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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…
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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…
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SSEC: Offshore Geodesy Workshop
On Friday, May 3rd, 2024, the Offshore Geodesy project team attended a workshop led by SSEC Senior Software Engineer Don Setiawan. The workshop included Professor David Schmidt and Post Doctoral Researcher John DeSanto, as well as Jesse Hutchinson from Ocean Networks Canada and SSEC Research Scholar Madhav Kashyap. The group reviewed progress made on the…
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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…
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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…
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ProSpecPy: Processing FTIR Spectroscopy Data
Partners Elizabeth Phillips, Postdoctoral Scientist, Vincent Group @ Oxford University SSEC Engineers Anshul Tambay, Technical Program Manager Hydrogenases are a group of enzymes that catalyze the reversible reduction of protons to hydrogen. They are extremely efficient, with turnover frequencies that rival the most efficient metal catalysts (Pt or Pd), using earth abundant metals (Ni or…
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Announcing the 2024 Data Science Incubator Projects
The eScience’s annual Data Science 2024 Incubator program kicked off last week, which enables new research discoveries by bringing together data scientists and domain scientists to work on focused, intensive, collaborative projects. Our team of data scientists provide expertise in state-of-the-art technology and methods in large-scale data manipulation and analytics, cloud and cluster computing, statistics…
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Assessing Influences of Wildfires on Park Visitation Patterns Using Gravity
Project Lead: Nino Migineishvili, UW Computer Science and Engineering Data Science Lead: Spencer Wood Wildfires have been growing in size, duration, and destructivity, resulting in more decisive calls to improve forest health and protect communities. Wildfire fuel treatments – which involve reducing or removing vegetation from fire-prone areas – are one strategy for reducing wildfire risk. Where…
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Polygenic and Contextual Determinants of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Project Lead: Diane Xue, Institute for Public Health Genetics Data Science Lead: Bryna Hazelton One in three people over the age of 65 dies with dementia. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Dozens of genetic loci have been linked to AD and related…
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Illuminating the role of cold-pools in structuring shallow convection
Project Lead: Hauke Schulz, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) Data Science Lead: Bernease Herman Shallow convection, like the stratocumulus decks off the Washington coast, is responsible for a large portion of the uncertainty in climate projections, thus a better understanding of their processes is crucial. Advances in computational resources allow for ever increasing…