- The document discusses the role and education needs of eScience professionals, who work with scientists and engineers to manage large datasets and facilitate collaboration using new technologies. - Interviews and analysis found that eScience professionals need skills in areas like data collection, management and analysis, IT implementation, and facilitating communication and collaboration across disciplines. They also need knowledge of science/engineering domains and IT/informatics. - The document recommends that eScience professionals obtain at least a bachelor's degree in a science or engineering field, plus additional education in information management or an MS in information science/management.

1. Education for eScienceProfessionals Jeffrey Stanton, Syracuse University

2. Cyberlearning Tools for STEM Education Conference 2011 Join the online discussion backchannel for this session at: www.cyberlearningSTEM.org/sessions Thanks!

3. Acknowledgements Support from the National Science Foundation, award OCI-0753372 from the CI-TEAM program Colleagues contributing to this work: Elizabeth Liddy, Derrick Cogburn, R. David Lankes, Megan Oakleaf Doctoral student Youngseek Kim assisted with the development of graphics used in this presentation

6. Manage/Analyze/Present Data

7. Investigate ITs & Analyze Needs

8. Coordinate in IT Implementations

9. Find Collaboration Opportunities

10. Facilitate Communications

11. Manage Guideline/Project/Budget

12. Domain Area Knowledge

13. IT/IS Knowledge/Skills

14. Database Knowledge/Skills

15. Scripting Knowledge/Skills

16. Communication/Research Skills

17. Project/Admin Skills

19. Work with Scientists and Engineers

20. Diverse Problems in Huge Data Sets/Database Management/New Technologies/Collaboration

21. B.S. Degree in Science or Engineering Field

22. Plus Information Management related Education or Training

25. Knowledge Discovery across the STEM Disciplines Scientists & Engineers Information organization & presentation IT Developers Limited opportunity to master IT skills Rapid pace of IT development eScienceProfessional Information need discovery Adaptation of technology Proliferation of scientific & engineering information Limited knowledge in science & engineering Rapid evolution of IT Challenges communicating across disciplines Subject-matter expertise Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Neuroscience, or other STEM Disciplines

26. Preparation

27. Arthur Benjamin (Harvey Mudd College) Calculus is an important subject. It's one of the great products of the human mind. The laws of nature are written in the language of calculus. And every student who studies math, science, engineering, economics, they should definitely learn calculus by the end of their freshman year of college. But… Very few people actually use calculus in a conscious, meaningful way in their day to day lives. On the other hand, statistics -- that's a subject that you could, and should, use on daily basis.

28. Preparation High School Coursework: All: Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics Minimum of six semesters: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Space Science, Physics, Advanced Biology , Advanced Chemistry, Advanced Physics Leading to: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Physics B, AP Physics C: Mechanics, or AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Followed by college major: Biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, engineering, with minor in informatics, information management, or IT

29. More Information http://ischool.syr.edu/research/eScience/index.aspx http://tinyurl.com/4829smb