About InformaTEC

The InformaTEC Technology cluster will focus on environmental data, models and informatics. BGS and CEH, as NERC Research Centres that host data centres, have the track record and experience to provide critical mass and momentum to nucleate this cluster. It is the aim of this cluster to provide a single all-inclusive forum for technology dissemination, showcasing and sharing of best practice across NERC datacenters (AEDC, BODC, EIDC, NGDC, NCAS BADC, NERC EODC) and also engage the wider Environmental science community and its stakeholders.

Working groups

Four working groups will tackle key issues involving models, data integration, terminologies, and interoperability:

Future technologies working group (More information)
Models and model fusion working group (More information)
Ontologies and semantics working group (More information)
Soils working group (More information)

InformaTEC community-led activities

InformaTEC seeks to:

identify opportunities for progress & propose solutions to shared obstacles
liaise to share opportunities and best practice
collaborate to influence future technological developments
deliver effective knowledge-exchange, share ideas and concepts, and stimulate interactions and pull-though of technology into use
facilitate technology transfer, maximising the value of NERC's developments
identify future technology requirements and priorities through horizon scanning and technology road mapping
maintain an overview of short and long-term developments and opportunities in the sector and proactively engage with new research groups
dynamically interact via web community, staff exchange and targeted training
help resolve issues related to using large & legacy data sets for forward modelling
facilitate the community to respond to future technologies requirements and opportunities and to maximise their economic impact
ensure an effective response to NERC Technologies requirements and recommendations relevant to NERC Science Themes

InformaTEC trial project

A number of small projects to test technologies and interactions will be supported by InformaTEC, in line with the working group objectives. There will be an Announcement of Opportunity this autumn. InformaTEC is expected to have 3–5 projects of around £5k each with cross-discipline technology transfer is a key priority.

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