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                    Kappel, Jai Ranganathan, Kim Selkoe<o:p></o:p></span></big></p>
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                    Katie Longo, Siddharth Narayan, Stacy Rebich
                    Hespanha, Adrian Stier</big><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <u>September 2-4, 2014<br>
                <br>
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                Science Codefest</a> -
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              Inspired by hack-a-thons and organized in the
              participant-driven, “unconference” style, the Open Science
              Codefest is for anyone with an interesting problem,
              solution, or idea that intersects environmental science
              and computer programming. <br>
              Leaders: Matthew Jones, Mark Schildhauer <br>
              Emails: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                href="mailto:jones@nceas.ucsb.edu">jones@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>,
              <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                href="mailto:schild@nceas.ucsb.edu">schild@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>
              <br>
              Co-sponsored by: DataONE, Mozilla Science Lab, NSF, RENCI,
              ROpenScience <br>
              Participants: (100+ participants)<br>
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                <br>
                September 4-5, 2014</u><br>
              <p><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/projects/12677">Collaborative


                  Research: ABI Development: A toolbox for analysis of
                  long-term ecological dynamics using the Kepler
                  Workflow System </a><br>
                Leaders: Matthew Jones, Scott Collins, Corinna Gries <br>
                Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:jones@nceas.ucsb.edu">jones@nceas.ucsb.edu</a>,
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu">scollins@sevilleta.unm.edu</a>,
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                  href="mailto:cgries@wisc.edu">cgries@wisc.edu</a> <br>
                Participants: Ilkay Altintas, Lauren Hallett,  Sydney
                Jones, Julie Ripplinger </p>
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              <p> <u><br>
                </u><br>
                <u><u>September 15-17, 2014<br>
                  </u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/featured/girvetz"><br>
                  </a></u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/OSS">SNAP: Finding
                  smart planning solutions in the Southern Agricultural
                  Growth Corridor of Tanzania: What does sustainable
                  intensification look like? </a>(off-site)<br>
                Leaders: Evan Girvetz, David Cleary <br>
                Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:egirvetz@cgiar.org">egirvetz@cgiar.org</a>,
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                  href="mailto:dcleary@tnc.org">dcleary@tnc.org</a><u><br>
                </u>Participants: Tim Bodin, Deborah Bossio, Matthew
                Brown, Louise Buck, Antony Chapoto, Tim Davenport, Jane
                Carter Ingram, Reuben Kadigi, Felix Kamau, Japeth
                Kasaingili, Christopher Lambe, Emma Liwenga, Sara
                Scherr, Dan Segan, Abdalla Shah, Rita Singh </p>
              <p> <br>
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              <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
Phone: 805-893-7527
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