Richard A. Valent
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Scientific Computing Division – User Support Section
PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80303-3000
Cell Phone: 303-944-8290 FAX: 303-497-1824
Email: valent@ucar.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Colorado, 1973
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, University of Colorado, 1967
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009-present: Serve as ombuds to UCAR visitors.
2007-present: NCAR casual employee working in the Consulting Services Group in the High Performance Services section of the NCAR Computational and Information Laboratory (CISL).
2004-2007: Consulting Services Group Head in CISL, managing five employees, and working directly with CISL groups and staff members, scientists and software engineers. I also worked with several colleagues at external computing sites.
2001 – 2004: Assistant Section Head, User Support Section, NCAR Scientific Computing Division.
1984 – 2001: Consultant specializing in mathematical libraries support, NCAR SCD.
1979 – 1984: Assistant Software Librarian in the Software Libraries Group, NCAR SCD.
1971 – 1979: Applications Programmer in the NCAR Computing Facility (CF) working on scientific codes: development, data management, debugging, testing, and production runs.
PUBLICATIONS
- My doctoral thesis is entitled “Algebraic and Topological Aspects of the Lattice of Topologies”. I authored five refereed articles related to the thesis subject matter. Though unrelated to atmospheric science or geophysics, my academic background is an asset in interacting with scientists and engineers.
- NCAR/CISL computer notes and hints: I have contributed many notes to our user documentation through the years.
GENERAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Assisting colleagues resolve work-related issues, both technical and non-technical, is the most important aspect of my job. Specific highlights are:
- Introducing new computing resources, both software and hardware, to NCAR users.
- Assisted NCAR in joining the TeraGrid, now known as XSEDE.
- Maintain CISL-developed, classic software for mathematical libraries.
- Serve as ombuds in the UCAR Ombuds Office.
