BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

GINGER CALDWELL – Manager of Operations and Information Support, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research

EDUCATION:

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

• Master of Science, August 1981 - Major: Statistics
• Bachelor of Science, May 1975 - Double Major: Statistics and Computer Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

May 1995–present

• Manager of Operations and Information Support, Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado.
• Manage staff of 19 who operate and provide the infrastructure for high performance computing services and network services at NCAR for 1400 users located at 150 sites. Chaired SC98 Education Program in Orlando for 200 teachers including content, funding from NSF and NASA, prototype videoconferencing using the vBNS to remote sites in Illinois, Iowa, and North Carolina.

August 1987–May 1995

• Manager of the User Services Section, Scientific Computing Division, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado.
• Initiated and implemented a teacher training program at SC92 in Minneapolis. Program Chair for the division's Site Liaison Workshop (1988, 1990) and the SCD User Conference (1989, 1990, 1993). Technical Coordinator for the EPA Computing Project at NCAR in which EPA used $1 million dollars of computing time (1989). Organizer and local arrangements host of the first Workshop on Online Documentation in the Supercomputing Environment (1990).

May 1987–August 1987

• Group Leader of the Consulting Group, Scientific Computing Division, NCAR.

October 1986–May 1987

• Acting Group Leader of the Training and Documentation Group, Scientific Computing Division, NCAR.

October 1982–October 1986

• Statistician, Scientific Computing Division, NCAR.
• Consulted with over 50 different people each year and taught classes in regression, time series analysis, and use of statistical software. Assistance was acknowledged in many publications, including the National Academy of Sciences' 1983 Report on Acid Deposition. Co-authored two papers.

February 1982–October 1982

• Director of Data Processing, Holographics, Boulder, Colorado

September 1980–February 1982

• Mathematician, Space Environment Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado.
• Collaborated with scientists in the statistical analysis of atmospheric and solar data using linear and nonlinear regression and time series methods.

August 1977–September 1980

• Mathematical Statistician, National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, Colorado.
• Designed measurement assurance programs for RF microwave power to estimate offsets between the National Bureau of Standards and other laboratories. Determined the feasibility of establishing a carbon dioxide monitoring site on Mount Kenya, Africa by estimating the precision of monthly averages. Taught a 25-lecture course on "Probability and Statistics for Scientists." Co-authored four papers.

Questions? Send e-mail to cal@ucar.edu
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LAST UPDATED: 03/30/2000