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Peter Arthur Fox | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Peter_Arthur_Fox,_Ph.D..JPG) Key note speaker at Fordham University | |
| Born | 25 May 1959 |
| Died | 27 March 2021 (aged 61) Troy, New York, United States |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Citizenship | Australia Ireland |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Known for | Defining Informatics and Data Science in Earth Sciences, shaping the Sun-Earth Connections Research Agenda and co-convening the Community |
| Spouse | Erica Veil |
| Awards | EGU Ian McHarg Medal ESIP Federation Martha Maiden Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied Mathematics Physics Computer Science Semantic web Cognitive Science |
| Institutions | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution National Center for Atmospheric Research Yale University Monash University Chisholm Institute |
| Thesis | Compressible Convection in the Sun (With Applications To Granulation, Supergranulation and Sunspots) |
| Doctoral advisor | Rene Francois Edouard van der Borght |
| Website | tw |
Peter Arthur Fox (5 May 1959 – 27 March 2021) was a data science and Semantic eScience researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), United States. He was a Tetherless World Constellation chair and professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Computer Science and Cognitive Science, and director of the Information Technology and Web Science Program at RPI. He was known for defining informatics and data science in earth sciences, bringing Semantic Web research to that community, as well as defining the sun-earth connection research agenda and co-convening the community.[1] Fox was born in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia and resided in Troy, NY, United States until his death on 27 March 2021, at the age of 61.[2]
- ^ Fox, P., Hendler, J., 2009. Semantic eScience: encoding meaning in next-generation digitally enhanced science, in: Hey, T., Tansley, S., Tolle, K. (Eds.), The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery. Microsoft Research, Rednond, WA, pp. 147–152.
- ^ Mattmann, Chris [@chrismattmann] (27 March 2021). "RIP to an amazing mentor, friend, and collaborator for over a decade. I'm really going to miss you, Peter Fox" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 March 2021 – via Twitter.