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Brief Curriculum Vitae

Russell K. Rew

Head, Development and Support Group
Unidata Program
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, Colorado 80307
<russ@unidata.ucar.edu>.

Education

Bachelors Degree:
Mathematics; 1972; University of Colorado
Masters Degree:
Mathematics; 1977; University of Colorado
Doctorate:
Computer Science; 1987; University of Colorado

Experience

1998-present
Head, Development and Support Group, Unidata Program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, Colorado
1987-1998
Head of Systems Development, Unidata Program
1986-1987
Systems Software Specialist, Unidata Program
1982-1986
Programmer, Advanced Methods Group, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado
1978-1981
Group Head, Software and Libraries Group, Scientific Computing Division, NCAR
1975-1977
Programmer, University Liaison and Information Services, Computing Facility, NCAR
1973-1974
Group Head, High Altitude Observatory Programming Group, Computing Facility, NCAR
1970-1972
Programmer, Computing Facility, NCAR
1967-1969
Scientific Programmer (part time), Ball Brothers Research Corporation, Boulder, Colorado

Professional Societies

IEEE Computer Society, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Association for Computing Machinery

Publications

Hartnett, Edward J., and R. K. Rew, 2008: Experience with an enhanced netCDF data model and interface for scientific data access, 24th International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorology Society, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Rew, Russell K., E. J. Hartnett, and J. Caron, 2006: NetCDF-4: software implementing an enhanced data model for the geosciences, 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorology Society, Atlanta, Georgia.

Rew, Russell K., 2004: Fishing for Data, Pier to Pier, 20th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorology Society, Seattle, Washington.

Wilson, Anne and Russell K. Rew, 2002: Exploring an Alternative Architecture for Unidata's Internet Data Distribution, 18th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorology Society, Orlando, Florida.

Murray, Don, Russ Rew, Steven Emmerson, John Caron, Stuart Wier, and David Fulker, 2001: Unidata's MetApps Project: New ways, in Java, of Exploring Remotely Sensed Data, Proceedings, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2001 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, Sydney, Australia.

Rew, Russ and Anne Wilson, 2001: The Unidata LDM System: Recent Improvements for Scalability, Proceedings, 17th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, January, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Fulker, David, Russell K. Rew, and Anne Wilson, 2000: A TCP/IP-Based System for Reliably Disseminating Near-Real-Time Meteorological Data, CBS Technical Conference on WMO Information Systems and Services, Geneva, Switzerland, 27-28 November 2000.

Rew, Russell K., John L. Caron, Steven R. Emmerson, and Don R. Murray, 2000: Future Directions for Unidata Applications Proceedings, 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, January, Long Beach, California.

Caron, John L., Ethan Davis, Don R. Murray, and Russell K. Rew, 2000: Future Directions for Meteorological Data Distribution. Proceedings, 16th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, January, Long Beach, California.

Droegemeier, Kelvin K., Jinxing Zong, Keith Brewster, Tim D. Crum, Harry Edmon, David Fulker, Linda Miller, Russ Rew, and Jason Martin, 1999: The explicit numerical prediction of an intense hailstorm using WSR-88D observations: the need for real time access to level II data and plans for a prototype acquisition system. Proceedings, 15th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, January, Dallas, Texas.

Rew, Russell K., 1998: Georeferencing with Java: An Example of Executable Metadata. Proceedings, 14th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, January, Phoenix, Arizona. The slides used in the presentation, and the source code for the prototype, are also available online.

Fulker, David, Tom Yoksas, Russell K. Rew, and Glenn P. Davis, ``Unidata's Path to Platform Independence,'' 14th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Phoenix, Arizona,R. K American Meteorology Society, January 1998.

Rew, Russell K., Glenn P. Davis, S. Emmerson, and H. Davies, NetCDF User's Guide for C, An Interface for Self-Describing, Portable Data, Version 3, June 1997.

Rew, Russell K., Glenn P. Davis, S. Emmerson, and H. Davies, NetCDF User's Guide for FORTRAN, An Interface for Self-Describing, Portable Data, Version 3, June 1997.

Rew, Russell K. and Glenn P. Davis, ``Unidata's netCDF Interface for Data Access: Status and Plans,'' 13th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Anaheim, California, American Meteorology Society, February 1997.

Rew, Russell K., Glenn P. Davis, Steve Emmerson, and Harvey Davies, NetCDF User's Guide, An Interface for Data Access, Version 2.4, February 1996.

Yoksas, Thomas, Margaret Bruehl, Steve Emmerson, Russell K. Rew and Susan Jesuroga, 1995: ``Conventions for Storing Meteorological Data in netCDF: Preliminary Recommendations,'' Proceedings, 11th International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Dallas, Texas, American Meteorological Society, January 1995.

Davis, Glenn P., and Russell K. Rew, ``The Unidata LDM: Programs and Protocols for Flexible Processing of Data Products,'' Tenth International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, , Nashville, Tennessee, American Meteorology Society, January 1994.

Brown, S A, M. Folk, G. Goucher, and R. Rew, ``Software for Portable Scientific Data Management,'' Computers in Physics, American Institute of Physics, Vol. 7, No. 3, May/June 1993, pp. 304-308.

NCAR Technical Note TN-334+IA netCDF User's Guide, An Interface for Data Access, Version 1.0. Russell K. Rew. Unidata Program Center. UPC, 148 pp., June 1989. (NTIS #PB90 132275).

Rew, Russell K. and D. Campbell, 1988: Design Issues in the Unidata Local Data Management System. Preprints, Fourth International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, February, Anaheim, California.

NCAR Technical Note TN-192+IA The NCAR Software Catalog. A Compilation of the Software Available at NCAR. Russell K. Rew, Dick Valent, Harsh Anano Passi, and Ginger Caldwell. SCD, April 1982. (NTIS #PB94-106002).

NCAR Technical Note TN-155+IA Storing, Retrieving, and Editing Programs. David Kennison, Russell Rew, Jo Walsh, and Linda Besen, Ed. ATD, Ver. 1.0, October 1980. Ver. 2.0, September 1982. (NTIS #PB93-234243).

NCAR Technical Note TN-129+PROC Summer Fellowship in Scientific Computing. Jeanne C. Adams, Russell K. Rew, eds. ATD, 165 pp., Spring 1977. (NTIS #PB94-101524).

NCAR Technical Note TN-119+PROC Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing; Internship Program for Minority Students. Computing Facility, Summer 1976. Jeanne C. Adams and Russell K. Rew, Eds. ATD, 248 pp., March 1977. (NTIS #PB94-105970).

NCAR Technical Note TN-114+PROC: Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing; Internship Program for Minority Students: Summer 1975. Jeanne C. Adams, Russell K. Rew, Eds. ATD, 233 pp., February 1976. (NTIS # PB93-157162).

Awards and Honors

Among top finishers in the twenty-ninth annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition (December, 1968).


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