Heather T. Koyuk

Web Computing Specialist – Data Curator

BS Computer Science, University of Alaska Anchorage

Email: heather.koyuk@noaa.gov
Office: PMEL Bldg. 3, Room 1097, NOAA Sand Point
Phone: 206-526-6748
Fax: 206-526-6744

Research Interests

• Quality control and curatorship of large, inhomogeneous data sets
• Design, implementation, and maintenance of data solutions for existing problems
• Extraction of relevant and useful information from large and complex data sets
• Presentation of data solutions through web-based interfaces
• Automation and abstraction of tasks

Current Research Projects

• Surface Ocean CO₂ Atlas (SOCAT): A collection of underway ocean CO₂ observations quality controlled by the Science Community
• Unified Access Framework (UAF): A GEO-IDE project to integrate scientific data management and access

Selected Publications

Mock, K. J., J. Ward Testa, C. Taylor, H. Koyuk, J. Coyle, R. Waggoner, and K. Newman (2007): An Agent-Based Model of Predator-Prey Relationships Between Transient Killer Whales and Other Marine Mammals. Final Report for the Marine Mammal Commission. http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~orca/Mock_Testa_MMCFinalReport.pdf

Moore, F., B. Babb, S. Becke, H. Koyuk, E. Lamson III, and C. Wedge (2005): Genetic Algorithms Evolve Optimized Transforms for Signal Processing Applications. Final Report for the Air Force Research Laboratory. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA437529&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf