The National Library of Medicine awarded BioMedware’s Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Pierre Goovaerts a 2-year SBIR Phase II grant titled “Geostatistical software for Non Parametric Geostatistical Modeling”. With a ~$2M budget, the grant kicked-off on September 1,...
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Dr. Pierre Goovaerts Invited to Plenary Panel: Digital Twin and Spatiotemporal Data Science
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Jul 1, 2024 | BioMedware News
BioMedware Chief Scientist Dr. Pierre Goovaerts will join the “Plenary Panel: Digital Twin and Spatiotemporal Data Science” for the International Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science to be held at Virginia Tech Research Center. The Symposium will be held at the...
Dr. Pierre Goovaerts Honored By U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Jun 28, 2024 | BioMedware News
In her letter dated May 29, 2024, U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell congratulates BioMedware Chief Scientist Dr. Pierre Goovaerts for receiving a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The grant titled “Software for Geostatistical...
BioMedware Announces New Grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Jun 10, 2024 | BioMedware News
Dr. Pierre Goovaerts, Principal Investigator, and BioMedware have been awarded a new SBIR Phase I grant titled “Software for Geostatistical Smoothing and Joinpoint Regression Modeling of Time Series of Compositional Variables in Epidemiology.” This grant will...
Challenges and Limitations in Geostatistical Modeling
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Jun 3, 2024 | GIS Technology
When working with spatial data, we often encounter situations where observations on a variable are absent for some of the locations on the map. Geostatistians talk of “sampled” locations—places where observations on a variable of interest are measured—and “not...
A Personal Foray into Rewilding – The Prairie
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Apr 30, 2024 | Learn with BioMedware
In “Sand County Almanac” Aldo Leopold recounts a story of restoration of an aged Wisconsin farm, played out and abandoned, the land worn, furrowed, and unproductive. Over the years, Aldo was able to restore the soil, the landscape and the habitat, turning back the...
What is Geostatistics?
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Mar 25, 2024 | Geospatial Data & Analysis, GIS Technology
Have you ever wondered how scientists map things like soil quality, air pollution, or even the spread of disease? These maps often rely on data collected at specific locations, but what about the areas in between? This is where geostatistics comes in. Geostatistics is...
An Introduction to Space-Time Analysis
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Mar 12, 2024 | Geospatial Data & Analysis
The world is ever-changing, dynamic, and beautiful. For a long time, GIS did not capture this space-time dynamism, and instead was based on a static world-view. But times have changed, and our ability to capture space-time dynamics and to analyze and model dynamic...
Going Green: My Journey to a Negative Carbon Footprint
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Jan 11, 2024 | Public Health
It sure was hot last year, wasn’t it? Indeed, it was the hottest year globally since temperature records started being recorded. Notice the light grey lines in the figure below. These are annual heat signatures for preceding decades. We’re clearly experiencing...
GIS and Public Health: 8 Trends for 2024
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Dec 19, 2023 | Public Health
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in public health is becoming increasingly important as we seek to better understand and address the complex challenges facing our communities. In 2024, we can expect to see even more innovative applications of GIS in the...