Workshop on the biodiversity and ecosystems informatics for the Indian River Lagoon
Mohamad T. Musavi, Habtom W. Ressom, Ross Hinkle, Richard J. Miller · International Conference on Digital Government Research · 2002
A workshop on biodiversity and ecosystem informatics (BDEI) was held on February 7th and 8th, 2002 at the Doubletree Hotel in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The purpose of the BDEI workshop was to provide the necessary venue and resources needed to foster novel and synergistic interdisciplinary work. Twenty five researchers from diverse fields of biological sciences, ecological sciences, remote sensing, spatial information systems, computer sciences, and intelligent systems met to examine the prospects of advancing the research in biodiversity of the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) incorporating novel techniques in informatics. They discussed the issues and challenges facing the long-term sustainability of the IRL ecosystem and explored possible solutions using computational intelligence and data management techniques. Using these techniques, the wealth of ecological information that exists for the IRL can be integrated into regional land and estuarine management models. The researchers involved in the workshop have considerable expertise in their respective fields.