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Data Scientist, Global Speaker, Worldwide Top Influencer, Chief Science Officer, Astrophysicist, Strategic Advisor / Educator / Trainer in all things Data / ML / AI |
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Current Position: Chief Science Officer, DataPrime, Inc.
E-mai1 Address: kirk (dot) borne (at) gmai1 (dot) com
Areas of Transdisciplinary Data Science, Big Data, and Large Databases Specialization: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Scientific Data Mining ... look here. Data Science, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, AI Public Speaking, Content Creation, Blogger Archive and Data Processing Systems Management User Interface Design, Development, and Management On-Line Science Data Services Archive, Research, and Scientific User Support Consulting for Technical and Scientific Services Education and Public Outreach Science Project Management Proposal Development Science Information Systems and Scientific Databases Computational and Numerical Simulation Research Large-Database Astronomy Virtual Observatories: Science & Information Technologies Observational and Theoretical Astrophysics
Education: B.S. in Physics from Louisiana State University (1975), Summa Cum Laude M.S. in Astrophysics from Caltech (1980) Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Caltech (1983)
Experience: 2021-present Chief Science Officer, DataPrime, Inc. 2021-present Founder and Owner, Data Leadership Group LLC 2021-present Advisor to CIPIO Inc. 2014-present Advisor to SYNTASA 2005-present Vice President and Co-Founder of ARIES Scientific, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization 2015-2021 Principal Data Scientist, Data Science Fellow, and Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton, Strategic Innovation Group 2016-2017 Advisor to DataRPM 2015-2016 Advisor to Cobalt Solutions 2003-2015 Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science, GMU School of Physics, Astronomy, & Computational Sciences, (formerly Department of Computational and Data Sciences) (formerly School of Computational Sciences) (2003-2011 Associate Professor) 2014-2015 Advisor to Soft10ware 2013 Big Data Consultant, Intelligent Automation, Inc. 2006-2007 Program Manager: Project Manager for NASA-GSFC SSDOO Contract, QSS Group Inc. 2003-2007 Associate Consultant, Science Systems Consulting 2002-2007 Adjunct Associate Professor, UMUC Graduate School, Database Systems Technologies Program 2002-2003 Founder and Director for Space Sciences, IST@R (Institute for Science & Technology @ Raytheon) 1999 Sabbatical Visitor, STScI 1995-2002 Astrophysics Department Manager, Raytheon ITSS in the NASA-GSFC Space Science Data Operations Office (SSDOO) and the Astrophysics Data Facility / Astronomical Data Center 1992-1995 NASA ST-DADS Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute 1992-1995 NASA StarView Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute 1990-1995 Associate Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute 1987-1990 Assistant Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute 1985-1987 Research Associate, Space Telescope Science Institute 1983-1985 Carnegie Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington 1981-1983 Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Astronomy, U. Michigan 1978-1980 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Caltech 1975-1978 NSF (National Science Foundation) Graduate Fellow, Caltech
Research Data Science and Big Data (Sexiest Job of 21st Century) Interests: Data Analytics, Data Mining, Machine Learning Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Databases Massive Databases and Large Sky Surveys Dynamics and Evolution of Galaxies Groups and Clusters of Galaxies Interacting and Merging Galaxies Star Formation and Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Infrared-Luminous Galaxies Computational and Numerical Simulation Research Science Education (NOTE: Science and Math: highest-paying majors>
Affiliations and Community Service: 2013-present Advisory Board Member, UMUC Data Analytics Program 2012-present Founding Member, AAS Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics Working Group 2012-present Founding Member, IAU Working Group on Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics 2012-present Vice President and Founding Member, International Astrostatistics and Astroinformatics Professional Society 2012-present Scientific Advisory Board Member, Astronomy and Computing Journal 2012-present Editorial Board Member, Informatics Journal 2011-present Editorial Board Member for Space Science, Journal of Earth Science Informatics 2009-present Member, Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration Team, for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project 2006-present Member, LSST Galaxies Collaboration Team 2000-present Member, IAU Working Group on Designations 2015-2022 Section Editor, CODATA Data Science Journal 2014-2015 Secretary, SIAM SIAG/DMA (Activity Group on Data Mining and Analytics) 2011-2013 Member, Curriculum Committee, GMU School of Physics, Astronomy, & Computational Sciences 2011 Co-Editor, Special Issue on Data Mining, Applied Optics Journal 2010-2015 Undergraduate Program Advisor for Computational and Data Sciences (CDS), GMU 2010-2015 Chair, Scholarship Committee, GMU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi 2010-2015 GMU Member Representative to the LSST Board of Directors 2010-2012 Editorial Board Member, ISRN Astronomy and Astrophysics 2010-2012 Member, IAU Working Group on Astrostatistics 2010 Chair, GMU CDS Department Committee for Academic Program Review: Assessment and Accreditation 2010 Panel Chair and Session Organizer, AAS Panel Discussion on Practical Astroinformatics 2009-2015 Member, LSST Outreach Advisory Board 2009-2015 Chair, Informatics and Statistics Science Collaboration Team, 2009-2013 Member, Zooniverse Project 2009-2012 Member, Executive Committee for Astrostatistics, ISI (International Statistics Institute) 2009-2011 Member, Executive Advisory Board, Bridge Dataworks, LLC 2009-2010 Graduate Program Coordinator for Computational Science and Informatics (CSI), GMU 2009 Chair, GMU CDS Department Distance Education Committee 2008-2010 Member, GMU CDS Program Curriculum Committee 2005-2009 Education/Public Outreach Team, LSST Project 2005-2007 Data Products Working Group, Data Management Team, LSST Project 2002-2007 Speaker, Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, Achievement Counts Program Speakers Bureau 2001-2007 Senior Personnel, National Virtual Observatory Project 2001-2007 Vice Chair, IAU Working Group on Publishing 2007 Committee on Communications, American Astronomical Society (AAS) 2003-2006 AAS Committee on Employment (Chairperson, 2006) 2003 Exhibits Co-Chair, KDD-2003 Conference 2003 Panel Chair, "The Increasing Role of Data Mining", Data Mining Technologies Conference 2002 Panel Chair, "XML for Science Data Systems", NASA Science Data Processing Workshop 2002 Panel Member, "Data Challenges of the Future", NASA Science Data Processing Workshop 2000-2002 Member, NASA Astrophysics Data Centers Executive Council (ADEC) 1999-2002 Member, Publications Committee of the ASP 1999 Contributor, Far-IR and Submm Astronomy Working Group, "Charting the Winds that Change the Universe" 1999 Panel Chairman, Extragalactic Panel, NASA Workshop on Submillimeter Space Astronomy in the Next Millennium 1998-2000 Committee Member, AAS Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society 1995 Member, NASA HEASARC User Group 1995 Deputy Editor, Publications of the ASP
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