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As part of the CI-WATER project this course is being offered at USU with the possibility of being offered simulatiously at the other CI-WATER partner campuses: U of U, BYU and the UWYO. Hydroinformatics is the study, design, development, and deployment of hardware and software systems for hydrologic data collection, distribution, interpretation, and analysis to aid in the understanding and management of water in the natural and built environment. This class will introduce students to fundamental and advanced hydroinformatics concepts and procedures including automated data collection networks, relational databases and data management software, metadata and semantics, data storage file formats and standards, data transformations and automation of data manipulation tasks to support modeling and analysis, web based data distribution and access using web services, and integrated networks of hydro-climate data.

Utah EPSCoR is looking for an iUTAH EPSCoR Project Administrator to assist the Project Director and Associate Director in managing as required the day-to-day functions of the NSF EPSCoR program statewide in Utah.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a group of Utah higher educational institutions and related organizations a five-year, $20 million competitive grant to help manage and protect one of the state’s most valuable and scarce resources: water. 

News Releases:

• National Science Foundation
• Utah Governor Gary Herbert
• Utah State University
• University of Utah
• USTAR
• Salt Lake Tribune 
• Bloomberg Business Week
• Utah Policy
• CBS News
• Standard Examiner
• Utah Public Radio Interview with Diane Pataki
• Utah Public Radio Interviw with Todd Crowl

This training is a great opportunity for EPSCoR scientists (especially grad students) who wish to understand how to deal with really large data sets. The training is sponsored by the LTER Network and will take place August 14 – 16, 2012, at the LTER Network Office in Albuquerque, NM. There are have travel funds available for those who need them, LTER grad students, post docs and interested scientists are invited. Registration dealine is July 5th.

The Spring Runoff Conference was is hosted by the USU Water Initiative. It provided a forum for interdisciplinary sharing and exchange of ideas on water-related issues in Utah.