Digital Agriculture: Learning to Feed a Hungry World

Author

Myers, James ; McLaren, Terry ; Wadsworth, Andrew

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Supercomput. Applic., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL

fYear

2008

fDate

7-12 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

438

Lastpage

439

Abstract

A synthesis framework integrates data from multiple sources, enables on-demand execution of scientific workflows, and associates data outputs with multiple visualization and analysis widgets in a dynamically generated Web application. This poster presents animplementation of NCSA´s digital synthesis framework (DSF) that incorporates a state-of-the-artgeneric crop growth simulation model and historicweather data for the purposes of designing educational activities for young learners. The work is the result ofa collaboration between NCSA and local 4-H curriculum specialists.

Keywords

Internet; agricultural engineering; computer aided instruction; Web application; analysis widgets; digital agriculture; digital synthesis framework; educational activities; historic weather data; learning; multiple visualization; on-demand execution; scientific workflows; state-of-the-art generic crop growth simulation; Agriculture; Collaborative work; Crops; Data visualization; Displays; Educational activities; Educational products; Feedback; Feeds; Fossil fuels; 4-H; cyberintegrator; digital agriculture; digital synthesis framework; plant growth model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

eScience, 2008. eScience '08. IEEE Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Indianapolis, IN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3380-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3535-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/eScience.2008.146

Filename

4736835