Welcome to the New Media Research Institute
Posted March 27th, 2007 by Bruce CaronWe work just far enough outside of academia to escape the inertia of the academic calendar, yet near enough for purposeful collaborations. We work between the Academy and the Academy (Harvard and Hollywood). From our up-town Santa Barbara offices NMRI builds partnerships that enable forefront research into the future of new media. A publicly funded research institute. The NMRI is the research wing of The New Media Studio, a California based 501(c)3 public benefit corporation.
Who we are:
A small group of media theorists and programmers who are forging a vision of the digital future into software and content.
An active media consortium of professionals from various fields.
A new media think-tank where the implications of the digital future are under discussion.
History:
After years of discussion among researchers and media professionals in Santa Barbara, The New Media Studio was created at the end of the Twentieth Century. To herald the beginning of the Twenty-First Century the New Media Research Institute was built within the Studio to manage media research efforts. The Studio also manages media production and distribution efforts.
Goals:
The New Media Research Institute looks ahead to digital technologies that will revolutionize the way we think, work, and socialize. By applying media informatics to the problems of knowledge management and data access (to name a few current efforts) NMRI will quicken the transition to digital modes of thought and action.
Our mailing address is: 417 Samarkand Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Data Summit Photos
Posted January 3rd, 2010 by Bruce CaronVictoria Minnich has posted her photos from the Summit on Picassa:
A New VISION for the Research Institute!
Posted September 9th, 2009 by Bruce CaronIn August, 2009, The Instititute received word that the Phase II STTR project, Volumetric Imaging for Science Instruction of an Open Nature, has been funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.
Summit Attendees to date:
Posted September 9th, 2009 by Bruce Caron in
The Summit is coming together really well... Here is a list of participants (as of 9/5/09)
Bruce Caron and Kevin Ward (conveners)
Jeff McWhirter
Tommy Jasmin
Kevin Ward
Marit Jentoft-Nilsen
Robert Simmon
Suresh Santhanavannan
Marty Landsfeld
Ned Gardiner
David Nadeau
Tom Rink
Charles Thompson
Eric Russell
John Moreland
Remotely-Sensed Earth-Data Visualization Tool and Technology Summit
Posted August 11th, 2009 by Bruce CaronRemotely-Sensed Earth-Data Visualization Tool and Technology Summit: Santa Barbara, October 27, 2009
Dear earth data visualization tool maker:
DigitalOcean Content
Posted May 27th, 2009 by Bruce Caron in
Ocean Science Content
DigitalOcean will be a new focal point for ocean science results, news, and information. The ECOS Network will aggregate ocean science feeds from all of the major science journals and open access publishers and allow members to customize these feeds for their daily use. The ECOS Network will also enable members to locate and store a variety of research and career-related information, from citation libraries, to CVs, to research results not suitable for publication (e.g., those experiments where the results did not yield statistically significant findings) but of real interest to others who might waste their time attempting a similar experiment. Comments and critiques of published works, quality reviews of media content, and forums where scientists explore relevant issues will also be aggregated.
Instant publication: community peer review
The ECOS Network will build a preprint service similar to the Nature Precedings service. That service describes itself in the following way: “Nature Precedings is a free online service from NPG that enables researchers in the life sciences to openly share preliminary findings, solicit community feedback, and claim priority over discoveries by posting preprint manuscripts, white papers, technical reports, posters, and presentations.” Note: The Allen Brain Atlas Reports are a highlighted collection in Precedings. ECOS Network service will extend this type of service to the many disciplines of ocean science. Because the ECOS Network is also a strong community, it will be tasked to openly review science findings contributed as preprints. The goal here is to test if open community review might offer advantages to the current system of closed peer review.
NMRI a partner in MacArthur Foundation funded "Sampling the Sea"
Posted April 24th, 2009 by Bruce Caron(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today announced that the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media at UC Santa Barbara is one of 14 institutions throughout the world to be awarded a prestigious Digital Media and Learning Innovation grant.
Digital Ocean Planning Effort
Posted March 24th, 2008 by Bruce Caron in
Bruce Caron has been contracted as the Project Manager for the planning phase of DigitalOcean. This effort is funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation through a grant and a gift to UC Santa Barbara.
DIAL Workshop 2008: UNH
Posted February 20th, 2008 by Bruce CaronThe 2008 DIAL workshop will be held in conjunction with the ESIP Federation Summer Meeting.
When: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Where:
University of New Hampshire
United States
View the: ESIP Meeting Page
Who can attend: Please contact Bruce Caron [bruce AT NMRI.org] for information about attending this workshop.
This ONE DAY workshop will cover the basics of how to apply DIAL technologies to develop stand-alone, data-rich software applications. The DIAL technology is described below:
The workshop will cover the code resources that are available and the remaining coding required to customize the authoring environment for your data distribution needs.
The Morning Session will cover an overview of the technology, and hands on with existing modules and prototype applications. The Afternoon Session will be a "Create an Application" from parts supplied, and a discussion about individual needs for further shared code and GUI resources.
For more information please contact Bruce Caron [bruce AT NMRI.org]
DIAL NO2 Desktop Data Explorer Prototype
Posted October 17th, 2007 by Bruce Caron in
The NO2 Desktop Data Explorer Prototype will allow NASA and EPA professionals to browse the available NO2 data for the US and request the features that decision makers need to use these data in their workplaces.
The Data Explorer uses OMI NO2 data from the Goddard Data Pool, and updated data from the DataFed. In the future these will be suplemented by other NO2 column data (GOME, etc.) and EPA ground sensor data sets (to be determined).
