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SUMMARY:A Research Agenda:  Current Research Projects and Plans for Collaboration - Linda Markowsky
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, February 7\, 2019\, 2PM\n138 Sawyer Conference Room\n  \nAbstract: Automated and semi-automated systems that derive actionable information from massive\, heterogeneous datasets are essential for many applications\, and the reasoning of such systems must be as clear as possible in order to earn our trust. Lattice data analytics\, a current research project\, is intended to extend the bounds of lattice theory and its applications. If successful\, the information-awareness algorithms will lead to automated explanatory methods for machine learning. The algorithms\, based on three novel lattice-theoretic concepts (the target/event lattice\, the temporal poset of irreducibles\, and the lattice entropy)\, are being designed to be capable of detecting structure in temporal\, multivariate datasets. They will use the concept of a Dedekind-MacNeille completion to clarify predictive relationships between lattice nodes\, which will represent real or virtual targets and/or events. It is expected that the algorithms will tolerate missing\, messy\, or otherwise incomplete data. The poset of irreducibles will be used to compress the data and to further enable the modified Dedekind-MacNeille completion algorithm to run on massive datasets in near-real time. A free\, open-source Python toolkit will be made available to support the use and visualization of the lattice-theoretic data exploration and analytic algorithms\, thereby enabling researchers and developers to rapidly produce systems that leverage the novel data analysis technique. The Carver2 target rating program\, which includes a small dataset of partially ordered potential targets\, is used to illustrate the functionality of the toolkit. Future work includes implementation of interactive lattice visualization tools and analysis of the algorithms using real datasets. It is hoped that collaboration with the Climate Change Institute will lead to the application of the lattice-theoretic data analysis algorithms to climate change datasets as well as to the development of interactive information visualizations of interest to both researchers and educators. Preliminary talks have laid the groundwork for collaboration with researchers in the Climate Change Institute\, TIEMS (The International Emergency Management Society)\, and the HERACLES Project\, an EU-funded program to protect cultural heritage sites from the effects of climate change.
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/a-research-agenda-current-research-projects-and-plans-for-collaboration-linda-markowsky/
LOCATION:138 Sawyer Environmental Research Building\, 138 Sawyer Env. Res. Building\, University of Maine
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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SUMMARY:Discussion on Maine’s Climate and Data Tools - Sean Birkel
DESCRIPTION:107 Norman Smith Hall\nSBE Seminar Series\nDr. Sean Birkel is a Research Assistant Professor at the Climate Change Institute. He is also the Maine State Climatologist. Sean’s research interests include climate modeling and data visualization across a spectrum of timescales from the Pleistocene to modern and future projected. He also has great interest in historical weather in Maine. Since 2012\, Sean has been developing the data visualization website Climate Reanalyzer.
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/discussion-on-maines-climate-and-data-tools-sean-birkel/
LOCATION:Mitchell Center\, Rm 107\, University of Maine
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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SUMMARY:Survival Skills for the Athropocene: What Marine Heatwaves and Other Ocean Surprises Can Teach Us About Living in a Warming World - Andrew Pershing
DESCRIPTION:Andrew J. Pershing\nChief Scientific Officer\,\nGulf of Maine Research Institute\nFriday\, February 15\, 2019\, 2:30 PM\n100 BGSC\n  \nAbstract: The community of species as well as human institutions and activities at a given location have been shaped by historical conditions (both mean and variability) at that location. Anthropogenic climate change is now adding strong trends on top of existing natural variability. These trends elevate the frequency of “surprises”—conditions that are unexpected based on recent history. The term “heatwave” was not used in an oceanographic context before 2013\, but since then\, there has been a proliferation of heatwaves around the globe. These events have disrupted ecosystems and human communities\, but they have also prompted adaptive change. A simple model of human adaptation reveals that these surprises will increasingly challenge natural modes of adaptation that rely on historical experience. This work demonstrates increasing benefits for individuals and institutions from betting that trends will continue\, but\nthis strategy represents a radical shift that will be difficult for many to make.
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/survival-skills-for-the-athropocene-what-marine-hearwaves-and-other-ocean-surprises-can-teach-us-about-living-in-a-warming-world/
LOCATION:100 Bryand Global Sciences Center\, University of Maine
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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SUMMARY:Patterns of Change in Arctic Lakes of Western Greenland - Robert Northington
DESCRIPTION:107 Norman Smith Hall\nSBE Seminar Series\nDr. Northington is an ecologist interested in how climate change influences aquatic ecosystem processes. His research focuses on changes in aquatic productivity and biogeochemistry\, along with altered aquatic-terrestrial linkages in Arctic and temperate aquatic systems. Currently\, Dr. Northington is an Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science at Husson University and a Research Associate with the U.Maine Climate Change Institute. \n  \n 
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/patterns-of-change-in-arctic-lakes-of-western-greenland-robert-northington/
LOCATION:Mitchell Center\, Rm 107\, University of Maine
CATEGORIES:Research Lecture
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SUMMARY:D.Sandweiss CV
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URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/d-sandweiss-cv/
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SUMMARY:Racing the Clock to Preserve the Past… A community-based approach to managing Maine’s shell middens - A. Kelley & B. Newsom
DESCRIPTION:Alice R. Kelley\, Climate Change Institute & School of Earth and Climate Sciences\, UMaine\nBonnie Newsom\, Dept. of Anthropology\, UMaine\nThe Maine Midden Minders is a volunteer\, citizen science organization being developed to help document and moni-tor Maine’s eroding shell middens. These features are composed of mollusk shells\, artifacts\, and faunal remains\, and archive up to 4\,000 years of coastal occupation by the state’s indigenous population. Over 2\,000 of these sites exist along the Maine coast\, and virtually all are threatened by climate change. Only one or two middens are professionally excavated each year due to funding constraints. Valuable archaeological and paleoenvironmental information is lost to the sea with each storm. The Midden Minders program will train interested volunteers to document seasonal to an-nual changes at middens. Measurements are made using simple tools\, and site conditions are documented using digi-tal photography. This information is collected into a specially designed database that will be used to identify vulnerable sites and allocate limited resources by researchers and cultural resource managers. \nAlice Kelley is a geoarchaeologist with interests in past human/landscape interactions\, cultural heritage preservation\, and the application of ground-penetrating radar to the investigation of archaeological sites. Kelley is particularly inter-ested in investigating how changing climate has affected humans in the past\, and its impacts on our cultural heritage. Bonnie Newsom is an Indigenous archaeologist interested in the pre-contact lifeways of Maine’s Native peoples. She seeks to humanize people in the past by exploring concepts of identity\, social boundaries\, and human agency. Newsom has worked in the cultural resources management sector\, as well as serving as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Penobscot Indian Nation. \n 
URL:https://climatechange.umaine.edu/event/racing-the-clock-to-preserve-the-past-a-community-based-approach-to-managing-maines-shell-middens-a-kelley-b-newsom/
LOCATION:Mitchell Center\, Rm 107\, University of Maine
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