding. Tempe based on Trill, a high-speed, temporal, progressive-relational stream-processing engine. Tempe provides progressive queries\u2014providing \u201cbest effort\u201d partial answers.<\/p>\n<p>Tempe enables users to try and discard queries quickly, enabling much faster exploration of large data sets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Danyel Fisher is a researcher in information visualization and human-computer interaction at Microsoft Research\u2019s VIBE group. His research focuses on ways to help users interact with data more easily. His recent work has looked at ways to make big data analytics faster and more interactive with incremental visualization; his papers Trust Me, I\u2019m Partially Right and Interactions with Big Data Analytics outline the research direction. Outside Microsoft, he has helped organize the \u201cIndustry and Government\u201d track at IEEE Info Vis Conference, bringing together practitioners with academics at the premier visualization conference. Danyel received his MS from UC Berkeley, and his PhD from UC Irvine.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3540\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3540\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3539\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDaron Green, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3539\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3540\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: SandDance<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305102 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/darongreen75x108.jpg\" alt=\"darongreen75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>SandDance is a browser based information visualization system that scales to hundreds of thousands of items. Arbitrary datatables can be loaded and results can be filtered using facets and search and displayed in a variety of layouts. Transitions between the views are animated so that users can better maintain context. Multiple linked views allow for associations between the same items in each view. Multiple devices can simultaneously interact with each other on the same dataset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Green is the senior regional manager of Microsoft Research Outreach responsible for global research investments. Previously he was general manager of Microsoft\u2019s Technology Policy Group, responsible for identifying business opportunities and innovations likely from potential disruptive technologies. In that role, he provided oversight for key mechanisms for Microsoft\u2019s internal processes of innovation and ideation such as ThinkWeek and external efforts such as Microsoft\u2019s Cloud Research Engagements and Microsoft\u2019s Environmental Sustainability program. Prior to this, he was general manager for Microsoft Research\u2019s external engagement and investment strategy. With a global portfolio which included diverse topics such as Health and Wellbeing, Education and Scholarly Communications, Computer Science, and the Environment. Dr. Green\u2019s initial research background was in molecular modeling and equations of state for fluid mixtures\u2014his BSc is in Chemical Physics (1989, Sheffield) and PhD in molecular simulation of fluid mixtures (1992, Sheffield). He went on to do post-doctoral research in simulation of polymer and protein folding (1993\u20134, UCD). This led to application porting and optimization for large-scale parallel and distributed computing in a range of application domains including computational chemistry (molecular dynamics and quantum mechanical codes), radiography, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Finite Element analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Green then moved more fully into HPC and was responsible for some of Europe\u2019s largest HPC Framework V programs for the European Commission, major HPC procurements in the UK for the UK Research Councils and UK Defense clients; he also led detailed investigations into the maturity and adoption for European HPC Software tools (published). From there, Dr. Green went to work for the SGI\/Cray\u2014helping to set up the European Professional Services organization from which he span out a small team out to establish the European Professional Services for Selectica Inc. Selectica specialized in online configuration\/logic-engine technologies offered via web services. Given an HPC\/distributed computing background and familiarity with the then embryonic area of web services, IBM invited Dr. Green to help establish its Grid Computing Strategy and emerging business opportunity (Grid EBO) team. He subsequently moved to British Telecom to head-up its Global Services business incubation and, as part of this, in 2007 he established and launched BT\u2019s Sustainability practice, responsible for BT\u2019s business offerings to commercial customers which help reduce their carbon footprints and establish business practices which are sustainable in terms of their social and economic impact.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3542\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3542\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3541\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDave Brown, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3541\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3542\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Holograph<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/davebrown-75x108.jpg\" alt=\"davebrown-75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>A platform for visualizing and exploring spatial and temporal data using Natural User Interaction and 2D or 3D displays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dave Brown is a senior research software development engineer at Microsoft Research. His current project focus is interactive data visualization of complex data sets using natural user interaction and either 2D or 3D displays.<\/p>\n<p>He has a patent for \u201cDial-based User Interfaces\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dave joined Microsoft in 2001. Prior to joining Microsoft Research, he worked for the Microsoft Technology Centre in the UK, working with customers to design and prototype innovative solutions using the latest Microsoft tools and technologies. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, and his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Reading, UK.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3544\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3544\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3543\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tHarold Javid, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3543\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3544\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: CodaLab<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/harold-javid75x108.jpg\" alt=\"harold-javid75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>CodaLab is an open-source platform that makes life easier for those conducting data- and computation-intensive experiments. Use existing algorithms and datasets or upload your own (any format, any language). All experiments you do are reproducible and sharable with others. These experiments can then be easily copied, re-worked, and edited by other collaborators in order to advance the state of the art in data-driven research and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>CodaLab also allows communities to create competitions to focus on some tasks, which results can then be provided back to the community as experiments for further development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Harold Javid\u2019s career spans industry and academia. After completing a PhD in EE from UIUC, Harold worked for small companies as electronics division manager and general manager developing real time embedded controls and industrial optimizers. In between, he worked in large companies including GE and Boeing as application engineer, researcher, and research manager. In 1998, after turning around a small company and then supporting its sale, he followed his heart back to his technical love\u2014by joining Microsoft. In Microsoft Research, as director of academic outreach, he leads collaborations between Microsoft Research and universities in North America, Latin America, and Australia. Harold\u2019s team is responsible for events such as the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit and the annual Microsoft eScience Workshop, awards programs such as the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship program in addition to funded university collaborations. Harold is actively involved in service to the IEEE as a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the Computer Society and assistant treasurer of its Board of Governors.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3546\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3546\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3545\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJason Rhody, National Endowment for the Humanities\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3545\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3546\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305114 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jasonrhody75x108.jpg\" alt=\"jasonrhody75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today&#8217;s society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Jason Rhody is a senior program officer in the Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), where he facilitates the development and funding of projects that harness emerging technologies to advance humanities research, encourage humanistic inquiry of digital culture, and foster collaboration across international and disciplinary boundaries. He has developed joint grant programs with international partners, such as the United Kingdom and Germany, and continues to cultivate shared initiatives with other funding organizations. Jason received his PhD in English from the University of Maryland, and his scholarly research interests include book and interface design in 20th and 21st century literature, narrative theory, and game studies. Prior to joining NEH in 2003, he managed and advised digital humanities projects at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and taught courses in literature and digital media.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3548\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3548\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3547\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJeffrey Richey, Professor, University of Washington and Visiting Professor, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3547\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3548\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Bringing the Cloud Down to the Water: Towards Enabling a \u201cDynamic Information Framework\u201d for Environmental Resource Decisions<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305117 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jeffreyrichey75x108.jpg\" alt=\"jeffreyrichey75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The goal of a \u201cdynamic information framework\u201d (DIF) is to enable the foundation of tools that would enable scenario analyses for decisions on the environmental resources of (discrete) regions. Such a framework requires time series data sets in state of the art models that can be utilized by staff in National Agencies to analyze the resource base and develop predictive scenarios of, for example, climate and landscape changes with appropriate interventions, The application of modern \u201clandscape\/hydrology\u201d models of river basins represents a powerful tool for the analysis of coupled landscape properties, water resources, and future change scenarios. But actually doing this involves addressing a series cyber\/technical intertwined with (geo) political issues, requiring that domain scientists can work within the e-science arena to learn the tools necessary to make the process viable. Projects from Bhutan to the Aral Sea to Esp\u00edrito Santo call out what is needed to move forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Professor in the School of Oceanography and adjunct professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, visiting professor and S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair, Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo. B.A. from Stanford University, MSPH from the University of North Carolina, and PhD from the University of California, Davis. Research involves the biogeochemistry and hydrology of large-scale river basins, how to implement geo-information systems for analysis of complex basins, and \u201cdynamic information frameworks\u201d for international resource management, primarily with the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Medalha Ademar Cervellini de Merito Academico, University of S\u00e3o Paulo; Zayed International Prize for the Environment, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Academia Brasileira de Ci\u00eancias (Brazilian National Academy of Sciences); Fellow, American Geophysical Union. FAPESP (Funda\u00e7\u00e3o de Amparo \u00e0 Pesquisa do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo) S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair and University of S\u00e3o Paulo Visiting Professorship, 2013-, World Bank\u2019s Hydrology Expert Facility, Vice-Chairman IGBP Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3550\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3550\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3549\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJessika Gebauer, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3549\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3550\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: WorldWide Telescope\/Oculus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Explore space, ocular neurons of the brain and San Francisco all in virtual reality powered by WorldWide Telescope the oculus rift device.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3552\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3552\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3551\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJuliana Salles, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3551\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3552\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Cortana<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305120 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/julianasalles75x108.jpg\" alt=\"julianasalles75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Cortana is the world\u2019s first truly personal assistant. Cortana gets to know you, always looks out for you, and keeps you close to the people who matter, all while keeping you in control and being natural, interactive, and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Juliana Salles is a senior research program manager at Microsoft Research, responsible for academic research partnerships in Brazil. Her primary work is building collaborative projects between Microsoft and academia to better understand tropical ecosystems and their response to climate change. Prior to joining Microsoft Research, Dr. Salles worked for several Microsoft product teams including Visual Studio, Windows Live, and Windows Live Mobile as a user experience researcher. Dr. Salles holds a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction, plus a bachelors and masters in Computer Science. Her interests include User Research techniques and methodology and their integration with the software development process.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3554\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3554\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3553\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMateus Velloso, Microsoft\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3553\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3554\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: MAML<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305123 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mat-velloso75x108.jpg\" alt=\"mat-velloso75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Microsoft Azure Machine Learning is a browser-based tool where tasks are graphically represented, providing a flexible and easy-to-use environment for problem solving. Learn how to execute tasks such as importing datasets, data transformation, training, scoring, evaluation, visualizing results, and publishing a web service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Mat (Mateus) is originally from Brazil and has 30 years of software development experience. Some of them in Brazil, some in New Zealand where he spent six years, and the rest in Redmond where Mat has worked as an architect at Microsoft IT and now works as a senior developer in a group called TED (Technical Evangelism Development).<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3556\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3556\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3555\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPatricia Morellato, UNESP S\u00e3o Paulo State University at Rio Claro\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3555\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3556\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>E-phenology: combining new technologies to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305126 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/patricia-morellato75x108.jpg\" alt=\"patricia-morellato75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>E-phenology is a multidisciplinary project exploring innovative solutions for plant monitoring in the tropics, combining research in Computer Science, Phenology, Remote Sensing, and Ecology. Phenological observations are a key component of climate change studies, tracking the effects of climate on plant phases such as flowering and leafing. Here we address theoretical and practical problems using a combination of digital and hyperspectral imaging phenology monitoring systems, at three spatial scales: on-the-ground, near-surface and airborne, the latter using the emerging technology of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), or \u201cdrones\u201d. On-the-ground phenology precludes observation over large areas and are time consuming. Near-surface remote-phenology using digital cameras, although area-limited, reduces sampling labor. Drones scale up phenological processes to the entire landscape, encompassing multiple scales of observation. We intent to specify and implement novel database, image processing, machine learning, and visualization algorithms to support acquisition, management, integration, and analysis of data from multiscale phenological monitoring systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Morellato\u2019s main research focus is the phenology and seasonal changes of natural vegetation. She has investigated the patterns of plant reproduction, pollination and seed dispersal, the influence of phylogeny on phenology and methods in phenological research. More recently, Dr. Morellato research has focused on the effects of environmental and climatic changes on plant phenology. The e-phenology research group has applied new technologies and computer science tools to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems. They scale from ground observations to digital cameras and hyperspectral sensor on towers and also on airborne unmanned vehicles (drones). She participated as a contributing author in the Working Group II (WGII) of the fourth IPCC2007 report, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3558\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3558\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3557\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Watson, Newcastle University UK\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3557\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3558\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: Going Native<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paulwatson75x108.jpg\" alt=\"paulwatson75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Paul Watson is professor of Computer Science and Director of the Digital Institute at Newcastle University UK, where he also directs the $20M RCUK Digital Economy Hub on Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy. He graduated in 1983 with a BSc in Computer Engineering from Manchester University, followed by a PhD on parallel graph reduction in 1986. In the 80s, as a lecturer at Manchester University, he was a designer of the Alvey Flagship and Esprit EDS systems. From 1990\u20135 he worked in industry for ICL as a designer of the Goldrush MegaServer parallel database server.<\/p>\n<p>In August 1995 he moved to Newcastle University, where he has been an investigator on wide range of e-Science projects. His research interest is in scalable information management with a current focus on cloud computing. Professor Watson is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3560\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3560\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3559\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3559\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3560\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SensorFly and Beyond: Knowledge Discovery through Ambient Sensing<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305132 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/pei-zhang75x108.jpg\" alt=\"pei-zhang75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>In many fast developing applications (fires, search and situational awareness), deploying, maintaining and operating the system becomes difficult and often dangerous. Especially in in-door environments, responders have traditionally relied on robotic system that are often expensive and difficult to maneuver. The talk will explore sensing systems that are semi-controllable through the SensorFly system. The SensorFly system is a low-cost, miniature controlled-mobile aerial sensor network that aims to be autonomous in deployment, maintenance and adaptation to the environment. Weighing only 30 grams each, it can only carry lightweight\/inaccurate sensors and few sensors per-node. The main focus of the talk will be on the challenge on utilizing multiple noisy sensors to discover system information (such as navigation, and localization) as well as sensing the environment (such as localize and sense humans)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Pei Zhang is an associate research professor in the ECE departments at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree with honors from California Institute of Technology in 2002, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2008. While at Princeton University, he developed the ZebraNet system, which is used to track zebras in Kenya. It was the first deployed, wireless, ad- hoc, mobile sensor network. His recent work includes SensorFly (focus on groups of autonomous miniature-helicopter based sensor nodes) and MARS (Muscle Activity Recognition). Beyond research publications, his work has been featured on popular media including CNN, Science Channel, Discovery Channel, CBS News, CNET, Popular Science, BBC Focus, etc. He is also a cofounder of the startup Vibradotech. In addition, he has won several awards including the NSF CAREER, Edith and Martin B. Stein Solar Energy Innovation Award, and a member of Department of Defense Computer Science Studies Panel.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3562\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3562\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3561\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRicardo da Silva Torres, University of Campinas\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3561\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3562\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Advances in Computer Science Towards an Understanding of Tipping Points within Tropical South American Biomes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305135 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ricardotorres75x108.jpg\" alt=\"ricardotorres75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Terrestrial ecosystems are currently undergoing unprecedented climate and human-induced disturbances, which are likely to push these systems towards changes in their physiognomies, structure, and functioning. It has been hypothesized that these new configurations may be alternative states of systems comprising vegetation-climate-disturbance interactions. The majority of the studies reporting ecosystem switches considers vegetation-climate-disturbance systems confined to certain spatial scales (local to continental) without accounting for multi-scale interactions and are unable to detect out-of-range changes and\/or regime shifts in vegetation due to difficulties in collecting sufficiently long time series to define standard behavior of the system. In this talk, we will present ongoing research initiatives regarding the proposal of novel machine learning and image processing techniques aiming to support the use of multi-scale ecological knowledge in the analysis of vegetation-climate-disturbance systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Ricardo da Silva Torres received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2000. He earned his doctorate in Computer Science at the same university in 2004. Dr. Torres has been director of the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas since 2013. Dr. Torres is co-founder and member of the RECOD lab. Dr. Torres is author\/co-author of more than 100 articles in refereed journal and conferences. Dr. Torres serves as PC member for several international and national conferences. Dr. Torres has supervised 27 master and 7 PhD projects. His research interests include Image Analysis, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Databases, Digital Libraries, and Geographic Information Systems.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3564\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3564\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3563\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRob Fatland, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3563\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3564\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Live Ocean<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305138 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/robfatland75x108.png\" alt=\"robfatland75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Science to Marine Industry Forecast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Rob Fatland is a research software development engineer at Microsoft Research. From a background in geophysics and a career built on computer technology, he works on environmental data science and real-world relevance of scientific results; from carbon cycle coupling to marine microbial ecology to predictive modeling that can enable us to restore health to coastal oceans.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3566\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3566\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3565\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRosiane de Freitas Rodrigues, Federal University of Amazonas\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3565\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3566\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Estimating the carbon stocks by optimizing LiDAR forest big data<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rosiane-defreitas75x105.jpg\" alt=\"rosiane-defreitas75x105\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> To estimate carbon stocks in a given forested region it is important that samples or field plots are placed in locations that have the greatest number of representative trees: dominant (widest) and emergent (tallest). Whereas ground-based inventory focuses on the identification of dominant trees, LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) allows for the extraction of tree height thus enabling more precise identification of emergent trees. We are interested in estimating carbon stocks by means of extrapolation and spatialization based on forest inventory using remote sensing LiDAR (Light Detecting And Ranging) technology to determine a set of representative trees, through the application of pattern recognition, graph theory, image retrieval, machine learning and combinatorial optimization techniques. We present preliminary results about the problem of choosing the most representative forest plots using the NP-hard Maximal Covering Location Problem \u2013 MCLP. This work is being undertaken in partnership among ICOMP\/UFAM (Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil), INPA (the Brazilian National Institute of Amazonian Research), and the University of California, Berkeley-United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Rosiane de Freitas is a computer scientist, Brazilian researcher professor at Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas (IComp\/UFAM), with a PhD in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and UNICAMP, Brazil. Developing theoretical and applied research, with expertise in combinatorial optimization and scheduling theory, acting on the following subjects: algorithms, computational complexity, graph theory and mathematical programming, also involving bioinformatics, parallel and distributed systems, networks, software engineering and operations research in general. Partner with renowned researchers and institutions around the world, besides acting in training and coordination of scientific and technological programming contests, and mainly acting in undergraduate and MSc\/PhD graduate courses. Also assisting in advancing the careers and goals of women in STEM, in which is involved since the 1st edition in the &#8220;International Women\u2019s Hackathon&#8221;, sponsored by Microsoft Research. Member of major Brazilian and international scientific societies, reviewer for qualified journals and currently guest editor for a special issue of the <em>Discrete Applied Mathematics<\/em> journal.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3568\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3568\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3567\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tSteve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3567\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3568\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: Going Native<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305144 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/steve-kelling75x108.jpg\" alt=\"steve-kelling75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Birder Effect: Data Driven Science for Biodiversity Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Technology has transformed biodiversity conservation; it has enabled a new research scenario where organisms can be studied across broad spatial and temporal scales at high detail. This talk will describe how technology has supported biodiversity conservation in four broad ways. First, numerous organizations are collecting more and higher quality earth and organismal observational data. Second, well-curated data access makes these data more transparent and useable at a much higher frequency. Third, novel data-mining and machine learning techniques identify patterns that emerge from the data making data exploration and visualization a significant part of the scientific process leading to hypothesis generation and testing. Finally, sophisticated analytic processes substantially improve data-driven decision-making. This paper reviews how one project, eBird, a global bird-monitoring project, has taken advantage of these advances in technology to interpret and conserve biodiversity through collection access, visualization and analytics of bird observations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Steve Kelling coordinates a team of ornithologists, computer scientists, statisticians, application developers, data managers and project staff to develop programs, tools, and analyses to gather, understand, and disseminate information on birds and the environments they inhabit. His responsibilities include: the management of eBird, a citizen-science project that gathers hundreds of millions of bird observations from around the globe; using unique statistical and computer science strategies to analyze the distribution and abundance of wild bird populations; and the organization of the rich data resources of the global bird-monitoring community and integrating these resources within existing bioinformatic infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3570\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3570\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3569\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThiago H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3569\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3570\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Large Scale Study of Urban Societies in Near Real Time<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305147 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thiago-silva75x108.jpg\" alt=\"thiago-silva75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> The process of making available massively distributed data through smartphones and social networking sites represents a new source of sensing, which is called participatory sensor network (PSN). Our project aims to show how to use PSNs to help us to better understand urban societies and, build on such understanding, design smarter services to meet people&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Thiago H. Silva graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science in 2004. He obtained a M.Sc. (2009) and a Ph.D. (2014) in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where he is a post-doc researcher in Computer Science. During his Ph.D., Thiago was a research intern at Telecom Italia, Venezia, Italy, and a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, and at INRIA, Paris, France. Thiago has experience in the industry and academia in the areas of ubiquitous computing, urban computing, social computing, and workload\/user behavior modeling.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3572\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3572\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3571\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tTobias Isenberg, INRIA\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3571\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3572\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;<strong>Touching&#8221; the Third Dimension\u2014Exploration of Scientific Data on Surfaces<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tobias-isenberg75x108.jpg\" alt=\"tobias-isenberg75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Since the size and complexity of scientific datasets is growing at a very high rate, people are working on developing techniques to effectively depict and visualize them. However, frequently it is not sufficient to just produce a single static visualization but instead we have to support scientists in discovering aspects about the data that they did not know about it. That means that we have to develop effective interactive visualization tools that support scientists in exploring their data.<\/p>\n<p>In my talk I will address the problem of interactively visualizing data that has an inherent mapping to the 3D spatial domain such as MRI scans, physical simulations, or molecular models. Specifically, I use interfaces on large, touch-sensitive displays because they tend to give people the feeling of &#8220;being in control of their data.&#8221; That means we face the problem of providing input on a two-dimensional surface which needs to be mapped to manipulations of the three-dimensional data space.<\/p>\n<p>I will talk about FI3D, a technique to navigate in 3D datasets and control 7 degrees of freedom with only one or two fingers being used simultaneously. Next, I will discuss the problem of spatial data selection which is fundamental to further data analysis and also requires to define a 3D selection space with only input on a 2D plane.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I discuss a case study in which we integrated several different interaction techniques into a tool for fluid mechanics experts to explore their data. I will end my talk by pointing out some open problems and research challenges that we are currently facing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Tobias Isenberg is a senior research scientist at INRIA Saclay, France. He received is doctoral degree from the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Previously he held positions as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Calgary, Canada, and as assistant professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests comprise topics in scientific visualization, in illustrative and non-photorealistic rendering, and interactive visualization techniques.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3574\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3574\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3573\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tYanyong Zhang, Rutgers University\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3573\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3574\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Building sensing applications with the Owl Platform<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/yanyongzhang75x108.jpg\" alt=\"yanyongzhang75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Recent technology advances have greatly lowered the cost of small sensors, but their widespread use has yet to be realized. In this talk I describe how to build sensing applications using the Owl Platform. It is a software stack designed to lower barriers to entry for developing sensing applications in the cloud, and stands in contrast to bottom-up approaches centered on a particular hardware platform. I first describe Owl&#8217;s design abstractions, technology layers, and network protocols. I then present a few real-world deployment experiences of the Owl platform, focusing on our deployment in the laboratory of animal sciences to collect data for the scientists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Yanyong Zhang is currently an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rutgers University. She is also a member of the Wireless Information Networks Laboratory (Winlab). Her current research interests are in sensor systems and distributed computing. Her research is mainly funded by the National Science Foundation, including an NSF CAREER award.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related Events eScience Workshop 2005 eScience Workshop 2006 eScience Workshop 2007 eScience Workshop 2008 eScience Workshop 2009 eScience Workshop 2010 eScience Workshop 2011 eScience Workshop 2011-Transforming Scholarly Communication eScience Workshop 2012 eScience Workshop 2013Opens in a new tab Photo: ESA eScience is the increasingly pervasive role of computation in modern scientific research. Today\u2019s research problems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2014-10-20","msr_enddate":"2014-10-22","msr_location":"Guaruj\u00e1, Brazil","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":true,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13555],"msr-region":[],"msr-event-type":[210063],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-285056","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-search-information-retrieval","msr-event-type-workshop","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"eScience Workshop 2014\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"About\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><h3>Related Events<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2005\/\">eScience Workshop 2005<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2006\/\">eScience Workshop 2006<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2007\/\">eScience Workshop 2007<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2008\/\">eScience Workshop 2008<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2009\/\">eScience Workshop 2009<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2010\/\">eScience Workshop 2010<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2011\/\">eScience Workshop 2011<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2011-transforming-scholarly-communication\/\">eScience Workshop 2011-Transforming Scholarly Communication<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2012\/\">eScience Workshop 2012<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/escience-workshop-2013\/\">eScience Workshop 2013<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_305108\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-305108\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: ESA; ENVISAT image of southeastern Brazil\" width=\"604\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil.jpg 604w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil-300x89.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-305108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: ESA<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>eScience is the increasingly pervasive role of computation in modern scientific research. Today\u2019s research problems are very complex and require massive amounts of data. The challenges to deal with that data extend throughout the lifecycle of the projects, including data acquisition, data storage and retrieval, data visualization, data analysis, and modelling.<\/p>\n<p>The 2014 Microsoft eScience Workshop was held in conjunction with the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/escience.ime.usp.br\/events\/ieee-escience-2014\">10th IEEE International Conference on e-Science<\/a> in Guaruj\u00e1, Brazil. The workshop focused on presentations of the various technologies that can help scientists accomplish research projects more quickly and efficiently. In addition to investigating various general areas of computation that are valuable to scientific projects, we also presented case studies that demonstrate how scientists are already using these approaches in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal for this workshop was to explore how technologies can assist researchers throughout the various steps of the research lifecycle, turning data into knowledge.<\/p>\n<h2>About the workshop<\/h2>\n<p>Each year, the eScience Workshop provides a forum for scientists and researchers to share their experiences and expertise with the academic and research communities. The eScience Workshop fosters collaboration, facilitates the sharing of software components and techniques, and defines rich, open scientific challenges. Microsoft has been actively pursuing research in eScience for more than\u00a011 years; the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/fourth-paradigm-data-intensive-scientific-discovery\/\"><em>The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery<\/em><\/a> provides a background on its many areas of focus.<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand 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href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/6\/9\/8\/69832FF7-D30C-42FC-B36C-712BF4066BCD\/Science@Microsoft_InteractivePDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Science@Microsoft: The Fourth Paradigm in Practice<\/em><\/a> (PDF, 10 MB)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B009D623WU\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Science@Microsoft: The Fourth Paradigm in Practice<\/em><\/a> (Kindle Edition)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"invalidLink\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/4th_paradigm_book_complete_lr-2.pdf\" target=\"_new\"><i>The Fourth Paradigm<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(PDF, 6.5 MB)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"invalidLink\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimgrayaward-1.pdf\" target=\"_new\">Jim Gray eScience Award Datasheet<\/a> (PDF, 4.4 MB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Agenda\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><i>Held in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on e-Science<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand 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class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:30\u201312:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; AM<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; PM<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">15:30\u201316:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">16:00\u201318:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training &#8211; PM<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">18:00\u201320:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Poster Session<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3522\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3522\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn 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class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Welcome<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-welcome-2014-jim-gray-escience-award-announcement-opening-keynote\/\"><b>2014 Jim Gray eScience Award Announcement<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Opening Keynote<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina&amp;Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">10:30\u201312:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Data Acquisition<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Data Analysis in Social Sensing: Perspectives and Opportunities<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Building sensing applications with the Owl Platform<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>SensorFly and Beyond: Knowledge Discovery through Ambient Sensing<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-panel-the-strategic-importance-of-escience\/\"><b>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moderator: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Jason Rhody, National Endowment for the Humanities<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina&amp;Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">15:30\u201316:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">16:00\u201318:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Microsoft Research-FAPESP <\/b><b>Joint Research Center<\/b><b> Projects<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Making Sense of Environmental Data in a Cloud Forest<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Antonio A. 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Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>E-phenology: combining new technologies to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems <\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Patricia Morellato, UNESP S\u00e3o Paulo State University at Rio Claro<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Advances in Computer Science Towards an Understanding of Tipping Points within Tropical South American Biomes<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ricardo da Silva Torres, University fo Campinas<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">18:00\u201319:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">19:00\u201321:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>IEEE Reception Sponsored by Microsoft<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>DemoFest with Poster Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Demos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Large Scale Study of Urban Societies in Near Real Time<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Thiago H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>SandDance<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Holograph<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Dave Brown, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Cortana<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Juliana Salles, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>WorldWide Telescope\/Oculus<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jessika Gebauer, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Tempe: Quick Answers from Large Data<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>CodaLab<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Microsoft Cloud Services for Machine Learning<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Live Ocean<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rob Fatland, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Cloud Forest<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Anna Izabel Tostes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">Princesa Leopoldina&amp;Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3524\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3524\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3523\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, October 22\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3523\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3524\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-panel-going-native\/\"><b>Panel: Going Native<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moderator: Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Paul Watson, Newcastle University UK<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Antony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Princesa Leopoldina&amp;Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee\u00a0Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:30\u201312:30<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Joint Microsoft-IEEE e-Science Keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Claudia Medeiros, University of Campinas<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><i>Leveraging Computational (e)Social Science to address Grand Societal Challenges<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina&amp;Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Lunch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/advancing-environmental-understanding-the-role-of-escience-2\/\"><strong>eScience and Environment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Rob Fatland, Microsoft ResearchPresentations:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Bringing the Cloud Down to the Water: Towards <\/b><b>Enabling a \u201cDynamic Information Framework\u201d for Environmental Resource Decisions<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jeffrey Richey, University of Washington and Visiting Professor, University of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Estimating the carbon stocks by optimizing LiDAR forest big data<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rosiane de Freitas Rodrigues, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>The Birder Effect: data driven science for biodiversity conservation<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">15:30\u201316:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">16:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Data Visualization<\/strong>Chair: Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<b><\/b>Presentations:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Exploratory Visualization for Big Data<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>&#8220;Touching&#8221; the Third Dimension\u2014Exploration of Scientific Data on Surfaces<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Tobias Isenberg, INRIA<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Interactive Network Visualization<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Benjamin Bach, INRIA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Teresa Cristina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\n<p align=\"left\">20:00<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Dinner<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">Princesa Leopoldina&amp;Jos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Speakers and Abstracts\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3526\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3526\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3525\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAnna Izabel Tostes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3525\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3526\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cloud Forest <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305081 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anna-izabel-tostes75x108.jpg\" alt=\"anna-izabel-tostes75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Tropical ecosystems are major contributors to the global environment as they control significant exchanges of energy, water and other resources between the atmosphere, land surfaces and belowground. Cloud forests, in particular, in addition to their significant biodiversity, play a key role in the regional water cycle areas of urban areas and typically occur in areas of high population density. We want to understand how key cloud forest processes are affected by changes in land use and climatic variation, temporally and spatially. During this internship, we designed an ontology of a cloud forest in order to understand how micro-climatic variability impacts ecosystem processes using data streaming from sensors. We use two services: Thing Registration Service (TRS), which is a registration or indexing service also known as DNS for things, and Observation System (OS), which indexes data from sensors and produce inferences. Then, we visualize sap flow, vapor pressure deficit, soil moisture, and fog in Worldwide Telescope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Anna Izabel Jo\u00e3o Tostes Ribeiro is a PhD student at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (fourth year). She is supervised by Antonio Loureiro on the topic \u201cContext-aware solutions for traffic congestion using Bing maps data.\u201d From June 30 to October 10, she did an internship at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA, United States. She won the Brazil Women in Technology Award by Google (2008), before joining her masters. Her research interests are traffic jam, vehicular networks, big data, and data visualization.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3528\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3528\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3527\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAntonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3527\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3528\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cloud Forest Data Analysis in Social Sensing: Perspectives and Opportunities<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305084 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antoni-loureiro75x108.jpg\" alt=\"antoni-loureiro75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The ubiquitous availability of computing technology such as smartphones, tablets, and other easily portable devices, and the worldwide adoption of social networking sites make it increasingly possible for one to be connected and continuously contribute to this massively distributed information 5 publishing process. In this scenario, people act as social sensors, voluntarily providing data that capture their daily life experiences, and offering diverse observations on both the physical world (e.g., location) and the online world (e.g., events). This large amount of social data can provide new forms of valuable information that are currently not available, at this scale, by any traditional data collection methods. In this talk, we will discuss some perspectives on social sensing and some interesting research opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making Sense of Environmental Data in a Cloud Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>With the backdrop of concerns over loss of habitat and biodiversity, and disruption to carbon and water cycles and related environmental impacts, it is important to gather fine-grained information on intact versus disturbed mountain forest systems to learn how land management practices can safeguard the functioning of the whole sequence of vegetation types, land forms and land uses which begin in the delicate upper slopes of mountains. In this context, two important research questions are: 1) How does the mixture of functional traits in plants communities combine to influence the exchange of carbon and water between the biosphere and atmosphere at multiple scales? and 2) How will tropical plants and ecosystems respond to climate change and what are the effects of these responses on ecosystem functioning? In this talk, we discuss how the technology can help us to answer those questions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Antonio A.F. Loureiro received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1995. Currently, he is a full professor of Computer Science at UFMG, where he leads the research group in ubiquitous computing, wireless sensor networks and embedded systems. In the last 15 years he has published extensively in international conferences and journals related to those areas, and also presented keynotes and tutorials at international conferences.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3530\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3530\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3529\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tAntony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3529\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3530\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: Going Native<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305087 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antonywilliams75x108.jpg\" alt=\"antonywilliams75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Antony Williams is the VP of Strategic Development for the Royal Society of Chemistry and manager of the cheminformatics team for the RSC. His scientific expertise is presently focused in the fields of chemical structure representation, analytical data management and prediction, and computer-assisted structure elucidation. His passion for integrated data management and a vision of aggregating chemical compound data on the internet initiated a hobby project to develop the ChemSpider database, acquired by the Royal Society of Chemistry and now providing access to more than 30 million chemicals online. He is widely published with more than 150 publications and book chapters and is the ChemConnector in the social networks. He has worked on the quality of chemistry content on Wikipedia, is a recipient of the Jim Gray award for eScience from Microsoft and is particularly focused at this time in helping scientists understand the power of the web for social networking in the sciences.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3532\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3532\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3531\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBenjamin Bach, INRIA\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3531\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3532\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Interactive Network Visualization<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305090 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benjamin-bach75x108.jpg\" alt=\"benjamin-bach75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>This talk presents an overview of interactive visualisations for complex networks. Networks are used to model a wide range of phenomena, from computer networks to similarities between genes, brain activity, and social interactions between individuals (social networks) or organizations. Yet, making sense of these complex networks requires more than modeling and statistics. Network visualization has progressed dramatically in recent years and provides novel and effective ways to make sense of complex networks through effective visual encodings and interactions.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will present an overview of important advances in visualising complex networks, with a special focus on networks that change over time. Based on the use case of analysing functional brain activity, we demonstrate techniques from our own research. However, these techniques are not limited to brain connectivity but can be used to visualise other dense networks with changing connection strengths. The talk concludes with an outlook on our ongoing research as well as future challenges and applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Benjamin Bach is a post-doctoral research fellow in information visualisation, currently working on a joint project between Microsoft Research and Inria, France. His research addresses the design and evaluation of interactive visualisations for temporal data and complex networks, with a strong focus on networks changing over time. His current interdisciplinary collaborations involve helping brain scientists analysing functional brain activity, as well as historians exploring historic social networks. Benjamin received his MS from the University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, and his PhD from the University of Paris Sud, France.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3534\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3534\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3533\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tCarlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3533\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3534\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305093 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brito-cruz75x108.png\" alt=\"brito-cruz75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today&#8217;s society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz graduated in Electrical Engineering (Inst. Tecn. de Aeron\u00e1utica, ITA, 1978), has a MSc in Physics and a DSc in Physics (1980 and 1983, Physics Inst., Univ. of Campinas, Unicamp). He was a researcher at the Quantum Optics Laboratory, at the University of Rome (1981), a resident visitor at AT&amp;T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ (1986-7) and was a visitor at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ (1990). Brito Cruz has been the Director of the Physics Institute at Unicamp for two terms. He has been the Dean of Research at Unicamp and the President of the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP (1996-2002) and the Rector of Unicamp (2002-05). Since 2005 he is the Scientific Director at the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP. Brito Cruz is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3536\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3536\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3535\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tChris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3535\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3536\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305096 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/chris-mentzel75x108.jpg\" alt=\"chris-mentzel75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today&#8217;s society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Chris Mentzel leads the foundation\u2019s Data-Driven Discovery Initiative, a $60 million effort within the Science Program to enable data scientists to turn the scientific data deluge into opportunities to address some of today&#8217;s most important research questions. Previously, Chris led the grants administration department and also worked as senior network engineer for the foundation. He has also held positions as a systems engineer and integrator at the University of California, Berkeley, and at various Internet consulting firms in the Bay Area. An active member of the broader big data and open science communities, Chris serves on a number of advisory boards and program committees and speaks frequently at conferences and workshops on topics related to data-driven research. Chris received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in management science and engineering at Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3538\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3538\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3537\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDanyel Fisher, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3537\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3538\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Exploratory Visualization for Big Data<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305099 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/danyel-fisher75x108.jpg\" alt=\"danyel-fisher75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>We&#8217;re increasingly living in a world of very big data\u2014but in doing so, we&#8217;re losing out on the ability to flexibly explore that data. Interactive, exploratory visualization counts on rapid responsiveness\u2014but our big clusters don&#8217;t provide that today. Adding more machines adds more communications overhead \u2013 and you can\u2019t add computers as fast as the data is growing. The ability to ask new questions, quickly, is critical.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will give a broad overview of some of the research challenges in big data analysis. We&#8217;re going to do a pass across vast swathes of computer science\u2014from visualization, to database research, to distributed systems\u2014to figure out what the new challenges and opportunities in big data visualization are. We\u2019ll look back to techniques developed in the distant past\u2014the 1970s\u2014when data was big and core memory was small; and the techniques evolved with the big energy simulations, where thousands of cores work busily for days at a time. I\u2019ll discuss my own research on progressive analysis of big data: for some types of problems, progressive computation can often let a data scientist get as much detail they need in tractable time. I\u2019ll talk about two different projects exploring progressive big data visualization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DemoFest: Tempe\u2014Quick Answers from Large Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Tempe is an interactive system for exploring large data sets. It accelerates data science by facilitating quick, iterative feature engineering and data understanding. Tempe based on Trill, a high-speed, temporal, progressive-relational stream-processing engine. Tempe provides progressive queries\u2014providing \u201cbest effort\u201d partial answers.<\/p>\n<p>Tempe enables users to try and discard queries quickly, enabling much faster exploration of large data sets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Danyel Fisher is a researcher in information visualization and human-computer interaction at Microsoft Research\u2019s VIBE group. His research focuses on ways to help users interact with data more easily. His recent work has looked at ways to make big data analytics faster and more interactive with incremental visualization; his papers Trust Me, I\u2019m Partially Right and Interactions with Big Data Analytics outline the research direction. Outside Microsoft, he has helped organize the \u201cIndustry and Government\u201d track at IEEE Info Vis Conference, bringing together practitioners with academics at the premier visualization conference. Danyel received his MS from UC Berkeley, and his PhD from UC Irvine.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3540\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3540\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3539\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDaron Green, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3539\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3540\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: SandDance<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305102 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/darongreen75x108.jpg\" alt=\"darongreen75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>SandDance is a browser based information visualization system that scales to hundreds of thousands of items. Arbitrary datatables can be loaded and results can be filtered using facets and search and displayed in a variety of layouts. Transitions between the views are animated so that users can better maintain context. Multiple linked views allow for associations between the same items in each view. Multiple devices can simultaneously interact with each other on the same dataset.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Green is the senior regional manager of Microsoft Research Outreach responsible for global research investments. Previously he was general manager of Microsoft\u2019s Technology Policy Group, responsible for identifying business opportunities and innovations likely from potential disruptive technologies. In that role, he provided oversight for key mechanisms for Microsoft\u2019s internal processes of innovation and ideation such as ThinkWeek and external efforts such as Microsoft\u2019s Cloud Research Engagements and Microsoft\u2019s Environmental Sustainability program. Prior to this, he was general manager for Microsoft Research\u2019s external engagement and investment strategy. With a global portfolio which included diverse topics such as Health and Wellbeing, Education and Scholarly Communications, Computer Science, and the Environment. Dr. Green\u2019s initial research background was in molecular modeling and equations of state for fluid mixtures\u2014his BSc is in Chemical Physics (1989, Sheffield) and PhD in molecular simulation of fluid mixtures (1992, Sheffield). He went on to do post-doctoral research in simulation of polymer and protein folding (1993\u20134, UCD). This led to application porting and optimization for large-scale parallel and distributed computing in a range of application domains including computational chemistry (molecular dynamics and quantum mechanical codes), radiography, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Finite Element analysis.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Green then moved more fully into HPC and was responsible for some of Europe\u2019s largest HPC Framework V programs for the European Commission, major HPC procurements in the UK for the UK Research Councils and UK Defense clients; he also led detailed investigations into the maturity and adoption for European HPC Software tools (published). From there, Dr. Green went to work for the SGI\/Cray\u2014helping to set up the European Professional Services organization from which he span out a small team out to establish the European Professional Services for Selectica Inc. Selectica specialized in online configuration\/logic-engine technologies offered via web services. Given an HPC\/distributed computing background and familiarity with the then embryonic area of web services, IBM invited Dr. Green to help establish its Grid Computing Strategy and emerging business opportunity (Grid EBO) team. He subsequently moved to British Telecom to head-up its Global Services business incubation and, as part of this, in 2007 he established and launched BT\u2019s Sustainability practice, responsible for BT\u2019s business offerings to commercial customers which help reduce their carbon footprints and establish business practices which are sustainable in terms of their social and economic impact.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3542\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3542\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3541\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tDave Brown, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3541\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3542\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Holograph<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/davebrown-75x108.jpg\" alt=\"davebrown-75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>A platform for visualizing and exploring spatial and temporal data using Natural User Interaction and 2D or 3D displays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dave Brown is a senior research software development engineer at Microsoft Research. His current project focus is interactive data visualization of complex data sets using natural user interaction and either 2D or 3D displays.<\/p>\n<p>He has a patent for \u201cDial-based User Interfaces\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dave joined Microsoft in 2001. Prior to joining Microsoft Research, he worked for the Microsoft Technology Centre in the UK, working with customers to design and prototype innovative solutions using the latest Microsoft tools and technologies. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, and his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Reading, UK.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3544\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3544\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3543\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tHarold Javid, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3543\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3544\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: CodaLab<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/harold-javid75x108.jpg\" alt=\"harold-javid75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>CodaLab is an open-source platform that makes life easier for those conducting data- and computation-intensive experiments. Use existing algorithms and datasets or upload your own (any format, any language). All experiments you do are reproducible and sharable with others. These experiments can then be easily copied, re-worked, and edited by other collaborators in order to advance the state of the art in data-driven research and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>CodaLab also allows communities to create competitions to focus on some tasks, which results can then be provided back to the community as experiments for further development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Harold Javid\u2019s career spans industry and academia. After completing a PhD in EE from UIUC, Harold worked for small companies as electronics division manager and general manager developing real time embedded controls and industrial optimizers. In between, he worked in large companies including GE and Boeing as application engineer, researcher, and research manager. In 1998, after turning around a small company and then supporting its sale, he followed his heart back to his technical love\u2014by joining Microsoft. In Microsoft Research, as director of academic outreach, he leads collaborations between Microsoft Research and universities in North America, Latin America, and Australia. Harold\u2019s team is responsible for events such as the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit and the annual Microsoft eScience Workshop, awards programs such as the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship program in addition to funded university collaborations. Harold is actively involved in service to the IEEE as a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the Computer Society and assistant treasurer of its Board of Governors.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3546\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3546\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3545\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJason Rhody, National Endowment for the Humanities\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3545\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3546\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305114 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jasonrhody75x108.jpg\" alt=\"jasonrhody75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today&#8217;s society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Jason Rhody is a senior program officer in the Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), where he facilitates the development and funding of projects that harness emerging technologies to advance humanities research, encourage humanistic inquiry of digital culture, and foster collaboration across international and disciplinary boundaries. He has developed joint grant programs with international partners, such as the United Kingdom and Germany, and continues to cultivate shared initiatives with other funding organizations. Jason received his PhD in English from the University of Maryland, and his scholarly research interests include book and interface design in 20th and 21st century literature, narrative theory, and game studies. Prior to joining NEH in 2003, he managed and advised digital humanities projects at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and taught courses in literature and digital media.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3548\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3548\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3547\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJeffrey Richey, Professor, University of Washington and Visiting Professor, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3547\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3548\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Bringing the Cloud Down to the Water: Towards Enabling a \u201cDynamic Information Framework\u201d for Environmental Resource Decisions<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305117 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jeffreyrichey75x108.jpg\" alt=\"jeffreyrichey75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The goal of a \u201cdynamic information framework\u201d (DIF) is to enable the foundation of tools that would enable scenario analyses for decisions on the environmental resources of (discrete) regions. Such a framework requires time series data sets in state of the art models that can be utilized by staff in National Agencies to analyze the resource base and develop predictive scenarios of, for example, climate and landscape changes with appropriate interventions, The application of modern \u201clandscape\/hydrology\u201d models of river basins represents a powerful tool for the analysis of coupled landscape properties, water resources, and future change scenarios. But actually doing this involves addressing a series cyber\/technical intertwined with (geo) political issues, requiring that domain scientists can work within the e-science arena to learn the tools necessary to make the process viable. Projects from Bhutan to the Aral Sea to Esp\u00edrito Santo call out what is needed to move forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Professor in the School of Oceanography and adjunct professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, visiting professor and S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair, Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo. B.A. from Stanford University, MSPH from the University of North Carolina, and PhD from the University of California, Davis. Research involves the biogeochemistry and hydrology of large-scale river basins, how to implement geo-information systems for analysis of complex basins, and \u201cdynamic information frameworks\u201d for international resource management, primarily with the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Medalha Ademar Cervellini de Merito Academico, University of S\u00e3o Paulo; Zayed International Prize for the Environment, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Academia Brasileira de Ci\u00eancias (Brazilian National Academy of Sciences); Fellow, American Geophysical Union. FAPESP (Funda\u00e7\u00e3o de Amparo \u00e0 Pesquisa do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo) S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair and University of S\u00e3o Paulo Visiting Professorship, 2013-, World Bank\u2019s Hydrology Expert Facility, Vice-Chairman IGBP Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3550\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3550\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3549\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJessika Gebauer, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3549\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3550\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: WorldWide Telescope\/Oculus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Explore space, ocular neurons of the brain and San Francisco all in virtual reality powered by WorldWide Telescope the oculus rift device.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3552\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3552\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3551\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tJuliana Salles, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3551\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3552\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Cortana<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305120 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/julianasalles75x108.jpg\" alt=\"julianasalles75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Cortana is the world\u2019s first truly personal assistant. Cortana gets to know you, always looks out for you, and keeps you close to the people who matter, all while keeping you in control and being natural, interactive, and easy to use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Juliana Salles is a senior research program manager at Microsoft Research, responsible for academic research partnerships in Brazil. Her primary work is building collaborative projects between Microsoft and academia to better understand tropical ecosystems and their response to climate change. Prior to joining Microsoft Research, Dr. Salles worked for several Microsoft product teams including Visual Studio, Windows Live, and Windows Live Mobile as a user experience researcher. Dr. Salles holds a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction, plus a bachelors and masters in Computer Science. Her interests include User Research techniques and methodology and their integration with the software development process.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3554\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3554\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3553\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tMateus Velloso, Microsoft\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3553\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3554\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: MAML<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305123 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mat-velloso75x108.jpg\" alt=\"mat-velloso75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Microsoft Azure Machine Learning is a browser-based tool where tasks are graphically represented, providing a flexible and easy-to-use environment for problem solving. Learn how to execute tasks such as importing datasets, data transformation, training, scoring, evaluation, visualizing results, and publishing a web service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Mat (Mateus) is originally from Brazil and has 30 years of software development experience. Some of them in Brazil, some in New Zealand where he spent six years, and the rest in Redmond where Mat has worked as an architect at Microsoft IT and now works as a senior developer in a group called TED (Technical Evangelism Development).<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3556\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3556\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3555\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPatricia Morellato, UNESP S\u00e3o Paulo State University at Rio Claro\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3555\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3556\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>E-phenology: combining new technologies to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305126 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/patricia-morellato75x108.jpg\" alt=\"patricia-morellato75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>E-phenology is a multidisciplinary project exploring innovative solutions for plant monitoring in the tropics, combining research in Computer Science, Phenology, Remote Sensing, and Ecology. Phenological observations are a key component of climate change studies, tracking the effects of climate on plant phases such as flowering and leafing. Here we address theoretical and practical problems using a combination of digital and hyperspectral imaging phenology monitoring systems, at three spatial scales: on-the-ground, near-surface and airborne, the latter using the emerging technology of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), or \u201cdrones\u201d. On-the-ground phenology precludes observation over large areas and are time consuming. Near-surface remote-phenology using digital cameras, although area-limited, reduces sampling labor. Drones scale up phenological processes to the entire landscape, encompassing multiple scales of observation. We intent to specify and implement novel database, image processing, machine learning, and visualization algorithms to support acquisition, management, integration, and analysis of data from multiscale phenological monitoring systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Morellato\u2019s main research focus is the phenology and seasonal changes of natural vegetation. She has investigated the patterns of plant reproduction, pollination and seed dispersal, the influence of phylogeny on phenology and methods in phenological research. More recently, Dr. Morellato research has focused on the effects of environmental and climatic changes on plant phenology. The e-phenology research group has applied new technologies and computer science tools to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems. They scale from ground observations to digital cameras and hyperspectral sensor on towers and also on airborne unmanned vehicles (drones). She participated as a contributing author in the Working Group II (WGII) of the fourth IPCC2007 report, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3558\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3558\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3557\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPaul Watson, Newcastle University UK\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3557\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3558\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: Going Native<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paulwatson75x108.jpg\" alt=\"paulwatson75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Paul Watson is professor of Computer Science and Director of the Digital Institute at Newcastle University UK, where he also directs the $20M RCUK Digital Economy Hub on Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy. He graduated in 1983 with a BSc in Computer Engineering from Manchester University, followed by a PhD on parallel graph reduction in 1986. In the 80s, as a lecturer at Manchester University, he was a designer of the Alvey Flagship and Esprit EDS systems. From 1990\u20135 he worked in industry for ICL as a designer of the Goldrush MegaServer parallel database server.<\/p>\n<p>In August 1995 he moved to Newcastle University, where he has been an investigator on wide range of e-Science projects. His research interest is in scalable information management with a current focus on cloud computing. Professor Watson is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3560\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3560\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3559\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3559\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3560\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>SensorFly and Beyond: Knowledge Discovery through Ambient Sensing<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305132 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/pei-zhang75x108.jpg\" alt=\"pei-zhang75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>In many fast developing applications (fires, search and situational awareness), deploying, maintaining and operating the system becomes difficult and often dangerous. Especially in in-door environments, responders have traditionally relied on robotic system that are often expensive and difficult to maneuver. The talk will explore sensing systems that are semi-controllable through the SensorFly system. The SensorFly system is a low-cost, miniature controlled-mobile aerial sensor network that aims to be autonomous in deployment, maintenance and adaptation to the environment. Weighing only 30 grams each, it can only carry lightweight\/inaccurate sensors and few sensors per-node. The main focus of the talk will be on the challenge on utilizing multiple noisy sensors to discover system information (such as navigation, and localization) as well as sensing the environment (such as localize and sense humans)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Pei Zhang is an associate research professor in the ECE departments at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his bachelor&#8217;s degree with honors from California Institute of Technology in 2002, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2008. While at Princeton University, he developed the ZebraNet system, which is used to track zebras in Kenya. It was the first deployed, wireless, ad- hoc, mobile sensor network. His recent work includes SensorFly (focus on groups of autonomous miniature-helicopter based sensor nodes) and MARS (Muscle Activity Recognition). Beyond research publications, his work has been featured on popular media including CNN, Science Channel, Discovery Channel, CBS News, CNET, Popular Science, BBC Focus, etc. He is also a cofounder of the startup Vibradotech. In addition, he has won several awards including the NSF CAREER, Edith and Martin B. Stein Solar Energy Innovation Award, and a member of Department of Defense Computer Science Studies Panel.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3562\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3562\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3561\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRicardo da Silva Torres, University of Campinas\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3561\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3562\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Advances in Computer Science Towards an Understanding of Tipping Points within Tropical South American Biomes<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305135 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ricardotorres75x108.jpg\" alt=\"ricardotorres75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Terrestrial ecosystems are currently undergoing unprecedented climate and human-induced disturbances, which are likely to push these systems towards changes in their physiognomies, structure, and functioning. It has been hypothesized that these new configurations may be alternative states of systems comprising vegetation-climate-disturbance interactions. The majority of the studies reporting ecosystem switches considers vegetation-climate-disturbance systems confined to certain spatial scales (local to continental) without accounting for multi-scale interactions and are unable to detect out-of-range changes and\/or regime shifts in vegetation due to difficulties in collecting sufficiently long time series to define standard behavior of the system. In this talk, we will present ongoing research initiatives regarding the proposal of novel machine learning and image processing techniques aiming to support the use of multi-scale ecological knowledge in the analysis of vegetation-climate-disturbance systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Ricardo da Silva Torres received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2000. He earned his doctorate in Computer Science at the same university in 2004. Dr. Torres has been director of the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas since 2013. Dr. Torres is co-founder and member of the RECOD lab. Dr. Torres is author\/co-author of more than 100 articles in refereed journal and conferences. Dr. Torres serves as PC member for several international and national conferences. Dr. Torres has supervised 27 master and 7 PhD projects. His research interests include Image Analysis, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Databases, Digital Libraries, and Geographic Information Systems.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3564\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3564\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3563\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRob Fatland, Microsoft Research\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3563\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3564\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Live Ocean<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305138 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/robfatland75x108.png\" alt=\"robfatland75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Science to Marine Industry Forecast<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Rob Fatland is a research software development engineer at Microsoft Research. From a background in geophysics and a career built on computer technology, he works on environmental data science and real-world relevance of scientific results; from carbon cycle coupling to marine microbial ecology to predictive modeling that can enable us to restore health to coastal oceans.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3566\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3566\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3565\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRosiane de Freitas Rodrigues, Federal University of Amazonas\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3565\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3566\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Estimating the carbon stocks by optimizing LiDAR forest big data<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rosiane-defreitas75x105.jpg\" alt=\"rosiane-defreitas75x105\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> To estimate carbon stocks in a given forested region it is important that samples or field plots are placed in locations that have the greatest number of representative trees: dominant (widest) and emergent (tallest). Whereas ground-based inventory focuses on the identification of dominant trees, LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) allows for the extraction of tree height thus enabling more precise identification of emergent trees. We are interested in estimating carbon stocks by means of extrapolation and spatialization based on forest inventory using remote sensing LiDAR (Light Detecting And Ranging) technology to determine a set of representative trees, through the application of pattern recognition, graph theory, image retrieval, machine learning and combinatorial optimization techniques. We present preliminary results about the problem of choosing the most representative forest plots using the NP-hard Maximal Covering Location Problem \u2013 MCLP. This work is being undertaken in partnership among ICOMP\/UFAM (Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil), INPA (the Brazilian National Institute of Amazonian Research), and the University of California, Berkeley-United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio: <\/strong>Rosiane de Freitas is a computer scientist, Brazilian researcher professor at Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas (IComp\/UFAM), with a PhD in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and UNICAMP, Brazil. Developing theoretical and applied research, with expertise in combinatorial optimization and scheduling theory, acting on the following subjects: algorithms, computational complexity, graph theory and mathematical programming, also involving bioinformatics, parallel and distributed systems, networks, software engineering and operations research in general. Partner with renowned researchers and institutions around the world, besides acting in training and coordination of scientific and technological programming contests, and mainly acting in undergraduate and MSc\/PhD graduate courses. Also assisting in advancing the careers and goals of women in STEM, in which is involved since the 1st edition in the &#8220;International Women\u2019s Hackathon&#8221;, sponsored by Microsoft Research. Member of major Brazilian and international scientific societies, reviewer for qualified journals and currently guest editor for a special issue of the <em>Discrete Applied Mathematics<\/em> journal.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3568\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3568\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3567\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tSteve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3567\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3568\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Panel: Going Native<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305144 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/steve-kelling75x108.jpg\" alt=\"steve-kelling75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Birder Effect: Data Driven Science for Biodiversity Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Technology has transformed biodiversity conservation; it has enabled a new research scenario where organisms can be studied across broad spatial and temporal scales at high detail. This talk will describe how technology has supported biodiversity conservation in four broad ways. First, numerous organizations are collecting more and higher quality earth and organismal observational data. Second, well-curated data access makes these data more transparent and useable at a much higher frequency. Third, novel data-mining and machine learning techniques identify patterns that emerge from the data making data exploration and visualization a significant part of the scientific process leading to hypothesis generation and testing. Finally, sophisticated analytic processes substantially improve data-driven decision-making. This paper reviews how one project, eBird, a global bird-monitoring project, has taken advantage of these advances in technology to interpret and conserve biodiversity through collection access, visualization and analytics of bird observations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Steve Kelling coordinates a team of ornithologists, computer scientists, statisticians, application developers, data managers and project staff to develop programs, tools, and analyses to gather, understand, and disseminate information on birds and the environments they inhabit. His responsibilities include: the management of eBird, a citizen-science project that gathers hundreds of millions of bird observations from around the globe; using unique statistical and computer science strategies to analyze the distribution and abundance of wild bird populations; and the organization of the rich data resources of the global bird-monitoring community and integrating these resources within existing bioinformatic infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3570\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3570\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3569\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThiago H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3569\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3570\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>DemoFest: Large Scale Study of Urban Societies in Near Real Time<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305147 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thiago-silva75x108.jpg\" alt=\"thiago-silva75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> The process of making available massively distributed data through smartphones and social networking sites represents a new source of sensing, which is called participatory sensor network (PSN). Our project aims to show how to use PSNs to help us to better understand urban societies and, build on such understanding, design smarter services to meet people&#8217;s needs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Thiago H. Silva graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science in 2004. He obtained a M.Sc. (2009) and a Ph.D. (2014) in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where he is a post-doc researcher in Computer Science. During his Ph.D., Thiago was a research intern at Telecom Italia, Venezia, Italy, and a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, and at INRIA, Paris, France. Thiago has experience in the industry and academia in the areas of ubiquitous computing, urban computing, social computing, and workload\/user behavior modeling.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3572\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3572\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3571\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tTobias Isenberg, INRIA\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3571\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3572\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;<strong>Touching&#8221; the Third Dimension\u2014Exploration of Scientific Data on Surfaces<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tobias-isenberg75x108.jpg\" alt=\"tobias-isenberg75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Since the size and complexity of scientific datasets is growing at a very high rate, people are working on developing techniques to effectively depict and visualize them. However, frequently it is not sufficient to just produce a single static visualization but instead we have to support scientists in discovering aspects about the data that they did not know about it. That means that we have to develop effective interactive visualization tools that support scientists in exploring their data.<\/p>\n<p>In my talk I will address the problem of interactively visualizing data that has an inherent mapping to the 3D spatial domain such as MRI scans, physical simulations, or molecular models. Specifically, I use interfaces on large, touch-sensitive displays because they tend to give people the feeling of &#8220;being in control of their data.&#8221; That means we face the problem of providing input on a two-dimensional surface which needs to be mapped to manipulations of the three-dimensional data space.<\/p>\n<p>I will talk about FI3D, a technique to navigate in 3D datasets and control 7 degrees of freedom with only one or two fingers being used simultaneously. Next, I will discuss the problem of spatial data selection which is fundamental to further data analysis and also requires to define a 3D selection space with only input on a 2D plane.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I discuss a case study in which we integrated several different interaction techniques into a tool for fluid mechanics experts to explore their data. I will end my talk by pointing out some open problems and research challenges that we are currently facing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Tobias Isenberg is a senior research scientist at INRIA Saclay, France. He received is doctoral degree from the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Previously he held positions as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Calgary, Canada, and as assistant professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests comprise topics in scientific visualization, in illustrative and non-photorealistic rendering, and interactive visualization techniques.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-3574\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-3574\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3573\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tYanyong Zhang, Rutgers University\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3573\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-3574\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Building sensing applications with the Owl Platform<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-305153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/yanyongzhang75x108.jpg\" alt=\"yanyongzhang75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Recent technology advances have greatly lowered the cost of small sensors, but their widespread use has yet to be realized. In this talk I describe how to build sensing applications using the Owl Platform. It is a software stack designed to lower barriers to entry for developing sensing applications in the cloud, and stands in contrast to bottom-up approaches centered on a particular hardware platform. I first describe Owl&#8217;s design abstractions, technology layers, and network protocols. I then present a few real-world deployment experiences of the Owl platform, focusing on our deployment in the laboratory of animal sciences to collect data for the scientists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Yanyong Zhang is currently an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rutgers University. She is also a member of the Wireless Information Networks Laboratory (Winlab). Her current research interests are in sensor systems and distributed computing. Her research is mainly funded by the National Science Foundation, including an NSF CAREER award.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tabs -->","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"[caption id=\"attachment_305108\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"604\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/envisat_image_southeastern_brazil.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: ESA; ENVISAT image of southeastern Brazil\" width=\"604\" height=\"180\" \/> Photo: ESA[\/caption]\r\n\r\neScience is the increasingly pervasive role of computation in modern scientific research. Today\u2019s research problems are very complex and require massive amounts of data. The challenges to deal with that data extend throughout the lifecycle of the projects, including data acquisition, data storage and retrieval, data visualization, data analysis, and modelling.\r\n\r\nThe 2014 Microsoft eScience Workshop was held in conjunction with the <a href=\"http:\/\/escience.ime.usp.br\/events\/ieee-escience-2014\">10th IEEE International Conference on e-Science<\/a> in Guaruj\u00e1, Brazil. The workshop focused on presentations of the various technologies that can help scientists accomplish research projects more quickly and efficiently. In addition to investigating various general areas of computation that are valuable to scientific projects, we also presented case studies that demonstrate how scientists are already using these approaches in the field.\r\n\r\nOur goal for this workshop was to explore how technologies can assist researchers throughout the various steps of the research lifecycle, turning data into knowledge.\r\n<h2>About the workshop<\/h2>\r\nEach year, the eScience Workshop provides a forum for scientists and researchers to share their experiences and expertise with the academic and research communities. The eScience Workshop fosters collaboration, facilitates the sharing of software components and techniques, and defines rich, open scientific challenges. Microsoft has been actively pursuing research in eScience for more than\u00a011 years; the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/fourth-paradigm-data-intensive-scientific-discovery\/\"><em>The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery<\/em><\/a> provides a background on its many areas of focus.\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Downloads\"]\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/6\/9\/8\/69832FF7-D30C-42FC-B36C-712BF4066BCD\/Science@Microsoft_InteractivePDF.pdf\" target=\"_new\"><em>Science@Microsoft: The Fourth Paradigm in Practice<\/em><\/a> (PDF, 10 MB)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B009D623WU\" target=\"_new\"><em>Science@Microsoft: The Fourth Paradigm in Practice<\/em><\/a> (Kindle Edition)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"invalidLink\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/4th_paradigm_book_complete_lr-2.pdf\" target=\"_new\"><i>The Fourth Paradigm<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(PDF, 6.5 MB)<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"invalidLink\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jimgrayaward-1.pdf\" target=\"_new\">Jim Gray eScience Award Datasheet<\/a> (PDF, 4.4 MB)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"<i>Held in conjunction with IEEE International Conference on e-Science<\/i>\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Monday, October 20: Microsoft Azure Training\"]\r\n<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\" style=\"height: 731px\" width=\"1037\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><strong>Microsoft Azure for Research Training - AM<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:30\u201312:30<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training - AM<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Lunch<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training - PM<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">15:30\u201316:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">16:00\u201318:00<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0<b>Microsoft Azure for Research Training - PM<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Trainer: Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Isabel<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">18:00\u201320:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Poster Session<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">&nbsp;<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Tuesday, October 21\"]\r\n<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Welcome<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-welcome-2014-jim-gray-escience-award-announcement-opening-keynote\/\"><b>2014 Jim Gray eScience Award Announcement<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Opening Keynote<\/b><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina\r\n&amp;\r\nJos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">10:30\u201312:30<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Data Acquisition<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Data Analysis in Social Sensing: Perspectives and Opportunities<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Building sensing applications with the Owl Platform<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>SensorFly and Beyond: Knowledge Discovery through Ambient Sensing<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Lunch<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-panel-the-strategic-importance-of-escience\/\"><b>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moderator: Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panelists:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\">Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\">Jason Rhody, National Endowment for the Humanities<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\">Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina\r\n&amp;\r\nJos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">15:30\u201316:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">16:00\u201318:00<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Microsoft Research-FAPESP <\/b><b>Joint Research Center<\/b><b> Projects<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Presentations:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Making Sense of Environmental Data in a Cloud Forest<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>E-phenology: combining new technologies to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems <\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Patricia Morellato, UNESP S\u00e3o Paulo State University at Rio Claro<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Advances in Computer Science Towards an Understanding of Tipping Points within Tropical South American Biomes<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ricardo da Silva Torres, University fo Campinas<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">18:00\u201319:00<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">19:00\u201321:00<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>IEEE Reception Sponsored by Microsoft<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>DemoFest with Poster Session<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Demos:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Large Scale Study of Urban Societies in Near Real Time<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Thiago H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>SandDance<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Holograph<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Dave Brown, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Cortana<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Juliana Salles, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>WorldWide Telescope\/Oculus<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jessika Gebauer, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Tempe: Quick Answers from Large Data<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>CodaLab<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Harold Javid, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Microsoft Cloud Services for Machine Learning<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mateus Velloso, Microsoft<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Live Ocean<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rob Fatland, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Cloud Forest<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>Anna Izabel Tostes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">Princesa Leopoldina\r\n&amp;\r\nJos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Wednesday, October 22\"]\r\n<table class=\"black-and-white tWiz tableBorder borderRows borderColumns\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" align=\"left\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderEvenCol\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableHeaderOddCol\"><strong>Room<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">8:30\u201310:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/escience-2014-panel-going-native\/\"><b>Panel: Going Native<\/b><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Moderator: Daron Green, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Panelists:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\">Paul Watson, Newcastle University UK<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\">Antony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left\">Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Princesa Leopoldina\r\n&amp;\r\nJos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:00\u201310:30<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee\u00a0Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">10:30\u201312:30<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Joint Microsoft-IEEE e-Science Keynote\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Claudia Medeiros, University of Campinas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><i>Leveraging Computational (e)Social Science to address Grand Societal Challenges<\/i>\r\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Princesa Leopoldina\r\n&amp;\r\nJos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">12:30\u201314:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Lunch<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">14:00\u201315:30<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" style=\"text-align: center\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/advancing-environmental-understanding-the-role-of-escience-2\/\"><strong>eScience and Environment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chair: Rob Fatland, Microsoft ResearchPresentations:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Bringing the Cloud Down to the Water: Towards <\/b><b>Enabling a \u201cDynamic Information Framework\u201d for Environmental Resource Decisions<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Jeffrey Richey, University of Washington and Visiting Professor, University of S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Estimating the carbon stocks by optimizing LiDAR forest big data<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rosiane de Freitas Rodrigues, Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM)<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>The Birder Effect: data driven science for biodiversity conservation<\/b><\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Teresa Cristina<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">15:30\u201316:00<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Coffee Break<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">16:00\u201318:00<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Data Visualization\r\n<\/strong>Chair: Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<b><\/b>Presentations:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Exploratory Visualization for Big Data<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>\"Touching\" the Third Dimension\u2014Exploration of Scientific Data on Surfaces<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Tobias Isenberg, INRIA<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Interactive Network Visualization<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Benjamin Bach, INRIA<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\u00a0Teresa Cristina<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenRow\">\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableEvenCol\">\r\n<p align=\"left\">20:00<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\" colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Dinner<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"black-and-whiteTableOddCol\">Princesa Leopoldina\r\n&amp;\r\nJos\u00e9 Bonif\u00e1cio<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":2,"name":"Speakers and Abstracts","content":"[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Anna Izabel Tostes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Cloud Forest <img class=\"size-full wp-image-305081 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/anna-izabel-tostes75x108.jpg\" alt=\"anna-izabel-tostes75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Tropical ecosystems are major contributors to the global environment as they control significant exchanges of energy, water and other resources between the atmosphere, land surfaces and belowground. Cloud forests, in particular, in addition to their significant biodiversity, play a key role in the regional water cycle areas of urban areas and typically occur in areas of high population density. We want to understand how key cloud forest processes are affected by changes in land use and climatic variation, temporally and spatially. During this internship, we designed an ontology of a cloud forest in order to understand how micro-climatic variability impacts ecosystem processes using data streaming from sensors. We use two services: Thing Registration Service (TRS), which is a registration or indexing service also known as DNS for things, and Observation System (OS), which indexes data from sensors and produce inferences. Then, we visualize sap flow, vapor pressure deficit, soil moisture, and fog in Worldwide Telescope.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Anna Izabel Jo\u00e3o Tostes Ribeiro is a PhD student at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (fourth year). She is supervised by Antonio Loureiro on the topic \u201cContext-aware solutions for traffic congestion using Bing maps data.\u201d From June 30 to October 10, she did an internship at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA, United States. She won the Brazil Women in Technology Award by Google (2008), before joining her masters. Her research interests are traffic jam, vehicular networks, big data, and data visualization.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Antonio A. F. Loureiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Cloud Forest Data Analysis in Social Sensing: Perspectives and Opportunities<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305084 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antoni-loureiro75x108.jpg\" alt=\"antoni-loureiro75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The ubiquitous availability of computing technology such as smartphones, tablets, and other easily portable devices, and the worldwide adoption of social networking sites make it increasingly possible for one to be connected and continuously contribute to this massively distributed information 5 publishing process. In this scenario, people act as social sensors, voluntarily providing data that capture their daily life experiences, and offering diverse observations on both the physical world (e.g., location) and the online world (e.g., events). This large amount of social data can provide new forms of valuable information that are currently not available, at this scale, by any traditional data collection methods. In this talk, we will discuss some perspectives on social sensing and some interesting research opportunities.\r\n\r\n<strong>Making Sense of Environmental Data in a Cloud Forest<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>With the backdrop of concerns over loss of habitat and biodiversity, and disruption to carbon and water cycles and related environmental impacts, it is important to gather fine-grained information on intact versus disturbed mountain forest systems to learn how land management practices can safeguard the functioning of the whole sequence of vegetation types, land forms and land uses which begin in the delicate upper slopes of mountains. In this context, two important research questions are: 1) How does the mixture of functional traits in plants communities combine to influence the exchange of carbon and water between the biosphere and atmosphere at multiple scales? and 2) How will tropical plants and ecosystems respond to climate change and what are the effects of these responses on ecosystem functioning? In this talk, we discuss how the technology can help us to answer those questions.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Antonio A.F. Loureiro received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of British Columbia, Canada, 1995. Currently, he is a full professor of Computer Science at UFMG, where he leads the research group in ubiquitous computing, wireless sensor networks and embedded systems. In the last 15 years he has published extensively in international conferences and journals related to those areas, and also presented keynotes and tutorials at international conferences.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Antony John Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Panel: Going Native<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305087 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/antonywilliams75x108.jpg\" alt=\"antonywilliams75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Antony Williams is the VP of Strategic Development for the Royal Society of Chemistry and manager of the cheminformatics team for the RSC. His scientific expertise is presently focused in the fields of chemical structure representation, analytical data management and prediction, and computer-assisted structure elucidation. His passion for integrated data management and a vision of aggregating chemical compound data on the internet initiated a hobby project to develop the ChemSpider database, acquired by the Royal Society of Chemistry and now providing access to more than 30 million chemicals online. He is widely published with more than 150 publications and book chapters and is the ChemConnector in the social networks. He has worked on the quality of chemistry content on Wikipedia, is a recipient of the Jim Gray award for eScience from Microsoft and is particularly focused at this time in helping scientists understand the power of the web for social networking in the sciences.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Benjamin Bach, INRIA\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Interactive Network Visualization<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305090 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/benjamin-bach75x108.jpg\" alt=\"benjamin-bach75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>This talk presents an overview of interactive visualisations for complex networks. Networks are used to model a wide range of phenomena, from computer networks to similarities between genes, brain activity, and social interactions between individuals (social networks) or organizations. Yet, making sense of these complex networks requires more than modeling and statistics. Network visualization has progressed dramatically in recent years and provides novel and effective ways to make sense of complex networks through effective visual encodings and interactions.\r\n\r\nThis talk will present an overview of important advances in visualising complex networks, with a special focus on networks that change over time. Based on the use case of analysing functional brain activity, we demonstrate techniques from our own research. However, these techniques are not limited to brain connectivity but can be used to visualise other dense networks with changing connection strengths. The talk concludes with an outlook on our ongoing research as well as future challenges and applications.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Benjamin Bach is a post-doctoral research fellow in information visualisation, currently working on a joint project between Microsoft Research and Inria, France. His research addresses the design and evaluation of interactive visualisations for temporal data and complex networks, with a strong focus on networks changing over time. His current interdisciplinary collaborations involve helping brain scientists analysing functional brain activity, as well as historians exploring historic social networks. Benjamin received his MS from the University of Technology, Dresden, Germany, and his PhD from the University of Paris Sud, France.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz, S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305093 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/brito-cruz75x108.png\" alt=\"brito-cruz75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today's society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.\r\n\r\nThe goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Carlos Henrique de Brito Cruz graduated in Electrical Engineering (Inst. Tecn. de Aeron\u00e1utica, ITA, 1978), has a MSc in Physics and a DSc in Physics (1980 and 1983, Physics Inst., Univ. of Campinas, Unicamp). He was a researcher at the Quantum Optics Laboratory, at the University of Rome (1981), a resident visitor at AT&amp;T Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, NJ (1986-7) and was a visitor at Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ (1990). Brito Cruz has been the Director of the Physics Institute at Unicamp for two terms. He has been the Dean of Research at Unicamp and the President of the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP (1996-2002) and the Rector of Unicamp (2002-05). Since 2005 he is the Scientific Director at the S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation, FAPESP. Brito Cruz is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Chris Mentzel, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305096 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/chris-mentzel75x108.jpg\" alt=\"chris-mentzel75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today's society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.\r\n\r\nThe goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Chris Mentzel leads the foundation\u2019s Data-Driven Discovery Initiative, a $60 million effort within the Science Program to enable data scientists to turn the scientific data deluge into opportunities to address some of today's most important research questions. Previously, Chris led the grants administration department and also worked as senior network engineer for the foundation. He has also held positions as a systems engineer and integrator at the University of California, Berkeley, and at various Internet consulting firms in the Bay Area. An active member of the broader big data and open science communities, Chris serves on a number of advisory boards and program committees and speaks frequently at conferences and workshops on topics related to data-driven research. Chris received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in management science and engineering at Stanford University.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Exploratory Visualization for Big Data<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305099 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/danyel-fisher75x108.jpg\" alt=\"danyel-fisher75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>We're increasingly living in a world of very big data\u2014but in doing so, we're losing out on the ability to flexibly explore that data. Interactive, exploratory visualization counts on rapid responsiveness\u2014but our big clusters don't provide that today. Adding more machines adds more communications overhead \u2013 and you can\u2019t add computers as fast as the data is growing. The ability to ask new questions, quickly, is critical.\r\n\r\nIn this talk, I will give a broad overview of some of the research challenges in big data analysis. We're going to do a pass across vast swathes of computer science\u2014from visualization, to database research, to distributed systems\u2014to figure out what the new challenges and opportunities in big data visualization are. We\u2019ll look back to techniques developed in the distant past\u2014the 1970s\u2014when data was big and core memory was small; and the techniques evolved with the big energy simulations, where thousands of cores work busily for days at a time. I\u2019ll discuss my own research on progressive analysis of big data: for some types of problems, progressive computation can often let a data scientist get as much detail they need in tractable time. I\u2019ll talk about two different projects exploring progressive big data visualization.\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: Tempe\u2014Quick Answers from Large Data<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Tempe is an interactive system for exploring large data sets. It accelerates data science by facilitating quick, iterative feature engineering and data understanding. Tempe based on Trill, a high-speed, temporal, progressive-relational stream-processing engine. Tempe provides progressive queries\u2014providing \u201cbest effort\u201d partial answers.\r\n\r\nTempe enables users to try and discard queries quickly, enabling much faster exploration of large data sets.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Danyel Fisher is a researcher in information visualization and human-computer interaction at Microsoft Research\u2019s VIBE group. His research focuses on ways to help users interact with data more easily. His recent work has looked at ways to make big data analytics faster and more interactive with incremental visualization; his papers Trust Me, I\u2019m Partially Right and Interactions with Big Data Analytics outline the research direction. Outside Microsoft, he has helped organize the \u201cIndustry and Government\u201d track at IEEE Info Vis Conference, bringing together practitioners with academics at the premier visualization conference. Danyel received his MS from UC Berkeley, and his PhD from UC Irvine.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Daron Green, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: SandDance<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305102 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/darongreen75x108.jpg\" alt=\"darongreen75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>SandDance is a browser based information visualization system that scales to hundreds of thousands of items. Arbitrary datatables can be loaded and results can be filtered using facets and search and displayed in a variety of layouts. Transitions between the views are animated so that users can better maintain context. Multiple linked views allow for associations between the same items in each view. Multiple devices can simultaneously interact with each other on the same dataset.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Green is the senior regional manager of Microsoft Research Outreach responsible for global research investments. Previously he was general manager of Microsoft\u2019s Technology Policy Group, responsible for identifying business opportunities and innovations likely from potential disruptive technologies. In that role, he provided oversight for key mechanisms for Microsoft\u2019s internal processes of innovation and ideation such as ThinkWeek and external efforts such as Microsoft\u2019s Cloud Research Engagements and Microsoft\u2019s Environmental Sustainability program. Prior to this, he was general manager for Microsoft Research\u2019s external engagement and investment strategy. With a global portfolio which included diverse topics such as Health and Wellbeing, Education and Scholarly Communications, Computer Science, and the Environment. Dr. Green\u2019s initial research background was in molecular modeling and equations of state for fluid mixtures\u2014his BSc is in Chemical Physics (1989, Sheffield) and PhD in molecular simulation of fluid mixtures (1992, Sheffield). He went on to do post-doctoral research in simulation of polymer and protein folding (1993\u20134, UCD). This led to application porting and optimization for large-scale parallel and distributed computing in a range of application domains including computational chemistry (molecular dynamics and quantum mechanical codes), radiography, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Finite Element analysis.\r\n\r\nDr. Green then moved more fully into HPC and was responsible for some of Europe\u2019s largest HPC Framework V programs for the European Commission, major HPC procurements in the UK for the UK Research Councils and UK Defense clients; he also led detailed investigations into the maturity and adoption for European HPC Software tools (published). From there, Dr. Green went to work for the SGI\/Cray\u2014helping to set up the European Professional Services organization from which he span out a small team out to establish the European Professional Services for Selectica Inc. Selectica specialized in online configuration\/logic-engine technologies offered via web services. Given an HPC\/distributed computing background and familiarity with the then embryonic area of web services, IBM invited Dr. Green to help establish its Grid Computing Strategy and emerging business opportunity (Grid EBO) team. He subsequently moved to British Telecom to head-up its Global Services business incubation and, as part of this, in 2007 he established and launched BT\u2019s Sustainability practice, responsible for BT\u2019s business offerings to commercial customers which help reduce their carbon footprints and establish business practices which are sustainable in terms of their social and economic impact.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Dave Brown, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: Holograph<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/davebrown-75x108.jpg\" alt=\"davebrown-75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>A platform for visualizing and exploring spatial and temporal data using Natural User Interaction and 2D or 3D displays.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dave Brown is a senior research software development engineer at Microsoft Research. His current project focus is interactive data visualization of complex data sets using natural user interaction and either 2D or 3D displays.\r\n\r\nHe has a patent for \u201cDial-based User Interfaces\u201d.\r\n\r\nDave joined Microsoft in 2001. Prior to joining Microsoft Research, he worked for the Microsoft Technology Centre in the UK, working with customers to design and prototype innovative solutions using the latest Microsoft tools and technologies. He received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, and his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Reading, UK.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Harold Javid, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: CodaLab<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305111 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/harold-javid75x108.jpg\" alt=\"harold-javid75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>CodaLab is an open-source platform that makes life easier for those conducting data- and computation-intensive experiments. Use existing algorithms and datasets or upload your own (any format, any language). All experiments you do are reproducible and sharable with others. These experiments can then be easily copied, re-worked, and edited by other collaborators in order to advance the state of the art in data-driven research and machine learning.\r\n\r\nCodaLab also allows communities to create competitions to focus on some tasks, which results can then be provided back to the community as experiments for further development.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Harold Javid\u2019s career spans industry and academia. After completing a PhD in EE from UIUC, Harold worked for small companies as electronics division manager and general manager developing real time embedded controls and industrial optimizers. In between, he worked in large companies including GE and Boeing as application engineer, researcher, and research manager. In 1998, after turning around a small company and then supporting its sale, he followed his heart back to his technical love\u2014by joining Microsoft. In Microsoft Research, as director of academic outreach, he leads collaborations between Microsoft Research and universities in North America, Latin America, and Australia. Harold\u2019s team is responsible for events such as the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit and the annual Microsoft eScience Workshop, awards programs such as the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship program in addition to funded university collaborations. Harold is actively involved in service to the IEEE as a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the Computer Society and assistant treasurer of its Board of Governors.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Jason Rhody, National Endowment for the Humanities\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Panel: The Strategic Importance of eScience<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305114 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jasonrhody75x108.jpg\" alt=\"jasonrhody75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Today's society faces very complex issues such as climate change and global warming, food production on limited areas for an increasing number of consumers, the functioning of super populated urban areas, and the cure of diseases that affect large numbers of the population. In order to understand and cope with these issues, we need multidisciplinary teams of researchers capturing vast amounts of data with new instruments on a 24\/7 basis and developing new techniques to transform it into knowledge and actionable recommendations.\r\n\r\nThe goal of this panel is to discuss the complex challenges we face and why they require data intensive research, the necessary changes in scientific education, as well as training and practices to broaden eScience.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Jason Rhody is a senior program officer in the Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), where he facilitates the development and funding of projects that harness emerging technologies to advance humanities research, encourage humanistic inquiry of digital culture, and foster collaboration across international and disciplinary boundaries. He has developed joint grant programs with international partners, such as the United Kingdom and Germany, and continues to cultivate shared initiatives with other funding organizations. Jason received his PhD in English from the University of Maryland, and his scholarly research interests include book and interface design in 20th and 21st century literature, narrative theory, and game studies. Prior to joining NEH in 2003, he managed and advised digital humanities projects at the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH) and taught courses in literature and digital media.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Jeffrey Richey, Professor, University of Washington and Visiting Professor, University of S\u00e3o Paulo\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Bringing the Cloud Down to the Water: Towards Enabling a \u201cDynamic Information Framework\u201d for Environmental Resource Decisions<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305117 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jeffreyrichey75x108.jpg\" alt=\"jeffreyrichey75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The goal of a \u201cdynamic information framework\u201d (DIF) is to enable the foundation of tools that would enable scenario analyses for decisions on the environmental resources of (discrete) regions. Such a framework requires time series data sets in state of the art models that can be utilized by staff in National Agencies to analyze the resource base and develop predictive scenarios of, for example, climate and landscape changes with appropriate interventions, The application of modern \u201clandscape\/hydrology\u201d models of river basins represents a powerful tool for the analysis of coupled landscape properties, water resources, and future change scenarios. But actually doing this involves addressing a series cyber\/technical intertwined with (geo) political issues, requiring that domain scientists can work within the e-science arena to learn the tools necessary to make the process viable. Projects from Bhutan to the Aral Sea to Esp\u00edrito Santo call out what is needed to move forward.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Professor in the School of Oceanography and adjunct professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, visiting professor and S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair, Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo. B.A. from Stanford University, MSPH from the University of North Carolina, and PhD from the University of California, Davis. Research involves the biogeochemistry and hydrology of large-scale river basins, how to implement geo-information systems for analysis of complex basins, and \u201cdynamic information frameworks\u201d for international resource management, primarily with the World Bank.\r\n\r\nMedalha Ademar Cervellini de Merito Academico, University of S\u00e3o Paulo; Zayed International Prize for the Environment, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment; Academia Brasileira de Ci\u00eancias (Brazilian National Academy of Sciences); Fellow, American Geophysical Union. FAPESP (Funda\u00e7\u00e3o de Amparo \u00e0 Pesquisa do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo) S\u00e3o Paulo Excellence Chair and University of S\u00e3o Paulo Visiting Professorship, 2013-, World Bank\u2019s Hydrology Expert Facility, Vice-Chairman IGBP Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Jessika Gebauer, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: WorldWide Telescope\/Oculus<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Explore space, ocular neurons of the brain and San Francisco all in virtual reality powered by WorldWide Telescope the oculus rift device.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Juliana Salles, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: Cortana<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305120 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/julianasalles75x108.jpg\" alt=\"julianasalles75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Cortana is the world\u2019s first truly personal assistant. Cortana gets to know you, always looks out for you, and keeps you close to the people who matter, all while keeping you in control and being natural, interactive, and easy to use.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Juliana Salles is a senior research program manager at Microsoft Research, responsible for academic research partnerships in Brazil. Her primary work is building collaborative projects between Microsoft and academia to better understand tropical ecosystems and their response to climate change. Prior to joining Microsoft Research, Dr. Salles worked for several Microsoft product teams including Visual Studio, Windows Live, and Windows Live Mobile as a user experience researcher. Dr. Salles holds a Ph.D. in Human Computer Interaction, plus a bachelors and masters in Computer Science. Her interests include User Research techniques and methodology and their integration with the software development process.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Mateus Velloso, Microsoft\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: MAML<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305123 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/mat-velloso75x108.jpg\" alt=\"mat-velloso75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Microsoft Azure Machine Learning is a browser-based tool where tasks are graphically represented, providing a flexible and easy-to-use environment for problem solving. Learn how to execute tasks such as importing datasets, data transformation, training, scoring, evaluation, visualizing results, and publishing a web service.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Mat (Mateus) is originally from Brazil and has 30 years of software development experience. Some of them in Brazil, some in New Zealand where he spent six years, and the rest in Redmond where Mat has worked as an architect at Microsoft IT and now works as a senior developer in a group called TED (Technical Evangelism Development).\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Patricia Morellato, UNESP S\u00e3o Paulo State University at Rio Claro\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>E-phenology: combining new technologies to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305126 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/patricia-morellato75x108.jpg\" alt=\"patricia-morellato75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>E-phenology is a multidisciplinary project exploring innovative solutions for plant monitoring in the tropics, combining research in Computer Science, Phenology, Remote Sensing, and Ecology. Phenological observations are a key component of climate change studies, tracking the effects of climate on plant phases such as flowering and leafing. Here we address theoretical and practical problems using a combination of digital and hyperspectral imaging phenology monitoring systems, at three spatial scales: on-the-ground, near-surface and airborne, the latter using the emerging technology of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), or \u201cdrones\u201d. On-the-ground phenology precludes observation over large areas and are time consuming. Near-surface remote-phenology using digital cameras, although area-limited, reduces sampling labor. Drones scale up phenological processes to the entire landscape, encompassing multiple scales of observation. We intent to specify and implement novel database, image processing, machine learning, and visualization algorithms to support acquisition, management, integration, and analysis of data from multiscale phenological monitoring systems.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Dr. Morellato\u2019s main research focus is the phenology and seasonal changes of natural vegetation. She has investigated the patterns of plant reproduction, pollination and seed dispersal, the influence of phylogeny on phenology and methods in phenological research. More recently, Dr. Morellato research has focused on the effects of environmental and climatic changes on plant phenology. The e-phenology research group has applied new technologies and computer science tools to monitor plant phenology from leaves to ecosystems. They scale from ground observations to digital cameras and hyperspectral sensor on towers and also on airborne unmanned vehicles (drones). She participated as a contributing author in the Working Group II (WGII) of the fourth IPCC2007 report, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Paul Watson, Newcastle University UK\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Panel: Going Native<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305129 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/paulwatson75x108.jpg\" alt=\"paulwatson75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Paul Watson is professor of Computer Science and Director of the Digital Institute at Newcastle University UK, where he also directs the $20M RCUK Digital Economy Hub on Social Inclusion through the Digital Economy. He graduated in 1983 with a BSc in Computer Engineering from Manchester University, followed by a PhD on parallel graph reduction in 1986. In the 80s, as a lecturer at Manchester University, he was a designer of the Alvey Flagship and Esprit EDS systems. From 1990\u20135 he worked in industry for ICL as a designer of the Goldrush MegaServer parallel database server.\r\n\r\nIn August 1995 he moved to Newcastle University, where he has been an investigator on wide range of e-Science projects. His research interest is in scalable information management with a current focus on cloud computing. Professor Watson is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Pei Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>SensorFly and Beyond: Knowledge Discovery through Ambient Sensing<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305132 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/pei-zhang75x108.jpg\" alt=\"pei-zhang75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>In many fast developing applications (fires, search and situational awareness), deploying, maintaining and operating the system becomes difficult and often dangerous. Especially in in-door environments, responders have traditionally relied on robotic system that are often expensive and difficult to maneuver. The talk will explore sensing systems that are semi-controllable through the SensorFly system. The SensorFly system is a low-cost, miniature controlled-mobile aerial sensor network that aims to be autonomous in deployment, maintenance and adaptation to the environment. Weighing only 30 grams each, it can only carry lightweight\/inaccurate sensors and few sensors per-node. The main focus of the talk will be on the challenge on utilizing multiple noisy sensors to discover system information (such as navigation, and localization) as well as sensing the environment (such as localize and sense humans)\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Pei Zhang is an associate research professor in the ECE departments at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his bachelor's degree with honors from California Institute of Technology in 2002, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2008. While at Princeton University, he developed the ZebraNet system, which is used to track zebras in Kenya. It was the first deployed, wireless, ad- hoc, mobile sensor network. His recent work includes SensorFly (focus on groups of autonomous miniature-helicopter based sensor nodes) and MARS (Muscle Activity Recognition). Beyond research publications, his work has been featured on popular media including CNN, Science Channel, Discovery Channel, CBS News, CNET, Popular Science, BBC Focus, etc. He is also a cofounder of the startup Vibradotech. In addition, he has won several awards including the NSF CAREER, Edith and Martin B. Stein Solar Energy Innovation Award, and a member of Department of Defense Computer Science Studies Panel.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Ricardo da Silva Torres, University of Campinas\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Advances in Computer Science Towards an Understanding of Tipping Points within Tropical South American Biomes<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305135 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ricardotorres75x108.jpg\" alt=\"ricardotorres75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Terrestrial ecosystems are currently undergoing unprecedented climate and human-induced disturbances, which are likely to push these systems towards changes in their physiognomies, structure, and functioning. It has been hypothesized that these new configurations may be alternative states of systems comprising vegetation-climate-disturbance interactions. The majority of the studies reporting ecosystem switches considers vegetation-climate-disturbance systems confined to certain spatial scales (local to continental) without accounting for multi-scale interactions and are unable to detect out-of-range changes and\/or regime shifts in vegetation due to difficulties in collecting sufficiently long time series to define standard behavior of the system. In this talk, we will present ongoing research initiatives regarding the proposal of novel machine learning and image processing techniques aiming to support the use of multi-scale ecological knowledge in the analysis of vegetation-climate-disturbance systems.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Ricardo da Silva Torres received a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2000. He earned his doctorate in Computer Science at the same university in 2004. Dr. Torres has been director of the Institute of Computing, University of Campinas since 2013. Dr. Torres is co-founder and member of the RECOD lab. Dr. Torres is author\/co-author of more than 100 articles in refereed journal and conferences. Dr. Torres serves as PC member for several international and national conferences. Dr. Torres has supervised 27 master and 7 PhD projects. His research interests include Image Analysis, Content-Based Image Retrieval, Databases, Digital Libraries, and Geographic Information Systems.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Rob Fatland, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: Live Ocean<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305138 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/robfatland75x108.png\" alt=\"robfatland75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\nScience to Marine Industry Forecast\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Rob Fatland is a research software development engineer at Microsoft Research. From a background in geophysics and a career built on computer technology, he works on environmental data science and real-world relevance of scientific results; from carbon cycle coupling to marine microbial ecology to predictive modeling that can enable us to restore health to coastal oceans.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Rosiane de Freitas Rodrigues, Federal University of Amazonas\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Estimating the carbon stocks by optimizing LiDAR forest big data<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305141 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rosiane-defreitas75x105.jpg\" alt=\"rosiane-defreitas75x105\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract:<\/strong> To estimate carbon stocks in a given forested region it is important that samples or field plots are placed in locations that have the greatest number of representative trees: dominant (widest) and emergent (tallest). Whereas ground-based inventory focuses on the identification of dominant trees, LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) allows for the extraction of tree height thus enabling more precise identification of emergent trees. We are interested in estimating carbon stocks by means of extrapolation and spatialization based on forest inventory using remote sensing LiDAR (Light Detecting And Ranging) technology to determine a set of representative trees, through the application of pattern recognition, graph theory, image retrieval, machine learning and combinatorial optimization techniques. We present preliminary results about the problem of choosing the most representative forest plots using the NP-hard Maximal Covering Location Problem \u2013 MCLP. This work is being undertaken in partnership among ICOMP\/UFAM (Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil), INPA (the Brazilian National Institute of Amazonian Research), and the University of California, Berkeley-United States.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio: <\/strong>Rosiane de Freitas is a computer scientist, Brazilian researcher professor at Institute of Computing of the Federal University of Amazonas (IComp\/UFAM), with a PhD in Computer Science and Systems Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and UNICAMP, Brazil. Developing theoretical and applied research, with expertise in combinatorial optimization and scheduling theory, acting on the following subjects: algorithms, computational complexity, graph theory and mathematical programming, also involving bioinformatics, parallel and distributed systems, networks, software engineering and operations research in general. Partner with renowned researchers and institutions around the world, besides acting in training and coordination of scientific and technological programming contests, and mainly acting in undergraduate and MSc\/PhD graduate courses. Also assisting in advancing the careers and goals of women in STEM, in which is involved since the 1st edition in the \"International Women\u2019s Hackathon\", sponsored by Microsoft Research. Member of major Brazilian and international scientific societies, reviewer for qualified journals and currently guest editor for a special issue of the <em>Discrete Applied Mathematics<\/em> journal.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Steve Kelling, Cornell Lab of Ornithology\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Panel: Going Native<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305144 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/steve-kelling75x108.jpg\" alt=\"steve-kelling75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>The topic of discussion in this panel will be \u201cGoing Native\u201d\u2014 a reference to a quote from Jim Gray along the lines of \u201c\u2026in order to really understand the computing needs of a scientist you have to go native.\u201d Jim himself did this, immersing himself in astronomy to build what would become the WorldWide Telescope. Bridging the gap between experimental scientists and the computing that underpins their discoveries is an ongoing challenge for eScience. The panel will explore what it means to go native and give examples of where they have seen this work well and share their lesson\u2019s learned from working in this way.\r\n\r\n<strong>The Birder Effect: Data Driven Science for Biodiversity Conservation<\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract: <\/strong>Technology has transformed biodiversity conservation; it has enabled a new research scenario where organisms can be studied across broad spatial and temporal scales at high detail. This talk will describe how technology has supported biodiversity conservation in four broad ways. First, numerous organizations are collecting more and higher quality earth and organismal observational data. Second, well-curated data access makes these data more transparent and useable at a much higher frequency. Third, novel data-mining and machine learning techniques identify patterns that emerge from the data making data exploration and visualization a significant part of the scientific process leading to hypothesis generation and testing. Finally, sophisticated analytic processes substantially improve data-driven decision-making. This paper reviews how one project, eBird, a global bird-monitoring project, has taken advantage of these advances in technology to interpret and conserve biodiversity through collection access, visualization and analytics of bird observations.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Steve Kelling coordinates a team of ornithologists, computer scientists, statisticians, application developers, data managers and project staff to develop programs, tools, and analyses to gather, understand, and disseminate information on birds and the environments they inhabit. His responsibilities include: the management of eBird, a citizen-science project that gathers hundreds of millions of bird observations from around the globe; using unique statistical and computer science strategies to analyze the distribution and abundance of wild bird populations; and the organization of the rich data resources of the global bird-monitoring community and integrating these resources within existing bioinformatic infrastructures.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Thiago H. Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>DemoFest: Large Scale Study of Urban Societies in Near Real Time<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305147 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/thiago-silva75x108.jpg\" alt=\"thiago-silva75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract:<\/strong> The process of making available massively distributed data through smartphones and social networking sites represents a new source of sensing, which is called participatory sensor network (PSN). Our project aims to show how to use PSNs to help us to better understand urban societies and, build on such understanding, design smarter services to meet people's needs.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Thiago H. Silva graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science in 2004. He obtained a M.Sc. (2009) and a Ph.D. (2014) in Computer Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), where he is a post-doc researcher in Computer Science. During his Ph.D., Thiago was a research intern at Telecom Italia, Venezia, Italy, and a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, and at INRIA, Paris, France. Thiago has experience in the industry and academia in the areas of ubiquitous computing, urban computing, social computing, and workload\/user behavior modeling.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Tobias Isenberg, INRIA\"]\r\n\r\n\"<strong>Touching\" the Third Dimension\u2014Exploration of Scientific Data on Surfaces<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305150 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/tobias-isenberg75x108.jpg\" alt=\"tobias-isenberg75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Since the size and complexity of scientific datasets is growing at a very high rate, people are working on developing techniques to effectively depict and visualize them. However, frequently it is not sufficient to just produce a single static visualization but instead we have to support scientists in discovering aspects about the data that they did not know about it. That means that we have to develop effective interactive visualization tools that support scientists in exploring their data.\r\n\r\nIn my talk I will address the problem of interactively visualizing data that has an inherent mapping to the 3D spatial domain such as MRI scans, physical simulations, or molecular models. Specifically, I use interfaces on large, touch-sensitive displays because they tend to give people the feeling of \"being in control of their data.\" That means we face the problem of providing input on a two-dimensional surface which needs to be mapped to manipulations of the three-dimensional data space.\r\n\r\nI will talk about FI3D, a technique to navigate in 3D datasets and control 7 degrees of freedom with only one or two fingers being used simultaneously. Next, I will discuss the problem of spatial data selection which is fundamental to further data analysis and also requires to define a 3D selection space with only input on a 2D plane.\r\n\r\nFinally, I discuss a case study in which we integrated several different interaction techniques into a tool for fluid mechanics experts to explore their data. I will end my talk by pointing out some open problems and research challenges that we are currently facing.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Tobias Isenberg is a senior research scientist at INRIA Saclay, France. He received is doctoral degree from the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Previously he held positions as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Calgary, Canada, and as assistant professor at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests comprise topics in scientific visualization, in illustrative and non-photorealistic rendering, and interactive visualization techniques.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Building sensing applications with the Owl Platform<img class=\"size-full wp-image-305153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/yanyongzhang75x108.jpg\" alt=\"yanyongzhang75x108\" width=\"75\" height=\"108\" \/><\/strong>\r\n\r\n<strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Recent technology advances have greatly lowered the cost of small sensors, but their widespread use has yet to be realized. In this talk I describe how to build sensing applications using the Owl Platform. It is a software stack designed to lower barriers to entry for developing sensing applications in the cloud, and stands in contrast to bottom-up approaches centered on a particular hardware platform. I first describe Owl's design abstractions, technology layers, and network protocols. I then present a few real-world deployment experiences of the Owl platform, focusing on our deployment in the laboratory of animal sciences to collect data for the scientists.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bio:<\/strong> Yanyong Zhang is currently an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rutgers University. She is also a member of the Wireless Information Networks Laboratory (Winlab). Her current research interests are in sensor systems and distributed computing. 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