TeraGrid Strategy Session
In conjunction with the CERSER Distinguished Lecture Series, a group of individuals from throughout the U.S. met in a strategy session to map out a new project entitled The CI-TEAM Implementation Project-Cyberinfrastructure for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. This project is being supported by the National Science Foundation and brings together the following partners:

• Indiana University :: School of Informatics
  http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/
• University of Kansas :: Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
  http://cresis.ku.edu
• Association of Computer/Information Sciences and Engineering Departments at Minority Institutions (ADMI)
  http://www.admi.us
• Elizabeth City State University :: Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER)
  http://cerser.ecsu.edu

Vision
To prepare the current and next generation of traditionally underrepresented minority scientists, engineers and educators with the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct interdisciplinary research in areas including cyberinfrastructure, remote sensing, engineering and modeling related to glaciers and ice sheets.

Mission
To build and implement a cyberinfrastructure, which supports the virtual classroom and collaborative interdisciplinary environment for project-related outreach, education and science.

Goal
The primary goal of the proposed project is to create a virtual environment for the undergraduate and graduate students and to create CReSIS educational and research portals on the NSF TeraGRID.