Victor M. Markowitz
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Victor M. Markowitz is Chief Informatics
Officer & Associate Director at DOE
Joint Genome Institute
(JGI), and head of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
's Biological Data Management and Technology Center.
He received his M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees in computer science
from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
. Dr. Markowitz has authored articles and book chapters on various aspects of data management
and served on review panels and program committees for database
and bioinformatics
programs and conferences.
(CIO) and Senior Vice President, Data Management Systems, at Gene Logic Inc., from 2000 to 2003. He was Vice President and then Senior Vice President, Data Management Systems from 1997 to 2000, at Gene Logic. Dr. Markowitz built Gene Logic's data management, software development, applied bioinformatics, and Information technology
(IT) organization, starting with an initial group of five scientists located in Berkeley
, that has grown to a staff of over a hundred software engineer
s, computer scientist
s, bioinformatics scientists, and IT specialists, located in Berkeley and Gaithersburg, Maryland
. He directed the development of Gene Logic's data management products, including its flagship Genesis data management platform for gene expression
data. These products are used by over 25 pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide and constitute Gene Logic's main source of revenues. The tools and methodology used for developing Genesis have been presented at conferences and professional meetings, and have been described in several papers.
Prior to joining Gene Logic, Dr. Markowitz was at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
where he led the development of the Object protocol model (OPM) data management and integration tools that have been used for developing public and commercial genome
databases. The OPM tools have been successfully used for developing several public molecular biology
databases, such as the Genome
database
at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
in Baltimore
, and the German Genome Resource Center's Primary Database in Berlin
, and for setting up prototype molecular biology multi-database systems. The OPM data management tools continue to be used by scientific database groups in USA and Europe
, have been presented at seminars, database conferences, and professional meetings, and have been described in several scientific papers.
Prior to this Dr. Markowitz has conducted research connecting the Relational model
with the Entity-relationship model
. He is also the inventor
of both ERROL
- An Entity-Relationship Role-Oriented query Language, and the related Reshaped relational algebra (RRA), developed as his M.Sc. project. For this he won the 1984 Computer Science Award of ILA – The Israeli Information Technology Association, together with his M.Sc. adviser Dr. Yoav Raz and the ERROL-to-RRA compiler
developer Reuven Cohen.
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Officer & Associate Director at DOE
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
Joint Genome Institute
Joint Genome Institute
The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute was created in 1997 to unite the expertise and resources in genome mapping, DNA sequencing, technology development, and information sciences pioneered at the DOE genome centers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Lawrence Livermore...
(JGI), and head of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting unclassified scientific research. It is located on the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills above the central campus...
's Biological Data Management and Technology Center.
He received his M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees in computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is a research-intensive institute of technology in Haifa, Israel. Originally called the Technikum, it was founded in 1912...
. Dr. Markowitz has authored articles and book chapters on various aspects of data management
Data management
Data management comprises all the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource.- Overview :The official definition provided by DAMA International, the professional organization for those in the data management profession, is: "Data Resource Management is the development and execution...
and served on review panels and program committees for database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
and bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
programs and conferences.
Biography
Victor Markowitz served as Chief Information OfficerChief information officer
Chief information officer , or information technology director, is a job title commonly given to the most senior executive in an enterprise responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals...
(CIO) and Senior Vice President, Data Management Systems, at Gene Logic Inc., from 2000 to 2003. He was Vice President and then Senior Vice President, Data Management Systems from 1997 to 2000, at Gene Logic. Dr. Markowitz built Gene Logic's data management, software development, applied bioinformatics, and Information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
(IT) organization, starting with an initial group of five scientists located in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, that has grown to a staff of over a hundred software engineer
Software engineer
A software engineer is an engineer who applies the principles of software engineering to the design, development, testing, and evaluation of the software and systems that make computers or anything containing software, such as computer chips, work.- Overview :...
s, computer scientist
Computer scientist
A computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
s, bioinformatics scientists, and IT specialists, located in Berkeley and Gaithersburg, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
. He directed the development of Gene Logic's data management products, including its flagship Genesis data management platform for gene expression
Gene expression
Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. These products are often proteins, but in non-protein coding genes such as ribosomal RNA , transfer RNA or small nuclear RNA genes, the product is a functional RNA...
data. These products are used by over 25 pharmaceutical and biotech companies worldwide and constitute Gene Logic's main source of revenues. The tools and methodology used for developing Genesis have been presented at conferences and professional meetings, and have been described in several papers.
Prior to joining Gene Logic, Dr. Markowitz was at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory conducting unclassified scientific research. It is located on the grounds of the University of California, Berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills above the central campus...
where he led the development of the Object protocol model (OPM) data management and integration tools that have been used for developing public and commercial genome
Genome
In modern molecular biology and genetics, the genome is the entirety of an organism's hereditary information. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of virus, in RNA. The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA/RNA....
databases. The OPM tools have been successfully used for developing several public molecular biology
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is the branch of biology that deals with the molecular basis of biological activity. This field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly genetics and biochemistry...
databases, such as the Genome
Genome
In modern molecular biology and genetics, the genome is the entirety of an organism's hereditary information. It is encoded either in DNA or, for many types of virus, in RNA. The genome includes both the genes and the non-coding sequences of the DNA/RNA....
database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is the academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins has consistently been the nation's number one medical school in the amount of competitive research grants awarded by the National...
in Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, and the German Genome Resource Center's Primary Database in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and for setting up prototype molecular biology multi-database systems. The OPM data management tools continue to be used by scientific database groups in USA and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, have been presented at seminars, database conferences, and professional meetings, and have been described in several scientific papers.
Prior to this Dr. Markowitz has conducted research connecting the Relational model
Relational model
The relational model for database management is a database model based on first-order predicate logic, first formulated and proposed in 1969 by Edgar F...
with the Entity-relationship model
Entity-relationship model
In software engineering, an entity-relationship model is an abstract and conceptual representation of data. Entity-relationship modeling is a database modeling method, used to produce a type of conceptual schema or semantic data model of a system, often a relational database, and its requirements...
. He is also the inventor
Invention
An invention is a novel composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived, in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social...
of both ERROL
ERROL
ERROL is a declarative database query and manipulation language for the Entity-relationship model . It is applicable to any data model on which ERM can be mapped, virtually any general purpose database data model...
- An Entity-Relationship Role-Oriented query Language, and the related Reshaped relational algebra (RRA), developed as his M.Sc. project. For this he won the 1984 Computer Science Award of ILA – The Israeli Information Technology Association, together with his M.Sc. adviser Dr. Yoav Raz and the ERROL-to-RRA compiler
Compiler
A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language...
developer Reuven Cohen.
See also
- Object protocol model (OPM)
- ERROLERROLERROL is a declarative database query and manipulation language for the Entity-relationship model . It is applicable to any data model on which ERM can be mapped, virtually any general purpose database data model...
- An Entity-RelationshipEntity-relationship modelIn software engineering, an entity-relationship model is an abstract and conceptual representation of data. Entity-relationship modeling is a database modeling method, used to produce a type of conceptual schema or semantic data model of a system, often a relational database, and its requirements...
Role-Oriented query Language - Reshaped relational algebra (RRA)