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 reduce its meeting frequency to quarterly, or until a lead is identified for a shared project of interest to the group. The group is planning to meet in late October or early November 2026 to discuss a potential project. A poll will be sent to the working group email list and posted in Slack to identify a meeting date. We are always open to people joining the calls. Contact us at eco4cast.initiative@gmail.com

Cyberinfrastructure Blog Posts and Resources

• Wildfire recovery forecast using MODIS leaf area index (LAI):
  The Cyberinfrastructure and Statistical Methods working group developed this spatial forecast challenge and rolled it out at the EFI2025 Conference. You can find more information about the project here: https://github.com/eco4cast/modis-lai-forecast/tree/main. 
  A tutorial for the spatial challenge is available at: https://github.com/eco4cast/modis-lai-forecast/tree/main/tutorials. 
  And the rendered html is available here.
• 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

Notes from Working Group Calls

1. August 25, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
2. June 23, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
3. May 26, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
4. April 28, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
5. March 17, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
6. February 17, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
7. January 27, 2026 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
8. December 8, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
9. November 17, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
10. October 20, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
11. September 15, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
12. August 18, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
13. June 30, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
14. May 14, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
15. April 15, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
16. March 19, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
17. February 19, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
18. January 22, 2025 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
19. December 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
20. November 21, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
21. October 17, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
22. September 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
23. August 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
24. July 22, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
25. June 24, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
26. May 17, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
27. April 26, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
28. March 15, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
29. February 23, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
30. January 19, 2024 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
31. December 8, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
32. November 17, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
33. October 27, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
34. September 29, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
35. August 22, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
36. June 14, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
37. May 10, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
38. April 12, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
39. March 15, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
40. February 15, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
41. January 18, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
42. December 9, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
43. November 11, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
44. October 14, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
45. September 16, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
46. August 11, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
47. July 21, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
48. June 9, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
49. May 12, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
50. April 14, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
51. March 10, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
52. February 10, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
53. January 13, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
54. December 7, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
55. November 9, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
56. October 12, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
57. September 21, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
58. August 20, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
59. July 16, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
60. June 25, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
61. May 24, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
62. April 26, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
63. March 29, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
64. March 1, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
65. February 1, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
66. December 15, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
67. November 17, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
68. October 20, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
69. September 22, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
70. August 24, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
71. July 27, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
72. June 29, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
73. June 1, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
74. May 8, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
75. April 17, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
76. March 27, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
77. March 6, 2020
78. February 11, 2020
79. December 3, 2019
80. November 12, 2019
81. October 29, 2019
82. October 1, 2019
83. August 29, 2019
84. July 9, 2019