Stefano Nativi

This paper is the third of a series that introduces some of the main dataset resources presently shared through the GEOSS Platform. The GEOSS Platform is a brokering infrastructure that brokers more than 190 autonomous information systems and data catalogs; it was created to provide the technological tool to implement the Global Earth Observation S...

The GEOSS Platform is a key contribution to the goal of building the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). It enables a harmonized discovery and access of Earth observation data, shared online by heterogeneous organizations worldwide. This work analyzes both what is made available in the GEOSS Platform by the data providers and how us...

The concept of Digital Earth (DE) was formalized by Al Gore in 1998. At that time the technologies needed for its implementation were in an embryonic stage and the concept was quite visionary. Since then digital technologies have progressed significantly and their speed and pervasiveness have generated and are still causing the digital transformati...

Humankind is facing unprecedented global environmental and social challenges in terms of food, water and energy security, resilience to natural hazards, etc. To address these challenges, international organizations have defined a list of policy actions to be achieved in a relatively short and medium-term timespan. The development and use of knowled...

Global Change challenges are now systematically recognized and tackled in a growingly coordinated manner by intergovernmental organizations such as the United Nations. Heterogeneous observing networks provide the founded data sources to assess the Earth environmental status and take sound decisions to achieve a sustainable development. WMO Hydrolog...

This paper is the second of a series that describes some of the main dataset resources presently shared through the GEOSS Platform. The GEOSS Platform was created as the technological tool to implement interoperability among the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS); it is a brokering infrastructure that presently brokers more than 190...

This paper is the first of a series that describes some of the main dataset resources presently shared through the GEOSS Platform. The GEOSS Platform has been created to provide the technological tool to implement the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS); it is a brokering infrastructure that presently brokers more than 190 autonomous...

A Digital Twin is a virtual replica of a living or non-living physical entity, leveraging IoT (Inter-net of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies to create living simulation models that update and change themselves as their physical counterparts change. A Personal Digital Twin (PDT) is a virtual version of an individual (a natural...

Presentation at the 2022 GWF session: "The Platform Economy: Digital Earth as the Billion Dollar Code"

During the past two centuries, the world has undergone deep societal, political, and economical changes that heavily affected human life. The above changes contributed to an increased awareness about the deep impact that policy decisions have at the local and the global level. Therefore, there is a strong need that policy-making and decision-making...

Several holistic approaches are based on the description of socio-ecological systems to address the sustainability challenge. Essential Variables (EVs) have the potential to support these approaches by describing the status of the Earth system through monitoring and modeling. The different classes of EVs can be organized along the environmental pol...

As part of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences, this chapter deals with the topic: "Digital Twins of the Earth"

Technical Report FG-AI4EE D.WG3-05 provides a list of best practices for environmental efficiency in artificial intelligence and blockchain applications. First, the report provides an introduction to highlight the added value of the combined use of AI and blockchain technologies. In fact, these technologies offer different, complementary features,...

As part of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Geosciences, this chapter deals with the "Geosciences Digital Ecosystems" topic.

Presentation of the European Commission DG JRC about the assessment of the Copernicus industrial DIAS platforms

Presentation about the importance of Interoperability in a Digitally Transformed society. The presentation was recorded during the WHOS webinar, organized by WMO (Sep 2021). The presentation is available at: https://wmoomm.sharepoint.com/sites/wmocpdb/eve_activityarea/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fwmocpdb%2Feve%5Factivityarea%2FWMO%20Hydrologi...

This technical report proposes a set of good practices to improve the energy efficiency of cyber-physical applications – making use of IoT, AI, and Digital Twins. First, the report introduces the cyber-physical paradigm, engineering reference framework, and a couple of system deployments models. Secondly, it defines three end-to-end use case typolo...

The present study surveys the ongoing standardization activities on AI carried out by ESOs (European Standards Organizations) and international Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). In the present study we investigate the alignment between AI related standards published or in development and the requirements proposed in the proposal for Artif...

Presentation of good practices to design Geospatial Digital Ecosystems with the aim of developing and utilizing Digital Twins of the Earth

Presentation about good practices for the design and development of Digital Ecosystems to achieve and use Digital Twins of the Earth

This manuscript discusses the key characteristics of the Digital Ecosystems (DEs) model, which, we argue, is particularly appropriate for connecting and orchestrating the many heterogeneous and autonomous online systems, infrastructures, and platforms that constitute the bedrock of a digitally transformed society. Big Data and AI systems have enabl...

The present document introduces a set of principles and patterns to be applied by the Destination Earth ecosystem in order to match its stakeholders’ and users’ needs and requirements. They have been captured and articulated in a set of significant use cases, analysed in a previous study of the JRC. The presented well-defined principles are importa...

This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission no...

This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission no...

This publication is a Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission no...

The APIs4DGov report analyses why, what and how API should be adopted by governments. The purpose of this report is to assess the relevance of APIs in the context of the digital transformation of government. Specifically, the report i) evaluates the current status of API adoption in governments, ii) analyses the value, opportunities and challenges...

The Report 'Cybersecurity-Our Digital Anchor' brings together research from different disciplinary fields of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It provides multidimensional insights into the growth of cybersecurity over the last 40 years, identifying weaknesses in the current digital evolution...

The International Symposium of Digital Earth is a biennial event of the International Society for Digital Earth, a not-for-profit organization promoting the Digital Earth vision and implementation. The 11th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE11) was held on 24-27 September 2019 in Florence, Italy, and it was dedicated to the topic "Digit...

Avoiding, reducing and reversing land degradation and restoring degraded land is an urgent priority to protect the biodiversity and ecosystem services that are vital to life on Earth. The latest Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Landmark Assessment Report highlighted that land degradation throu...

This document presents the contributions discussed at the second institutional workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI), organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. This workshop was held on 05th July 2019 at the premises of the JRC in Ispra (Italy), with video-conference to all JRC's sites. The workshop aimed to gather...

Over the last decades, to better proceed towards global and local policy goals, there was an increasing demand for the scientific community to support decision-makers with the best available knowledge. Scientific modeling is key to enable the transition from data to knowledge, often requiring to process big datasets through complex physical or empi...

Land degradation is a critical issue globally requiring immediate actions for protecting biodiversity and associated services provided by ecosystems that are supporting human quality of life. The latest Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Landmark Assessment Report highlighted that human activities are c...

The digital transformation of our society coupled with the increasing exploitation of natural resources makes sustainability challenges more complex and dynamic than ever before. These changes will unlikely stop or even decelerate in the near future. There is an urgent need for a new scientific approach and an advanced form of evidence-based decisi...

Measuring the achievement of a sustainable development requires the integration of various data sets and disciplines describing bio-physical and socioeconomic conditions. These data allow characterizing any location on Earth, assessing the status of the environment at various scales (e.g. national, regional, global), understanding interactions betw...

The Report Cybersecurity – Our Digital Anchor brings together research from different disciplinary fields of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It provides multidimensional insights into the growth of cybersecurity over the last 40 years, identifying weaknesses in the current digital evolution...

The previous 25 chapters introduced relevant technologies, applications, and other topics related to Digital Earth. Respective challenges and future research were also proposed by various authors. In this concluding chapter, we briefly review Digital Earth past and present, followed by a set of challenges and future trends, speculating on how Digit...

The importance to embrace the Big Data paradim shifts to enable global digital ecosystems.

The previous 25 chapters introduced relevant technologies, applications, and other topics related to Digital Earth. Respective challenges and future research were also proposed by various authors. In this concluding chapter, we briefly review Digital Earth past and present, followed by a set of challenges and future trends, speculating on how Digit...

This report presents the results of a survey on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at JRC –run from the 18th of May to the 06th of June 6 2018. The questionnaire was completed by 108 respondents from 29 different Units. Almost 90% were JRC Contract Agents and Administrators.

This document presents the contributions presented at the first internal workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI), organized by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. This workshop was held on 23rd May at the premises of the JRC in Ispra (Italy), with video-conference to all JRC's sites. The workshop aimed to gather JRC special...

A vision of the next GEOSS evolution and its important architectural challenges and possible technological solutions

Report about the Sprint-to-Ministerial initiative of EuroGEOSS and, in particular, the process developed to achieve 5-8 video storytelling for the 2019 GEO Week in Canberra (Australia).

Earth observations data cubes (EODCs) are a paradigm transforming the way users interact with large spatio-temporal Earth observation (EO) data. It enhances connections between data, applications and users facilitating management, access and use of analysis ready data (ARD). The ambition is allowing users to harness big EO data at a minimum cost an...

Presentation on "The Datafication paradigm to face the Global Changes of our Planet" dealing with: Digital Transformation, AI, Datafication process, Digital Earth, and EuroGEOSS.

This poster presents ongoing research activities related to Land Degradation monitoring and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG15.3.1 indicator)

In 2015, it was adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. The year after, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) officially came into force. In 2015, GEO (Group on Earth Observation) declared to support the implementation of SDGs. The GEO Global Ear...

When defining indicators on the environment, the use of existing initiatives should be a priority rather than redefining indicators each time. From an Information, Communication and Technology perspective, data interoperability and standardization are critical to improve data access and exchange as promoted by the Group on Earth Observations. GEOEs...

We are only at the beginning of a rapid period of transformation of our economy and society due to the convergence of many digital technologies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is central to this change and offers major opportunities to improve our lives. The recent developments in AI are the result of increased processing power, improvements in algor...

We describe a simple method to prepare water dispersible core-shell CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) 1 capping QDs with the new thiol-containing heterobifunctional dicarboxylic ligand 4 (DHLA-EDADA). This ligand, obtained in gram scale through few synthetic steps, provides a compact layer on the QDs, whose hydrodynamic size in H2O is 15 nm ± 3 nm. The c...

The 3rd GEO Data Providers Workshop was held at the ESRIN, the establishment of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Frascati (Italy) from the 2nd to the 4th of May 2018. The event was co-organized by the GEO Secretariat, ESA, CNR-IIA (Italy), United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the University of Geneva (Switzerland). The Joint Research Centre...

River discharge is a critical water cycle variable, as it integrates all the processes (e.g. runoff and evapotranspiration) occurring within a river basin and provides a hydrological output variable that can be readily measured. Its prediction is of invaluable help for many water-related tasks including water resources assessment and management, fl...

Presentation of the results of the RDA Brokering Governance WG at the Data economy workshop organized by RDA

Presentation of the H2020 ECOPOTENTIAL project Virtual Laboratory Platform

The global landscape in the management and use of geospatial data is changing rapidly reconfiguring the traditional lines of demand and supply, and the actors involved. In the Big Data era, the opportunities are many but so are the challenges at the different levels. In this chapter, we situate the Big Data discussion in the context of the scientif...

The pan-European Virtual Hub (pEVH), developed as part of the ENERGIC-OD European project, facilitates the usage of geospatial information open data to all users, and SMEs in particular. It is a single point of access to a wide range of datasets. It brokers major open data platforms, and provides added-value services including semantic discovery fo...

The presentation deals with the interoperability challenges for Big Earth Data: an invited presentation at the ”High-level Workshop on Big Earth Data” held in Sanya (China) from the 11th of Dec to the 14th of Dec 2017.

Big Earth Data-Cube infrastructures are becoming more and more popular to provide Analysis Ready Data, especially for managing satellite time series. These infrastructures build on the concept of multidimensional data model (data hypercube) and are complex systems engaging different disciplines and expertise. For this reason, their interoperability...

This paper presents the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) enabling two European GEO Geohazard Supersites in Italy. According to GEO (Group on Earth Observation) vision, Geohazard Supersites provide access to spaceborne and in-situ geophysical data and models for selected sites prone to natural hazards –noticeably, earthquakes and volcano eruptions...

This paper explores for the first time the contents, structure and relationships across institutions and disciplines of a global Big Earth Data cyber-infrastructure: the Global Earth Observation System of System (GEOSS). The analysis builds on 1.8 million metadata records harvested in GEOSS. Because this set includes almost all the major large data...

This paper provides a structure to the recently intensified discussion around 'data cubes' as a means to facilitate management and analysis of very large volumes of structured geospatial data. The goal is to arrive to a widely agreed and harmonised definition of a 'data cube'. To this end, we propose an approach that deconstructs the 'data cube' co...

Presentation on the new GEOSS Platform and the possible synergies with the WIS 2.0 design and development

The present GEO DAB functionalities provided as part of the GCI Software Ecosystem

Presentation about the possible future of GEOSS and the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)

Interoperabilty and Data Sharing best practices and guidelines for the 4 strands recognized by the ERA-net on Earth Observation: ERA-Planet.

General Introduction and the GEOSS Evolve initiative presentation in session entitled: Stakeholders Perspective and Engagement of the EU EDGE project, funded by the European Commission.

Why we need to manage knowledge in GEOSS

GEOSS Platform needs to use APIs to interoperate with potential systems contributing to the GEOSS ecosystem

Best Practices and possible specifications from the Brokering prototype experiment managed by the ODIP II project, funded by the European Commission.

Presentation about the complexity of DataCube systems and the challenges to make them interoperable

Presentation at the Workshop ”ORGANISING HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR OPEN SCIENCE” held at the 2017 Open Science Fair in Athens (06-07 Sep 2017)