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James Frew

James Frew

Professor Emeritus

Environmental Informatics

Office: Bren Hall 4524

Lab: Bren Hall 3007

805-893-7356

frew@bren.ucsb.edu

Education

PhD, MA, BA, Geography, UC Santa Barbara

Bio

James Frew's research interests lie in the emerging field of environmental informatics, a synthesis of computer, information, and Earth sciences. He is interested in information architectures that improve the discoverability, usability, and reliability of distributed environmental information. Trained as a geographer, he has worked in remote sensing, image processing, software architecture, massive distributed data systems, and digital libraries. His current research is focused on geospatial information provenance, discovery, and curation, using remote sensing data products generated by his Environmental Information Laboratory as operational test beds. He has affiliate appointments in UCSB's Geography and Computer Science departments.

Instructor Code: 08
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