New deadline! LifeWatchPlus Call for applications “cloud and HPC” at University of Salento

The University of Salento has published a call for applications for a research grant entitled “Development and management of cloud and HPC infrastructures fellowship” within the framework of Lifewatch Italia and the projects PON Lifewatchplus and CIR01_0028 (Scientific Manager, Prof. Alberto Basset).

Duration: 12 months (extendable or renewable for a maximum of 2 years)

The deadline for applications is 24/03/2023.

Criteria of evaluation:
1) Proven experiences in the management of distributed Data Centers;
2) Mastery in the use of automation tools and management and monitoring of Cloud and HPC systems;
3) Experience in software development for cloud applications;
4) Knowledge of Python language.


The following skills will also be evaluated:
a) knowledge/specialist skills acquired and relevant to the achievement of the objectives
that the Research Infrastructure intends to achieve
b) relevance of the activity carried out in the last 2 years with the priority areas identified
within the National Strategy of Intelligent Specialization (SNSI) and the ministerial planning
for research in the period 2014-2020;
c) previous collaborations with public and private scientific institutions.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications “geospatial models” at Unisalento

The University of Salento has published a call for application for a research grant entitled, “Development of geospatial models supporting web services for the study of biodiversity and ecosystem change scenarios” within Lifewatch Italia and PON Lifewatchplus and CIR01_0028 (Scientific Manager Prof. Alberto Basset).

Duration: 12 months (extendable or renewable for a maximum of 3 years)

The principal investigator is Prof. Alberto Basset.

Applications close 02/12/2021.

Criteria of evaluation:

  1. Proven knowledge of ecological theory at the community and ecosystem level and of the statistical and modeling approaches for the geo-spatial analysis of biodiversity and ecosystem services and their temporal variation;
  2. Experience of many years of research on topics related to those of the call;
  3. Proven experience in the participation / direction of competitive projects on topics related to
    those of the call;
  4. Knowledge of open access digital archives for research products (publications, data, software,
    etc.) and knowledge of the Open Science paradigm (https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm) and the FAIR principles (https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/), with particular reference to those consistent with the specific theme of the research in question;
  5. Knowledge of the procedures for the harmonization of data and metadata, as well as the principles and validation technologies to check and / or declare compliance of harmonized data and metadata with respect to applicable specifications;
  6. Knowledge of the main techniques of statistical analysis and modeling;
  7. Knowledge of written and spoken English.

The following skills will also be evaluated:

a) knowledge / specialist skills acquired and relevant to the achievement of the objectives that the Research Infrastructure intends to achieve
b) relevance of the activity carried out in the last 2 years with the priority areas identified within the National Strategy of Intelligent Specialization (SNSI) and the ministerial planning for research in the period 2014-2020;
c) previous collaborations with public and private scientific institutions.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications “energy characteristics and behaviour of space use” Unisalento

The University of Salento has published a call for applications for a research grant entitled, “Harmonization of data on the energy characteristics and behaviour of use of space for individuals, populations and species”within Lifewatch Italia and PON LifewatchPlus and CIR01_0028 projects.

Duration: 12 months (extendable or renewable for a maximum of 3 years)

Principal investigator Prof. Alberto Basset.

Applications close 02/12/2021

Criteria of evaluation:

  1. Proven knowledge of ecological theory at the community and ecosystem level, with particular reference to metabolic theory, niche theory and optimal foraging. Experience of many years of research in the area of metabolic and behavioral responses, in the spatial use of trophic resources, at different levels of ecological organization;
  2. Proven experience in the participation / direction of competitive projects on topics related to those of the call;
  3. Knowledge of open access digital archives for research products (publications, data, software, etc.) and knowledge of the Open Science paradigm (https://ec.europa.eu/research/openscience/index.cfm) and the FAIR principles (https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/), with particular reference to those consistent with the specific theme of the research in question;
  4. Knowledge of the procedures for the harmonization of data and metadata, as well as the
    principles and validation technologies to check and / or declare compliance of harmonized
    data and metadata with respect to applicable specifications;
  5. Knowledge of the main techniques of statistical analysis and modeling;
  6. Knowledge of written and spoken English.

The following skills will also be evaluated:
a) knowledge / specialist skills acquired and relevant to the achievement of the objectives that the Research Infrastructure intends to achieve;
b) relevance of the activity carried out in the last 2 years with the priority areas identified within the National Strategy of Intelligent Specialization (SNSI) and the ministerial planning for research in the period 2014-2020;
c) previous collaborations with public and private scientific institutions.

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LifeWatchPlus Call for applications at University of Salento

The University of Salento on 15 April 2021 published one of the planned recruitment drives for the ‘LifeWatchPlus – Human Resources’ project.

This call for applications is for an SSD BIO / 07 research grant entitled “Harmonization of data on vertebrate fauna and analysis of the models of organisation of terrestrial and aquatic guilds in relation to climate change”.

Principal investigator Prof. Alberto Basset.

Applications close 15/05/2021

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LifeWatch ERIC e-Science for NIS Research Workshop 20-21 May 2021

On 20 and 21 May 2021, LifeWatch ERIC will be hosting the online workshop “e-Science for NIS Research” with the support of the ENVRI-FAIR Project. The workshop will showcase the results of five validation cases into Non-indigenous and Invasive Species (NIS) conducted over the last eighteen months within the LifeWatch ERIC Internal Joint Initiative. Registration is compulsory and free of charge. Click here to register!

The first day will be dedicated to the marine domain, with sessions focusing on the long-term monitoring of hard-bottom marine communities and marine/transitional NIS occurrence and trophic niches dynamics. LifeWatch ERIC and Distributed Centre staff will also be presenting workflows using photographic, metabarcoding and stable isotope tools to extract and analyse data of different typologies from varying sources.

The second day will be devoted to the terrestrial and freshwater domains, with a particular focus on the detection and monitoring of invaders through remote sensing and eDNA metabarcoding, and habitat vulnerability to NIS and impact on biotopes. Presenters will also showcase workflows involving the use of satellite, eDNA and occurrence data, combining different statistical and machine-learning algorithms to map the distribution of invaders and identify which habitats are most at risk.

Several round tables will enrich the workshop programme, covering hot topics within the biodiversity and ecosystem research community such as cooperation between Research Infrastructures, the impact of NIS on marine ecosystems as well as their impact on economy and society, disruptive technologies for NIS research and how open science and open access can benefit researchers.

As a follow-up to the workshop, a hands-on training session on the use of the five workflows and Virtual Research Environments (VRE) will be held on 4 June, subject to sufficient interest. The full programme and any relevant updates can be found here. 

Venue

Scientific Conference

The Scientific Conference of LifeWatch Italy will be held in the Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza.

Plenary and parellel sessions: room Giacomini

Parallel sessions: room Montalenti

Institutional Conference

The Institutionial Day, closing the Annual Conference of LifeWatch Italy 2018, is organised in collaboration with the Secretariat General of the Presidency of the Italian Republic and hosted by the Castelporziano Presidential Estate.

More information on the richness of the biodiversity, history and archeology of the Presidential Estate please visit the web page.

Programme

Scientific conference

25 June 2018

14:30 – 15:00 | Room Giacomini – Welcome – Alberto Basset

15:00 – 16:00 | Room Giacomini – Plenary session: LifeWatch Italy HUB for biodiversity and ecosystem research

16:00 – 16:30 | Break

16:30 – 18:10 | Room Giacomini – Thematic session: Data & Metadata – Chair Giorgio P. Maggi & Giorgio Matteucci

16:30 – 16.45
P. Maiorano, F. Capezzuto, R. Carlucci, L. Ciardo, G. D’Onghia, L. Sion, A. Tursi
Long-term data on the demersal faunal assemblages in the Central Mediterranean

16:45 – 17:00
M. Gaglio, A. N. Muresan, G. Castaldelli, E. A. Fano
Macrobenthic variability in streams and rivers of Northern Italy

17:00 – 17:15
G. Castaldelli, M. Milardi, M. Lanzoni, V. Aschonitis, A. Gavioli, E. A. Fano
The inconvenient truth on the fish fauna of Italian lowland waters

17:15 – 17:30
M. Bologna, F. Boero, L. Bonato, A. Casale, M. Curini Galletti, B. Massa, A. Minelli, M. Oliverio, A. Vigna Taglianti, M. Zapparoli
The new Checklist of the Italian fauna

17:30 – 17:45
P. Galli, M. Labra, M. Casiraghi, S. Montano, D. Seveso, D. Maggioni, S. Malatesta, M. Schmidt, E. dell’Agnese, A. Savini, M. G. Strepparava
bARKoding: bioinformatics data to improve environmental quality and human health of an endangered insular system: the case of Magoodhoo Island- Maldives

17:45 – 18:00
R. Cimmaruta, G. Nascetti
Long term biodiversity studies foster Virtual Research Environments: the case of the Tarquinia salterns

18:00 – 18:10 Presentazione poster digitali
A. Stanisci, M.L. Carranza, V. Calabrese, A. Evangelista, A. Stinca
The first standardized and accessible database describing Mediterranean high-elevation vegetation in Italy: “VIOLA”

A. N. Muresan, M. Gaglio, G. Nobili, G. Castaldelli, E. A. Fano
Changes of functional attributes in benthic communities of a Mediterranean pond system along a salinity gradient

16:30 – 18:05 | Room Montalenti – Session: ICT services – Chair Monica Santamaria & Bruno Cataletto

16:30 – 16.45
M. Santamaria, B. Balech, B. Fosso, C. Manzari, M. Marzano, C. Gissi, T. De Filippis, A. Zingone, G. Pesole.
Biomolecular Thematic Centre: recent advances and future perspectives

16:45 – 17:00
C. Bergami, B. Balech, A. Boggero, F. Cianferoni, P. Colangelo, S. De Felici, N. Fiore, A. Oggioni, C. Pierri, L. Roselli, E. Stanca, P. Tagliolato, I. Rosati
The key role of semantics for data integration and interoperability in biodiversity and ecosystems research

17:00 – 17:15
P. Diviacco, D. Pavlov, F. Malfatti, A. Busato, Y. Emelianov,D. Mouromtsev, P. Del Negro
A new Semantics based environment to support collaboration in tackling the emergent marine ecosystem diversity treat of the marine microplastics

17:15 – 17:30
N. Fiore, I. Rosati, E. Stanca, C. Bergami, A. Oggioni, P. Tagliolato, C. Carrubba
The LifeWatch-ITA Core Ontology and its application to the Phytoplankton domain

17:30 – 17:45
G. Donvito
eXtreme DataCloud: flexible and high-level tools for Data Life Cycle management for the LifeWatch community

17:45– 18:00
A. Chiarucci, F. Attorre, S. Martellos, R. Venanzoni
Novel services for plant sciences in the LifeWatch Infrastructure

18:00 – 18:05 Presentazione poster digitali

C. Giacoma, M. Gamba, A. Rolando, C. Palestrini, O. Friard, S. Mazzola, G. Buscaino, E. Papale, G. Pavan, N. Fiore, A. Basset
Interactive acoustic classification and the foundation of a knowledge base for the Mediterranean environment

26 giugno 2018

09:30 – 11:00 | Aula Giacomini – Sessione I: Servizi Informatici – Chair Caterina Bergami & Alessandra Pugnetti

09:30 – 09:45
I. Rosati, B. Balech, C. Bergami, A. Boggero, P. Bombi, F. Cianferoni, P. Colangelo, S. De Felici, N. Fiore, M.T. Manca, A. Oggioni, C. Pierri, P. Tagliolato
The LifeWatch Italy Data Portal: from data sharing to analysis

09:45 – 10:00
M. Zilioli, A. Oggioni, P. Tagliolato, A. Pugnetti, P. Carrara
Communicating infrastructures: what biodiversity metadata tell us

10:00 – 10:15
S. De Felici, A. Oggioni, C. Fugazza, F. Cianferoni, P. Tagliolato
Geo-referencing of biodiversity data in the LifeWatch Italy infrastructure: updates and perspectives

10:15 – 10:30
B. M. Padedda, P. Casiddu, A. Oggioni, P. Tagliolato, A. Lugliè
Share water sample metadata: an example from Sardinia LTER-Italy marine and freshwater sites

10:30 – 10:45
S. Martellos, P. L. Nimis
Project Dryades: 15 years of biodiversity informatics

10:45 – 11:00
G. Donvito, M. Antonacci, V. Spinoso, S. Nicotri, F. Zambelli, M.A. Tangaro
An innovative PaaS solution to support Big Data Analytics and Workflow management via Galaxy

09:30 – 11:15 | Aula Montalenti – Sessione II: Servizi Informatici – Chair Alberto Basset & Adriana Zingone

09:30 – 09:45
P. Colangelo, B. Balech, A. Boggero, P. Bombi, N. Fiore, A. Oggioni, C. Pierri, P. Tagliolato
Opportunities and challenges of Virtual Research Environments for biodiversity study

09:45 – 10:00
C. Pierri, P. Colangelo, C. Bergami, B. Balech, F. Cianferoni, S. De Felici, N. Fiore, A. Oggioni, P. Tagliolato, I. Rosati, A. Boggero
Assessing habitats vulnerability – a macroecological approach within the LifeWatch Italy “Alien Species Show Case”

10:00 – 10:15
F. Marelli, F. Foglini, M. Albani, R. Leone
EVER-EST: a VRE for the Earth Science Community

10:15 – 10:30
M. Eliezer, M.Lipizer, B. Cataletto, A. Giorgetti
Processing of occurrence biodiversity datasets to be distributed in the European infrastructures EMODnet Biology and SeaDataCloud

10:30 – 10:45
S. Vicario, M. Adamo, C. Tarantino, A. Regos, P. Blonda
ECOFAHRE (ECOsystem Functional Attributes High Resolution Estimator) service

10:45 – 11:00
P. Mazzetti, M. Santoro, R. Lucas, P. Blonda, S. Nativi
The ECOPOTENTIAL Virtual Laboratory

11:00 – 11:15
A. Provenzale, M. Giamberini, C. Marangi, P. Blonda
ECOPOTENTIAL: Using Earth Observation to Protect Natural Ecosystems

11:15 – 11:45 | Pausa

11:45 – 12:45 | Aula Giacomini – Sessione plenaria
Semantica per la ricerca su biodiversità ed ecosistemi – Nicola Fiore
Piattaforma per il Community Modeling – Alma Blonda

 

12:45 – 14:30 | Pausa

14:30 – 15:30 | Sessione plenaria – Aula Giacomini – Sessione plenaria:
Una piattaforma per la Citizen Science – Stefano Martellos
Il Museo Virtuale sulla biodiversità – Maria Silvia Giamberini

 

15:30 – 16:00 | Break

16:00 – 17:40 | Giacomini Room – Session: Citizen Science, Communication of Science and Training – chair Andrea Sforzi & Alessandro Oggioni

 

16:00 – 16:15
V. E. Cambria, F. Buffi, F. Attorre, M. De Sanctis, G. Fanelli, M. Massimi, R. Testolin, E. Del Vico, T. Sitzia, T. Campagnaro, M. Perfetti, P. Semenzato, A. Rizzi, B. Michielon, S. Iacopino, C. Piazzi, T. Quetri, C. Pirovano, K. Rossi, D. Cesaroni, V. Sbordoni, S. De Felici, G. Trimani, E. Chiancone, D. Luise, C. Rinzafri, M. Minicuci, S. Martellos
City Nature Challenge: an effective Citizen Science approach for monitoring urban biodiversity

16:15 – 16:30
S. De Felici, P. Mazzei, T. Dinolfo, F. Gioli, C. Labriola, V. Sbordoni, D. Cesaroni
Natural history forums as source of valuable biodiversity data

16:30 – 16:45
F. Sangiorgio, D. Calcagnile, V. Gjoni, F. Cozzoli, N. Fiore, A. Basset
Online competition and serious games to stimulate student’s interest on ecological issues

16:45 – 17:00
B. Gumiero, F. Di Grazia, F. Tassi
Citizen Science Osservatorio – an active node within Italian Citizen Science Network

17:00 – 17:15
R. Trevisi, D. Petruzzella, S. Scorrano
Influence of citizen science tools in the monitoring of marine alien species

17:15 – 17:30
S. De Felici, C. Marangoni, M. Pinzari, G. Riccarducci, G. Colosimo, L. Merzagora
“OCCHIO ALLE PENNE”: a crowdsourcing collection digitization experiment

17:30 – 17:35 Presentazione poster digitali
E. Crouzat, V. Grescho, L. Nayan, A. Büermann, M. Marselle, A. Richter, A. Bonn
Enjoying nature in mountain national parks getting people’s perspectives on cultural ecosystem services

Institutional conference

27 June 2018 – Castelporziano Presidential Estate

10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome addresses

Alfredo Guarra, Deputy Secretary for management activities of the General Secreteriat of the Presidency of the Republic
Giulia Bonella, Director of the Tenuta Presidenziale di Castelporziano
Massimo Inguscio, President of the National Research Council

10:30 – 12:00 | LifeWatch presentation to the national community and stakeholders

Introduction: Gianluigi Consoli, MIUR

Juan Miguel González-Aranda, Chair of the ERIC Forum
Jesús Miguel Santamaría Ulecia, Chief Executive Officer LifeWatch-ERIC
Maria Carmela Giarratano, General Director for nature and sea protection
Adriana Agrimi, AgID
Alberto Basset, LifeWatch Italy

12:00 – 13:00 | Discussion

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:00 – 16:00 | Round Table: Connecting Research Infrastructures

Chair Antonello Provenzale

16:00 – 18:00 | Guided Tour of the Castelporziano Presidential Estate

18:00 – 20:00 | Cocktail

Scientific Committee

Members

Alberto Basset | University of Salento

Caterina Bergami | CNR

Bruno Cataletto | OGS

Giorgio Pietro Maggi | INFN

Giorgio Matteucci | CNR

Alessandro Oggioni | CNR

Graziano Pesole | CNR

Alessandra Pugnetti | CNR

Adriana Zingone | SZN

Call

Abstract book and presentations