Category: SSEC Project

• Deep Learning to uncover watershed specific characteristics in Salmon otolith patterns to aid in management of Pacific Salmon

  

  Project Lead: Ben Makhlouf, UW Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences Data Science Lead: Valentina Staneva Pacific salmon in western Alaska support a multi-million-dollar commercial fishing industry and are a vital source of subsistence for upstream communities. In recent years, catastrophic declines in Chinook and Chum salmon populations have severely impacted subsistence opportunities, causing significant hardship across the region.…

• Biodiversity Horizons: Predicting Climate Risks

  

  Partners Christopher Trisos, Chief Research Officer, African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town Cory Merow, Assistant Research Professor, University of Connecticut Andreas Schwarz Meyer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, African Climate and Development Initiative at the University of Cape Town Ben Carlson, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Connecticut SSEC Engineers Cordero Core, Senior Research…

• Phylo2Vec: Accelerating Phylogenetic Research 

  

  Partners Samir Bhatt, Principal Investigator, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology & Imperial College London  Neil Alexandre Scheidwasser, PhD Fellow, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology  Frederik Mølkjær Andersen, PhD Fellow, University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology SSEC Engineers Don Setiawan, Principal Research Software Engineer, University of…

• Post Disaster Comms: Resilient Communities

  

  Partners Cynthia Chen, Director, University of Washington ThinkLab Kurtis Heimerl, Assistant Professor, UW Computer Science and Engineering Dan Abramson, Associate Professor, UW Urban Design and Planning Esther Jang, Postdoctoral Scholar, UW Computer Science and Engineering Ridley LeDoux, UW Human Centered Design and Engineering SSEC Engineers Don Setiawan, Senior Research Software Enginner Niki Burggraf, Senior Research…

• IDD Data Portal: Centralized Insights

  

  Partners Sunny Juul, Director, Cultivate Learning Kari Stephens, Associate Professor, UW Medicine Josh Lovseth, Data Services Manager, UW Medicine Grace Sun, UW Medicine SSEC Engineers Robert Culver, Principal Software Consultant Anshul Tambay, Technical Program Manager One in 6 children have an intellectual and/or developmental disability (IDD). Despite this high prevalence, there are critical gaps in…

• CECI Database: Modernizing for Scale

  

  Partners Juliet Taylor, Deputy Director, Cultivate Learning Dayton Allemann, Web Application Developer, Cultivate Learning Jason Welch, Web Project Manager, Cultivate Learning SSEC Engineers Cordero Core, Senior Research Software Engineer Don Setiawan, Senior Research Software Engineer Developed as a collaboration between early learning professionals and the University of Washington, the Coach and Educator Community Interface (CECI)…

• Genetic Forensics: Streamlining Poaching Investigations 

  

  Partners Sam Wasser, Scientific Director, Center for Environmental Forensic Science Mary Kuhner, Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Forensic Science Ryan Horwitz, Research Scientist, Center for Environmental Forensics SSEC Engineers Niki Burggraf, Senior Research Software Engineer Poaching remains a critical threat to biodiversity worldwide, driving numerous species to the brink of extinction. University of Washington’s Center…

• NAIRR: Pilot Exploration

  

  SSEC Engineers Niki Burggraf, Senior Research Software Engineer Rob Fatland, UW Director of Cloud and Data Solutions The National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded effort aiming to connect U.S. researchers to computational, data, software, model and training resources they need to participate in AI research. The NAIRR Pilot will…

• Caustics: Simulating Gravitational Lensing

  

  Partners Yashar Hezaveh, Director, Ciela Institute  Laurence Perreault-Levasseur, Assistant Professor, Ciela Institute  Connor Stone, Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, Ciela Institute  SSEC Engineers Don Setiawan, Senior Research Software Engineer Cordero Core, Senior Research Software Engineer Gravitational lensing occurs when a large mass (e.g. a galaxy) lies between an observer (Earth) and a light source (another galaxy). These…

• AutoDoc: Automated Documentation of Empirical Research 

  

  Partners Sebastian Musslick, Director, Autonomous Empirical Research Group  Younes Strittmatter, Research Assistant, Autonomous Empirical Research Group  SSEC Engineers Carlos Garcia Jurado Suarez, Senior Principal Software Engineer AutoRA is a collection of Python packages that together form a framework for closed loop empirical research. The packages allow users to set variables, weights, and actions to perform…