Open Data Rockstar: George Sivulka
abernard102@gmail.com 2015-11-01
Summary:
"High school student George Sivulka is the founder and lead organizer of NASA’s Space Apps Next Gen, a high school hackathon dedicated to teaching and inspiring students to solve global scientific challenges using NASA datasets. Sivulka has been working as a NASA research intern for two years, conducting data analysis research in computational physics simulations studying landline and IED detection. He’s also researched and visualized nosocomial disease transmission with the Mount Sinai Medical System. Sivulka is passionate about the fusion of computer science with the physical sciences and space technology, and using programming and data to solve real world problems ..."