Kick Off meeting of the TCS AH project

On September 10, 2024, in Krakow, IG PAS organized the Kick-Off meeting starting the implementation of the project "TCS AH (Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards)", financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the program "Support for the participation of Polish research teams in international research infrastructure projects." The project will be implemented from 2024 to 2028 by a consortium consisting of:

• Institute of Geophysics PAS (IG PAS) – Coordinator
• University of Science and Technology – Academic Computer Centre Cyfronet (CYFRONET)
• Central Mining Institute – National Research Institute (CMI)
• Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Science (UPWr)
• Institute of Geological Sciences PAS (IGS PAS)

The project coordinator is Professor Stanisław Lasocki from the Department of Seismology at IG PAS. The agreement on the implementation and financing of the project was signed on August 8, 2024.

The project consortium consists of Polish scientific organizations that are members of the international TCS AH consortium, operating within the EPOS ERIC structures. The TCS AH consortium is responsible for:

• Integration of the research infrastructure (RI) for research on induced seismicity and other geophysical hazards related to the exploitation of georesources;
• Developing methods for analyzing hazards related to the exploitation of georesources;
• Developing and providing industry stakeholders with guidelines for good practice in monitoring, assessing, and reducing hazards related to the exploitation of georesources;
• Providing the public with expert knowledge on hazards accompanying the exploitation of georesources and indicating a mutually beneficial compromise between the needs of the economy and the social needs of living in an undisturbed environment.

The integrated TCS AH research infrastructures are made available to the global scientific community for scientific research purposes. Open access is also provided to representatives of industry, administration, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties. The project co-finances the participation of the Anthropogenic Hazards Community in the EPOS program and supports the maintenance and development of the TCS AH research infrastructure managed by the consortium.

Project Tasks

The project objectives will be implemented through 4 key tasks:

1. Governance and Coordination of TCS AH – Task Leader: IG PAS
   Management tasks related to coordination and participation in the international TCS AH consortium.

2. TCS-ICS Implementation – Task Leader: CYFRONET
   Tasks related to the integration of the TCS AH research infrastructure with the central EPOS hub Integrated Core Service (ICS-C).

3. Dissemination and Promotion – Task Leader: IG PAS
   Dissemination of knowledge on anthropogenic hazards, promotion of the TCS AH infrastructure, and the activities of the consortium.

4. EPISODES Platform and Data Centers – Task Leader: CYFRONET
   Constant activities maintaining the efficiency and development of the EPOS TCS AH research infrastructure.
   Maintaining the functionality of the EPISODES platform as a server for the integrated TCS AH infrastructure.

Participants of the Meeting

The meeting, held at the IG PAS headquarters in Krakow, was attended by representatives of all consortium members:

• IG PAS: Prof. Stanisław Lasocki, Prof. Beata Orlecka-Sikora, Izabela Dobrzycka from the Department of Seismology, and Anna Leśnodorska and Agnieszka Mtupa-Ndiaye from the TCS AH Coordination Department.
• CYFRONET: Dr Mariusz Sterzel, Joanna Kocot, Hubert Siejkowski, Tomasz Balawajder from the Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Scientific Computing.
• CMI: Adam Lurka, Prof. GIG from the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
• UPWr: Jan Kapłon, Prof. UPWr from the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics.
• IGS PAS: Prof. Stanisław Mazur, Director of IGS PAS, representing the Research Centre in Kraków.

TCS AH workshop on the EPISODES Platform as part of the Geo-INQUIRE project

On April 10 and 11, 2024, in Krakow, at the AGH Main Library a two-day workshop on the use of the EPISODES Platform EpisodesPlatform.eu took place. The workshop was organized as the side event of the conference "The Polish Open Science Conference 2024", organized by the Academic Computer Center Cyfronet AGH.

The workshop was organized and conducted by the Institute of Geophysics PAS Team as part of the Work Package 9 (Fostering cross-disciplinary research of the Earth through training and workshops) of the Geo-INQUIRE (Geosphere INfrastructures for QUESTIONS into Integrated REsearch) project.

Geo-INQUIRE project is carried out at the institute at IG PAS under the supervision of Prof. Mariusz Majdański, under framework of the Horizon Europe program, provides and enhances access to selected key data, products, and services, enabling the dynamic processes within the geosphere to be monitored and modelled at new levels of spatial and temporal detail and precision. Geo-INQUIRE aims to overcome cross-domain barriers, especially the land-sea-atmosphere environments, and will exploit innovative data management techniques, modelling and simulations methods, developments in AI and big data, and extend existing data infrastructures to disseminate these resources to the wider scientific community, including the EOSC landscape.

One of the elements of this infrastructure is the infrastructure managed by the EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards Consortium (TCS AH), the most important element of which is the EPISODES Platform. The workshop was conducted by Grzegorz Lizurek, and Helena Ciechowska, from the Department of Seismology, IG PAS.

Participants of "The Polish Open Science Conference 2024" had opportunity to participate in the workshop and listen to the presentation on FAIR data concept. The Polish Open Science Conference is a unique event in Poland, devoted to issues related to various aspects of Open Science, bringing together all stakeholders related to the collection, sharing and management of research data, creation of repositories and scientific infrastructures, development of initiatives related to EOSC, sharing publications, articles and monographs in Open Access, as well as issues related to openness in the context of scientific evaluation.

Dr Lena Thöle from Utrecht University Library, who represented the Geo-INQUIRE project team, delivered speech during the conference. The presentation entitled "How to make your data FAIR - and what gets in the way" discussed very important aspects of scientific data management under the FAIR concept (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable).

The presentation titled: "Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards, history, activities, EPOS - the way to the research excellence" was delivered by Anna Leśnodorska, Head of the IG PAS TCS Coordination Department. Anna Leśnodorska presented the concept of open science and open data implemented by the TCS AH Consortium and made available through the TCS AH infrastructure.

Workshop at Polish Open Science Conference

EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards Workshop on EPISODES Platform introduces the EPISODES Platform's concept and functions, including viewing episodes, visualizing data, and using the workspace. Exercises will cover filtering seismic data, signal processing, and calculating seismic hazard parameters.

Participants will learn to use the EPISODES Platform to analyze seismic processes triggered by geo-resource activities, posing potential environmental risks.

This workshop, organized by EPOS Thematic Core Service and Geo-INQUIRE, is ideal for early-career students, researchers, and catastrophe modelers. They promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, particularly supporting women, early-career scientists, and individuals from widening countries.

When: April 11-12, 2024
Where: AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland

Details and registration >

1^st Geo-INQUIRE Transnational Access Call to European research infrastructures is open

Geo-INQUIRE (Geosphere INfrastructures for QUestions into Integrated REsearch) fosters excellent, interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research of the solid Earth, including land-sea-atmosphere interfaces.

The access to unique high-level installations and experiments provided through Geo-INQUIRE is free of charge for the selected users and includes all costs necessary to perform the proposed research, such as equipment, support staff at the installation, consumables, training for external users and others. Certain installations provide financial travel and subsistence support for the users to visit the installation. To understand if this type of support is available at the installation of choice and under which conditions, users must contact the installation prior to the application. Other scientific fields will also be considered, if the proposed projects are feasible and relevant for the Geo-INQUIRE research topics. Information about the capabilities and research topics of each individual installation are described at the Geo-INQUIRE website:

• General information
• How to apply for access?
• Installations

Green Deal Data Space - Final Stakeholder Forum

Do you think that Green Deal Data Space could make an impact on your everyday work? Would you like to learn more about the project? Or are you already an expert working with data sharing initiatives? Are you interested to know more about Data Spaces and their role in digital transformation and how you can contribute to the Green Deal Data Space?

Closing the series of GREAT Stakeholder Fora, the GREAT | Green Deal Data Space project is eager to invite you to the final Stakeholder Forum, which will be the only one focused on the overall endorsement and feedback collection on the vision for the GDDS and the roadmap towards its implementation, which will take place on January 30, 2024 on Zoom, time TBC.

Details at greatproject.eu/event/final-stakeholder-forum

EPOS Data Portal online training - January 25, 2024

EPOS is a distributed interdisciplinary infrastructure dedicated to the integration of data, services and resources of the solid Earth science research communities in Europe. The EPOS Data Portal is a virtual platform where FAIR principles are put into practice, enabling access to data and products from more than 250 scientific data services across Europe. The portal has been publicly launched in April 2023 and since then is gaining visibility and new users.

We are arranging a short interactive training webinar to introduce the portal to you and make your data search more efficient.

What: EPOS Data Portal Training
When: Thursday, January 25, 2024, 10:00-12:00 CET
Mandatory registration form ›

Training agenda:

10:00 - 10:15 Introduction of the EPOS ecosystem
10:15 - 10:30 Demonstration of EPOS Data Portal by following a scientific user story
10:30 - 11:00 Hands-on training by following scientific use case & feedback collection through an online form
11:00 - 11:10 Walk-through
11:10 - 12:00 Discussion

EPOS is firmly dedicated to advancing diversity, equality and inclusion in every training opportunity we offer. We invite registrations from individuals of diverse ethnicities, cultural and religious backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, and at all stages of their careers.

The Project TCS AH closing conference is behind us!

On December 18-19, in Krakow, Poland, Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy Sciences, the TCS AH coordinator, organised the conference to close the project TCS AH (Thematic Core Services Anthropogenic Hazard) – Polish, national project funded in years 2021-2023, by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science.

The conference was attended by representatives of the project consortium members: the Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (IG PAS) - project leader, the Academic Computer Center Cyfronet AGH (ACK Cyfronet) and the Central Mining Institute - National Research Institute (CMI). Invited guests were also present: Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs of the IG PAS, dr. hab. Rafał Junosza-Szaniawski, Member of the Board of Experts of the Ministry of Education and Science, Prof. Anna Wysocka and representatives of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław (UPWr).

The first day of the Conference was opened by the “TCS AH” Project Manager, Professor Stanisław Lasocki, IG PAS. During that inaugural speech, Professor Lasocki drew attention to the nature of the project, practical conclusions and the scientific impact that will certainly appear during the planned meeting.

The next speaker was Anna Leśnodorska, Director of the EPOS (Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards Consortium) and Head of the TCS AH Coordination Department of the IG PAS. With her presentation "The Road to Scientific Excellence", she referred to the history of TCS AH, its tasks and to the role of EPOS. The next presentation, on Anthropogenic Hazards of EPOS in Destination Earth of the Horizon Europe Program, was led by Professor Beata Orlecka Sikora, IG PAS.

During the first day of the conference, there were also presentations of the results of the project, divided into project’s tasks:

1. "Management and coordination of TCS AH" - Anna Leśnodorska, IG PAS
2. "TCS - ICS Integration" - Joanna Kocot, ACK Cyfronet
3. "Dissemination and promotion" - Stanisław Lasocki, IG PAS
4. "EPISODES Platform and Data Centers – Joanna Kocot, ACK Cyfronet, Agnieszka Mtupa-Ndiaye, IG PAS and Grzegorz Mutke, CMI

The second day of the conference began with the topic of "The use of TCS AH infrastructure in scientific research". We could learn more about the "Artificial Intelligence Platform (EPOS-AI) in application to seismological problems" from the speech by Joanna Kocot, Ack Cyfronet and Łukasz Rudziński IG PAS. "Application of high-frequency GNSS data to anthropogenic seismicity studies" was presented by Iwona Kudłacik, UPWr, and Anna Tymińska, IG PAS. The last speaker was Anastasios Kostoglou IG PAS, who presented the topic of "Complexity of the magnitude of earthquake sequences resulting from anthropogenic activity".

At the end of the conference, Professor Stanisław Lasocki referred to the plans and tasks envisaged in the new project. He also drew attention to the practical conclusions that appeared many times during the conference. At the same time, Prof. Lasocki introduced the new consortium members:

• Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Professor Stanisław Mazur,
• Iwona Kudłacik, Ph.D. from the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław

We would like to thank all the participants of the Conference closing the project and we hope to continue our cooperation.

Kinga Kaźmierczak
IG PAS

Merry Christmas

EPOS Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards (TCS AH) Executive Office Team wishes you a peaceful Christmas filled with joy and love, and all the best in the New Year!