“Grand Challenges” in Big Data and the Earth Sciences
Scott Lee Sellars · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2018
The Big Data and the Earth Sciences: Grand Challenges Workshop, held in late spring 2017 in California, was assembled so researchers in the Earth sciences, computer sciences, and information technology could learn, network together, collaborate, and focus on the challenges they all face in using big data capture and “data sciences” approaches. It was attended by 127 participants, including 60 undergraduate and graduate students from the Machine Learning for Physical Applications class taught at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Grand Challenges aspect of the workshop was to focus on bringing together thought leaders on how to bridge the disciplines needed for the Earth science community to take full advantage of data science tools provided by advanced cyberinfrastructure.