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Past SCI Research Projects

NESTER (Networked Environment Sonic-Toolkits for Exploratory Research

Stephen Downie, Bryan Heidorn, Mike Ward (Illinois Natural History Survey), David Ward (INHS), L. Auvil, and D. Tcheng (NCSA/ALG)

The NESTER project brings together four currently independent research threads to form the foundation for new, cross-domain, high-impact, bio-acoustic research collaboration. Under the rubric of a 3-year field and development study based upon the collection of remotely gathered Cardinalis cardinalis (Northern Cardinal) vocalization data (i.e., bird songs), NESTER will leverage participant expertise in the domains of bio-acoustics, music/audio processing, distributed data mining, and scientific collaboration to develop a suite of networked environmental sonic-toolkit prototypes.

BioGeoMancer

The BioGeomancer (BG) Project is a worldwide collaboration of natural history and geospatial data experts. The primary goal of the project is to maximize the quality and quantity of biodiversity data that can be mapped in support of scientific research, planning, conservation, and management. The project promotes discussion, manages geospatial data and data standards, and develops software tools in support of this mission.
Website: http://www.biogeomancer.org/
Principal Investigator: Bryan Heidorn

Herbis

This project offers proof of concept and an initial implementation of 'one-button' specimen imaging and data capture. Clicking the shutter on a digital camera initiates a sequence that culminates with the population of label data and a specimen image into a structured collection database. Our ultimate goal is to reduce the total cost of digital collection data capture by significantly reducing human labor required and total project duration. Significant gains can be achieved by developing appropriate protocols and methodologies, then packaging them as web services. Much of this can be accomplished by applying existing technology to data acquisition bottlenecks.
Website: http://www.herbis.org/
Principal Investigator: Bryan Heidorn

Information and Discovery in Neuroscience

This project aims to specify information technology needed to 1) improve neuroscientists' ability to synthesize existing research results and share information and 2) support different modes of discovery and collaboration. Through field studies at neuroscience labs we are identifying high impact information, critical information problems, and constraints on the transfer and exchange of information within research teams and between specializations and disciplines.
Website: http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~neuro/
Principal Investigator: Carole Palmer
Funding: $345,331, National Science Foundation