eResearch Flashcards
What is the research cycle?
Project planning- data collection- data analysis- data distribution - data discovery and reuse.
What is cyberinfrastructure?
Tries to connect the internet with the real world.
How is technology nowadays?
Gathers huge amount of data
Faster and cheaper
Integration is the key of using all the data that is obtained
What are the sources of data ?
Remote sensing, sensor networks and citizen science.
What is remote sensing ?
Science of obtaining information about objects of areas from a great distance. (Satellites and drones)
What is sensor networking?
Wired sensors and wireless sensors connected to reach bigger areas with cheaper devices.
What are some problems of remote sensing?
Resolution, clouds, reflection , surface data only, cost, quantity and size of data
What is eResearch?
The development and use ICT to allow groups of researchers to tackle problems with increasing scale of complexity.
