About NEREID

About NEREID

As we enter an era in which the most important and urgent problems facing humanity are complex, having many causes and effects across social, biological, environmental, physical and technological systems, bringing disparate data sources together has become a routine interdisciplinary tool for exploring and solving a wide gamut of challenges. Converging a wide variety of data from Earth and space that relate to human activities provides a pathway to addressing humanity’s most difficult and persistent problems, such as climate change, poverty, access to clean water and food supplies, eradication of disease and other societal needs and challenges.

The purpose of the Network for Earth-space Research Education and Innovation with Data (NEREID) is to catalyze a network of practitioners across academia, industry and research to identify, leverage, amplify, and scale efforts to conduct research, develop tools, and engage communities of learners and policymakers in Earth and space science. NEREID recognizes the importance of interdisciplinarity, equity, and the dynamic relationship among data, modeling, and individual perspective. NEREID will facilitate development and dissemination of accessible and democratized tools and methods and work with systems of education and learning to integrate these tools into education and policy. NEREID will accomplish this through development of a community of practice: a network of practitioners who are aligned in their goals and work mutualistically toward a common purpose.

Mission: The Network for Earth-space Research Education and Innovation with Data (NEREID) advances research and innovation through education and engagement with big data in Earth-space sciences.

Goals:

• Explore the challenges of big data in Earth-space science and implement solutions across learning.

• Build an interdisciplinary community of practice in Earth-space data science learning.

• Develop and disseminate research-based best practices and curricular resources in teaching and learning with Earth-space data.

• Bring together industry, academia, and policy makers to build and grow a data literate workforce and society.

About Associated Universities, Incorporated (AUI)

NEREID is an initiative of Associated Universities, Inc., a non-profit scientific research and education corporation that brings people together to collaborate across organizations, cultures, and borders; engages people with shared interests promoting the advancement of science and empowerment of the public through scientific literacy. Through their legacy of creating and supporting large-scale scientific enterprises in fundamental physics and radio astronomy, AUI is leveraging its expertise through NEREID to be a convener, connector and catalyst to accelerate discovery, innovation and education in earth and space science data. As the future of humanity depends on a generation of data literate public, corporate, scientific, and policymaking sectors, there is no better time than now for NEREID. For more information about AUI visit https://www.aui.edu/.

Individuals and organizations can join NEREID here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NEREID_Member

For more information please email us at: nereid@aui.edu