Cyberinfrastructure | Ecological Forecasting Initiative

Regularly rerunning forecastings using the newest data is a core aspect of iterative near-term forecasting. This sets a higher bar for repeatability and presents informatic and computational challenges that go beyond most ecological analyses, particularly for forecasts running closer to real-time. The goal of the cyberinfrastructure working group is to make it easier to implement, archive, and share automated iterative forecasts, so that any research group that can develop a forecasting model can deploy it as an automated system. Efforts of this working group include, but are not limited to, the development of standards and databases for transparent, open, and interoperable archiving and sharing or both forecasts and forecast workflows, and the development of shared community tools for data ingest/interoperability and for forecast workflow automation / continuous integration. We will make the components of our infrastructure available through open-source software and open educational resources for using existing tools.

Cyberinfrastructure Working Group Schedule of Calls:
The Cyberinfrastructure & Methods Group will meet jointly on Wednesdays at 2pm US ET on January 22, February 19, March 19, April 16, and May 14. A new schedule for June to August 2025 will be created in December. We are always open to people joining the calls, contact us at eco4cast.initiative@gmail.com

Cyberinfrastructure Blog Posts and Resources

https://projects.ecoforecast.org/efi-ci-workshop-2024/ provides a summary of the April 2024 EFI Cyberinfrastructure workshop materials and recommendations. A handbook will be created through this website that will provide CI design principles and best practices to serve as a comprehensive guide, suitable for both beginners and experienced forecasters.
Introducing EFI Task Views!, posted April 20, 2020
Webpage of Resources for Reproducible Forecasting Workflows
- The webpage material on “Reproducible Forecasting Workflows” was compiled with the other Task Views on “Uncertainty quantification, Data assimilation, Modeling & Statistics” and “Visualization” on this bookdown site
EFI’s response to a NASA RFI on Earth System Predictability Research and Development, May 18, 2020
EFI’s response to an NSF Request for Information regarding Data-Focused CI Needs to Support Future Data-Intensive Science and Engineering Research, December 16, 2019

Matt Brousil provides an overview of the Cyberinfrastructure and Methods Working Groups’ progress on the Task Views for the EFI 2022 Conference held May 23-25, 2021.

Notes from Working Group Calls

November 21, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
October 17, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
September 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
August 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
July 22, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
June 24, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
May 17, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
April 26, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 15, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
February 23, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
January 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
December 8, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
November 17, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
October 27, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
September 29, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
August 22, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
June 14, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
May 10, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
April 12, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 15, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
February 15, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
January 18, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
December 9, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
November 11, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
October 14, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
September 16, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
August 11, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
July 21, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
June 9, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
May 12, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
April 14, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 10, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
February 10, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
January 13, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
December 7, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
November 9, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
October 12, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
September 21, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
August 20, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
July 16, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
June 25, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
May 24, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
April 26, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 29, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 1, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
February 1, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
December 15, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
November 17, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
October 20, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
September 22, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
August 24, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
July 27, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
June 29, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
June 1, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
May 8, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
April 17, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 27, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
March 6, 2020
February 11, 2020
December 3, 2019
November 12, 2019
October 29, 2019
October 1, 2019
August 29, 2019
July 9, 2019