Geodi

GeoDI ("Geological & Geophysical Data Integration") [GeoDI Web site: http://geodi.ucc.ie] is a three-year project led by University College Cork [University College Cork Web site: http://www.ucc.ie] and funded by the Irish National Development Plan [National Development Plan Web site: http://www.ndp.ie] under the Sea Change programme [Sea Change Web site: http://www.marine.ie/home/SeaChange.htm] . The project started on February 1st 2008.

The objective of the GeoDI project is to derive maximum value from the national data acquisition effort to date and to allow future data to be integrated easily. This will be achieved by integrating datasets and advancing the data management methods to derive a holistic and more sophisticated view of change in the status of the marine environment. The GeoDI project aims to address this challenge by examining the critical issues involved in the integration of Irish marine geoscientific datasets and assessing tools and services for enhanced analyses of geoscientific data.

Partnership

The partnership brings together the pre-requisite national and international expertise in data modelling, data management and the marine/geosciences application areas, necessary for the successful delivery of the project objectives. The consortium that has been put together represents a team with an extensive track record in managing marine geological and geophysical datasets, e.g. University College Cork - Coastal and Marine Resources Centre (CMRC) [Coastal and MArine Resources Centre Web site: http://cmrc.ucc.ie] & Oregon State University (OSU) [Oregon State University Web site: http://oregonstate.edu] - Department of Geosciences [OSU - Department of Geosciences Web site: http://www.geo.oregonstate.edu] . The team also includes non-marine domain experts, who focus on Constraint Programming and Artificial Intelligence (Cork Constraint Computation Centre - 4C [Cork Constraint Computing Centre Web site: http://4c.ucc.ie] ). This additional contribution provides the opportunity to achieve a high degree of innovation within the project.

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