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'''Environmental informatics''' is the science of [[information]] applied to [[environmental science]]. As such, it provides the information processing and communication infrastructure to the interdisciplinary field of environmental sciences<ref>L.M. Hilty, B. Page, F.J. Radermacher and W.-F. Riekert. Environmental Informatics as a new discipline of applied computer science. N.M. Avouris and B. Page (eds.), Environmental Informatics (1995), pp. 1-11. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands. ISBN 0-7923-3445-0</ref> aiming at data, information and knowledge integration, the application of computational intelligence to environmental data as well as the identification of environmental impacts of information technology. The UK Natural Environment Research Council defines environmental informatics as the "research and system development focusing on the environmental sciences relating to the creation, collection, storage, processing, modelling, interpretation, display and dissemination of data and information".<ref>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/topics.asp</ref>
'''Environmental informatics''' ('''EI''') is a developing field of science that applies [[information]] processing, management, and sharing strategies to the interdisciplinary field of environmental science.<ref name="HiltyEI">{{cite book |url=http://www.springer.com/environment/environmental+management/book/978-0-7923-3445-3 |chapter=Chapter 1: Environmental Informatics as a New Discipline of Applied Computer Science |title=Environmental Informatics |author=Hilty, L. M.; Page, B.; Radermacher, F. J.; Riekert, W. F.; Avouris, N. M. (ed.) |publisher=Springer |year=1995 |pages=1–11 |isbn=9789048145386 |accessdate=03 June 2014}}</ref> Applications include the integration of information and knowledge, the application of computational intelligence to environmental data, and the identification of the environmental impacts of information technology. EI helps scientists define information processing requirements, analyze real-world problems, and solve those problems using informatics methodologies and tools.<ref name="PageAdvances">{{cite journal |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187802961000112X |journal=Procedia Environmental Sciences |title=Advances in Environmental Informatics: Integration of Discrete Event Simulation Methodology with ecological Material Flow Analysis for Modelling eco-efficient Systems |author=Page, B.; Wohlgemuth, V. |volume=2 |year=2010 |pages=696–705 |doi=10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.079 |accessdate=03 June 2014}}</ref>


Environmental informatics emerged in early 1990 in Central Europe.<ref>B. Page, V. Wohlgemuth. Advances in Environmental Informatics: Integration of Discrete Event Simulation Methodology with ecological Material Flow Analysis for Modelling eco-efficient Systems, Procedia Environmental Sciences, Volume 2, International Conference on Ecological Informatics and Ecosystem Conservation (ISEIS 2010), 2010, Pages 696-705, ISSN 1878-0296, DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.079 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.079]</ref>
As EI has continued to evolve, several other definitions have been offered over the years:


* "an emerging field centering around the development of standards and protocols, both technical and institutional, for sharing and integrating environmental data and information."<ref name="BDPArch">{{cite web |url=http://dream.sims.berkeley.edu/biosphere/eimore.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211010311/http://dream.sims.berkeley.edu/biosphere/eimore.html |title=Biosphere Data Project - What is Environmental Informatics? |author=Kada, Kathryn; Lussier, Steve |publisher=University of California - Berkeley |archivedate=11 December 2004 |accessdate=03 June 2014}}</ref> - ''Biosphere Data Project, University of California - Berkeley, 2004''
* the application of "[r]esearch and system development focusing on the environmental sciences relating to the creation, collection, storage, processing, modelling, interpretation, display and dissemination of data and information."<ref name="NERCResearch">{{cite web |url=http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/howtoapply/topics/ |title=NERC - Research areas |publisher=Natural Environment Research Council |accessdate=03 June 2014}}</ref> - ''Natural Environment Research Council, 2014''
==History==
Environmental informatics emerged roughly around the late 1980s in Central Europe.<ref name="PageAdvances" /> For example, in 1986 Germany's ''Gesellschaft für Informatik'' (Society for Computer Science) created the technical committee ''Informatik im Umweltschutz'' (Computer Science in Environmental Protection) dedicated to "the whole spectrum of subjects related to informatics in environmental protection."<ref name="IUArch">{{cite web |url=http://www.iai.fzk.de/Fachgruppe/GI/allgemeines.eng.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970726002709/http://www.iai.fzk.de/Fachgruppe/GI/allgemeines.eng.html |title=General Information about the Technical Committee 'Computer Science in Environmental Protection' |author=Geiger, Werner |publisher=Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V |date=22 April 1996 |archivedate=26 July 1997 |accessdate=03 June 2014}}</ref> The group is still active as of 2014, set to host it's 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection.<ref name="EI14">{{cite web |url=http://www.enviroinfo2014.org/ |title=EnviroInfo 2014 |publisher=University of Oldenburg |accessdate=03 June 2014}}</ref>
==Initiatives==
Current initiatives to effectively manage, share, and reuse environmental and ecological data are indicative of the increasing importance of fields like environmental informatics and [[Ecoinformatics]] to develop the foundations for effectively managing ecological information. Examples of these initiatives are  National Science Foundation Datanet projects, DataONE and Data Conservancy.
Current initiatives to effectively manage, share, and reuse environmental and ecological data are indicative of the increasing importance of fields like environmental informatics and [[Ecoinformatics]] to develop the foundations for effectively managing ecological information. Examples of these initiatives are  National Science Foundation Datanet projects, DataONE and Data Conservancy.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/research/environmental_informatics/ Lancaster Environment Center]: Centre for environmental informatics
*[http://www.iba.muni.cz/index-en.php?s=environmental-informatics Masaryk University]: Division of environmental informatics and modeling
*[http://www.nuigalway.ie/eci/research/environmental_informatics.html NUI Galway]: Environmental informatics
*[http://www.mta-taki.hu/en/departments/wgenvirionmentalinf RISSAC]: Department of environmental informatics, research institute for soil science and agricultural chemistry, Hungarian academy of sciences
*[http://www.stanford.edu/group/ei/ Stanford University]: Sustainable development & environmental informatics
*[http://kmi.tugraz.at/research/focus_areas/environmental_informatics TU Graz]: Research focus area in environmental informatics
*[http://www.ics.uci.edu/faculty/area/area_environmental.php University of California, Irvine]: Bren school environmental informatics research
*[http://www.udayton.edu/engineering/institutes_and_centers.php University of Dayton]: Center of excellence for strategic energy and environmental informatics
*[http://www.uef.fi/envi University of Eastern Finland]: Division of environmental informatics within the department of environmental science at Kuopio Campus
*[http://agis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/asi/forschung/umweltinformatik/ University of Hamburg]: Research in environmental informatics
*[http://www.informatics.unlv.edu/cognates/environmental.htm University of Las Vegas, Nevada]: Environmental informatics undergraduate program
*[http://snre.umich.edu/degree_programs/environmental_informatics/overview University of Michigan]: Environmental informatics GIS and modeling graduate program
*[http://www-ui.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/ University of Oldenburg]: Division of environmental informatics
*[http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/faculties/apsc/centres/cei/ University of Sunderland]: Centre for environmental informatics
*[http://www.dataone.org DataONE]
*[http://www.dataone.org DataONE]
*[http://www.dataconservancy.org Data Conserancy]


==Notes==
==Notes==


This article heavily reuses content from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_informatics the Wikipedia article].
This article reuses a few elements from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_informatics the Wikipedia article].


== References ==
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Revision as of 22:04, 3 June 2014

Environmental informatics (EI) is a developing field of science that applies information processing, management, and sharing strategies to the interdisciplinary field of environmental science.[1] Applications include the integration of information and knowledge, the application of computational intelligence to environmental data, and the identification of the environmental impacts of information technology. EI helps scientists define information processing requirements, analyze real-world problems, and solve those problems using informatics methodologies and tools.[2]

As EI has continued to evolve, several other definitions have been offered over the years:

  • "an emerging field centering around the development of standards and protocols, both technical and institutional, for sharing and integrating environmental data and information."[3] - Biosphere Data Project, University of California - Berkeley, 2004
  • the application of "[r]esearch and system development focusing on the environmental sciences relating to the creation, collection, storage, processing, modelling, interpretation, display and dissemination of data and information."[4] - Natural Environment Research Council, 2014


History

Environmental informatics emerged roughly around the late 1980s in Central Europe.[2] For example, in 1986 Germany's Gesellschaft für Informatik (Society for Computer Science) created the technical committee Informatik im Umweltschutz (Computer Science in Environmental Protection) dedicated to "the whole spectrum of subjects related to informatics in environmental protection."[5] The group is still active as of 2014, set to host it's 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection.[6]

Initiatives

Current initiatives to effectively manage, share, and reuse environmental and ecological data are indicative of the increasing importance of fields like environmental informatics and Ecoinformatics to develop the foundations for effectively managing ecological information. Examples of these initiatives are National Science Foundation Datanet projects, DataONE and Data Conservancy.

External links

Notes

This article reuses a few elements from the Wikipedia article.

References

  1. ↑ Hilty, L. M.; Page, B.; Radermacher, F. J.; Riekert, W. F.; Avouris, N. M. (ed.) (1995). "Chapter 1: Environmental Informatics as a New Discipline of Applied Computer Science". Environmental Informatics. Springer. pp. 1–11. ISBN 9789048145386. http://www.springer.com/environment/environmental+management/book/978-0-7923-3445-3. Retrieved 03 June 2014. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Page, B.; Wohlgemuth, V. (2010). "Advances in Environmental Informatics: Integration of Discrete Event Simulation Methodology with ecological Material Flow Analysis for Modelling eco-efficient Systems". Procedia Environmental Sciences 2: 696–705. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2010.10.079. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187802961000112X. Retrieved 03 June 2014. 
  3. ↑ Kada, Kathryn; Lussier, Steve. "Biosphere Data Project - What is Environmental Informatics?". University of California - Berkeley. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004. https://web.archive.org/web/20041211010311/http://dream.sims.berkeley.edu/biosphere/eimore.html. Retrieved 03 June 2014. 
  4. ↑ "NERC - Research areas". Natural Environment Research Council. http://www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/application/howtoapply/topics/. Retrieved 03 June 2014. 
  5. ↑ Geiger, Werner (22 April 1996). "General Information about the Technical Committee 'Computer Science in Environmental Protection'". Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. Archived from the original on 26 July 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/19970726002709/http://www.iai.fzk.de/Fachgruppe/GI/allgemeines.eng.html. Retrieved 03 June 2014. 
  6. ↑ "EnviroInfo 2014". University of Oldenburg. http://www.enviroinfo2014.org/. Retrieved 03 June 2014. 
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