Dr. James J. Marshall is a Principal Systems Engineer/Scientist with INNOVIM providing science, engineering, and IT support services, primarily for Earth science data processing systems. His current task is with NOAA supporting the Office of Space Weather Observations (SWO) on joint NOAA/NASA space weather missions as part of the Product Generation and Distribution element of the Space Weather Follow On (SWFO) Program. Prior to this, his major tasks at Goddard involved supporting all elements of ICESat-2's Science Computing Facility (~7.5 years including ~5 years as Task Lead), working on documenting the MODIS software algorithms that produce land data products (~3 years), leading work to document more fully the TOMS ozone retrieval algorithm (~4.5 years), and serving as the Support Team Lead for the NASA Earth Science Data Systems Software Reuse Working Group where he organized and led many of the working group's activities (~5.5 years). He also assisted with systems/software engineering for the Suomi NPP Science Data Segment (~5 years) and web site development for the GSFC Ozone and Air Quality Web site (~3 years). In addition, he has served as International Faculty on the International Institute of Interoperability Science, currently in formation, since fall 2008 (current status of this institute is unknown). His background in astronomy research includes a galaxy survey, modeling young stellar clusters, and observations of binary stars as tests of general relativity.
James J Marshall
(SOFTWARE ENGINEER)
| Email: | james.j.marshall@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.614.5780 |
| Org Code: | 615 |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 615 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | NOAA |
Brief Bio
Research Interests
Astronomy
Galaxies
Cosmology
Software Reuse
Informatics
Current Projects
Space Weather Observations
Positions/Employment
Principal Systems Engineer / Scientist
INNOVIM - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
August 2019 - Present
With INNOVIM but not GSFC from January 2024 to April 2024; started with NOAA in May 2024, position located at GSFC.
Senior Systems Engineer / Scientist
INNOVIM - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
June 2016 - July 2019
Senior Staff Scientist
INNOVIM - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
April 2010 - June 2016
With INNOVIM but not GSFC from December 2014 to mid-June 2016
Software Engineer
INNOVIM - NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
May 2005 - March 2010
Education
Ph.D., Astronomy, 2004
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Dissertation: A Large Survey for Very Low Surface Brightness Galaxies
M.S., Astronomy, 1999
University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD
Scholarly paper topic: Studying the dynamical evolution of young stellar clusters through N-body simulations
B.S., Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1996
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Observed binary star systems whose eclipse timings can be used as tests of general relativity
Graduated summa cum laude (with highest honor, 3.90 GPA) and a Minor in Physics.
Professional Societies
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Senior Member since 2010
2007 - Present
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Life Member since 2012
2006 - Present
Society of Physics Students (SPS)
At-Large Member since 2006. Junior Member 1996-2004. 1 year lapse in membership, 2005.
1996 - Present
American Astronomical Society (AAS)
Full Member since 2007. Junior Member 1993-2004. 2 year lapse in membership, 2005-2006.
1993 - Present
Professional Service
2016 — Technical Program Committee Member for the 2016 IEEE IRI Conferece
2015 — Technical Program Committee Member for the 2015 IEEE IRI Conferece
2014 — Technical Program Committee Member for the 2014 IEEE IRI Conference
2013 — International Program Committee Member for the 2013 IEEE IRI Conference
2012 — Technical Program Committee Member for the 2012 IEEE IRI Conference
2011 — Track Co-Chair of the Industry/Government/Application Track for the 2011 IEEE IRI Conference
2010 — Session Chair of two sessions at the 2010 IEEE Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) Conference
Awards
2021 — NASA GSFC HBG Peer Award for Scientific/Technical Support
2019 — NASA Agency Honor Award, Group Achievement Award, as a member of the ICESat-2 Team
2019 — NASA Agency Honor Award, Group Achievement Award, as part of ICESat-2 Launch and Commissioning
2017 — NASA GSFC HBG Peer Award for Scientific/Technical Support, as a member of the ICESat-2 SCF Team
2015 — Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society, Full Member
2010 — NASA ESDS Software Reuse WG Peer-Recognition Software Reuse Award, Peer Education Category
2008 — Raritan High School Academic Hall of Fame
1996 — Edward F. Jenkins O.S.A. Award for Academic Excellence in Astronomy and Astrophysics
1996 — Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
1996 — Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
1995 — Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Society
Selected Publications
Refereed
2010. "Relevance of software reuse in building advanced scientific data processing systems." Earth Science Informatics 3 (1-2): 95-100 [10.1007/s12145-010-0054-3] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "A Proposal on Using Reuse Readiness Levels to Measure Software Reusability." Data Science Journal 9 73-92 [10.2481/dsj.009-007] [Journal Article/Letter]
2010. "Reuse of software assets for the NASA Earth science decadal survey missions." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International 1687-1690 [10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5653018] [Journal Article/Letter]
Non-Refereed
2011. "Software reuse methods to improve technological infrastructure for e-Science." 2011 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) 528 - 532 [10.1109/IRI.2011.6009611] [Proceedings]
2011. "Tools to Support the Reuse of Software Assets for the NASA Earth Science Decadal Survey Missions." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Newsletter March 2011 (158): 17-22 [Newsletter]
2010. "Progress towards a NASA earth science Reuse Enablement System (RES)." 2010 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) 340 - 343 [10.1109/IRI.2010.5558912] [Proceedings]
2010. "Building the Next Generation of Aerospace Data Processing Systems by Reusing Existing Software Components (Chapter 2)." Aerospace Technologies Advancements 25-36 [Article in Book]
2008. "Software Reuse to Support Earth Science." Journal of Frontiers of Computer Science and Technology 2 (3): 296-310 [10.3778/j.issn.1673-9418.2008.03.006] [Journal Article/Letter]
2008. "Reuse Readiness Levels as a Measure of Software Reusability." IGARSS 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 3 1414 - 1417 [10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779626] [Proceedings]
2007. "The Software Reuse Working Group: A Case Study in Fostering Reuse." Information Reuse and Integration, IRI 2007 IEEE International Conference on 24-29 [10.1109/IRI.2007.4296592] [Proceedings]
2007. "Reusing Software to Build Data Processing Systems: NPP Science Data Segment Case Study." 2007 IEEE Aerospace Conference 1-12 [10.1109/AERO.2007.352814] [Proceedings]
2006. "A Study of Earth Science Software Reuse Enablement Systems." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006 IGARSS 2006 IEEE International Conference on 2832-2835 [10.1109/IGARSS.2006.728] [Proceedings]
2006. "Software Reuse Within the Earth Science Community." Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006 IGARSS 2006 IEEE International Conference on 2880-2883 [10.1109/IGARSS.2006.740] [Proceedings]
Other Professional Information
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ORCID: 0000-0002-6867-5616
ResearcherID: A-9611-2009