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| 16 | "notes": "Dear Colleagues, friends, and family - Thank you very much | 16 | "notes": "Dear Colleagues, friends, and family - Thank you very much | ||
| 17 | for your participation in the tribute symposium to celebrate the life, | 17 | for your participation in the tribute symposium to celebrate the life, | ||
| 18 | work, and contributions of Gordon Wells.\r\n\r\n1:00 - 1:30 PM - | 18 | work, and contributions of Gordon Wells.\r\n\r\n1:00 - 1:30 PM - | ||
| 19 | Arrival\r\n\r\n1:30 - 1:40 PM - Opening Remarks (Srinivas Bettadpur & | 19 | Arrival\r\n\r\n1:30 - 1:40 PM - Opening Remarks (Srinivas Bettadpur & | ||
| 20 | Byron Tapley)\r\n\r\n1:40 - 3:40 PM - Presentations - 12 minutes each | 20 | Byron Tapley)\r\n\r\n1:40 - 3:40 PM - Presentations - 12 minutes each | ||
| 21 | in the following order\r\nLesia Dickson (TDEM colleagues) - Emergency | 21 | in the following order\r\nLesia Dickson (TDEM colleagues) - Emergency | ||
| 22 | Response\r\nSuzanne Pierce (UT/TACC) - Bell Jar Legacy - Need for data | 22 | Response\r\nSuzanne Pierce (UT/TACC) - Bell Jar Legacy - Need for data | ||
| 23 | through time and space\r\nMargaret Baguio (UT/CSR) - K-12 | 23 | through time and space\r\nMargaret Baguio (UT/CSR) - K-12 | ||
| 24 | Outreach\r\nClint Dawson (UT/ASE & Oden) - Storm Surge | 24 | Outreach\r\nClint Dawson (UT/ASE & Oden) - Storm Surge | ||
| 25 | Forecasting\r\nDavid Maidment (UT/CAEE & CWE) - Realtime Flood | 25 | Forecasting\r\nDavid Maidment (UT/CAEE & CWE) - Realtime Flood | ||
| 26 | Resilience in Texas\r\nAnn Chen (UT/ASE & CSR) - Coastal Subsidence | 26 | Resilience in Texas\r\nAnn Chen (UT/ASE & CSR) - Coastal Subsidence | ||
| 27 | work with Gordon Wells\r\nZong Liang-Yang (UT/JSG) - My Collaborations | 27 | work with Gordon Wells\r\nZong Liang-Yang (UT/JSG) - My Collaborations | ||
| 28 | with Gordon Wells\r\nDev Niyogi (UT/JSG) - Landfalling | 28 | with Gordon Wells\r\nDev Niyogi (UT/JSG) - Landfalling | ||
| 29 | Hurricanes\r\nYunling Lou and Cathleen Jones (Caltech JPL) - Airborne | 29 | Hurricanes\r\nYunling Lou and Cathleen Jones (Caltech JPL) - Airborne | ||
| 30 | SAR/UAVSAR/NISAR and Texas Flood Response\r\nShohei Matsuura | 30 | SAR/UAVSAR/NISAR and Texas Flood Response\r\nShohei Matsuura | ||
| 31 | (NIED/Japan - remote) - The NIED Interactions with Gordon | 31 | (NIED/Japan - remote) - The NIED Interactions with Gordon | ||
| 32 | Wells\r\n\r\n3:40 - 4:00 PM - Wrap up, comments and | 32 | Wells\r\n\r\n3:40 - 4:00 PM - Wrap up, comments and | ||
| 33 | observations\r\n4:00 - 6:00 PM - Social (hors d'oeuvres and | 33 | observations\r\n4:00 - 6:00 PM - Social (hors d'oeuvres and | ||
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| 60 | Manager and Research Scientist at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, | ||||
| 61 | The University of Texas at Austin\r\n\r\nRemembering Gordon Wells: A | ||||
| 62 | Life Observed\r\n[Slide 1 -Bell Jar Legacy \u2013 The need for data | ||||
| 63 | through time and space]\r\nToday, I want to talk about Gordon Wells as | ||||
| 64 | a friend, colleague, and a fan! If you received random text messages | ||||
| 65 | about Japanese high school marching bands or river otters from Gordon | ||||
| 66 | ...you were among the fortunate few who experienced one of his | ||||
| 67 | greatest gifts: unbridled enthusiasm for the world's delightful | ||||
| 68 | peculiarities.\r\n[Slide 2 & 3 \u2013 Kyoto Tachibana High School | ||||
| 69 | Marching Band]\r\nFor example, Gordon was a consummate fan of Kyoto | ||||
| 70 | Tachibana High School's marching band\u2014not merely because they are | ||||
| 71 | exceptional musicians\u2014but also because he marveled at their | ||||
| 72 | multi-generational connections and their ability to execute | ||||
| 73 | structured, disciplined performances in unwieldy conditions. \r\nI | ||||
| 74 | watched a lot of youtube videos and participated in well narrated | ||||
| 75 | discussions of the band\u2019s prowess with Gordon.\r\n[Slide 4 \u2013 | ||||
| 76 | Kotaro and Hana]\r\nAnd then there were Kotaro and Hana (also Aty & | ||||
| 77 | Ui). The Japanese Urban otters. Two adorable creatures living in Japan | ||||
| 78 | whose adventures Gordon followed with the dedication most people | ||||
| 79 | reserve for their favorite sports teams.\r\nI miss those random texts. | ||||
| 80 | I suspect many of you do too.\r\nThis wasn't mere distraction or | ||||
| 81 | quirky hobby collecting. Gordon's fascination with a marching band | ||||
| 82 | that could maintain formation through chaos, with animals whose | ||||
| 83 | behaviors he could and observe through carefully positioned cameras, | ||||
| 84 | as phenomena revealed themselves through patient observation - this | ||||
| 85 | was Gordon being Gordon.\r\nBecause at his core, Gordon Wells was an | ||||
| 86 | observer. His sensors were always on.\r\n[Slide 5 \u2013 Nature | ||||
| 87 | watering site with fox]\r\nThose sensors extended to East Texas where | ||||
| 88 | he shared a weekly \u2018javalina count\u2019 and included updates | ||||
| 89 | from his property where he'd installed monitoring equipment that | ||||
| 90 | generated Additional delightful texts with live feeds of foxes, | ||||
| 91 | woodpeckers, robins, and other wildlife plus one adorable donkey. But | ||||
| 92 | these weren't just charming nature videos. They represented something | ||||
| 93 | fundamental about how Gordon moved through the world. He | ||||
| 94 | understood\u2014intuitively and intellectually\u2014that observation | ||||
| 95 | creates understanding, that persistent watching reveals patterns, that | ||||
| 96 | data tells stories if you're patient and disciplined enough to | ||||
| 97 | listen.\r\nThis same observational bent positioned Gordon uniquely | ||||
| 98 | between academia and applied emergency response, between theoretical | ||||
| 99 | understanding and providing enough information to support life-saving | ||||
| 100 | action. \r\nTo Gordon the collection and analysis of, such as | ||||
| 101 | hurricane landfall, storm surge forecasts, and wind impact assessments | ||||
| 102 | during natural hazard events or rallying medical professionals | ||||
| 103 | statewide to share daily updates on the number of available beds and | ||||
| 104 | other key performance measures during the pandemic weren't abstract | ||||
| 105 | academic exercises. They were tools used during actual emergency | ||||
| 106 | activations and critical events to inform decisions while storms raged | ||||
| 107 | and communities hung in the balance.\r\n[Slide 6 \u2013 Debriefs and | ||||
| 108 | Loyalty \u2013 the Gordon Nod]\r\nGordon possessed what can only be | ||||
| 109 | described as a fierce intelligence coupled with an even fiercer | ||||
| 110 | loyalty. He was an effective mentor who would fight to help you | ||||
| 111 | improve your performance under any conditions. Much like that Japanese | ||||
| 112 | marching band navigating crowded streets, Gordon pushed his colleagues | ||||
| 113 | to maintain formation and execute with precision even when | ||||
| 114 | circumstances seemed impossible. He championed his people with the | ||||
| 115 | same intensity he brought to tracking hurricane paths.\r\nGordon held | ||||
| 116 | everyone\u2014including himself\u2014to extraordinarily high | ||||
| 117 | expectations. He believed in battle-tested methods that were | ||||
| 118 | hard-earned and useful, while simultaneously challenging the team to | ||||
| 119 | innovate and consider new ideas. This could make him.... a rather | ||||
| 120 | demanding collaborator.\r\nThere was little more entertaining than | ||||
| 121 | watching a group discussion veer into territory where Gordon had | ||||
| 122 | strong opinions. \r\nAnd there was little more sobering than seeing | ||||
| 123 | Gordon shake his head during a meeting, knowing you'd mis-tepped and | ||||
| 124 | could anticipate a \"spicy debrief\" afterward where he would set you | ||||
| 125 | straight.\r\nThose spicy debriefs, though? They made you better. | ||||
| 126 | Gordon drove results beyond the bounds of our own expectations while | ||||
| 127 | expanding our orbit in both technical performance and social | ||||
| 128 | connections. The work his teams produced was work everyone could be | ||||
| 129 | proud of, precisely because Gordon refused to accept anything less | ||||
| 130 | than excellence.\r\n[Slide 7 - What is a Data Bell Jar]\r\nThis brings | ||||
| 131 | me to Gordon's most enduring contribution\u2014an idea born from his | ||||
| 132 | keen observer's mind in 2018. As Brent Porter recalls, \"Gordon began | ||||
| 133 | talking about being able to look at data throughout an event\u2014not | ||||
| 134 | just before, not just after, but during, as phenomena unfolded in real | ||||
| 135 | time.\"\r\nHe called this idea the Bell Jar.\r\nA bell jar is one of | ||||
| 136 | science's most elegant instruments\u2014a transparent vessel that | ||||
| 137 | permits continuous observation while maintaining the integrity of | ||||
| 138 | what's enclosed. For Gordon, this became a powerful metaphor for data | ||||
| 139 | collection during dynamic events.\r\nJust as the physical bell jar | ||||
| 140 | creates a bounded space where phenomena can be observed without | ||||
| 141 | contamination, a computational bell jar establishes a structured | ||||
| 142 | interface between chaotic reality and systematic understanding. It | ||||
| 143 | represents capturing not just the event itself, but its context, its | ||||
| 144 | progression, its evolution as an integrated whole.\r\nGordon | ||||
| 145 | understood that during event-driven phenomena\u2014hurricanes, | ||||
| 146 | wildfires, disasters that erupt suddenly and demand immediate | ||||
| 147 | response\u2014traditional research methods fall catastrophically | ||||
| 148 | short. You can't study a tornado at your convenience. You can't ask | ||||
| 149 | Hurricane Harvey to pause while you perfect your protocols.\r\nAs he | ||||
| 150 | would say with characteristic pragmatism: \"Beggars can't be choosers. | ||||
| 151 | Best available and timely are more important than chasing a perfect | ||||
| 152 | dataset that might never exist.\"\r\nThe bell jar framework demands | ||||
| 153 | more than conceptual elegance\u2014it requires rigorous | ||||
| 154 | implementation. Gordon and his team developed specific metrics for | ||||
| 155 | evaluating data within this framework: Completeness. Currentness. | ||||
| 156 | Constraints. Attribution. Accessibility. Adaptability.\r\nThese | ||||
| 157 | weren't abstract academic categories. They were practical tools for | ||||
| 158 | decision-makers who needed reliable information.\r\nWhat fascinated | ||||
| 159 | Gordon was the temporal dimension. He wanted timestamps that were | ||||
| 160 | clear and specific, metadata that could track datasets step by step | ||||
| 161 | with precision, automated processes that could detect change | ||||
| 162 | throughout an event's evolution\u2014not just at beginning and end, | ||||
| 163 | but continuous observation as understanding deepens and consensus | ||||
| 164 | forms.\r\nThe bell jar adapts while maintaining the integrity of | ||||
| 165 | observation.\r\n[Slide 8 - Prototyping End-to-End Workflows]\r\nToday, | ||||
| 166 | Gordon's bell jar vision isn't just theory. The decision support | ||||
| 167 | office at TACC continues developing concrete implementations: | ||||
| 168 | .\r\nThis image shows example workflows from a recent publication that | ||||
| 169 | analyzes unstructured stories or reports from the field with natural | ||||
| 170 | language processing and LLMs to then map the decision structure in | ||||
| 171 | those texts onto scientific variable objects that we can then use to | ||||
| 172 | automate matching with registered datasets and physics-based models. | ||||
| 173 | It\u2019s an early attempt to implement intelligent automation | ||||
| 174 | process.\r\n[Slide 9 - Implementing Computational | ||||
| 175 | Infrastructure]\r\nWe're exploring how AI tools can support the | ||||
| 176 | analysis and curation of event-driven collections\u2014digital twins, | ||||
| 177 | knowledge graphs, methods to communicate risks reflecting lived | ||||
| 178 | experiences from prior events.\r\nThe bell jar concept represents | ||||
| 179 | rigorous observation, structured thinking, and innovation in service | ||||
| 180 | of practical action. It privileges holistic understanding over | ||||
| 181 | reductionist segmentation, establishing unified standards for data | ||||
| 182 | quality across all modalities\u2014with potential to dramatically | ||||
| 183 | enhance the reliability of analysis and enabling confident conclusions | ||||
| 184 | that would be difficult to surmise with fragmented data.\r\n[Slide 10 | ||||
| 185 | \u2013 Gordon\u2019s Bell Jar]\r\nToday I'd like to invite you to | ||||
| 186 | contribute to a memorial collection in a way Gordon would have | ||||
| 187 | appreciated\u2014by creating a bell jar for Gordon.\r\nEach of us | ||||
| 188 | holds observations of Gordon\u2014time windows that overlap but remain | ||||
| 189 | incomplete. By bringing our observations together, we're applying | ||||
| 190 | Gordon's own methodology to understanding the phenomenon that was his | ||||
| 191 | life: collecting multi-modal data, synchronizing our timestamps, | ||||
| 192 | filling gaps in each other's knowledge.\r\nWe're building a digital | ||||
| 193 | collection to preserve your stories, anecdotes, datasets, and | ||||
| 194 | artifacts in Gordon's honor. Near the entry to this room, you'll find | ||||
| 195 | physical bell jars where you can drop cards with your memories or you | ||||
| 196 | can email me after this event to coordinate. Your | ||||
| 197 | contribution\u2014your unique window into Gordon's life\u2014becomes | ||||
| 198 | part of a comprehensive understanding that no single observer could | ||||
| 199 | achieve alone.\r\nPlease help us build a bell jar collection that | ||||
| 200 | preserves the stories of collaboration and impact we all want to | ||||
| 201 | remember. \r\nGordon taught us to be better observers. To watch with | ||||
| 202 | discipline and enthusiasm. To maintain high standards while | ||||
| 203 | championing others. To find structure within chaos. To understand that | ||||
| 204 | persistent, careful attention\u2014whether to Japanese marching bands | ||||
| 205 | or hurricanes impacting the Texas coast\u2014reveals patterns that can | ||||
| 206 | save lives and deepen understanding.\r\nGordon Wells was a steward of | ||||
| 207 | knowledge, and a fierce champion for Texans.\r\nHis sensors were | ||||
| 208 | always on, always watching, always seeking to understand. And in doing | ||||
| 209 | so, he expanded all of our orbits, pushed us beyond our own | ||||
| 210 | expectations, and left us better equipped to observe and respond to a | ||||
| 211 | world that demands both precision and compassion.\r\nThank you, | ||||
| 212 | Gordon, for the random texts, the spicy debriefs, the impossible | ||||
| 213 | standards, and the elegant frameworks. Thank you for teaching us to | ||||
| 214 | look at data through the context of events, to capture the progression | ||||
| 215 | of phenomena, to build bell jars that preserve what matters | ||||
| 216 | most.\r\nYour sensors may be off now, but ours remain on...sharpened | ||||
| 217 | by your example, still watching, still learning, still grateful.\r\n", | ||||
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