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Mike Mineter
I currently have roles in two Scottish collaborations. In these roles I am primarily enabling climate (and related) researchers to exploit information technologies, to enhance their research.1. Since April 2011 I have been "Modelling Technologist" for ClimateXchange with the goal of supporting "uncertainty-aware" use of climate data to improve information given to policy-makers for adaptation and mitigation of climate change, in domains such as agriculture, bio-diversity, food security... .
2. In May 2008 I joined SAGES as the Modelling Officer of the Centre for Earth System Dynamics,to provide computing skills and support to enable collaborative modelling across SAGES groups. Particular responsibilities include porting the
HadCM3 climate model to the
For the previous four years at the National
e-Science Centre I created and led courses in Grid computing for the
National Grid Service and the European-funded EGEE initiative.
Prior to that I parallelised and optimised a
number of environmental models, publishing papers related to ice sheets, acid
rainfall, ozone pollution, agro-meteorology and sustainability indicators. I also specialised in parallel and
distributed algorithms for Geographical Information Systems.
Publications include:
M.J.Mineter, C.H.Jarvis,
S.Dowers, 2003, From stand-alone programs towards GRID-aware services and
components: a case study in agricultural modelling with interpolated climate
data, Environmental Modelling and Software,18,(4), 379-391
M.J.Mineter, 2003, A software framework to create
vector-topology in parallel GIS operations International Journal of GIS 17, (3)
203-222
A. Clematis, M.J.Mineter,
R.Marciano, 2003, Parallel Computing -
special issue: High Performance Computing with Geographical Data,
Editorial, Volume 29, Issue 10 , October
2003
M.J.Mineter, N.R.J. Hulton,
2001, Parallel processing for finite difference modelling of ice sheets,
Computers and Geosciences 27, 829-838
S.E.Metcalfe, Whyatt, J.D.,
Broughton, R., Derwent, R.G., Finnegan, D., Hall, J., Mineter, M., O'Donoghue,
M. and Sutton, M. 2001, Developing the
Hull Acid Rain Model: its validation and implications for policy makers. Environmental Science and Policy 4 25-37
R.G.Healey, S.Dowers, B.M.Gittings, M.J.Mineter, Parallel Processing Algorithms for GIS, 1998, Taylor and Francis