| Ed Campion Edward.S.Campion.1@gsfc.nasa.gov Goddard Space Flight Center Phone: 301/286-8955 |
May 24, 2001 |
Release No. 01-55
FIRST EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AWARD WINNERS NAMED
Two employees in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Earth Sciences Directorate are the recipients of the Center's 2001 Excellence in Information Science and Technology (IS&T) Award. The award is presented annually to the Goddard employee(s) who best exhibit(s) broad, significant contributions to the center's programs or projects in the areas of information science and technology.
James R. Fischer in the Earth & Space Data Computing Division and Dr. Christopher S. Lynnes in the Data and Information Services Center each received their award at the Information Science and Technology Colloquium held this week at Goddard, located in Greenbelt, Md.
Dr. Lynnes was recognized for the design and construction of IS&T systems that he has led on behalf of NASA Earth science research and applications. His accomplishments include the first operational system for the Goddard Distributed Active Archive Center, the support system for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the Simple Scalable Script-based Science Processor. Those contributions, plus Dr. Lynnes' expertise in applying state-of-the-art IS&T technologies to Earth Science needs have been internationally acknowledged.
Fischer was honored for contributions that span nearly three decades at Goddard. In the 1980's, he led the Massively Parallel Processor project and launched the Frontiers Conference which has been instrumental in fostering the development of massively parallel scientific computing. Since 1990, Fischer has been the project manager for NASA's High Performance Computing and Communications Program in the Earth and Space Science Applications Project at Goddard. The13-year project (1992-2004) with a budget totaling $200 million, is aimed at accelerating development and application of high performance computing technologies to meet the challenging needs of the U.S. Earth and space science community.
Dr. Lynnes was awarded his bachelor's from Dartmouth College in 1981 and a doctorate in Geological Sciences (Seismology) from the University of Michigan in 1988. He is married to Patricia Czapp and is a native of Winnetka, Illinois.
Fischer received a bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State in 1974 and is a member of both the IEEE and IEE Computer Society. He is a native of Concord, North Carolina.