Data Analysis and Science Support Software

The Data Analysis and Science Support Software Section in the Space Science and Engineering Division provides end-to-end data management and data analysis solutions for supporting scientists and engineers in all mission phases. Data management includes all stages of ingesting, processing, formatting, distributing, archiving, retrieving, and mining data in automated and interactive fashions. Data analysis includes numerical computation, data fusion techniques, and visualization in a variety of 2-D and 3-D views.

The staff relies on more than 25 years of problem solving and systems design experience to produce quality solutions using appropriate software technologies. Section experience includes a wide range of areas across the entire span of computer science and engineering. The team creates software and systems for clients by applying design methodologies, rapid prototyping, and knowledge of a broad spectrum of standards. A computer laboratory provides clients with an adaptable development and testing environment for almost any software production need. The section routinely deals with issues involving cross platform development (UNIX, Linux, Windows, Macintosh), multiple programming languages (C/C++, FORTRAN, Tcl/Tk, Perl, PHP, Java, Lua, Python), open source tools (VTK-Visualization ToolKit, Qt/Qwt, MySQL, SQLite, PostGRES, SPICE), proprietary tools (IDL, MATLAB, Mathematica^®, STK-Satellite ToolKit, SIMION^®), visualization (2D/3D), data compression/representation, and data fusion and mining applications both on and off the web.

Sandee J. Jeffers, Principal Analyst/Acting Manager

Technical strengths and contacts include:

• Numerical methods, data compression, software project management and ISO 9001 standards
  Sandee J. Jeffers
   
• XML, data formats and standards
  Carrie A. Gonzalez
   
• Database systems, three-dimensional visualization, web based applications
  Joey Mukherjee
   
• Graphics and visualization, parallel computing methods
  Michael A. Muller
   
• Graphics and visualization, orbit and trajectory analysis
  Jillian A. Redfern
   

Related Links

• IDFS Data Format
• Southwest Data Display and Analysis System
• MENA Image Making Software
• SwRI's IMAGE Mission Data Archive
• SwRI's Virtual Sun/Earth Observatory
• Cluster PEACE High Resolution Data System
• Mars Express ASPERA-3 Data System
• TWINS Mission
• PHoto Ionization/Dissociation RATES
• LRO/LAMP Science Operations Center

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January 24, 2012