Knowledge Meshes and NLP for Earth Science Operations

Session ID#: 282692

Session Description:
This session explores how Knowledge Meshes, Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, and the interplay between them help revolutionize how diverse stakeholders discover and operationalize planetary-scale data. By leveraging open web standards and cloud-native architectures, we can move beyond static repositories toward process-threaded systems that support real-time, multi-modal inquiries (e.g., “what if” scenarios) and provide a platform for next generation world models.

We invite presentations focusing on:

  • Language-Driven Discovery: Using NLP and user "personas" to bridge the gap between complex datasets and diverse users, from scientists to policy makers.

  • Operational Interoperability: Integrating FAIR and TRUST principles into low-latency, event-driven pipelines for faster product generation.

  • Knowledge Integration: Federated methodologies that ensure factual grounding, reduce uncertainty, and align with international digital twin capabilities.

Through modular interfaces and AI/ML integration, this session aims to define a reference architecture for resilient, interoperable informatics that address critical socio-economic and ecological challenges across all Earth domains.

Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
  • P - Planetary Sciences
Index Terms:

1926 Geospatial [INFORMATICS]
1936 Interoperability [INFORMATICS]
1946 Metadata [INFORMATICS]
1970 Semantic web and semantic integration [INFORMATICS]
Primary Convener:  Ryan Berkheimer, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC, United States and Justin Dennison : Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Conveners:  Beau Backus, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, Justin Dennison, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, United States and Justin Dennison : Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
See more of: Informatics