ABOUT DDE
An Introduction to Deep-time Digital Earth
DDE is committed to accelerating the progress of solid Earth science, in close coordination with Earth sciences as a whole. We provide research infrastructure, accessible databases contributed by partners, sponsored research, and syntheses that clarify Earth and Life. Our activity is committed to Open Science, to fulfilment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to the objectives of the UNESCO International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development (IDSSD). We are led by our Members who appoint representatives to the DDE Governing Council, we consist of teams that fulfil our objectives, and our global presence is extended by active and respected Working and Task Groups (WTGs) and Research Centers of Excellence (RCEs). Please join in!
Organization
Research Center of Excellence
Research Centres of Excellence are established for support and implementation of the DDE program. The Deep-time Digital Earth Centre of Excellence (RCE) to be established in China will act as the first Secretariat Office of the DDE on behalf of the members. The Secretariat Office of the DDE will be reselected every four years by the DDE GC.
Governing Council
The Governing Council (GC) provides governance, financial and scientific overview, makes major policy decisions and reviews the acceptance of new members for the program.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee (EC) manages activities and reports annually to the GC on the past year's operational activities providing a budget report and a summary of scientific accomplishments.
Science Committee
The Science Committee (SC) is an independent body of internationally renowned experts with research fields related to DDE. It provides scientific evaluation of competing proposals submitted to DDE and provides a priority list to the DDE GC.
Secretariat
Secretariat
Working & Task Groups
Working Groups (WG) are the working force of DDE which provide the EC with the operational capabilities to manage the program and to support individual DDE projects. Task groups (TG) are established by the EC for implementing specific tasks or projects usually within a limited time duration.
Framework Documents
DDE is a big science program dedicated to facilitate innovation in understanding the Earth’s evolution and applications as well as the sustainable development goals utilizing big data analytics, internet cloud computing, data mining, machine learning and AI.
