The world's largest oil and gas hydrocarbon deposits: ROSA database and GIS project development

This article proposes the use of Big Data principles to support the future extraction of hydrocarbon resources. It starts out by assessing the possible energy-system transformations in order to shed some light on the future need for hydrocarbon resource extraction and corresponding drilling needs. The core contribution of this work is the development of a new database and the corresponding GIS (geographic information system) visualization project as basis for an analytical study of worldwide hydrocarbon occurrences and development of extraction methods. The historical period for the analytical study is from 1900 to 2000. A number of tasks had to be implemented to develop the database and include information about data collection, processing, and development of geospatial data on hydrocarbon deposits. Collecting relevant information made it possible to compile a list of hydrocarbon fields, which have served as the basis for the attribute database tables and its further filling. To develop an attribute table, the authors took into account that all accumulated data features on hydrocarbon deposits and divided them into two types: static and dynamic. Static data included the deposit parameters that do not change over time. On the other hand, dynamic data are constantly changing. Creation of a web service with advanced functionality based on the Esri Geoportal Server software platform included search by parameter presets, viewing and filtering of selected data layers using online mapping application, sorting of metadata, corresponding bibliographic information for each field and keywords accordingly. The collected and processed information by ROSA database and GIS visualization project includes more than 100 hydrocarbon fields across different countries

Геофизические процессы в Арктике и системный анализ их воздействия на функционирование и развитие транспортной инфраструктуры

The scientific research that has become the subject of consideration in this article is related to assessment of the influence of geophysical factors on sustainable functioning of transport systems and the system analysis of their impact on the transport infrastructure at the Arctic latitudes. The research is a new direction in the field of study of operational reliability of transport systems and scientific support for development of transport infrastructure in the Russian Arctic.The paper touches upon the issues of reliability and possible failures of technical equipment under the influence of space weather, and also discusses multifaceted problems of safety and efficiency of development of transport systems considering new data on the structure and properties of the lithosphere referring to thawing of permafrost and mineral deposits. A separate section is devoted to new information on seismic activity and seismic hazard assessment in areas of operation and promising development of the transport infrastructure of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF).Intellectual accounting and generalisation of the obtained interdisciplinary results together with their visualisation are provided by geoinformatics methods. The paper presents also the results of adoption of modern geodatabase management systems, of the application of modern technologies of geoportals and interactive spherical visualisations for qualitative presentation of new geophysical knowledge obtained in the course of research.Научные исследования, ставшие предметом рассмотрения в этой статье, связаны с оценкой влияния геофизических факторов на устойчивое функционирование транспортных систем и системным анализом их воздействия на транспортную инфраструктуру в арктических широтах. Они являются новым направлением в области изучения эксплуатационной надёжности транспортных систем и научного сопровождения развития транспортной инфраструктуры в российской Арктике.В работе затронуты вопросы надёжности и возможных отказов технических средств под влиянием космической погоды. Также обсуждаются комплексные проблемы безопасности и эффективности развития транспортных систем с учётом новых данных о строении и свойствах литосферы, связанных с растеплением многолетнемёрзлых пород и месторождений полезных ископаемых. Отдельный раздел посвящён новым сведениям о сейсмической активности и оценке сейсмической опасности в районах эксплуатации и перспективного развития транспортной инфраструктуры Арктической зоны Российской Федерации (АЗРФ).Интеллектуальный учёт, обобщение получаемых междисциплинарных результатов и их визуализация обеспечиваются методами геоинформатики. В работе также представлены результаты внедрения современных систем управления базами геоданных, применения современных технологий геопорталов и интерактивных сферических визуализаций для качественного представления новых геофизических знаний, полученных в ходе исследований

CODATA and global challenges in data-driven science

This synthesis report presents the scientific results of the international conference "Global Challenges and Data-Driven Science" which took place in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation from 8 October to 13 October 2017. This event facilitated multidisciplinary scientific dialogue between leading scientists, data managers and experts, as well as Big Data researchers of various fields of knowledge. The St. Petersburg conference covered a wide range of topics related to data science. It featured discussions covering the collection and processing of large amounts of data, the implementation of system analysis methods into data science, machine learning, data mining, pattern recognition, decision-making robotics and algorithms of artificial intelligence. The conference was an outstanding event in the field of scientific diplomacy and brought together more than 150 participants from 35 countries. It's success ensured the effective data science dialog between nations and continents and established a new platform for future collaboration