Schedule for EarthCube Workshop: Implementing the Sparrow data management system in Geochronology and Geochemistry labs

Hybrid meeting on October 9, 2021

• 9-5pm PDT, Multnomah Room, Hyatt Regency Hotel (Portland, OR)
• Remote by video and Zoom (Zoom Link; Slack invite link valid through the meeting)

Note: the specific program is subject to change. If there is something you would like to see added, please email daven.quinn@wisc.edu.

Schedule

9am: Talks

• Brad Singer: Program overview
• Daven Quinn: Structure and components of Sparrow – software concepts, broad goals and challenges
• Casey Idzikowski: Structure and components of Sparrow (II) – data management and editing

9:45 am: Tutorials and discussions on broad concepts

• Databases: Viewing and working with Sparrow’s database (and databases in general)
• Collaborative software development - Git/GitHub, code as infrastructure, etc.

10:45 am: Lab implementations I

• Ben Bruck: Sparrow in the WiscAr lab
• Jake Ross: Sparrow at NMGRL
• Shan Ye: Sparrow in the Cosmogenic Nuclides lab

11:30 am: Discussion and solving of lab-specific problems

12:00 pm: Lunch

1:15 pm: Lab implementations II

• Mark Schmitz: Sparrow at Boise State
• Mike Mohr: Sparrow data importers at Boise State
• Ben Linzmeier: Sparrow at WiscSIMS
• Steve Kuehn: Sparrow at Concord University/tephra community

2:00 pm: Discussions on specific aspects of Sparrow

• Tutorial on data import pipelines
• Discussion of path forward for community data sharing

2:45: Break (15 mins)

3pm: Big picture/closing topics

• Sustaining Sparrow as a distributed software system (Future needs, grant proposals)
• Cultivating expertise (training, knowledge transfer, broadening inclusion)

3:15–end Two tracks