Members of Unidata's two governing committees gathered in Boulder in September 2012 for a joint meeting to share information and ideas between the committees and with Unidata Program Center staff.
The Unidata Program Center has spiffy new lodgings. Again!
After nearly a year of renovation and refurbishment, UCAR's Foothills Laboratory 4 is ready for occupancy. The Unidata Program Center is moving back to its (newly remodelled) space in the FL-4 building July 5-6, 2012. As a result, we may be slow to respond to phone calls and e-mail support questions during the transition. If all goes according to plan, we'll be in the new space beginning on Monday, July 9th. (Note, however, that most UPC staff will be attending the 2012 Unidata Users Workshop at NCAR's Mesa Lab the week of July 9th.)
Lansing Madry joined the Unidata Program Center software development staff on April 23rd, 2012. Oddly enough, his previous office was across the street from Unidata's current quarters in the Anthes building of UCAR's Foothills Lab. There, Lansing consumed Unidata products while working for Precision Wind, a company that provides precise, high quality wind forecasts to wind farms.
Jack Swope joined the Unidata Program Center's Information Technology staff on April 30th, 2012. Jack comes to Unidata from Vmware Inc., were he worked as Systems Administrator for the Engineering group. He holds a bachelor's degree in Agricultural Education from Colorado State University, and a master's degree in Computer Information Systems from Regis University.
Ward Fisher joined the Unidata Program Center software development staff on March 12th, 2012. Ward brings a wide variety of research and software development experience to the team, having designed systems for facial recognition, image processing, and data compression. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science form Colorado State University, and also has a background in mathematics and statistics.
Marcos Hermida joined the Unidata Program Center software development staff on January 30th, 2012. Marcos comes to Unidata from MeteoGalicia, the regional meteorology agency for Galicia, Spain.
Joint meeting of Unidata Users and Policy committees
Members of Unidata's two governing committees gathered in Boulder in late October 2011 for a joint meeting to share information and ideas between the committees and with Unidata Program Center staff.
The Unidata Program Center will be moving into the Anthes building.
The Unidata Program Center has spiffy new lodgings.
Update: Our move to the new building is (more or less) complete. Come by and visit us in our snazzy (if temporary) new building.
It's only temporary, and it's only across the street, but the Program Center offices (along with the offices of most of the programs that make up the UCAR Community Programs — UCP) will be moving to new digs during the week of August 8, 2011. As a result, we may be slow to respond to phone calls and e-mail support questions during the transition. If all goes according to plan, we'll be in the new space beginning on Monday, August 15th.
The Unidata Program Center is hiring! We are looking for a software developer to join our Boulder, Colorado development team in creating and maintaining software and data services to support the geosciences.
Sean Arms joined the Unidata Program Center software development staff on May 23rd, 2011. Sean comes to Unidata from the University of Oklahoma, where he completed his Bachelor's, Master's, and most recently Doctoral degrees in Meteorology.
Sean is a familiar face to the rest of the Program Center staff; in addition to attending numerous Unidata workshops over the years, he served as the first student representative to the Unidata Users committee. "I got involved after Unidata's 2006 Triennial workshop," Sean says. "I was so impressed when I learned that the National Science Foundation was funding this community-driven, service oriented organization; I wanted to get involved however I could." Sean talked with members of the Users committee at that meeting, pointing out that many students were using Unidata software and data streams and asking why there was no student representation on the committee. "That's when I learned that suggesting can be the same as volunteering," he says.
