The AEMON‐J “Hacking Limnology” Workshop Series & Virtual Summit: Incorporating Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic Research

Hacking Limnology Workshop and DSOS22: Creating a Community of Practice for the Nexus of Data Science, Open Science, and the Aquatic Sciences

“…Much like previous virtual summits and workshops (Meyer and Zwart 2020;Meyer et al 2021b), the 2022 Hacking Limnology Workshop and Summit received overwhelmingly positive feedback from presenters, panelists, and participants. Unlike previous years, the 2022 workshops and summits occurred at a time when in-person scientific conferences, field sampling campaigns, and lab work were returning.…”

“…Each day ended with a “social hour” in which participants could interact with the workshop leaders and with each other to explore the workshop material further, discuss collaborative project ideas, and network with workshop leaders and participants. Approximately 90–100 people attended the workshop series each day, which were the highest numbers recorded for attendance of previous DSOS/AEMON‐J workshops (2021) on data science (~50 attendees) and ecosystem modeling (~40 attendees) (Meyer et al 2021 a , b ).…”

“…Following the "Hacking Limnology" workshops, the 3rd annual "Virtual Summit: Incorporating Data Science and Open Science in Aquatic Research" ran on 28-29 July 2022. The third edition of the summit was organized in the same structure as the previous years with prerecorded talks and a live Question and Answer session with presenters (Meyer et al 2020(Meyer et al , 2021b. The summit consisted of four main sessions each of which hosted approximately five speakers and lasted 1.5 h, organized around the themes of "Big Data," "Data Intensive Models," "Tools and Software," and "Applications of Open Science."…”

“…The 2022 “Hacking Limnology” workshop series took place on 25–27 July 2022, covering topics of “Remote Sensing,” “Data Science,” and “Aquatic Ecosystem Modeling.” Workshops were structured similarly to the previous “Hacking Limnology” series (Meyer et al 2021 b ); introductory videos were made available for viewing on the program's website 7–10 days before the start of the event and were intended to be watched beforehand. At the beginning of each day, the organizational team gave a short introductory presentation, which included guidelines for asking questions, the code of conduct, and introductions to the workshop leaders.…”

Message from the President: ASLO Now and in the Emergent Future

“…BIMS and Data Science and Open Science for Aquatic Research (DSOS; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lob.10475. 2021) are fantastic examples of new ways of bringing young scientists together and creating community. It is both wonderful to see and a challenge.…”