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Kirk Borne's GMU Homepage Courses Taught: http://classweb.gmu.edu/kborne/courses.html Travel Schedule: http://classweb.gmu.edu/kborne/travel-schedule.htm COS Seminars: http://classweb.gmu.edu/kborne/cos-seminars.htm |
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Mega-complete CV: http://classweb.gmu.edu/kborne/borne_cv.pdf
Complete Tenure & Promotion Portfolio: http://aurora.gmu.edu/~kborne/TenurePortfolio/kirkborne/
Research Publications: http://aurora.gmu.edu/~kborne/
Research Statement: http://aurora.gmu.edu/~kborne/gmu-kborne-research2010.pdf
Teaching Statement: http://aurora.gmu.edu/~kborne/gmu-kborne-teaching2010.pdf
Affiliation: George Mason University
Department: School of Physics, Astronomy, & Computational Sciences, College of Science
Phone: (703) 993-8402
FAX: (703) 993-9300
E-mail Address: kborne (at) gmu.edu
Physical Address: Research Building 1 (RB1), Room 357 4400 University Drive MS 6A2 Fairfax, VA 22030
Current Position: Professor of Astrophysics and Computational Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Areas of Large-Database Astronomy and Astrophysics Specialization: Scientific Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Observational and Theoretical Astrophysics Optical and High-Energy Astronomy Space-based Astronomical Research Computational and Numerical Simulation Research Science Information Systems and Scientific Databases Virtual Observatories: Science & Information Technologies 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 Public Speaking Science Project Management Proposal Development
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: 2011-present 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 of Astrophysics and Computational Science, GMU 2005-present Vice President and Co-Founder of ARIES Scientific, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization 2003-present Associate Consultant, Science Systems Consulting 2006-2007 Program Manager, NASA-GSFC SSDOO Contract, QSS Group Inc. 2002-2007 Adjunct Associate Professor, UMUC Graduate School, Database Systems Technologies Program 2002-2003 Founder and Co-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 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, Caltech
Research Observational and Theoretical Astrophysics Interests: Dynamics and Evolution of Galaxies Groups and Clusters of Galaxies Interacting and Merging Galaxies Star Formation and Nuclear Activity in Galaxies Infrared-Luminous Galaxies Large Sky Surveys Computational and Numerical Simulation Research Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery in Scientific Databases Science Education -- NOTE: Science and Math: highest-paying majors
Affiliations and Community Service: 2010-present Chair, Scholarship Committee, GMU Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi 2010-present GMU Member Representative to the LSST Board of Directors 2010-present 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 Chair, GMU CDS Department Distance Education Committee 2009-present Member, LSST Outreach Advisory Board 2009-present Member, Zooniverse Project 2009-present Member, Executive Committee for Astrostatistics, ISI (International Statistics Institute) 2009-present Chair, Informatics and Statistical Science Collaboration Team, Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Project 2009-present Member, Executive Advisory Board, Bridge Dataworks, LLC 2008-present Member, GMU CDS Program Curriculum Committee 2006-present Galaxies Collaboration Team, LSST 2005-present 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-present Vice Chair, IAU Working Group on Publishing 2000-present Member, IAU Working Group on Designations 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
Complete Tenure & Promotion Portfolio: http://aurora.gmu.edu/~kborne/TenurePortfolio/kirkborne/ Research Publications: http://aurora.gmu.edu/~kborne/ Complete CV: http://classweb.gmu.edu/kborne/borne_cv.pdf Astronomy Publications listed at the Astrophysics Data System abstract service Publications: Publications listed at the ArXiv.org astro-ph preprint service Computer Science-related Publications listed at DBLP
