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SUMMARY:Antarctic Subsea Cable Workshop: High-Speed Connectivity Needs to Advance US Antarctic Science
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:June 29 - July 1, 2021 Virtual Zoom Workshop, 1-5 pm US CDT (6-10 pm UTC)\n
 Attendance capped at ~50 active participants\nYouTube live stream with chat
  open to all (Days 1 and 3), archived for asynchronous viewing\nMore inform
 ation will be posted to the workshop website (https://www.pgc.umn.edu/works
 hops/antarctic-cable/) as it is available.\nThis National Science Foundatio
 n (NSF) funded workshop will produce a report outlining the science advance
 s and other impacts that would be enabled by massive improvements in digita
 l connectivity to Antarctica. Given recent synergistic opportunities, NSF i
 s interested in a visioning exercise to understand the transformational pot
 ential of a submarine fiber optic telecommunications cable between New Zeal
 and and McMurdo Station in the type, kind and conduct of research supported
  by the United States Antarctic Program. Terabit-scale networking capabilit
 y could eliminate current bandwidth constraints faced by researchers, educa
 tors and support functions while also reducing the latency of current satel
 lite-based communication. The cable infrastructure can itself also serve as
  a scientific platform (a “SMART” cable) with capability to monitor ocean c
 onditions and seismic activity. Direct fiber connectivity to McMurdo may al
 so enable improved connectivity to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and sc
 ience infrastructure there.\nThe three day workshop will include a day of s
 hort presentations spanning the breadth of Antarctic science supported by N
 SF, existing need and opportunities for improved networking capabilities, a
 nd how science and operations in Antarctica would benefit from dramatically
  increased connectivity. \nDay 1: Scene Setting, Lightning Talks\nDay 2: Wo
 rkshop Breakout Sessions\nDay 3: Summary and Plan for Drafting Report\nIf y
 ou are interested in participating in the workshop, we would appreciate you
 r initial response to <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdm
 ahsZhYRfvoj0qxzPyhwd4aNDujIn1lC9o6nZ0vIrac8Ofw/viewform" target="_blank" re
 l="noopener">this survey</a> to help gauge interest and determine how a new
 , instrumented fiber optic cable to Antarctica would advance science. We we
 lcome participation from US and international research scientists, US Antar
 ctic support providers, education and outreach experts, and submarine cable
  and digital networking experts.\nThank you for your interest, and if you h
 ave suggestions for additional members of the research, education, digital 
 networking and science support community who could contribute, we would app
 reciate your help in providing us with their contact information at the end
  of the survey.\nInitial Organizing Committee Members\nPeter Neff, Assistan
 t Research Professor, University of Minnesota\nGwen Jacobs, Director of Cyb
 erinfrastructure, University of Hawaii\nDavid Lassner, President, Universit
 y of Hawaii\nJonathan Pundsack, Managing Director, Polar Geospatial Center,
  University of Minnesota\nHeidi Roop, Assistant Professor, University of Mi
 nnesota\nGarret Yoshimi, Vice President for IT and Chief Information Office
 r, University of Hawaii\nBruce Howe, Chair, Joint Task Force (JTF), ITU/WMO
 /IOC SMART Cables for Observing the Ocean (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/cli
 matechange/task-force-sc/Pages/default.aspx)\nSupport for this workshop is 
 provided by the National Science Foundation (Award 2130663). Questions and 
 correspondence should be directed to project PI Peter Neff, <a href="mailto
 :pneff@umn.edu"></a>pneff@umn.edu (mailto:pneff@umn.edu).\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>June 29 - July 1, 2021 Virtual Zoom
  Workshop, 1-5 pm US CDT (6-10 pm UTC)</strong></p><p style="text-align: ju
 stify;">Attendance capped at ~50 active participants<br />YouTube live stre
 am with chat open to all (Days 1 and 3), archived for asynchronous viewing<
 /p><p style="text-align: justify;">More information will be posted to the <
 a href="https://www.pgc.umn.edu/workshops/antarctic-cable/" target="_blank"
  rel="noopener">workshop website</a> as it is available.</p><p style="text-
 align: justify;">This National Science Foundation (NSF) funded workshop wil
 l produce a report outlining the science advances and other impacts that wo
 uld be enabled by massive improvements in digital connectivity to Antarctic
 a. Given recent synergistic opportunities, NSF is interested in a visioning
  exercise to understand the transformational potential of a submarine fiber
  optic telecommunications cable between New Zealand and McMurdo Station in 
 the type, kind and conduct of research supported by the United States Antar
 ctic Program. Terabit-scale networking capability could eliminate current b
 andwidth constraints faced by researchers, educators and support functions 
 while also reducing the latency of current satellite-based communication. T
 he cable infrastructure can itself also serve as a scientific platform (a “
 SMART” cable) with capability to monitor ocean conditions and seismic activ
 ity. Direct fiber connectivity to McMurdo may also enable improved connecti
 vity to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and science infrastructure there.
 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The three day workshop will include a d
 ay of short presentations spanning the breadth of Antarctic science support
 ed by NSF, existing need and opportunities for improved networking capabili
 ties, and how science and operations in Antarctica would benefit from drama
 tically increased connectivity.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><s
 pan style="font-size: 12pt;">Day 1: Scene Setting, Lightning Talks</span></
 p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Day 2: Wor
 kshop Breakout Sessions</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span sty
 le="font-size: 12pt;">Day 3: Summary and Plan for Drafting Report</span></p
 ><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>If you are interested in participa
 ting in the workshop, we would appreciate your initial response to </strong
 ><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmahsZhYRfvoj0qxzPyhwd4
 aNDujIn1lC9o6nZ0vIrac8Ofw/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>
 this survey</strong></a><strong> to help gauge interest and determine how a
  new, instrumented fiber optic cable to Antarctica would advance science. <
 /strong>We welcome participation from US and international research scienti
 sts, US Antarctic support providers, education and outreach experts, and su
 bmarine cable and digital networking experts.</p><p style="text-align: just
 ify;">Thank you for your interest, and if you have suggestions for addition
 al members of the research, education, digital networking and science suppo
 rt community who could contribute, we would appreciate your help in providi
 ng us with their contact information at the end of the survey.</p><p style=
 "text-align: justify;"><em>Initial Organizing Committee Members</em></p><p 
 style="text-align: justify;">Peter Neff, Assistant Research Professor, Univ
 ersity of Minnesota<br />Gwen Jacobs, Director of Cyberinfrastructure, Univ
 ersity of Hawaii<br />David Lassner, President, University of Hawaii<br />J
 onathan Pundsack, Managing Director, Polar Geospatial Center, University of
  Minnesota<br />Heidi Roop, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota<br
  />Garret Yoshimi, Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer, Uni
 versity of Hawaii<br />Bruce Howe, Chair, <a href="https://www.itu.int/en/I
 TU-T/climatechange/task-force-sc/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="n
 oopener">Joint Task Force (JTF), ITU/WMO/IOC SMART Cables for Observing the
  Ocean</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Support for this workshop is 
 provided by the National Science Foundation (Award 2130663). Questions and 
 correspondence should be directed to project PI Peter Neff, <a href="mailto
 :pneff@umn.edu"></a><a href="mailto:pneff@umn.edu">pneff@umn.edu</a>.</p>
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DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20210630
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