The data lifecycle for a majority of the NSF Major and Mid-scale Facilities starts with data acquisition and capture from scientific instrument(s), e.g. telescopes, sensors, field devices, spectrometers, accelerators, interferometers, magnets, lasers, to name a few. Quite often, the data acquisition step and the associated data management practices at the facility to capture this initial data dictate the effectiveness of the latter parts of the data lifecycle.
This virtual workshop, organized by the NSF CI Compass, the Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence, will explore this crucial first step and focus on the topic of: “Data Management: From Instrument to First Storage”. The workshop speakers, representing a diverse set of NSF Major and Mid-scale facilities, will discuss the challenges, best practices, potential solutions, and open issues for handling the data flow from facility instrument(s) to first storage, including issues of metadata tagging, enabling FAIR attributes, data storage, on-the-fly control, incorporating user-specific instruments, managing streaming data, choice of storage and database technologies, etc.
This is a virtual event hosted on Zoom, held January 22 - 24, 2025, from 9 a.m. - Noon PT / 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. MT / 11 a.m. / 2 p.m. CT / Noon to 3 p.m. ET.
Find agenda information here: Agenda and Information
Registration information available here: Workshop Registration
Feature image photos credited to: NSF NAN, NSF EarthScope, NSF Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab, National MagLab/Caleb Ward
