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Ali Abbas, PhD

Senior Data Scientist, MRC Epidemiology Unit

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, SQL, C/C++/C# language, Java, Data visualisation, Big data, Data mining, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Version control, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Geospatial data

Contact Information

aa797@cam.ac.uk

Biography

Ali is Senior Data Scientist and public-health/transport modeller in the Public Health Modelling (PHM) group at the MRC-Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge. He is interested in active travel, specifically cycling research.

Coming from a Computer Science background, with a focus on modelling in his PhD, for over a decade, he has been doing data-driven research and development. This includes Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA), Statistical Modelling (or Machine Learning), Interactive Visualization, all with a focus on collaborative, transparent and reproducible research. In addition, he leads in project management and managing, training, guiding, and teaching of junior staff in his Unit. His work can be seen on GitHub at https://github.com/usr110.

Frazer Christie, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Glacier Geophysics)

Scott Polar Research Institute

Areas Of Expertise:

Matlab, Data visualisation, Data mining, Statistical analysis, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Database design, Data architecture, Data storage, Institutional repositories, Discipline-specific repositories, General repositories, Data sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Data archiving, Data preservation, Writing/publishing data papers, Imaging, Geospatial data

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Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Scott Polar Research Institute, where I use a combination of novel satellite imaging techniques, airborne geophysical observations and climate-ocean model data to investigate the key climatic drivers responsible for controlling the rapid deterioration of the Antarctic Ice Sheet since the onset of the satellite era (~1970-present). As such, I have a range of experience in the handling, processing and visualisation of complex geospatial datasets, and have experience in the usage of several different computer programming languages to do this. My experience also includes the long-term archiving and preservation of data to support scientific reproducibility, ranging from the publication of small, project-specific datasets to institutional collections (including assisting with the recent publication of SPRI’s historical Arctic airborne radio echo sounding data archives).

Junaid Abdul Jabbar

Research Assistant, Database Developer

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Git, SQL, Data Management Plans, Data collection, Database design, Data storage, FAIR Data, Data archiving, Data preservation, Surveys, Geospatial data, Digitisation

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I am a Geoinformatics Engineer. I have been actively contributing to the geospatial domain in both Academia and Industry since 2015. During this time I have used my expertise to make end-to-end solutions from data acquisition, data management and provision of services in the application areas of Urban planning, Vehicle tracking, Rescue services, Location based services and Archaeology.

Sherine Awad Mahmoud, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Clinical Biochemistry

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, R language, Git, C/C++ language, Data mining, Machine learning, Version control, Licensing, Copyright, Research data ethics, Data policies, Data storage, General repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Bioinformatics

Contact Information

sa941@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Biography

I have a PhD in Computer Science specialised in Bioinformatics from Michigan State university. I had my postdoc training in Bioinformatics from University of California Davis before moving to University of Cambridge.

Steven Marygold, PhD

Group Manager

Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

Areas Of Expertise:

Data storage, Discipline-specific repositories, Data sharing, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Surveys, Bioinformatics

Contact Information

sjm41@cam.ac.uk

@steven_flybase

ORCiD:

0000-0003-2759-266X

Biography

Following a PhD and post-doctoral research in fruit fly (Drosophila) genetics, I joined the FlyBase group (https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/flybase) at the University of Cambridge in 2006. FlyBase (https://flybase.org) is an online database of biological information about the model organism Drosophila melanogaster. Data are manually collated from the published literature by a team of curators and integrated with information from various external databases to produce our freely available website. In addition to managing the local FlyBase group, I am a PI on a project to develop a new metabolic pathway resource for Drosophila.

Susana Sauret-Gueto

Research Manager / Research Associate

Department of Plant Sciences

Areas Of Expertise:

Electronic Laboratory Notebooks, Discipline-specific repositories, Repositories (general), FAIR Data, Data analysis, Bioinformatics, Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), R language, Data visualisation, Data collection, Database design, Experimental design, Open data, Imaging

Contact Information

ss2359@cam.ac.uk

@susanasagu

Biography

Biocuration of lab type IIS standardised DNA registries through LIMS-Benchling and R. Assist in the overall management of OpenPlant lab, including Microscopy Hub. Conduct research in Synthetic Biology and Plant Development.

Additional areas of expertise:

Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) – Benchling.

Tirtharaj Dash

Research Associate

Areas Of Expertise:

Python, Git, SQL, Matlab, Other programming languages, C/C++/C# language, Machine learning, Statistical analysis, Research data ethics, General repositories, Data sharing, Code sharing, Open data, FAIR Data, Writing/publishing data papers, Cheminformatics, Bioinformatics, Textual data

Contact Information

td522@cam.ac.uk

Website

ORCiD:

0000-0001-5965-8286

Biography

I am a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK. I am also a Postdoctoral Affiliate of Trinity College, Cambridge. I am currently working on several exciting research problems concerning codon usage, optimality and, in general, knowledge discovery from large-scale genomic data. I am focusing on developing novel ML approaches, such as Neuro-Symbolic Models and Deep Neural Networks, to learn from genomic sequences. For more details, please visit my homepage, which is usually updated often: https://tirtharajdash.github.io/

Ali Abbas, PhD

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Frazer Christie, PhD

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Junaid Abdul Jabbar

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Sherine Awad Mahmoud, PhD

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Steven Marygold, PhD

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Susana Sauret-Gueto

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Tirtharaj Dash

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