1. F UNDED - R ESEARCH C OORDINATION N ETWORKS iSamples Best practices and standards for physical samples, including preservation, access and curation of physical samples. Collab. and Cyberinfrastructure for Paleogeosciences Fostering collaboration among paleobiologists, paleoecologists, geo- and bio-informaticists, geographers, data scientists and computer scientists. Coral Reef Science & Cyberinfrastructure Network CReSCyNT is a multi-disciplinary network that identifies needs, best practices, bottlenecks, and approaches to advance the design and development of data management, visualization, and image processing capacity for the coral reef science community. F UNDED - R ELEVANT B UILDING B LOCKS DisConBB: Integrating Discrete and Continuous Data Managing large volumes of real-time time series data for high resolution mapping & hydrological modeling GeoDeepDive Opening access to legacy (dark) data through text and data mining of digital reference materials. Building space-time integration of discoverable geoscience resources. GeoDataspace Self-curation & provenance-tracking to improve reproducibility, ensuring long term data -models integration & model support. Earth System Bridge Integrating existing model architectures & coupling standards, and data standards into open-source building blocks to transform Earth system model coupling, & bridge technological and cultural gaps. W HAT IS E ARTH C UBE ? EarthCube began in 2011 as a joint initiative between the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) and the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI). EarthCube is broadly interdisciplinary, serving the Earth and Environmental Sciences, developing technologies that serve the scientific community. EarthCube envisions a dynamic, community-driven cyberinfrastructure that supports standards for interoperability, infuses advanced technologies to facilitate interdisciplinary research, and helps educate scientists in the emerging practices of digital scholarship, data and software stewardship, and open science. Leadership Council The Leadership Council is the elected voice of the EarthCube community, setting the strategic direction for EarthCube and making decisions critical to the success of EarthCube with input from the community and in consultation with NSF. Council of Data Facilities The CoDF provides a voice to the member data facilities, identifies & endorses standards & best practices and helps foster innovation through collaborative projects. Science Committee The Science Committee maintains the connection between academic and technology communities, ensuring end-user requirements are prioritized. Tech/Architecture Committee The TAC facilitates the development of the technology that is part of EarthCube, including stewardship of the ongoing architecture. Engagement Team The ET is responsible for proactively reaching out to individuals within the EarthCube community, encouraging involvement in EarthCube, acting as a conduit for feedback to the Governing body. Liaison Team The LT acts as a liaison between organizations external to the NSF core constituency of academic geoscientists, and the EarthCube Governing body. W HO I S E ARTH C UBE ? Y OU A RE, SO J OIN U S ! E ARTH C UBE E NGAGING AND F ACILITATING T RANSFORMATIVE C YBER - INFRASTRUCTURE D EVELOPMENT IN THE G EO S CIENCES W HO WE ARE, W HAT WE ARE AND W HAT WE ’ VE BEEN DOING We encourage individuals and organizations to contact us for more information or to join other EarthCube participants in helping guide our common future. http://earthcube.org contact@earthcube.org Use the QR codes, the website, or contact us by email: EarthCube is a collaboration between the Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) and the Geosciences Directorate (GEO) of the US National Science Foundation (NSF). For official NSF EarthCube content, please see: http://www.nsf.gov/geo/earthcube/. This work is supported by the NSF EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance award #1340233, and does not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.