Using software to save lives and improve health care
I have always been inspired by innovators- at GE, I have the opportunity to work with true innovators every day. It began when I was a boy in Istanbul, Turkey. Our home was subject to regular power...
View ArticleJoin tonight’s webinar to learn about software jobs with GE
Hi everybody, I just wanted to post quickly to invite everybody to join a webinar that we are hosting tonight from San Ramon, California on the new Global Software Headquarters for GE. I will be a part...
View ArticleScience as Art: Supercomputer generated images Round 2
Hi tech enthusiasts! I’m back again with the next image in our “Science as Art” supercomputer-generated series. The following two images we call, “ExcaLESbur” and “Lava Lamp” (respectively.) The first...
View ArticleSoftware networking event on Tuesday 12/13 in San Ramon
Hi everyone, GE has announced the opening of a new Global Software Center in San Ramon, California. This new “nerve center” for software will employ approximately 400 software professionals to speed...
View ArticleScience as Art: Supercomputer generated images round 3
Hello again tech enthusiasts! The next image in the third part of our supercomputing “Science as Art” series is an image we titled, “Chromatic Ring” This image is a modern design of a Low Pressure...
View ArticleOpportunities for robots to help in the OR
All, I wanted to introduce you to one of my colleagues in the Software Sciences & Analytics organization at GE Global Research. She has a background in chemical engineering and has been doing work...
View ArticleThe bird’s eye view of Big Data
This blog was co-written along with Christina LaComb. While it is common knowledge that Big Data challenges exist for companies such as Google, Facebook, and Cisco, the problem is also facing GE in a...
View Article“Moneyball” Analytics
Last month my manager asked my group if anyone would like to read the book Moneyball. I have been interested in baseball statistics since I was a child, so I volunteered to read the story of how Billy...
View ArticleMAKE-ing Stuff Social
This coming Sunday, I will be attending and giving a talk at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire. In case you aren’t familiar with the Maker Faire, its a gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters,...
View ArticleKeeping the Lights On with Industrial Big Data
Electricity—it’s something we usually take for granted. Whether it’s keeping our food fresh or keeping us cool in the heat, we rarely think about it. Until it goes out, that is. You may have heard or...
View ArticleGE and Software?
Hey everyone, I’ve been back in the office a little while now from travelling across the country (from San Jose to Washington D.C.). A few things have happened since I was away, so let’s go! During my...
View Article20th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning
I recently attend the 20th International Conference on Case-Based Reasoning (ICCBR) to present the work I did with Bill Cheetham on “Case-Based Reasoning for Turbine Trip Diagnostics”. ICCBR was hosted...
View ArticleScience as Art: Visualizing Airflow in a GE Jet Engine
Brian Mitchell is a lab manager responsible for the development of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) codes and methods that are used heavily by GE Aviation, GE Power & Water, and GE Oil & Gas...
View ArticleThoughts & Takeaways from the 2012 Whitney Symposium on Software
Last week, I co-chaired the 2012 Whitney Symposium at GE Global Research here in Niskayuna along with Piero Bonissone and Jim Bray (of Edison’s Desk Stump the Scientist fame!). This prestigious annual...
View Article2012 Supercomputing Conference: Stepping up for Science
This past November, I attended the Supercomputing 2012 Conference in Salt Lake City. Each year, this conference attracts around 10,000 people from around the world and is the venue where many...
View ArticleThe Intelligence Behind the Robotic-enabled Intelligent System
Last week, GE announced that we are working with the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) to develop a robotic-enabled intelligent system, which could save patients lives, and hospitals money. The...
View ArticleManufacturing Meets Cloud Technology
As consumers, most of us have used Amazon.com to buy gifts or purchase something for ourselves like a new TV or maybe a laptop. Consumer business through the internet has been around for some time...
View ArticleExplaining Cloud Computing to Your Mom
While certainly not applicable to all Moms, I think many of us in deeply technical fields share a common experience of trying to explain to our Mom what someone pays us to do. As a mother’s love is...
View ArticleReally Cool Models
I’m excited to highlight some progress GE Research has made in modeling the formation of ice from water droplets in contact with cold surfaces. For several years, a multi-disciplinary team of...
View ArticleBig Data and Analytics at Work
Big data and Analytics is an emerging field. It offers insights into the hidden aspects of hard problems that do not lend themselves to conventional analysis. Having said that we see some key emerging...
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