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SUMMARY:Arranging a Marriage: Sensor Networks and Data Science for Experim
 ental Ecology
DTSTART:20140717T161500
DTSTAMP:20260603T162353Z
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DESCRIPTION:Paul G. Flikkema\, Professor at Northern Arizona University\n
 New applications are driving research in sensor/actuator networks\, and\, 
 more broadly\, research in cyber-physical systems (CPS). As the technologi
 es for wirelessly-networked sensing systems mature\, focus is shifting to 
 meeting application-specific needs. One CPS application domain is ecologic
 al systems\, motivated by the need to understand the effects of climate ch
 ange on plants\, plant communities\, and ecosystems.  We are developing a
  system architecture and implementation for precise fine-scale data- and m
 odel-driven control of irrigation in the Southwest Experimental Garden Arr
 ay (www.sega.nau.edu)\, an array of geographically-distributed outdoor gar
 dens on an elevation gradient of over 1000 m\, allowing design of experime
 nts that combine control of temperature and soil moisture. This talk descr
 ibes key aspects of this distributed cyber-eco system\, including recent w
 ork to integrate insights and tools from data science\, including processi
 ng of streaming data schema design\, with our system to enable support of 
 many complex and distributed ecological experiments.\nBio: Paul G. Flikkem
 a is a Professor of Electrical Engineering in the EECS Department at North
 ern Arizona University.  He received the Ph.D. from the University of Mar
 yland\, College Park. In 2013-2014\, he was the Fulbright-Aalto University
  Distinguished Chair at Aalto University. He is currently the Director of 
 NAU’s Informatics and Computing Program\, a new academic unit that focus
 es on interdisciplinary research where computational science is essential.
  His research and education interests include wireless networking\, sensor
 /actuator networks\, embedded systems\, and applications to environmental 
 and energy systems.
LOCATION:GR A3 30 http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=GR%20A3%2030
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