The holiday season is upon us, and while we all wait in anticipation for the man in the red suit to deliver presents, there’s a small team of scientists who have taken on a Herculean task: tracking Santa Claus in real time. Enter NORAD, Biomedware, and a pinch of...
Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. Posts
9 Questions to Ask When Evaluating GIS Software
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Nov 15, 2024 | GIS Technology
Choosing the right Geographic Information System (GIS) software is a critical decision for any organization. The right GIS can streamline operations, improve decision-making, and enhance data management. Here are some essential questions to consider when evaluating a...
BioMedware Selected For NIH TABA Program
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Oct 30, 2024 | BioMedware News
The National Institutes of Health has selected BioMedware for a Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) Needs Assessment Report for the project titled “Software for Geostatistical Smoothing and Joinpoint Regression Modeling of Time Series of Compositional Variables...
4 Space-Time Data Visualization Techniques To Consider
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Oct 21, 2024 | Geospatial Data & Analysis
Spatial and space-time data visualization are not new concepts, and there are many proven techniques that streamline the visualization process of geospatial data. Before doing anything with data, it always helps to have a plan, and that plan begins with the...
BioMedware Receives Grant for Modeling Geospatial Uncertainty Using Artificial Intelligence
by Geoffrey Jacquez, Ph.D. | Sep 24, 2024 | BioMedware News
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,...
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...










