About
The LTER monthly community call provides an opportunity to hold seminars, discussions, and learning opportunities of relevance to the broad LTER research community. These may include research seminars, discussions of emerging projects and methods, or the occasional organizational update. In 2025, LTER Community Calls are scheduled for every second Wednesday at 9 a.m. Pacific Time (10 a.m. MT / 11 a.m. CT / Noon ET)
Next Event
LTER Community Call: Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows - September 9, 2026 - 9:00 am-10:00 am -
Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows
Dr. Renato J. Figueiredo, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
This presentation will overview techniques that leverage AI multi-agent systems for data exploration and analysis that use environmental data deposited in repositories such as EDI and NEON. Such systems leverage Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate steps in data exploration and analysis workflows – such as the generation and execution of API queries, metadata processing and data harmonization, and generation of analysis code – while exposing user-friendly conversational interfaces.
Upcoming Events
- LTER Community Call: Towards Natural Language-based AI Agents for Environmental Data Exploration and Analysis Workflows - September 9, 2026 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: Resilience, Resistance, Climate, and Production - October 14, 2026 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
Past Events
- Meet the LTER Network - January 24, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Increasing Diversity in Fieldwork through Access Transparency - February 28, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers - March 27, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: International Opportunities - April 24, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: Federal Careers Forum - May 22, 2024 - 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
- LTER Community Call: Field Safety Discussion - June 26, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: Network Orientation - July 24, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: August (Cancelled) - August 28, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- LTER Community Call: The power of data synthesis for understanding the effects of coastal hurricanes - September 25, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Climate and Culture Survey (LTER Community Call) - November 13, 2024 - 10:00 am-11:00 am
- LTERForward! LTER Community Call - December 4, 2024 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Travel and Synthesis Opportunities: LTER Community Call - January 22, 2025 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Recent Synthesis Results: LTER Community Call - February 26, 2025 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Recruiting and Retaining Scientists in the LTER: How to find and keep the best and brightest! - March 26, 2025 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR) Final Symposium - May 22, 2025 - 10:00 am-12:00 pm
- Network Onboarding - July 23, 2025 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Engaging "Local" Communities: LTER Community Call - August 27, 2025 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Co-creating knowledge: a panel discussion on community-inspired research across long-term ecological studies - October 24, 2025 - 12:00 pm-1:15 pm
- LTER Network Roadmap 2026-2035: LTER Community Call - January 14, 2026 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
- Site Exchanges - February 11, 2026 - 9:00 am-10:00 am
