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1. 1. www.spaceref.com

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   Published on: 6/27/2008   Last Visited: 6/28/2008

   "The gridded population product we produce helps officials understand the density of the population in and around a disaster area," said Robert Chen, manager of NASA's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) and director of the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), part of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York."The data set shows where people actually live in relationship to hazardous events."
   
   Members of the news media use the data and associated maps to report on possible casualties and property destruction."When a major disaster hits, people want to know how many people were exposed to the disaster, in addition to how many were killed," said Chen.
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   "Sometimes users just need a simple map, but at other times they need detailed data for analysis," said Chen."We are working to provide both, in part by making our data available through tools such as Google Earth and NASA's World Wind that enable users to visualize data quickly and easily."
   
   In the future, Chen says that the Center will try to gain more insight into a variety of issues: what types of structures people live in, how accessible they are through roads, how age, gender, and health affect vulnerability, and how other factors such as poverty, conflict, infectious disease, and water scarcity interact with natural hazards."We need to improve our understanding of the human side of the equation using the data capabilities we have and will have in the future," said Chen.

2. 2. www.ciesin.org

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   Dr. Robert S. Chen Director of CIESIN
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3. 3. www.ciesin.org

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   Published on: 2/25/2008   Last Visited: 6/21/2008

   CIESIN director and SEDAC manager, Robert Chen, reported on recent SEDAC accomplishments, including SEDAC''s latest contributions to activities of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its ongoing efforts to support the development of the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS).
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   CIESIN director Robert Chen and deputy director Marc Levy participated in Transatlantic Science Week 2007: Climate Action, an annual symposium organized by the Norwegian Embassy, the Research Council of Norway, and the Carnegie Institution in Washington DC October 22-24.
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   For a session on Natural Hazards in a Changing Climate, Chen and Levy presented papers on "Risk Identification and the Spatial Distribution of Natural Disaster Hotspots in a Changing Climate" and "Estimating Exposure to Future Sea-Level Rise Risks Worldwide," respectively.
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   CIESIN senior digital archivist Robert R. Downs authored the paper with CIESIN director Robert Chen; associate director of Information Sciences W. Christopher Lenhardt; Walter Bourne, Director of Technology Initiatives at the Columbia University Libraries; and David Millman, Senior Director of Systems Integration at Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT).
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   The paper, "New Partnerships for Scientific Data Preservation and Publication Systems," was co-authored with Chen, Downs, Lenhardt, and CIESIN information scientist Xiaoshi Xing.
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   CIESIN director Robert Chen was one of the invited participants, addressing the need for better integration of mitigation and adaptation studies and better accessibility and management of scenario data.
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   Photo, left to right: Academician Mikhail Zgurovsky, Rector, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and member of CODATA Executive Committee; Academician Alexander Gliko, Director of the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences; Prof. Alexei Gvishiani, Director of the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and former CODATA Vice President; Robert Chen, Director of CIESIN and CODATA Secretary General.
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   CIESIN director Robert Chen attended an International Symposium in Suzdal, Russia September 16-18 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and the launch of the electronic Geophysical Year (eGY).The Symposium was organized by the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GC-RAS), which was originally established as a Geophysical Committee to coordinate Soviet participation in the IGY in 1957-58.Chen gave a presentation on CIESIN's long-term digital data archiving efforts at Columbia University and also represented the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) at the Symposium.
   
   Photo, left to right: Academician Mikhail Zgurovsky, Rector, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, and member of CODATA Executive Committee; Academician Alexander Gliko, Director of the Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences; Prof. Alexei Gvishiani, Director of the Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and former CODATA Vice President; Robert Chen, Director of CIESIN and CODATA Secretary General.
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   Senior staff associate Alex de Sherbinin, CIESIN director Robert Chen, and deputy director Marc Levy are co-authors of the July 2007 "On the Line" column in the Natural Hazards Observer.
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   CIESIN director Robert Chen was part of a disasters roundtable workshop held by the National Research Council (NRC) June 28.The workshop, "Creating and Using Multi-Hazards Knowledge and Strategies," took place in Washington, DC.Chen gave a presentation, "Analysis of Global Natural Disaster Hotspots," in a session on science, technology, and decision support tools.
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   CIESIN director Robert Chen participated in two meetings in Nadi, Fiji June 17-22 organized by the Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).The first meeting was a working session of the TGICA, which among other roles serves as the oversight body for the IPCC Data Distribution Centre (operated jointly by the British Atmospheric Data Center, CIESIN, and the World Data Center-Climate in Germany).The second meeting, the IPCC TGICA Expert Meeting on Integrating Analysis of Regional Climate Change and Response Options, brought together more than 70 experts from around the world concerned with regional assessment and policy approaches for addressing both climate adaptation and mitigation.Chen serves as an ex officio member of the TGICA, helping to meet the cross-disciplinary data management needs of the international climate impacts and assessment community.
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   Chinese Academy of Sciences visitors with Robert ChenGuo Huadong, left; Lu Yongxiang, center; Robert Chen, right.
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   A luncheon for the delegation hosted by Columbia provost Alan Brinkley was attended by Lamont-Doherty associate director Art Lerner-Lam and by CIESIN director Robert Chen, who serves on the Executive Committee of CODATA with Professor Guo.
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   As one of the social science data management experts participating in the annual meeting, Downs presented "Appraisal and Selection of Scientific Data for the Long-Term Archive: A Case Study," co-authored with Robert S. Chen and W. Christopher Lenhardt, and "Creative Commons and Data Dissemination at an Academic Data Center: Issues and Potential Benefits," by W. Christopher Lenhardt, Downs, and Robert S. Chen.
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   As one of the social science data management experts participating in the annual meeting, Downs presented "Appraisal and Selection of Scientific Data for the Long-Term Archive: A Case Study," co-authored with Robert S. Chen and W. Christopher Lenhardt, and "Creative Commons and Data Dissemination at an Academic Data Center: Issues and Potential Benefits," by W. Christopher Lenhardt, Downs, and Robert S. Chen.
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   As part of this workshop, CIESIN director Bob Chen gave two presentations, one on behalf of the Secretariat for the Group on Earth Observation (GEO) and a second on behalf of CODATA.
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   CIESIN director Bob Chen and associate director for information services Chris Lenhardt participated in the meeting, representing the CIESIN WDC on Human Interactions in the Environment.
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   Bob Chen gave a presentation on the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), which is another interdisciplinary committee of ICSU, and chaired a splinter group on the role of the WDCs in the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS).
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   CIESIN director Bob Chen presented a paper, "Government-University Collaboration in Long-Term Archiving of Scientific Data," in a workshop, "Science Archives in the 21st Century," at the University of Maryland on April 25-26, 2007.
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   CIESIN director Bob Chen gave an invited paper, "Can Interdisciplinary Research Improve Natural Hazard Risk Management?
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   "Poverty Mapping Workshop: Understanding the Spatial Dimensions of Poverty in the Developing World" will be led by Robert Chen, director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN); Marc Levy, associate director, Science Applications, CIESIN; Maria Muñiz, research associate, CIESIN; and Bridget Anderson, staff associate, CIESIN.
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   The National Research Council in Washington, DC was the site of a lunchtime briefing by CIESIN director Bob Chen for The Alliance for Earth Observations.Hosted by the U.S. National Committee for CODATA on March 19, the briefing on "The GEO Data Sharing Challenge: Putting Principles into Practice" provided an update on Task DA-06-01, a key element of the 2007-2009 GEOSS work plan for the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). (GEOSS is the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, an international system being designed to ensure comprehensive and sustained Earth observations.)
   
   CODATA has taken the lead on this task, which will provide recommendations for the next GEO plenary in South Africa in November 2007.Dr. Chen, in his capacity as CODATA Secretary-General and the task lead, summarized past and planned task activities and solicited inputs from the participants, which included both industry representatives from members of The Alliance for Earth Observations and government staff involved with the U.S. Interagency Working Group for GEO.
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   Dr. Robert S. Chen Appointed as New CIESIN Director
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   After an extensive international search by an interdisciplinary committee, the Earth Institute at Columbia University has announced the appointment of Dr. Robert S. Chen as director of CIESIN, effective February 1, 2007.Dr. Chen, a geographer and senior research scientist with CIESIN, has served as interim director since May 2006.