Member Since 1996
Rahul Ramachandran
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Member, Informatics Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee
Dr. Rahul Ramachandran is a distinguished Senior Research Scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and leads the Inter-Agency Implementation and Advanced Concepts (IMPACT) team. His research interests span a range of topics, including data science, informatics, and AI/ML. Dr. Ramachandran is the recipient of numerous accolades and honors, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal.
Professional Experience
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Senior Research Scientist
2012 - Present
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Principal Research Scientist
2011 - 2013
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sr. Spatial Systems Architect
2010 - 2011
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Research Scientist
2001 - 2010
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Research Associated
1998 - 2001
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Education
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Doctorate
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Masters
Honors & Awards
Greg Leptoukh Lecture
Received December 2023
Publications
Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Estimation: A Large Scale Training Data Set and Community Benchmarking
Tropical cyclones (TCs) cause significant disruptions to infrastructure and livelihood. The scale of loss due to TCs may be mitigated by prompt and...
February 28, 2023
From Open Data to Open Science
The open science movement continues to gain momentum, attention, and discussion. However, there are a number of different interpretations, viewpoin...
May 17, 2021
AGU Abstracts
GFM-Bench: A Benchmark to Evaluate Geospatial Characteristics of Foundation Models
AGU 2024
informatics | 13 december 2024
Hamed Alemohammad, Denys Godwin, Rufai Balogun, Sa...
There is a significant growth in development and utilization of foundation models for geospatial applications. These models are trained on large scale...
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NLP Applications of Domain-Adapted Language Model for Enhanced Scientific Data Discovery
AGU 2024
informatics | 13 december 2024
Muthukumaran Ramasubramanian, Iksha Gurung, Nishan...
Studies have shown that domain-adapted language models significantly enhance NLP tasks within scientific research. This presentation focuses on explor...
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Downstream Applications of Helio Foundation Models in Space Weather-Specific Problems
AGU 2024
informatics | 13 december 2024
Dinesha Vasanta Hegde, Sujit Roy, Talwinder Singh,...
The designs and experimentations of foundation models (FMs) have been rising given the availability of growing extensive datasets and advancing comput...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Informatics Leptoukh Lecture Award Committee
2020 - 2020
Member
Informatics Fellows Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Informatics Fellows Committee
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