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Associate Professor
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131
| voice: | +1 (805) 893-7356 |
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| email: | frew@bren.ucsb.edu |
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James Frew is an Associate Professor in the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and a principal investigator in UCSB's Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS). His research is centered on applications of computing technology to environmental science, particularly involving digital geolibraries and Earth science workflow management.
Dr. Frew received his Ph.D. in Geography from UCSB in 1990. As part of his doctoral research, he developed the Image Processing Workbench, an open-source set of software tools for remote sensing image processing, currently used for instruction and research at UCSB and elsewhere. He has served as both the Manager and the Acting Director of the Computer Systems Laboratory (ICESS' predecessor), and as the Associate Director of the Sequoia 2000 Project, a 3-year $14M multi-campus consortium formed to investigate large-scale data management aspects of global change problems. He was a co-PI on the Alexandria Project (part of NSF's Digital Libraries Initiative), where he directed the development of the Alexandria Digital Earth Prototype (ADEPT) testbed system. Dr. Frew also served on the National Research Council's Committee on Earth Science Data Utilization (CESDU).
Dr. Frew currently leads the Earth System Science Server project (part of the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners), and serves on several NASA advisory committees. During the 2005-2006 academic year he was a visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh's Digital Curation Centre.
Environmental information management; digital libraries; metadata; distributed systems; scientific and geospatial computing environments; information architecture
All degrees in Geography at University of California, Santa Barbara
| B.A. | 1977 | |
| M.A. | 1980 | (thesis: Remote sensing of snow surface albedo) |
| Ph.D. | 1990 | (dissertation: The Image Processing Workbench) |
2005-2006: Visiting Professor, Digital Curation Centre, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.
2004-current: Associate Professor, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California, Santa Barbara.
2004-current: Affiliated Faculty, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2004-current: Affiliated Faculty, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1997-2004: Assistant Professor, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management University of California, Santa Barbara.
1993-1997: Specialist, Institute for Computational Earth System Science and Center for Computational Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1991-1993: Research Engineer, Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley.
1988-1991: Computing Resources Manager, Computer Systems Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1988: Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1986-1988: Programmer/Analyst, Computer Systems Laboratory and Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1983-1986: Research Assistant, Computer Systems Laboratory and Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1980-1981: Lecturer, Department of Geography and Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1992: Group Achievement Award, NASA Climate and Land Data System Operations and Development Team.
2002-2004: Committee on Environmental Satellite Data Utilization, Space Studies Board
2002: invited presentation, Workshop on Coping with Increasing Demands on Government Data Centers
2001: Workshop on Intersection of Geospatial Information and Information Technology
2005-current: steering committee, International Conferences on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM)
2004-2005: chair, 17th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management (SSDBM 2005)
2003-current: Charles S. Falkenberg Award Committee, American Geophysical Union
2002-current: Data Archiving and Distribution Technical Committee, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
2001: local demonstrations chair, ACM SIGMOD 2001 Conference
2004-2005: member, Evolution of EOSDIS Elements Study Team, NASA Earth Science Enterprise
2002-2003: vice-chair, Executive Committee, ESIP Federation
2000-current: consultant, Strategic Evolution of ESE Data Systems (SEEDS), NASA Earth Science Enterprise
1999-current: (chair 1999-2000) Interoperability Committee, ESIP Federation
1998-2000: consultant, New Data and Information Systems and Services (NewDISS) Team, NASA Earth Science Enterprise
1998-1999: vice-chair, Executive Committee, NASA Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation
1995-2000: National Spatial Data Clearinghouse Working Group, Federal Geographic Data Committee
1993-1998: EOSDIS Panel, NASA EOS Investigators Working Group
1991-1994: User Working Group, EOSDIS Distributed Active Archive Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
1988-1993: Science Working Group, NASA Pilot Land Data System
2007-current: Advisory Committee, Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS)
2006-current: Executive Committee, Bren School
2006-current: Committee on Research Policy and Procedures, Academic Senate
2004-current: Academic Technology Planning Group, Office of Information Systems and Technology
2004: chair, Group Projects Selection Committee, Bren School
2003-2004: Santa Cruz Island Reserve representative, Natural Reserve System Advisory Committee
2000-current: chair, Web Committee, Bren School
2000-2001: Bren School representative, Faculty Legislature, Academic Senate
2000: Search Committee, Director, Office of Information Technology
1999-2004: Building Committee, Bren School
1999-current: Computing, Information Technology and Telecommunications Policy Committee, Academic Senate
1999-2002: Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Group on Industry/University Collaborations, Office of Research
1998-1999: Group Projects Selection Committee, Bren School
1997-current: Computing Committee (chair 1997-2000, 2003-current), Bren School
1997-2000: CalREN-2 Implementation Group, Campus Network Committee
2006-current: Finance Committee, Federation of Earth Science Information Partners
2002-current: Board of Directors, The New Media Studio
2002-2003: President, Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Foundation
2001: Board of Directors, Peabody Charter School Foundation
1998-1999: Expert Review Team for Electronic Outreach, Monterey Bay Aquarium
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2004-2007: "Integrating Digital Libraries and Earth Science Data Systems", NSF #IIS-0431166, $672,651
2004-2008: "Creating, Updating, and Distributing Merged Ocean Color Products", NASA #NNG04GE66G, $1,500,000
2001-2004: "Textual-Geospatial Integration Services for NSDL", NSF #DUE-0121578, $449,265
1998-2003: "The Earth System Science Workbench", NASA #NCC5-302, $3,586,952
1999-2001: "Satellite Climatology", Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory #6494539, $55,346
1996-1998: "Digital Libraries as ECS Value-Added Providers", Hughes Information Technology Corp. #300379, $99,195
2003-2008: "Multi-Resolution Snow Products for the Hydrologic Sciences", NASA #NNG04GC52A, $3,950,000 (PI: J. Dozier)
2002-2006: "Core Integration - Leading NSDL Toward Long-Term Success", NSF, $1,481,064 (PI: T. Smith)
2001-2003: "Core Integration of the National SMETE Digital Library", University Corp. for Atmospheric Research #S02-36644, $489,972 (PI: T. Smith)
2001-2002: "Inquiry in the On-Line Context: Learning from the Past, Informing the Future", UCSB Research Across Disciplines Initiative, $10,000 (P.I.: J. Green)
2000-2006: "Land/Ocean Interactions and the Dynamics of Kelp Forest Communities", NSF, $4,200,000 (PI: D. Reed)
1999-2004: "The Alexandria Digital Earth Modeling System", NSF #IIS98-17432, $5,400,000 (PI: T. Smith)
1997-1999: "Infrastructure for Training and Partnerships - California Water and Coastal Ocean Resources", NASA #NAG5-6478, $395,480 (PI: D. Siegel)
1994-1998: "The Alexandria Project", NSF #IRI94-11330, $4,800,000 (PI: T. Smith)
1994-1997: "End-to-End Problems in EOSDIS", UC Berkeley #08950762, $275,000 (PI: J. Dozier)