Biographical Sketch: Jerome R. Wanetick - February 2005
Affiliations:
University Of California at San Diego (UCSD)
Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (IOD/SIO)
Professional Preparation:
University of California at San Diego (UCSD),Literature/Engineering, BA 1982
Post Graduate Courses in Computer Science, UCSD, 1986-ongoing
Appointments:
Data Manager, Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Maria Basin Study, IOD, SIO, UCSD 1991-ongoing
Information Systems Manager, IOD, SIO, UCSD, 1987-ongoing
Programmer/Analyst, UCSD 1987-ongoing
Staff Research Associate, Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), SIO, UCSD 1977-1987
Research Interests and Expertise:
Computer and Network Systems Administration: Unix/Linux systems administration, networking infrastructure
design, heterogeneous operating system integration, storage area networks.
Data Acquisition and Control Systems: Design of data acquisition systems for nearshore oceanographic systems.
Information Ecologies: information science; data management, organizational informatics, ocean informatics,
sociotechnical design, communications, communities of practice, network federation, and collaboration
environments.
Synergistic Activities:
J.Wanetick, D.Larsen: Data Zoo design and implementation an online California coastal physical oceanography
database (http://zoo.ucsd.edu).
J.Wanetick, D.Larsen, N.Bray: Coastal Studies ASCII (CSA) data format development.
J.Wanetick, D.Larsen, B.Lesh: Oilspill Response website design and development for Department of the
Interior/Mineral Management Service sponsored Santa Barbara Channel Santa Maria Basin (SBCSMB)
Circulation Study: http://oilspill.ucsd.edu
J.Wanetick, Multi-threaded Nearshore Data Acquisition System software design.
Field instrumentation deployments/cruises, 1977 – ongoing.
Information Management: data management, organizational infrastructure:
SIO Matlab Site License coordinator, 2002, 2004
Western Region Distributed Oceanographic Data Systems workshop participant, 1999
CCS/IOD Division Research Data Center and Network designer, 1987 – ongoing.
Selected Professional Activities:
Diving Control Board, SIO, 1999-ongoing
Computer Policy Committee, SIO, 1994-ongoing
SIO Staff Reclassification Committee, 1997-2000
Education Outreach
San Diego Gifted &Talented Education District Advisory Committee, 1999-2000
San Diego City Schools NetDay Coordinator, Hawthorne Elementary, San Diego City Schools, 1994
Professional Memberships:
American Geophysical Union: Ocean Sciences
USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association
System Administrator Guild (SAGE)
UCSD Systems Administrators Group
Selected Field Activities:
Network and data acquisition coordinator, field participant, instrumentation deployment:
Nearshore Canyon Experiment (NCEX), , SIO, 2003
SandyDuck Nearshore Study, Duck, NC, 1997
Duck Nearshore Study, Duck, NC 1994
SAMPSON, Duck, NC 1990
Santa Barbara Channel Santa Maria Basin (SBCSMB) Study, Various Cruises, 1991-ongoing
Northern California Coastal Circulation Study, Various Cruises, 1987-1990
Gibralter Exchange Study, Various Cruises, 1986-1987
San Onofre Beach Erosion Study, 1985-1986
Significant Recent References on this topic:
Baker, K. and J.R. Wanetick. 2004. “Ocean Informatics.” SIO Reference Series. In preparation.
Wanetick, J.R. and D.R. Browne, 1999, “Access To California Coastal Historical And Real-Time Data Via The
World Wide Web And Its Applications,” Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, pp. 54-59.
Winant, C.D., J.R.Wanetick, et al., 1992 – 1998, “Analysis and Acquisition of Observation of the Circulation on
the California,” Semi-annual Progress Reports No. 1-6, MMS/SIO Cooperative Agreement.
Wanetick, J.R. and R.E. Flick. 1986, “Beach Configuration Changes at San Onofre, California,” Proceedings
American Geophysical Union 1986 Conf.
Selected References:
Flick, R.E. and J.R. Wanetick. 1989. “San Onofre Beach Study.”
SIO Reference Series No. 89-20, 25p.
Wanetick, J.R. and R.E. Flick. 1986, “San Onofre Beach and Sediment Transport Study,”
SIO Reference Series No. 86-24, 13p.
Flick, R.E., J.R. Wanetick, et al. 1986, “San Diego regional beach profile program, final report : including data
from 1978-1986,” SIO Reference Series No. 86-28, 13p.
Wanetick, J.R. and R.A. Grove. 1985, “San Onofre Beach Study”
Proceedings Oceans ’85 Conf. MTS/IEEE, v.1., pp. 587-590.
Gable, C.G. and J.R.Wanetick, 1984. “Survey Techniques Used to Measure Nearshore Profiles,” Coastal
Engineering, ASCE, v.2., pp. 1879-1895
Baker, K.S., S.J.Jackson, and J.R.Wanetick, 2005. “Strategies Supporting Heterogeneous Data and
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Towards an Ocean Informatics Environment. Proceedings of the 38 th Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences. HICSS38, IEEE Computer Society, 2-6 January 2005, Big Island,
Hawaii
Collaborators/Coeditors
K.Baker, SIO/UCSD; R.E.Flick, State of California, Department of Boating and Waterways; C.D. Winant, SIO/ UCSD; R.T. Guza, SIO/UCSD;
W.A. Boyd, SIO/UCSD; D.N. Larsen, SIO/UCSD; D.R. Browne.