The new award will assist CyVerse in expanding upon its existing services while continuing to provide researchers and educators with leading data management and analysis tools, resources, and services.
A CyVerse-supported project combined extensive species mapping with remote sensing records of deforestation and fire, revealing that the Amazon's biodiversity is extraordinarily vulnerable to changes in forest management and policy enforcement.
CyVerse principal investigator Parker Antin is passing the helm to Eric Lyons. Tyson Swetnam also joins the leadership team, taking charge of science and training.
CyVerse will provide computational infrastructure, data science and education to integrate the efforts of other partners of the NSF's new AI Institute for Resilient Agriculture.
