Postdoctoral conditions need improvement, report indicates

Final Report – 2015 - 2016 Medical Informatics Postdoctoral Research

This report provides a summary for the various projects I undertook during my one year fellowship. My primary research activity was with the Medical Ontology Group (MOR) under the guidance of Dr. Bodenreider. The research with MOR focused on interoperability of biomedical terminologies and ontologies, evaluating the semantic aspects, such as coverage, completeness and alignment. Specifically, I...

Does Olivine Indicates Dry Conditions on Mars?

The existence of liquid water on Mars has been hotly debated, especially following the discovery of the mineral olivine [(Mg,Fe) 2 SiO 4 ] in several regions of the planet by the latest Mars missions. Olivine, a greenish magnesium/ iron orthosilicate common in mafic rocks, has been claimed to indicate spatially limited chemical weathering [1-3] because it readily evolves to iddingsite, goethite...

W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship Final Report

We have developed a refined geologic map and stratigraphy for lower Mount Sharp using coordinated analyses of new spectral, thermophysical, and morphologic orbital data products. The Mount Sharp group consists of seven relatively planar units delineated by differences in texture, mineralogy, and thermophysical properties. These units are (1–3) three spatially adjacent units in the Murray format...

Software Process Improvement: Why we need SPIQ

In the last decade, there has been much interest in the software process as a vehicle to improve software production. Many Process-Centered Software Engineering Environments (PSEEs) have been constructed and documented, although to a less extent tested in industrial settings. It is now time to assess progress and set course for future efforts. That is, what is now ready for deployment, where is...

miRNA-Seq normalization comparisons need improvement.