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- Austin, S, et al.
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Atmospheric Balloon Studies : A Collaboration Between Minority and Traditional Undergraduate and Graduate Institutions
- 2008
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The Minority University Consortium for Earth and Space Sciences (MUCESS), a collaboration among diverse minority institutions dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented students pursuing professional and research careers in Earth and Atmospheric Science and Space Science, were informed that they had been funded by NSF for a faculty and student research opportunity in atmospheric science. Among the institutions only Medgar Evers College, City University of New York had a prior program in ozone monitoring and a bachelor's degree in environmental science. The funding provided an opportunity to strengthen the initial team with the addition of G. Morris, Valparaiso University and B. Lefer, University of Houston as both had an ongoing ozone research program. The grant enabled MEC to continue their activities and the University of Houston-Downtown to increase the number of launches per year. South Carolina State University is able to strengthen their support system and incorporate the activities into both their academic and outreach programs. The opportunity to partner with G. Morris and B. Lefer will enable the institutions to expand their ozonesonde launches to include both tropospheric and stratospheric ozone distribution and transport. Faculty student workshops will be an integral part of the program as the activity will increase the scientific knowledge of the participants. The program provides an opportunity for minority students to pursue studies in the geosciences and develop the skills and knowledge to pursue graduate degrees in the discipline.
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- Gerogiannis, D.C, et al.
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Histogram Computation on Distributed Memory Architectures
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In: Concurrency: Practice and Experience. - : Wiley. - 1040-3108 .- 1096-9128. ; 1:2, s. 219-237
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- One data-independent and one data-dependent algorithm for the computation of image histograms on parallel computers are presented, analysed and implemented on the Connection Machine system CM-2. The data-dependent algorithm has a lower requirement on communication bandwidth by only transferring bins with a non-zero count. Both algorithms perform all-to-all reduction, which is implemented through a sequence of exchanges as defined by a butterfly network. The two algorithms are compared based on predicted and actual performance on the Connection Machine CM-2. With few pixels per processor the data-dependent algorithm requires in the order of √B data transfers for B bins compared to B data transfers for the data-independent algorithm. As the number of pixels per processor grows the advantage of the data-dependent algorithm decreases. The advantage of the data-dependent algorithm increases with the number of bins of the histogram.
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- Sturkell, Erik, 1962, et al.
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Geologen - en filmhjälte
- 2014
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In: GeoArena.
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Hur vanligt är det med geologer på vita duken och hur blir han/hon framställd? Har geologen någon gång huvudrollen i en film? Är geologen hjälten eller skurken? Eller förekommer denne endast i biroller, där han eller hon kliver in på kontoret och säger “borra här” och sedan lämnar scenen? Alla dessa frågor som många av oss ställt men där inga enhetliga svar funnits - tills nu då vi har gjort en systematisk undersökning. Vi har därför försökt att hitta så många filmer med geologer som möjligt. Totalt har vi hittat 60 amerikanska och brittiska biofilmer hittills. I dessa filmer finns 94 geologer i rolluppsättningen och 32 av dessa geologer spelar en huvudroll (34 procent). Oftast har en film endast en geolog. Av de 60 filmerna har 19 stycken fler än en geolog och i åtta filmer finns det fler än två. Filmen “Dante’s Peak” har flest geologer med sju stycken. Kvinnliga geologer förekommer i elva filmer och de utgör 13 av totalt av 94 filmgeologer vilket motsvarar 14 procent. Filmgeologerna har olika karaktärer, de flesta är goda människor (86 procent); några räddar till och med världen. Endast några få geologer (2) av dessa är riktigt ondskefulla, Daniel Plainview från “There Will Be Blood” (2007), och Prof. Dent i Bondfilmen “Dr. No” (1962). Vår kultfilm är “Dante’s Peak” (1997), denna är utan tvekan den bästa geologfilmen genom tiderna. Slutsatsen är att geologen oftast är en trevlig person som jobbar i fält, har rutig skjorta och som gärna går ner och tar en (eller flera) öl.
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- Sturkell, Erik, 1962, et al.
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Geologen – en filmstjärna!
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In: Geologiskt Forum. - 1104-4721. ; 20:79, s. 16-21
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- Sturkell, Erik, 1962, et al.
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Rock stars: Geologists on the silver screen
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In: Earth. The science behind the headlines. - 1943-345X. ; 60:6, s. 24-33
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- When geologists gather for a beer after work or around a campfire after a long day in the field, the conversation sometimes turns to how our profession is portrayed on film. Are geologists heroes or villains? Do they appear only in supporting roles — their parts limited to entering an office, uttering “Drill here,” and promptly leaving the scene — or are they main characters? Michael Easton of the Ontario Geological Survey and colleagues addressed some of these points in a 1990 article, “Hollywood’s Portrayal of Geologists: Earth Scientists on Celluloid,” in the pages of this magazine, then called Geotimes. The writers concluded that geologists are usually pictured as “good guys” — and they are most often guys — who work outdoors and love to seek out the local bar for a beer (or two). This stands in stark contrast to the customary film portrayals of physicists and chemists. In a 1988 study, “The Physicist as Mad Scientist,” science historian Spencer Weart, now retired from the American Institute of Physics, found that physicists and chemists are very often described as mad scientists striving for world domination or the total destruction of Earth. Even in cases where they were not portrayed as wholly evil, Weart found they were still often depicted as absent-minded or misunderstood geniuses. Much has changed in the last few decades, however, so we decided to reexamine the question of how geologists are portrayed on film, incorporating movies released since 1990.
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