The recently announced Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis,
funded on
a multi-year basis by the NSF, will provide a technologically advanced
environment in which visiting and resident researchers will carry out
collaborative projects on major fundamental and applied problems in ecology.
Much of the work at the Center will revolve around large and diverse data
sets
using state-of-the-art computing and electronic information facilities which
will build on the University's existing strength in GIS.
The Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis can be reached on the
web at http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/