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 Fridays at noon US Eastern on September 29, October 27, November 17, and December 8. Additional calls will be scheduled for January to May. We are always open to people joining the calls, contact us at eco4cast.initiative@gmail.com

Cyberinfrastructure Blog Posts and Resources

• Introducing EFI Task Views!, posted April 20, 2020
• Webpage of Resources for Reproducible Forecasting Workflows
• 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 22, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
2. June 14, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
3. May 10, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
4. April 12, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
5. March 15, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
6. February 15, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
7. January 18, 2023 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
8. December 9, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
9. November 11, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
10. October 14, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
11. September 16, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
12. August 11, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
13. July 21, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
14. June 9, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
15. May 12, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
16. April 14, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
17. March 10, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
18. February 10, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
19. January 13, 2022 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
20. December 7, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
21. November 9, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
22. October 12, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
23. September 21, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
24. August 20, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
25. July 16, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
26. June 25, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
27. May 24, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
28. April 26, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
29. March 29, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
30. March 1, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
31. February 1, 2021 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
32. December 15, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
33. November 17, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
34. October 20, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
35. September 22, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
36. August 24, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
37. July 27, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
38. June 29, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
39. June 1, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
40. May 8, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
41. April 17, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
42. March 27, 2020 – joint CI and Methods Working Groups call
43. March 6, 2020
44. February 11, 2020
45. December 3, 2019
46. November 12, 2019
47. October 29, 2019
48. October 1, 2019
49. August 29, 2019
50. July 9, 2019