[seek-logistics] request for site review posters

Matt Jones jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
Wed Apr 19 17:06:40 PDT 2006


At the site review we will have an evening poster session during the 
social hour.  We would like a series of posters that illustrate the 
breadth and impact of work done by SEEK.  We've decided we would like 
two kinds of posters. 1) a poster from each of the SEEK subgroups that 
overviews the activities of the subgroup (e.g., an EcoGrid and a Taxon 
poster), and 2) any additional posters on seek material that students, 
postdocs, and other SEEK contributors wish to make (e.g., a SCIA poster 
or a Collections-oriented workflows poster, etc). Work described in 
these posters should be somehow part of the SEEK mission and directly 
related to and/or funded by to the SEEK project.

We would like all posters to follow a common formatting style (template 
provided below).  We plan to review all posters at the May project 
meeting, so please bring a draft with you to the meeting.  Details follow:

1) The poster template is working now with updated logos and can be 
found here:
http://cvs.ecoinformatics.org/cvs/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/seek/docs/site-review-2006/SEEKlayout.ppt
Don't worry that several logos don't display on screen -- they print 
fine in our large format but are eps files so they don't show up on screen.

2) Poster instructions can be downloaded here:
http://cvs.ecoinformatics.org/cvs/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/seek/docs/site-review-2006/poster-design-guidelines.pdf?content-type=application/pdf

3) Please check your posters into CVS in seek/docs/site-review-2006 
using the naming format "poster-subgroup.ppt".

4) Please bring printed posters to the SEEK project meeting in May -- 
there will be a session to review them.

5) People responsible for the 7 subgroup posters are:
  EcoGrid: Rajasekar/Jones
     BEAM: Pennington
       KR: Schildhauer
      SMS: Ludaescher
    Taxon: Beach
   Kepler: Jones
      EOT: Katz

Cheers,
Matt

Matt Jones wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Our site review is rapidly approaching and is a very important event in 
> the life of the SEEK project.  We want to present the very best of our 
> research and education efforts, and so the SEEK-exec team has been 
> planning our presentation to the review team.  We've decided that we 
> will prepare several items for each of the SEEK subprojects, and all 
> will be due April 15 (yes, tax day). Please check your materials into 
> CVS (under seek/docs/site-review-2006) so that others can review and 
> access the slides, posters, and brochures described below.
> 
> Here are the products:
> 1) slides and presentations about the subproject -- varying lengths
> The agenda for presentations is still being reviewed by NSF, but I have 
> included it here for reference. Presenters currently include Michener, 
> Jones, Ludaescher, Beach, Schildhauer, Rajasekar, Pennington, Katz, 
> Downey, Sledge
> 
> 2) a poster about the sub-project, to be displayed in the Break area. 
> This should explain the goals and accomplishments of the subproject, 
> showing how it fits into the overall SEEK vision, and provide some nice 
> graphics.  It should be a jumping off point for discussions during the 
> breaks, and an opportunity for reference during conversations. I am 
> supposed to provide a template for all posters -- I'll need to find 
> someone to help me with the graphics for the template...stay tuned.
> 
> 3) A 1 page glossy brochure of the subproject, including some nice color 
> figures and highlishts of accomplishments and impact.  Similar in goal 
> to the poster, but more condensed and therefore less detailed.  To be 
> distributed to all review team members in hard copy for reference and 
> background.  Again, I will provide a template once I recruit some help.
> 
> 4) Software releases.  If your group has software or other products that 
> could be released for review, please arrange to do so in time.  Kepler 
> 1.0.0 is slated to be out by the end of April, and we'll be highlighting 
> that.  We will also try to package up the Ecogrid stuff.  Maybe KR could 
> release a set of ontologies on the web site, at least as an alpha 
> release for review?  Does taxon have software that could be showcased 
> now (probably TCS, others?) Please discuss possibilities with me if you 
> have questions.
> 
> Here's the list of subprojects and the responsible party for each. 
> Please recruit other members of your subgroup to accomplish this:
> 
> EcoGrid: Rajasekar/Jones
>    BEAM: Pennington
>      KR: Schildhauer
>     SMS: Ludaescher
>   Taxon: Beach
>  Kepler: Jones
>     EOT: Katz
> 
> Feel free to send this email to anybody in SEEK who is going to help you 
> reach these goals, and contact me or seek-exec if you have questions. 
> Thanks!
> 
> Matt
> 

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