Study Group on Future Data Infrastructure (SG-FIT) Workshop
Study Group on Future Data Infrastructure (SG-FIT) Workshop
23-25 September 2024, Online
Introduction
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is organizing an online workshop from 23 to 25 September 2024 to explore the future technologies of data sharing and their practical implications for public weather services in the context of real-time international exchange of Earth system data. These explorations focus on the challenges faced by WMO Members in utilizing the increasing volumes of data provided by the WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System (WIPPS) Centres, globally and regionally, World Meteorological Centres (WMCs), satellite operators, and the communities they serve.
The workshop will review the current user needs and how users are projecting to work in the future, then discuss various approaches to overcome challenges associated with Big Earth system data through the following themes:
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Moving less data: e.g. use of compression algorithms and/or discrete sampling/extraction of essential information
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Moving the postprocessing / product creation to where big data resides: e.g. data proximate compute
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Moving where the modelling happens: e.g. locally generated data like AI models
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Lowering the barriers for implementation and federation of the systems through standards and interoperability
The workshop will be divided into two parts: presentation sessions from 9h to 13h UTC and interactive discussion sessions (90 minutes before or right after the presentation sessions). Each discussion session to further explore the presented topics is offered twice to accommodate participants from different time zones. Both presentation and discussion sessions are open to any registered participants.
Objective
The outcome of the workshop will contribute to the work plan of the Study Group on Future Data Infrastructure (SG-FIT), established by the Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) of WMO.
Registration
- Presentation sessions (Session 1-7), Webinar Registration - Zoom
- Interactive discussion sessions (1A/1B, 2A/2B, Concluding), Meeting Registration - Zoom
(Note: You will be receiving a confirmation email containing a link to a pre-workshop survey after your registration. The survey is your opportunity to influence the choices of topics that SG-FIT will examine over the next 18 months, leading to recommendations to WMO.
Tentative Agenda (CEST)
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Day 1: 23 September (Monday) Session 1: Introduction |
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Session 1 - Introduction (Chaired by Véronique Bouchet/Paolo Mazzeti) |
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11:00 – 11:10 |
Kick-off and welcoming participants |
Véronique Bouchet (SG-FIT Co-chair) |
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11:10 – 11:30 |
WIS introduction |
Jeremy Tandy (SC-IMT Co-vice-chair) |
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Session 2 - User requirements (Chaired by David Richardson/Yuki Honda) |
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11:30 – 11:50 |
WIPPS introduction |
David Richardson (ECMWF) |
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11:50 – 12:05 |
Data workflows and needs at NMS Belize |
Dwayne Scott (Belize NMS) |
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12:05 – 12:20 |
Addressing NWP data challenges for limited-area models |
Edson Nkonde (Zambia Meteorological Department ) |
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12:20 – 12:35 |
Changes of information infrastructure to adapt technology changes in WWW Programme |
Eizi Toyoda (JMA) |
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12:35 – 12:50 |
Q & A |
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12:50 – 13:30 |
Coffee and Lunch break |
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Session 3 - Discrete sampling and compression methods |
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13:30– 13:50 |
Compressing multidimensional weather and climate data into neural networks |
Thorsten Hoefer (ETH Zurich) |
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13:50 – 14:10 |
Bytes from Petabytes - Extrating usable data from very high resolution datasets, a Destination Earth perspective |
Tiago Quintino (ECMWF) |
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14:10 – 14:30 |
Data visualisation as a way to extract information from (big) data |
Caroline Bainr (MetOffice) |
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14:30 – 14:45 |
Q & A |
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13:45 – 14:30 |
Coffee and Lunch break |
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14:30 – 16:00 |
Interactive Discussion session 1A (Chaired by David/Tiago) |
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16:00 |
Closure Day1 |
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Day 2: 24 September (Tuesday) Session 4: Data proximate approaches (cloud) |
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09:30 – 10:45 |
Interactive Discussion session 1B (Chaired by David/Tiago) |
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10:45 – 11:00 |
Coffee break |
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Session 4 - Data proximate approaches (cloud) |
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11:00 – 11:20 |
Functioning across platforms (enableing tech or federated environment) |
Miruna Stoicescu (EUMETSAT) |
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11:20 – 11:40 |
From Cloud to Edge: Cloud Strategies for Building a Resilient Data Infrastructure |
Brett Tackaberry (Google Cloud for Public Sector) |
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11:40 – 12:00 |
Moving application to cloud |
Robert Bunge (NOAA) |
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12:05 – 12:25 |
CMA Big data and Cloud Service Platform |
Kehan Wang (CMA) |
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12:25– 12:45 |
NASA Earth science's data storage and proximate compute strategy |
Patrick Quinn (NASA) |
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12:45 – 13:00 |
Q & A |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Coffee and Lunch break |
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Session 5 - Data-driven approaches to forecasting and NWP |
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13:40 – 14:00 |
Data driven weather forecasting and its application in operation |
Yong Cao (CMA) |
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14:00 – 14:20 |
ICONIC - a cloud based approach to numerical weather prediction |
Sascha Brand (DWD) |
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14:20 – 14:40 |
AI-driven weather and climate forecasting |
Rahul Ramachandran (NASA) |
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14:40 – 15:00 |
Global to local data-driven predictions in a common framework |
Jorn Kristiansen (Met Norway) |
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15:00 – 15:15 |
Q & A |
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15:15 – 15:30 |
Coffee break |
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15:30 – 16:45 |
Interactive Discussion session 2A (Chaired by Jeremy/Kanghui) |
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16:45 |
Closure day 2 |
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Day 3: 25 September (Wednesday) Session 6: Standards |
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10:30 – 11:45 |
Interactive Discussion session 2B (Chaired by Jeremy/Kanghui) |
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11:45 – 12:30 |
Coffee and lunch break |
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Session 6 - Standards |
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12:30 – 12:50 |
OGC Standards and APIs for Big Data |
Scott Simmons (OGC) |
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12:50 – 13:10 |
ESA Earth Observation Exploitation Platform |
Claudio Iacopino (ESA/Telespazio) |
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13:10 – 13:30 |
OpenEO: Executing user applications next to large EO data backends |
Alexander Jacob (Eurac Research) |
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13:30 – 13:50 |
AI and gaps in standardization for natural disaster management |
Arif Albayrak (University of Maryland) |
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13:50 – 14:10 |
Q & A |
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14:10 – 14:30 |
Coffee break |
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14:30 – 15:15 |
Concluding discussion session (Chaired by Tom/Miruna) |
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Session 7 - Closing |
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15:30 - 16:00 |
Reports from themed presentations and interactive discussion sessions |
Session leads |
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16:00 - 16:10 |
Perspectives and next steps |
Véreonique Bouchet/Paolo Mazzeti |
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16:15 |
Workshop Closure |
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Contact
For further information, please contact Ms. Xiaoxia CHEN at xchen@wmo.int
(Last update: 5 September 2024)