12-13 December 2013, San Francisco The Netherlands: A Center of Excellence for Geophysics and Ocean Sciences Bert Jagers
12-13 December 2013, San Francisco
The Netherlands:
A Center of Excellence for
Geophysics and Ocean Sciences
Bert Jagers
Netherlands
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The safest place below mean sea level.
Safety doesn’t mean there isn’t a risk …
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It’s important to learn from such
events. Not just locally, but
nationally, or even worldwide.
Share experiences, expertise, and
be open for innovation
Storm surge barriers
Building with Nature
Strength through collaboration (1)
Delft University (civil engineering & geology)
Deltares (water, subsurface & infrastructure)
MARIN (maritime research)
NIOO (ecology)
NIOZ (sea research)
TNO (geological survey)
UNESCO-IHE (water education)
University of Twente including
• ITC (geo-information & earth observation)
Utrecht University (marine sciences, earth sciences)
Wageningen UR including
• IMARES (marine ecology) and
• Alterra (green environment)
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Strength through collaboration (2)
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Not just amongst academia and research institutes
but also with Dutch consultants like
… and this all leads of course, based on a good
Dutch tradition, to strong international
collaboration in Europe and the rest of
the world.
Examples from Deltares
• Deltares is an independent institute for applied research in the field of water,
subsurface and infrastructure with its base office in The Netherlands.
• Throughout the world, Deltares works on smart solutions, innovations, and
applications for people, environment, and society.
• Combining expertise with unique experimental facilities and state-of-the-art
software
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Deltares
• Deltares is an independent institute for applied research in the field of water,
subsurface and infrastructure with its base office in The Netherlands.
• Throughout the world, Deltares works on smart solutions, innovations, and
applications for people, environment, and society.
• Combining expertise with unique experimental facilities and state-of-the-art
software
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http://oss.deltares.nl
http://www.deltaressystems.nl
Open source software stimulates collaboration
Building bridges
across disciplines Technological innovation
Improves insight
Guides the
solution process
Raises awareness
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International collaboration
• Deltares works closely with governments, businesses,
other research institutes and universities at home
and abroad to help manage densely populated
and vulnerable areas.
• In the context of about
50 European FP6 and
FP7 projects we have
worked together with
over 500 partners.
• Example projects led
by Deltares include:
• DEWFORA (Droughts in Africa)
• eartH2Observe (Global observations for
integrated water resource assessment)
• RISC-KIT (Resilience increasing strategies for coasts)
From European project to global service
In the European Flood Forecasting System project (1999-2003), a first
prototype of a European flood forecasting system was designed and
constructed. Over the past decade, Deltares has further developed
and reimplemented this system to an open, flexible Forecasting and
Early Warning System called Delft-FEWS.
It’s the basis of numerous operational systems worldwide, including
the US NWS Community Hydrologic Prediction System.
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http://oss.deltares.nl/web/delft-fews/
From European project to global service
In the HarmonIT project (2001-2005), a first version of OpenMI was
developed. OpenMI is an open model interface to standardize the in-
memory exchange of data between simulation components at
runtime. This led to the formation of the OpenMI association to
guarantee independent maintenance and further development of the
standard.
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In the OpenMI-LIFE
project, the standard has
been extended further to
version 2.0. This version
is now in the process of
becoming a worldwide
standard via adoption by
the Open Geospatial
Consortium.
http://www.openmi.org
Collaboration aross the Atlantic: DRIHM2US
Based on the EGI and PRACE, in the DRIHM project, we are
developing a distributed research environment for innovation in
hydrometeorological forecasting with a focus on flash floods in
particular.
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The platform allows users to configure
and run workflows across heterogeneous
infrastructure in deterministic or
ensemble mode. Using the latest
hardware, researchers can add improve
their forecasts.
Within DRIHM2US (EU) and
SCIHM (NSF), we collaborate to
look for ways to make the EU and
US infrastructures (XSEDE)
interoperable.
Genoa (2011)
Boulder (2013) http://www.drihm.eu
http://www.drihm2us.eu
http://www.scihm.org
Final statements
• The Netherlands hosts a number of leading research institutes and
engineering firms operating in the fields of geophysics, ocean, and
environmental sciences.
• Together they form a research cluster unique in the world.
• Research and development is sped up by European projects.
• The Netherlands offers great working conditions, good social
security, and secondary benefits.
• Besides the European options presented centrally, you may check:
• NL funded visits: Young Expert Program (YEP Water)
• US funded visits: Deltares has hosted, mostly informally, a
number of Fulbright scholars
• Overview of open positions: academictransfer.nl
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http://www.yepwater.com
http://eca.state.gov/fulbright
http://academictransfer.nl