会议名称(英文)： 10th Annual Polar Technology Conference (PTC)
所属学科： 地球物理,自然地理、城市与区域地理,环境地理与全球变化
开始日期： 2014-04-15
结束日期： 2014-04-17
所在国家： 美国
所在城市： 美国
具体地点： Bloomington, Indiana, USA
主办单位： 美国印第安纳大学
E-MAIL： register@polartechnologyconference.org
会议网站： http://polartech.datatransport.org/
会议背景介绍：
The 10th annual Polar Technology Conference (PTC) will be hosted by the Pervasive Technology Institute of the Indiana University (IU) at Bloomington, Indiana. The primary purpose of this conference is to bring together Polar Scientists and Technology Developers in a forum to exchange information on research system operational needs and technology solutions that have been successful in polar environments. This exchange of knowledge helps to address issues of design, implementation, and deployment for systems that are to achieve their research goals in the Polar Regions.
Past participants have come from the private sector, state and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and academia. Presentations generally cover system requirements for proposed research along with descriptions of systems and approaches that have been proven in polar deployments. Typical hardware and software topics have included weather stations, robotics, power systems, telemetry, and remote communications. The scale of systems ranges from the autonomous data collection towers to large scale research stations. Polar venues represented include under, on, and above the ice, tundra, or sea.
Discussions on intra- and inter-national cooperation in site deployment and maintenance are encouraged. Informal breaks allow for opportunities for networking and information exchange. A poster session is also included. Workshops have been held offering tutorial exchanges on specific technologies (e.g., power systems, Iridium). We are pleased to have support from the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs as an endorsement of the concept of bringing together providers and consumers of these technologies in hopes of benefiting from that synergy.
