As researchers undertake to better understand issues of sustainability of our planet and human impact on the planet, computational tools can assist not only with the high performance computational needs, but also through tools that allow scientists to use common vocabularies, interact through social networks, and support the long-term preservation of research results for future generations of scientists.

The workshop will be chaired by Beth Plale. Other topics and participants include: Regional climate change, Sara Pryor, Dept of Geography, Indiana University; Human/physical systems in the environment, Elinor Ostrom, Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington; Storing and searching geospatial metadata, Scott Jensen, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Bloomington; In-a-box weather forecasting with LEAD and Trident; Eran Chinthaka, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Bloomington; and Advances in Visualization of Geospatial Data, Eric Wernert, Visualization Technologies and Futures Advanced Visualization Laboratory, Indiana University.