Merge branch 'main' into blog-project-portal-completed

about/people.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ data:
     title: Assistant Director of Computational Biology and Data Science
     github_username: ashokrags
     brown_directory_uuid: 60802d0b-8f18-499a-a1f3-5f9b24c390e4
-    bio: Ashok is a computational biologist/data scientist with a varied background
+    bio:
+      Ashok is a computational biologist/data scientist with a varied background
       in genetics, genomics, statistics and computation. He has a PhD in Fisheries and
       Wildlife from MSU and has worked in areas of quantitative genetics, biomedical genetics,
       ecology and bioinformatics. Above all he has a keen interest in data analysis,
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ data:
     title: Associate Director of Research Software Engineering and Data Science
     github_username: mirestrepo
     brown_directory_uuid: cb8b0a49-ef4b-66e7-5ccc-6689493e8ace
-    bio: Isabel grew up in Colombia and received her Ph.D from Brown in 2013 in Electrical
+    bio:
+      Isabel grew up in Colombia and received her Ph.D from Brown in 2013 in Electrical
       Engineering with a focus in Computer Vision. She enjoys machine learning, reproducible
       science, reverse engineering, playing squash, the sea, and dancing with her wild
       children.
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ data:
     title: Assistant CIO Research Software Engineering and Data Science
     github_username: paulstey
     brown_directory_uuid: 0525f19f-d156-4c47-a2e1-8b4e904a2e84
-    bio: Paul is a data scientist interested in using data and machine learning to solve
+    bio:
+      Paul is a data scientist interested in using data and machine learning to solve
       challenging problems. Before coming to Brown he was a statistician at the EPA.
       He has a PhD in Developmental Psychology.
     image: stey_main.jpg
@@ -89,39 +92,39 @@ data:
     title: Senior Research Systems Administrator
     github_username: n8wood-brown
     brown_directory_uuid: 857b928c-2ce1-fb2a-cde7-1a4ff21fa2d3
-    bio: "" 
+    bio: ""
     image: nate_main.jpg
-  - name: Jarrod Winsor 
+  - name: Jarrod Winsor
     type: Full Time
     team: CCV Operations
     title: Lead Research Systems Administrator
-    github_username: 
-    brown_directory_uuid: 1b81a653-ade8-4850-97ea-682644b714d0 
-    bio: ''
+    github_username:
+    brown_directory_uuid: 1b81a653-ade8-4850-97ea-682644b714d0
+    bio: ""
     image: jarrod_main.png
-  - name: Timothy Poli 
+  - name: Timothy Poli
     type: Full Time
     team: CCV Operations
     title: Senior Research Systems Administrator
-    github_username: "" 
-    brown_directory_uuid: 6ad65e2c-ba76-358a-dd69-9ab5508b3d8b 
-    bio: ''
+    github_username: ""
+    brown_directory_uuid: 6ad65e2c-ba76-358a-dd69-9ab5508b3d8b
+    bio: ""
     image: timothy_main.png
-  - name: Michael Antonelli 
+  - name: Michael Antonelli
     type: Full Time
     team: CCV Operations
     title: Research Systems Administrator
     github_username: ""
-    brown_directory_uuid: ddb582f2-d4fd-4d8a-adf1-4c4e37902ddd 
-    bio: ''
+    brown_directory_uuid: ddb582f2-d4fd-4d8a-adf1-4c4e37902ddd
+    bio: ""
     image: michael_main.png
   - name: Paul Koussa
     type: Full Time
-    team: Leadership 
-    title: Associate Director of Research Systems 
-    github_username:  ""
-    brown_directory_uuid: c67a6c91-53f3-3502-8fcb-006770f4d76e 
-    bio: ''
+    team: Leadership
+    title: Associate Director of Research Systems
+    github_username: ""
+    brown_directory_uuid: c67a6c91-53f3-3502-8fcb-006770f4d76e
+    bio: ""
     image: koussa_main.png
   - name: Paulo S Baptista
     type: Full Time
@@ -166,20 +169,21 @@ data:
     title: Lead Genomics Data Scientist
     github_username: aguang
     brown_directory_uuid: b3f2991e-b618-190f-881f-25fc21f82d02
-    bio: August obtained their PhD from Brown in 2017 in Applied Mathematics and Computational
+    bio:
+      August obtained their PhD from Brown in 2017 in Applied Mathematics and Computational
       Biology. Outside of work they organize against criminalization and the police
       state. Both their research practices and organizing work are guided by the belief
       that crisis and uncertainty are a gift and that we must be involved in shaping
       how change happens.
     image: august_main.jpg
-  - name: Paul Cao 
+  - name: Paul Cao
     type: Full Time
     team: Advanced Research Computing
-    title: Genomics Data Scientist 
+    title: Genomics Data Scientist
     subteam: Computational Biology Core
-    github_username: paulcao-brown 
-    brown_directory_uuid: ec11f732-efa0-4fa8-9cd2-030b45cb2929 
-    bio: ''
+    github_username: paulcao-brown
+    brown_directory_uuid: ec11f732-efa0-4fa8-9cd2-030b45cb2929
+    bio: ""
     image: cao_main.png
   - name: Jordan Lawson
     type: Full Time
@@ -188,7 +192,8 @@ data:
     subteam: Computational Biology Core
     github_username: j-stat
     brown_directory_uuid: 44dc2e77-eaaf-4884-ace2-e3fbb57e58ea
-    bio: Jordan is a Research Software Engineer in the Computational Biology Core at CCV.
+    bio:
+      Jordan is a Research Software Engineer in the Computational Biology Core at CCV.
       He did his Ph.D. in Applied Statistics at Boston College, with an emphasis on causal inference. He
       loves learning about natural and formal languages, superhero movies, boxing, and basketball.
     image: jordan_main.jpg
@@ -199,7 +204,8 @@ data:
     subteam: Computational Biology Core
     github_username: jrwallace
     brown_directory_uuid: 1eb864be-02d2-4880-a43f-62076e2d7366
-    bio: Joselynn is a genomics data scientist. Before coming to Brown, she got her
+    bio:
+      Joselynn is a genomics data scientist. Before coming to Brown, she got her
       PhD from the University of Rhode Island. Her background is primarily in studying
       microbes.
     image: joselynn_main.jpg
@@ -219,7 +225,8 @@ data:
     subteam: Graphics, Software, and Data Core
     github_username: broarr
     brown_directory_uuid: 0adf6ab4-8d56-410a-8ac6-4b4ca136a534
-    bio: Bradford is a software engineer with a broad range of experience including
+    bio:
+      Bradford is a software engineer with a broad range of experience including
       firmware engineering, devops, full-stack programming, and more. His professional
       interests include systems programming, infrastructure-as-code, and automation.
       Before Brown, Bradford worked for various startups in the Silicon Valley.
@@ -231,9 +238,10 @@ data:
     title: Senior Graphics/Visualization Software Engineer
     github_username: kmilo9999
     brown_directory_uuid: 448fac67-1dea-42ef-8205-9305ac9b79a6
-    bio: Camilo is a software engineer who specializes in realtime simulation engines, 3D modeling and rendering, animations and VR technologies. 
-      He loves learning programing languages and enjoys developing applications in multiple frameworks. Outside of work, he passes his time developing his own video games, 
-      playing soccer and volunteering for multiple events accros Rhode Island. 
+    bio:
+      Camilo is a software engineer who specializes in realtime simulation engines, 3D modeling and rendering, animations and VR technologies.
+      He loves learning programing languages and enjoys developing applications in multiple frameworks. Outside of work, he passes his time developing his own video games,
+      playing soccer and volunteering for multiple events accros Rhode Island.
     image: camilo_main.jpg
   - name: Ellen Duong
     type: Full Time
@@ -247,12 +255,12 @@ data:
   - name: Paul Xu
     type: Full Time
     team: Advanced Research Computing
-    subteam: Data & Visualization
-    title: Data Scientist 
-    github_username: digicosmos86 
-    brown_directory_uuid: 58724daa-f619-4f86-88f0-30635dc5178b 
-    bio: ''
-    image: xu_main.png
+    subteam: Graphics, Software, and Data Core
+    title: Lead Data Scientist
+    github_username: digicosmos86
+    brown_directory_uuid: 58724daa-f619-4f86-88f0-30635dc5178b
+    bio: Paul's diverse interests as a Lead Data Scientist include building generative AI applications in computer vision and natural language processing, engineering data science software, and maintaining cloud compute infrastructure for data science. Paul received his Sc.M. in Computer Science with focus on AI/ML from Brown University and Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with focus on CS Education from Boston College. In his own time, Paul likes to geek out on computer and natural languages. He is also an avid photographer with his work published in an international magazine.
+    image: px_main.jpg
   - name: Joshua Lu
     type: Full Time
     team: Advanced Research Computing
@@ -282,44 +290,10 @@ data:
     title: Senior Research Software Engineer
     github_username: phall-brown
     brown_directory_uuid: da1c3aed-d801-56a8-0536-0701f6c5c830
-    bio: Paul has a background in computational fluid dynamics and geophysics. He received
+    bio:
+      Paul has a background in computational fluid dynamics and geophysics. He received
       his Ph.D. in Oceanography from the URI.
     image: hall_main.jpg
-  - name: Hadley Dalton
-    type: CCV Interns
-    team: Advanced Research Computing
-    subteam: Graphics, Software, and Data Core
-    title: Mobile App Development Intern
-    github_username: hadleydalt
-    brown_directory_uuid: 791e5317-8b12-4fca-8612-7d2f8521f1b6
-    image: hadley_main.jpg
-  - name: Jiatao Yuan
-    type: CCV Interns
-    team: Advanced Research Computing
-    subteam: Computational Biology Core
-    title: Data Science Intern
-    github_username: Francis958
-    brown_directory_uuid: 1fb9b19e-3269-459d-8e2e-92f0cae6ce1b
-    bio: Jiatao is a graduate student studying data science.
-    image: jiatao_main.jpg
-  - name: Zhuoran Han
-    type: CCV Interns
-    team: Advanced Research Computing
-    subteam: Computational Biology Core
-    title: Data Science Intern
-    github_username: zhuoran-han
-    brown_directory_uuid: a813faaa-55d3-4a15-8960-6cb5e71b9425
-    bio: Zhuoran is a graduate student studying data science.
-    image: zhuoran_main.jpg
-  - name: Yuan Pu
-    type: CCV Interns
-    team: Advanced Research Computing
-    subteam: Computational Biology Core
-    title: Data Science Intern
-    github_username: yuan-pu
-    brown_directory_uuid: f9b90aaf-a7f2-4ce9-b51e-b9b5b484c4dd
-    bio: Yuan is an undergrad student studying computational biology.
-    image: yuan_main.jpg
   - name: Timothy Divoll
     type: Full Time
     team: Advanced Research Computing
@@ -361,7 +335,8 @@ data:
     title: Senior Data Scientist
     github_username: gtdang
     brown_directory_uuid: d91b1633-1534-41ab-b38d-78a23e99d843
-    bio: George is a data scientist with a background in biology and environmental science.
+    bio:
+      George is a data scientist with a background in biology and environmental science.
       Prior to joining CCV, worked in environmental consulting specializing in water quality and geospatial analytics.
     image: dang_main.jpg
   - name: Ford McDonald
@@ -416,7 +391,7 @@ data:
     title: Research Software Engineer
     github_username: galenwinsor
     brown_directory_uuid: 77e8343c-498a-4bed-bedf-ed0a59d0fa3c
-    bio: Galen earned his Bachelor's degree from Brown in 2022 in Computer Science and Environmental Studies. His professional interests include web software architecture, UI/UX, and data visualization. Outside of work, he loves playing music, playing tennis and squash, and hiking. 
+    bio: Galen earned his Bachelor's degree from Brown in 2022 in Computer Science and Environmental Studies. His professional interests include web software architecture, UI/UX, and data visualization. Outside of work, he loves playing music, playing tennis and squash, and hiking.
     image: galen_main.jpg
   - name: Rain Fan
     type: Full Time
@@ -433,6 +408,27 @@ data:
     subteam: High-Performance Computing
     title: Research Software Engineer
     github_username: thehalfspace
-    brown_directory_uuid: cb6e1744-8240-430c-89b5-0bd1cf78d0a3 
+    brown_directory_uuid: cb6e1744-8240-430c-89b5-0bd1cf78d0a3
     bio: Prithvi is a research software engineer in the High Performance Computing division at CCV. He did his PhD in computational seismology from UMich, and later spent a year modeling extreme events and natural catastrophes at Karen Clark and Company. His professional interests include high performance computing, statistical modeling, software development, and earthquake source processes. Outside of work, you can find him hiking in the woods or playing music.
     image: prithvi_main.jpg
+  - name: Sam Bessey
+    type: Full Time
+    team: Advanced Research Computing
+    subteam: Graphics, Software, and Data Core
+    title: Research Software Engineer
+    github_username: s-bessey
+    brown_directory_uuid: 9788c813-f3f4-4b64-b8ac-2221a92886c2
+    bio: Sam has a background in environmental science and mathematical modeling
+      for epidemiology. Before coming to CCV, Sam worked at Brown's People, Place,
+      and Health Collective in the school of public health, where they developed
+      software to study the spread of HIV through sexual and needle-sharing networks.
+    image: sam_main.jpeg
+  - name: Gurpartap Singh
+    type: Part Time
+    team: Advanced Research Computing
+    subteam: Graphics, Software, and Data Core
+    title: Web Developer Intern
+    github_username: gpsss246
+    brown_directory_uuid: bed03629-ed04-429d-af97-64fa7415d182
+    bio: Gurpartap Singh studies Computer Science and Political Science at Brown University as a member of the Class of 2026. You can find Gurpartap listening to music or learning how to create it (ask me about the Alan Turing Album). I make a good cup of Masala Cha so feel free to ask for a cup!
+    image: gurpartap_main.png

about/teams.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Leadership: [Ashok Ragavendran](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/60802d0b-8f18-4
 >The COBRE-CBHD Computational Biology Core (CBC) integrates across multiple research focused Centers supporting data-intensive research using high-throughput DNA/RNA sequencing datasets. CBC provides help for experimental design and data processing pipelines for high-throughput datasets generated in individual projects, particularly for DNA/RNA sequencing data.
 
 ### Graphics, Software, and Data Core
-Leadership: [Isabel Restrepo](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/cb8b0a49-ef4b-66e7-5ccc-6689493e8ace), [Bradford Roarr](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/0adf6ab4-8d56-410a-8ac6-4b4ca136a534), [John G Holland](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/c58cefc3-dc27-408f-ae62-fa098803341d), [Ellen Duong](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/1dee85fb-a5e4-474d-9f5e-ebef7d9d5ab7)
+Leadership: [Isabel Restrepo](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/cb8b0a49-ef4b-66e7-5ccc-6689493e8ace), [Bradford Roarr](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/0adf6ab4-8d56-410a-8ac6-4b4ca136a534), [John G Holland](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/c58cefc3-dc27-408f-ae62-fa098803341d), [Ellen Duong](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/1dee85fb-a5e4-474d-9f5e-ebef7d9d5ab7), [Paul Xu](https://directory.brown.edu/uuid/58724daa-f619-4f86-88f0-30635dc5178b)
 >We partner with Brown’s academic researchers and administrators to bring modern software engineering, visualization, and data science practices to their work. We are software engineers and data scientists with expertise in a broad range of fields, including: visualization techniques, computer vision, computer graphics, web technologies, data management, and data science. We can program in almost any language, and enjoy learning new technologies, documenting, striving for best practices, and especially brewing coffee. Additionally, our group is responsible for supporting and developing Virtual Reality applications, we maintain the CAVE and collaborate with the [Multimedia Labs at Brown](https://sites.google.com/brown.edu/multimedia-labs-new-site/home) to bring VR to the community. 
 
 ### High-Performance Computing

blog/2023-year-in-review.md

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ In 2023, we supported 60 projects and collaborations throughout Brown. The follo
 - We launched our first mobile applications: [**SOMA**](https://somatheapp.com/), an app focused on pain management, and [**MAPPS**](https://www.mappsproject.com/), an app designed to explore social interactions and their influence on disease transmission patterns.
 - [**Honeycomb**](https://brown-ccv.github.io/honeycomb-docs/) released versions 3.1 and 3.2 which better align the repository with [jsPsych](https://www.jspsych.org/7.3/) best practices.
 - [**Hierarchical Sequential Sampling Modeling (HSSM)**](https://lnccbrown.github.io/HSSM/) —a contemporary Python toolbox integrating cutting-edge likelihood approximation methods within the Python Bayesian ecosystem—was released on the Python Package Index (PyPI) in late June.
-- We developed and released two packages in Julia, a rising programming language in the data science space. [IceFlowTracker.jl](https://github.com/WilhelmusLab/IceFloeTracker.jl) was created in collaboration with the [Wilhelmus Lab](https://wilhelmuslab.me/) for tracking ice floes using moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. [Chamber.jl](https://github.com/brown-ccv/Chamber.jl/tree/master) is a Julia package for simulating the eruption of a volcano using a model for the frequency of eruptions of upper crustal magma chambers based on Degruyter and Huber (2014).
+- We developed and released two packages in Julia, a rising programming language in the data science space. [IceFloeTracker.jl](https://github.com/WilhelmusLab/IceFloeTracker.jl) was created in collaboration with the [Wilhelmus Lab](https://wilhelmuslab.me/) for tracking ice floes using moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. [Chamber.jl](https://github.com/brown-ccv/Chamber.jl/tree/master) is a Julia package for simulating the eruption of a volcano using a model for the frequency of eruptions of upper crustal magma chambers based on Degruyter and Huber (2014).
 - In collaboration with [the Behavior and Neurodata Core (BNC)](https://bnc.brown.edu), we developed and released a versatile utility script to streamline data exports to Oscar, led two XNAT Workshops for the neuroimaging community, and contributed to the MNE-BIDS open-source project. Furthermore, we enhanced the XNAT-to-BIDS exporting pipeline to accommodate EEG and Physiological data, highlighting our collective commitment to optimizing neuroimaging workflows and fostering open-source collaboration.
 - We continued to support the local and state governments with advertising and getting collaborators for their public policy projects: [North Carolina Project Portal](https://projectportal.nc.gov), [Research Partnerships Portal of the City of San Antonio in Texas](https://researchpartnerships.sanantonio.gov)
 - We helped the [Autonomous Empirical Research Group](https://www.brown.edu/carney/research-project/autonomous-empirical-research-0), whose mission is to use cutting-edge machine learning techniques to automate the process of making and reproducing scientific discoveries, to reorganize their Python package and their processes to easily accept contributions from potentially hundreds of researchers from around the world.