Jacques Kapuscinski Office of Research and Development U.S. EPA Models.Tools.Data.Products.Collaboration.News.Contacts. S cience C onnector ENVIRONMENTAL.

Jacques KapuscinskiOffice of Research and Development

U.S. EPA

Models.Tools.Data.Products.Collaboration.News.Contacts.

Science ConnectorENVIRONMENTAL

What is the Environmental Science Connector

• Interactive workspace—not just consolidated Web pages.

• Provides tools and resources such as Data, Models, Scientific News Sources, and Publications

• Profile and Customize—users get targeted content, information, and tools.

• Organize applications to meet individual needs

• Collaborate and share with other research projects

• Conduct real-time, interactive scientific investigation in shared workspaces

What is the Environmental Science Connector

• Created as an integrated workspace for research projects conducted by researchers and scientists.

• Provides the ability to: Collaborate with fellow scientists and researchers via instant

messaging, email, and project announcements

Store and share research results, papers, and online links

Search online catalogs of Environmental Publications

Search catalogs of Models and Datasets

Future VisionOne consolidated location for EPA scientists to:

• Search, view and download models, data, and published articles

• Leverage other scientific tools

• Organize and share project information and links

• Collaborate with EPA and other partners via discussion forums, and sharing of documents

• Access computing resources to run complex models and large datasets

• Set up pro-active notification of new or updated articles, models, or data based upon user criteria

For more information

Contact: Jacques Kapuscinski (202)564-6683 EPA Office of Research and Development

http://portal.epa.gov/ESC