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Greetings WDS Members and Colleagues,
The deadline for the SciDataCon Call for Sessions proposals is 23:59 UTC on February 14, 2022.
SciDataCon 2022 is a part of the International Data Week 2022, which will be held both virtually and in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The main conference will take place on 20-23 June 2022. Colocated, hybrid and virtual events will take place both before and after these dates.
The overarching theme of International Data Week and SciDataCon 2022 is Data to Improve our World. In our post-pandemic future, humanity has an opportunity and obligation to address major challenges, including climate change, sustainable development, and disaster risk reduction. The digital revolution and the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’, the methods and practices of Open Science, and of FAIR data and services, give humanity the tools to do so. Embracing these possibilities requires engagement with society, rigorous research methods, and good practice in data science and data stewardship. The theme Data to Improve our World explores the nexus of these issues.
Proposing a SciDataCon Session
Please take into account the following considerations when preparing your proposal for a SciDataCon 2022 session:
- Sessions will be 90 minutes in duration.
- Session proposals should explicitly address one or more of the conference themes outlined above in the Call for Sessions
- Session proposals should clearly describe the format and ‘type’ of the session as seen in the Call for Sessions
- The proposed session structure should allow sufficient time for interaction and discussion with participants and audience.
Your proposal should:
- Explain the significance of the issues to be tackled in the session.
- Provide a clear description of the approach, structure, format, and suggested agenda for the session.
- Provide as much information as possible about proposed speakers and the subject of their papers, or state clearly that it is an open session, actively soliciting presentations (i.e., that the purpose of the session proposal is to address an important topic and create a space on the programme to which papers on this topic may be submitted).
- Be no shorter than 300 words and no longer than 900 words.
Sessions proposals should be made here – if you have not already done so, you will need to create a SciDataCon account. Please note that creating such an account is not the same as registering for the conference.
Thanks,
WDS-IPO
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After a peculiar first year of the new programming period, the volume of proposals submitted under each open call keeps increasing. Therefore, anyone aiming to maximize chances of being selected for funding is required to know how to present a project idea in an engaging, illustrative, and convincing manner.
Involved in a series of funded projects ourselves, we have observed brilliant ideas rejected numerous times due to the proposals' ineffectiveness in meeting the call's requirements.
Therefore, at European Academy, we have developed a unique course on "Proposal Writing for Research & Innovation Projects", which covers all elements of a successful bid and pays attention to every small detail evaluators look for in project proposals. Led by a development planner and evaluator with 33 years of experience, the course addresses all aspects of proposal design and preparation, along with budgeting and practical issues such as demonstrating impact, working-out the implementation plan, developing a sound dissemination and exploitation plan, aiming to also assist participants in the "after award of a grant stage".
Short Course Agenda
Day 1 - Matching Projects to Funding Sources
- Overview of the Programming Period 2021-2027 funding opportunities.
- Types of funding streams under Innovation Policy 2021-2027 and the small details under each funding stream that matter.
- How to ensure the best fit between your project and an available funding stream/Call.
- Exploring the different notions of innovation.
- Questions/answers on funding streams and discussion
Day 2 - Essential Elements of Winning Proposals
- An overview of winning proposal essential features (precision & clarity, planning & research, realism, grasping text, documentation & data)
- Developing the best project justification (vision, need, opportunity, goals & objectives, outcomes)
- Demonstrating impact.
- Pulling together the right assets (partners, experience, intellectual property, tangible & intangible resources)
- Putting yourself in the role of the "evaluator"
- Workshop/exercise session (short proposal on "imaginary agreed project": participants will work on justification and impact pathways)
Day 3 - Demonstrating Good Planning and Control of the Implementation Process
- Working-out the implementation plan: tips and exercises for a well thought-out "work plan" (activities, time-planning, resources, cost, flexibility)
- Dealing with risk: tips and exercises for a good risk management plan
- Developing a sound dissemination and exploitation plan: demonstrating viability/sustainability of your project
- Workshop/exercise session (short proposal on "imaginary agreed project": participants will work on workplan, risk management, dissemination & exploitation plan of the project developed in DAY 2)
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When: 20:00 - 23:30 17 February 2022 EST
Form: Zoom
Language: English
Background
Internet-driven innovations have heavily impacted the digitalization of the social economy, and are greatly transforming how we think, live, and work from all walks of life. In the past few decades, the amount of data traffic in the Internet and between servers has exploded exponentially and shows no signs of slowing down. The pandemic is driving a data center boom, causing 2021 was a boom year for internet, and a vast majority of that internet traffic has to flow through data centers. Simultaneously, the convergence of 5G wireless, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data analytics, industrial IoT technologies, and advanced robotics is transforming industrial automation and taking manufacturing to new heights of productivity. With the upgrades of 5G networks and IoT enterprise services with edge computing, as well as kernel technologies such as storage media and computing capacity, data center throughput is pushed to hit all-time highs, which is in return imposing a huge pressure on the bandwidth requirements of data center networks (DCNs).
As DCN's switching capacity transitions from 6.4Tb/s to 12.8Tb/s, to 25.6Tb/s, then all the way to 51.2Tb/s, the single switch ASIC development accelerates at breakneck speeds. However, when the capacity exceeds 51.2Tb/s, signal integrity represents the most difficult challenge for the high-frequency circuit and board designs because of limitations in the attenuation of high-frequency signals and constraints in the chip package size. As a result, the growth of chip capacity becomes a bottleneck.
This is the challenge that the optoelectronic industry aims to tackle with its latest development of innovative technologies. Notably, the industry has initiated the introduction of new Optical Input/Output (OIO) technology. Compared with the mature Electrical Input/Output (EIO) technology, OIO is spearheaded to provide 100 times or higher channel density, with each channel offering over 100 times more bandwidth. Consequently, OIO is likely a key enabler or game changer for switching to evolve to 100Tb/s or even 1000Tb/s. However, as with cutting-edge technologies, OIO faces many tough challenges, calling for open discussion and collaborative efforts across the entire optoelectronic industry.
Against this backdrop, the Global Advanced Optoelectronic Technology and Industry Development Seminar, jointly organized by the International Photonics & Electronics Committee (IPEC) and China International Optoelectronic Exposition (CIOE), will be held online on February 17, 2022 (EST). This seminar will focus on exploring advanced optoelectronic technologies to enable high-speed optical connectivities for 100Tb/s switching capacity, inspired by future hyperscale data centers.
This seminar will be championed by IPEC's Advanced Research Work Group and invites Internet service providers (ISPs), data center equipment vendors, optoelectronic device vendors, and other international experts in the data center interconnection field to discuss DCN service application scenarios, future development trends, and cutting-edge technologies such as Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) and OIO. A panel discussion will offer global peers a platform for discussing network architectures and technology development trends.
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With Walt Meier, Senior Research Scientist/DAAC Scientist, NSIDC
When: 19th January 2022, 11:00AM - 12:00PM MST
Passive microwave sensors provide a long, consistent, and nearly-complete record of sea ice concentration since 1979. This represents one of the longest satellite-derived climate records. The records indicate a substantial decline in Arctic sea ice cover over the past 40+ years while the Antarctic displays large inter-annual variability with only small trends. Several algorithms have been developed to determine concentration from passive microwave sensors. Here, three products archived at NSIDC are inter-compared to assess the long-term trends in sea ice extent and area from the three products. Both hemispheric and regional analyses are done, based on a newly-developed region mask. The hemispheric trends are generally consistent, but differences between the products do have impacts on interpretation of the small trends in the Antarctic. Regional trends largely follow the hemispheric trends, but some regions have unique features.
How to attend the seminar via Zoom
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When: 29th - 31th March 2022
Where: Connecticut, USA
Agenda themes have just been released with an overarching theme of Re-emerge. Re-invent. Re-engage...featuring several new and reimagined thematic tracks including State of the Industry, Decarbonization & Alternative Energy, Digitalization, Freight Markets, Integrated Logistics, Salvage & Wreck. As well as our old favourites - Finance, Legal – CLE Credits, Bunkering and The Commodore Debate!
The program will boast over 80 industry leaders, learn from their unique experiences and network with them throughout the event. See below for a handful of the early confirmed speakers:
- Guy Platten, Secretary General, ICS
- Unni Einemo, IBIA
- David Reisman, Shareholder, Liskow & Lewis
- Sandi Ennor, President, Transparensea Fuels LLC