Category Archives: Research Core D (Data Management & Modeling)

The projects funded by NIEHS’s Superfund Basic Research and Training Program (SRP) produce large amounts of data. Many of the projects cover multiple disciplines, spanning the fields of environmental science, health science, and more. Due to the transdisciplinary nature of much of the data collected, findings from SRP projects can ideally be used in other […]

This September, PROTECT’s Data Management and Analytics Core (DMAC) received supplemental funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to develop a suite of methods to prepare data for large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analyses. This supplement is part of an NIH initiative to make NIH-supported data suitable for AI/ML […]

On Thursday, December 1st, 2016, EarthSoft, an organization that collaborates with PROTECT and develops innovative environmental database management, hosted Office Hours with Data Management and Modeling Core Leader Dave Kaeli. During his presentation, Professor Kaeli discussed the ways in which Northeastern University has been using EQuIS for the PROTECT Program. Utilizing the software involves significant interaction and sharing […]

Professor Dave Kaeli, Data Management and Modeling Core Leader, was recently named Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computer Machinery. ACM is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society and delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. Awardees must be nominated and endorsed by ACM members and must demonstrate having […]

The PROTECT team would like to congratulate David Kaeli, PROTECT Data Core Leader, on his appointment as Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University’s College of Engineering. Professor Kaeli is renowned nationally and internationally for his scholarly contributions to the field of Computer Architecture.  He has published over 250 peer-reviewed publications, holds 9 U.S. patents, and has co-authored three textbooks, including the leading […]

Core D Leader Prof. David Kaeli has been named a Heterogeneous Systems Architecture (HSA) Distinguished Professor. As part of this honor, his laboratory, the Northeastern University Computer Architecture Research Group, has also been designated a HSA Academic Center of Excellence. To see the HSA announcement, go to http://hsafoundation.com/academiccenters/ Congratulations Dave!

Two recent grants of note have been awarded to PROTECT researchers. Core D Investigator Ferdi Hellweger has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation entitled “Anthropogenic Nutrient Input Drives Genetic, Functional and Taxonomic Biodiversity in Hypereutrophic Lake Taihu, China”.  This $2 million grant will study the ecology of cyanobacteria. The project, a collaboration […]

PROTECT Core D Researcher Prof. Ferdi Hellweger has won the Environmental Merit Award from the New England Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in recognition of his exceptional work and commitment to the environment in 2011.  EPA’s Environmental Merit Award is an annual award that recognizes outstanding environmental advocates who have made significant […]