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D-Index
43
Citations
9991
World Ranking
6968
National Ranking
2485

Overview

Thomas M. Powell is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on computer science, with notable contributions across several subfields, including information systems and management, computer networks and communications, information systems, biomedical engineering, and artificial intelligence.

Their work spans multiple main topics such as scientific computing and data management, advanced data storage technologies, research data management practices, cloud computing and resource management, biomedical and engineering education, Bayesian modeling and causal inference, and data quality and management.

Frequent publication venues for Powell include:

  • Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing
  • The Journal of Computational Science Education
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

Notable recent papers by Powell include:

  • "Expanse: Computing without Boundaries" (2021) published in Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing
  • "Approaching Exascale: Best Practices for Training a Diverse Workforce using Hackathons" (2023) published in The Journal of Computational Science Education
  • "Critique of: 'A Parallel Framework for Constraint-Based Bayesian Network Learning via Markov Blanket Discovery' by SCC Team From UC San Diego" (2022) published in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
  • "Experiences in Building a User Portal for Expanse Supercomputer" (2021) published in Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing
  • "Critique of 'MemXCT: Memory-Centric X-Ray CT Reconstruction With Massive Parallelization' by SCC Team From University of California San Diego" (2021) published in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Powell collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mahidhar Tatineni
  • Subhashini Sivagnanam
  • Martin Kandes
  • Shawn Strande
  • Christopher Irving

Best Publications

  • Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System

    D. B. Haidvogel;H. Arango;W. P. Budgell;B. D. Cornuelle

  • North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change

    E. Di Lorenzo;N. Schneider;K. M. Cobb;P. J. S. Franks

  • Chaos in a Three-Species Food Chain

    Alan Hastings;Thomas Powell

  • Isohaline Position as a Habitat Indicator for Estuarine Populations

    Alan D. Jassby;William J. Kimmerer;Stephen G. Monismith;Charles Armor

  • Effects of physical processes on planktonic ecosystems in the coastal ocean

    K. L. Denman;T. M. Powell

  • Vertical patterns of eddy diffusion during stratification in Castle Lake, California1

    Alan Jassby;Thomas Powell

  • Ecological dynamics in the subarctic Pacific, a possibly iron-limited ecosystem

    Charles B. Miller;Bruce W. Frost;Patricia A. Wheeler;Michael R. Landry

  • Individual-based models of copepod populations in coastal upwelling regions: implications of physiologically and environmentally influenced diel vertical migration on demographic success and nearshore retention

    Harold P. Batchelder;Christopher A. Edwards;Thomas M. Powell

  • Detecting Changes in Ecological Time Series

    Alan D. Jassby;Thomas M. Powell

  • The influence of spatially and temporally varying oceanographic conditions on meroplanktonic metapopulations

    L.W. Botsford;C.L. Moloney;A. Hastings;J.L. Largier

  • Interannual fluctuations in primary production: Meteorological forcing at two subalpine lakes

    Charles R. Goldman;Alan Jassby;Thomas Powell

  • Physical and Biological Scales of Variability in Lakes, Estuaries, and the Coastal Ocean

    Thomas M. Powell

  • Organic carbon sources and sinks in San Francisco Bay: variability induced by river flow

    AD Jassby;JE Cloern;TM Powell

  • Spatial Scales of Current Speed and Phytoplankton Biomass Fluctuations in Lake Tahoe

    Thomas M. Powell;Peter J. Richerson;Thomas M. Dillon;Bruce A. Agee

  • Results from a three-dimensional, nested biological-physical model of the California Current System and comparisons with statistics from satellite imagery

    Thomas M. Powell;Craig V. W. Lewis;Enrique N. Curchitser;Dale B. Haidvogel

  • ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY EFFECTS ON MARINE FISHERIES: FOUR CASE HISTORIES

    Eileen E. Hofmann;T. M. Powell

  • Mixing and the dynamics of the deep chlorophyll maximum in Lake Tahoe

    Mark R. Abbott;Kenneth L. Denman;Thomas M. Powell;Peter J. Richerson

  • Biological communities in San Francisco Bay track large‐scale climate forcing over the North Pacific

    James E. Cloern;Kathryn A. Hieb;Teresa Jacobson;Bruno Sansó

  • Spatial and temporal variability in South San Francisco Bay (USA). II. Temporal changes in salinity, suspended sediments, and phytoplankton biomass and productivity over tidal time scales

    James E. Cloern;Thomas M. Powell;Linda M. Huzzey

  • The estimation of vertical eddy diffusivities below the thermocline in lakes

    Thomas Powell;Alan Jassby

  • ISOHALINE POSITION AS A HABITAT INDICATOR FOR

    Alan D. Jassby;William J. Kimmerer;Stephen G. Monismith;Charles Armor

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan D. Jassby
Alan D. Jassby University of California, Davis
Charles R. Goldman
Charles R. Goldman University of California, Davis
James E. Cloern
James E. Cloern United States Geological Survey
Enrique N. Curchitser
Enrique N. Curchitser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrew M. Moore
Andrew M. Moore University of California, Santa Cruz
Stephen G. Monismith
Stephen G. Monismith Stanford University
Mark T. Stacey
Mark T. Stacey University of California, Berkeley
Dale B. Haidvogel
Dale B. Haidvogel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
P. Ted Strub
P. Ted Strub Oregon State University
Christopher A. Edwards
Christopher A. Edwards University of California, Santa Cruz

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