Peter Pulsifer
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Dr. Peter Pulsifer is a research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, where he leads the the Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge of the Arctic (ELOKA) and other projects. His research addresses questions around computer-based information representation with a particular focus on interoperability and sharing across knowledge domains. This includes examining technical and social aspects of data and information sharing. For more than fifteen years, Dr. Pulsifer has focused on theory and practice in the context of polar information management. For more than ten years he has worked in partnership with members of arctic Indigenous communities to facilitate the sharing and ethical use of local observations and Indigenous Knowledge within and outside of the community. In his role as Chair of the international Arctic Data Committee, the co-chair of the U.S. Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, and the Canadian representative to the Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management, Peter is active in leading the coordination of polar data resources. This includes co-chairing the international Polar Data Forum in 2015, the Polar Connections workshop on polar data interoperability in November 2016 and the Polar Data Planning Summit in May of 2018.