Digital Data in Paleontological Research

Logistics

• Event hashtag: #paldigi
• Logistics document (PDF)
• Map: hotel to UCMP
• Hotel information
• Train information
• Initial Workshop Announcement
• Adobe Connect Room to join us remotely

Monday, 27 March, 2017

Day One
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
7:00-8:00	Breakfast
8:00-8:10	Welcome, Workshop Introduction, Logistics	Pat Holroyd, University of California Museum of Paleontology Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University
Paleo Data Projects Lightning Rounds
8:10-8:20	Brief Introduction to iDigBio, ADBC, Paleo-related TCNs, and Acronyms	Gil Nelson
8:20-8:30	PaleoNiches (2012)	Una Farrell, Stanford
8:30-8:40	Fossil Insect Collaborative (2013)	Diane Irwin, UCMP
8:40-8:50	EPICC (2015)	Chrissy Garcia, California Academy of Sciences
8:50-9:00	Cretaceous World (2016)	Talia Karim
9:00-9:10	iDigPaleo	Talia Karim
9:10-9:20	PaleoBiology Database	Mark Uhen, George Mason University
9:20-9:30	MorphoSource	Doug Boyer, Duke University
9:30-9:40	ePANDDA	Gil Nelson
9:40-9:50	Digitizing Field Notes at MVZ	Christina Fidler, Museum of Comparative Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
Break
Challenges of Using Paleo Data in New and Expanded Ways
10:10-10:30		Mike Howe
10:10-10:30	Aggregation and the Mechanics of Data Sharing	David Bloom, iDigBio, University of California, Berkeley
10:30-10:50	Assessing Data Management Practices and How they Affect the Interoperability of Collections and Research Data	Surangi Punyasena, University of Illinois
10:50-11:10	Computer Vision	Amanda Millhouse, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
11:10-11:30	Geochemistry Database	Una Farrell
11:30-12:00	Q&A, Discussion, Morning Wrap-up: Identifying Questions for further Discussion
12:00-1:00	Lunch (provided)
Afternoon Sessions
Digital Data Workflows
1:00-1:20	An Introduction to Workflows	Gil Nelson
1:20-1:50	From field collections to digital data: a workflow and digitization pipeline for reconstruction of a Cretaceous macroflora	Dori Contreras, University of California, Berkeley
1:50-2:10	New Mathematical Approaches to the Automated Segmentation of Teeth	Ethan Fullwood, Duke University
2:10-2:30	Workflows: Processing Specimens From Micro-CT scanning to 3-D surface processing to upload to Morphosource	Arrianna Harrington, Duke University
2:30-2:50	Managing and Sharing Data	Mauro Lepore, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2:30-2:50		Dana Ehret
2:50-3:10	Break
3:10-4:10	Break out Discusion Groups
4:10-5:00	Break out Reports
5:00-7:00	Reception
7:00	Dinner on Your Own

Tuesday, 28 March, 2017

Day Two
Time	Topic	Presenter(s)/Leader(s)
7:00-8:00	Breakfast
8:00-8:10
Orientation to the Day			Pat Holroyd
8:10-8:30	Horses in the cloud: Use case of Digital Equus Data	Bruce MacFadden, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
8:30-8:50	Managing Big Datasets	Doug Boyer, Duke University
8:50-9:10	Image Analysis of Modern and Fossil Plant Silica Bodies (Phytoliths)	Caroline Stromberg, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle
9:10-8:30	Using GIS for Geologic Field Mapping	Ashley Adams, Drexel University
8:30-8:40	Catalyzing Collections Digitization and Research Using Comprehensive Specimen Inventories	Lindsay Walker, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County & Natural History Museum of Utah
10:20-10:40	Break
8:40-8:50	How Digitization Helped Tame the Tully Monster	Paul Mayer, The Field Museum
9:20-9:40	Using CT Data to Score Taxa for Phylogenetic Analyses	William Gearty, Stanford University
9:40-10:00	Challenges of Integrating the Tephrochronologic and Stratigraphic Information Using Paleo Specimens and GIS	Kari Prassack, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument/National Park Service
10:00-10:20	The Problem of Faunal Lists	Lynn Murray, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
10:00-10:2F	Species delimitation in the Recent and Fossil Record by Analyzing Ranges of Morphological Variability	Natalia Lopez Carranza, University of California, Davis
10:00-10:2R	Using Fossil Occurrences in the Neotoma and Paleobiology databases for Landcover reconstructions Through Time	Scott Farley, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Morning Breakouts
	Room	Room
10:40-11:10
11:10-11:40
11:40-12:10
12:10-12:15	Q&A, Discussion, Morning Wrap-up
12:00-1:15	Lunch (provided)
Afternoon Breakouts
1:40-2:00
2:00-2:15
2:15-2:35	Break
Digital Data Workflows
2:35-2:55
2:55-3:15
3:35-4:30
7:00	Dinner on Your Own

Acronyms

A few important acronyms to be familiar with.

Acronym	Meaning
iDigBio	Integrated Digitized Biocollections
NSF	National Science Foundation
ADBC	Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections
TCN	Thematic Collection Network
PEN	Partner to Existing Network
CSBR	Collections in Support of Biological Research
IMLS	Institute for Museum and Library Services
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
BCoN	Biodiversity Collections Network
GRBio	Global Registry of Biodiversity Repositories
DwC	Darwin Core
IPT	Integrated Publishing Toolkit
API	Application Programming Interface
VertNet	Vertebrate data portal, Data mobilization and cleaning services
EOL	Encyclopedia of Life

Workshop Planning Team

• Pat Holroyd, University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Erica Clites, University of California Museum of Paleontology
• Talia Karim, University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
• Gil Nelson, iDigBio/Florida State University