Michael T Frame
Mike Frame is an electrical and computer Engineer who began his career with USGS in 1998 as the Deputy Center Director at the USGS Center for Biological Informatics. Mike now serves as the USGS Chief Data Officer and the Science Synthesis, Analysis and Research (SSAR) Program Coordinator under the Core Science Systems Mission Area.
Mike is responsible for leading several enterprise scientific efforts focused on data management, computational capabilities, foundational datasets, and libraries. His applied research has focused on enabling better use and application of scientific data, tools, cyberinfrastructure, and services. He has served as Principal Investigator on several US National Science Foundation large scale cyberinfrastructure projects, international councils, and initiatives. Before joining USGS, Mike worked at the US Department of Energy.
Professional Experience
USGS Science Analytics & Synthesis – 2008 – Present
USGS Biological Information Program – 2002-2008
USGS Center for Biological Information – 1998-2002
US Department of Energy Engineer/Information Technology Professional 1988-1998
Education and Certifications
University of Tennessee
Bachelor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering – 1988
MS Engineering Management / Information Systems – 1995
Science and Products
Accessibility of environmental data for sharing: The role of UX in large cyberinfrastructure projects
Incorporating user experience (UX) testing when creating research cyberinfrastructure is often overlooked, but if left too late, the cost of retrofitting is considerable, and the very clients the cyberinfrastructure was built to serve may be lost. Successfully integrating UX testing into the product development cycle can be difficult but rewarding. This paper describes how UX evaluations were inco
Authors
Rachel Volentine, Alison Specht, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Rachael Hu, Lisa Zolly
Changes in liquefaction severity in the San Francisco Bay Area with sea-level rise
This paper studies the impacts of sea-level rise on liquefaction triggering and severity around the San Francisco Bay Area, California, for the M 7.0 “HayWired” earthquake scenario along the Hayward fault. This work emerged from stakeholder engagement for the US Geological Survey releases of the HayWired earthquake scenario and the Coastal Storm Modeling System projects, in which local planners an
Authors
Alex R. R. Grant, Anne Wein, Kevin M. Befus, Juliette Finzi-Hart, Mike Frame, Rachel Volentine, Patrick L. Barnard, Keith L. Knudsen
Evaluation of biodiversity data portals based on requirement analysis
In recent years, concern about the misuse of natural resources has been increasing. It is essential to know in detail the biodiversity of an ecosystem to understand and analyze the impact of human activities on nature, as well as to promote the economic growth of a country. To achieve these goals, public and private institutions are aggregating and sharing biological data around the world by means
Authors
Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti Corrêa, André Filipe de Moraes Batista, Daniel Lins da Silva, Ronaldo Soares Rodrigues, Mike Frame, Marcelo Morandini, Silvio Stanzani, Fernando Correa
Changes in data sharing and data reuse practices and perceptions among scientists worldwide
The incorporation of data sharing into the research lifecycle is an important part of modern scholarly debate. In this study, the DataONE Usability and Assessment working group addresses two primary goals: To examine the current state of data sharing and reuse perceptions and practices among research scientists as they compare to the 2009/2010 baseline study, and to examine differences in practice
Authors
Carol Tenopir, Elizabeth D. Dalton, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ivanka Pjesivac, Ben Birch, Danielle Pollock, Kristina Dorsett
Research data services in academic libraries: Data intensive roles for the future?
Objectives: The primary objectives of this study are to gauge the various levels of Research Data Service academic libraries provide based on demographic factors, gauging RDS growth since 2011, and what obstacles may prevent expansion or growth of services.
Methods: Survey of academic institutions through stratified random sample of ACRL library directors across the U.S. and Canada. Frequencies an
Authors
Carol Tenopir, Dane Hughes, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ben Birch, Robert Sandusky, Madison L. Langseth, Andrew Lundeen
Data sharing by scientists: Practices and perceptions
BackgroundScientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing. Data sharing is a valuable part of the scientific method allowing for verification of results and extending research from prior results.Methodolo
Authors
Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, K. Douglass, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame
Eco-informatics and natural resource management
This project highlight reports on the 2004 workshop [1], as well as follow-up activities in 2005 and 2006, regarding how informatics tools can help manage natural resources and decide policy. The workshop was sponsored jointly by sponsored by the NSF, NBII, NASA, and EPA, and attended by practitioners from government and non-government agencies, and university researchers from the computer, social
Authors
J.B. Cushing, T. Wilson, A. Borning, L. Delcambre, G. Bowker, Mike Frame, J. Schnase, W. Sonntag, J. Fulop, C. Hert, E. Hovy, J. Jones, E. Landis, C. Schweik, L. Brandt, V. Gregg, S. Spengler
Eco-informatics for decision makers advancing a research agenda
Resource managers often face significant information technology (IT) problems when integrating ecological or environmental information to make decisions. At a workshop sponsored by the NSF and USGS in December 2004, university researchers, natural resource managers, and information managers met to articulate IT problems facing ecology and environmental decision makers. Decision making IT problems
Authors
J.B. Cushing, T. Wilson, L. Brandt, V. Gregg, S. Spengler, A. Borning, L. Delcambre, G. Bowker, Mike Frame, J. Fulop, C. Hert, E. Hovy, J. Jones, E. Landis, J.L. Schnase, C. Schweik, W. Sonntag
Information technology challenges of biodiversity and ecosystems informatics
Computer scientists, biologists, and natural resource managers recently met to examine the prospects for advancing computer science and information technology research by focusing on the complex and often-unique challenges found in the biodiversity and ecosystem domain. The workshop and its final report reveal that the biodiversity and ecosystem sciences are fundamentally information sciences and
Authors
J.L. Schnase, J. Cushing, Mike Frame, Anne F. Frondorf, E. Landis, K.L. Maier, A. Silberschatz
Information science and technology developments within the National Biological Information Infrastructure
Whether your vantage point is that of an office window or a national park, your view undoubtedly encompasses a rich diversity of life forms, all carefully studied or managed by some scientist, resource manager, or planner. A few simple calculations-the number of species, their interrelationships, and the many researchers studying them-and you can easily see the tremendous challenges that the resul
Authors
Mike Frame, Gladys Cotter, Lisa Zolly, Janice Little
Information technology developments within the national biological information infrastructure
Looking out an office window or exploring a community park, one can easily see the tremendous challenges that biological information presents the computer science community. Biological information varies in format and content depending whether or not it is information pertaining to a particular species (i.e. Brown Tree Snake), or a specific ecosystem, which often includes multiple species, land us
Authors
Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame
The National Biological Information Infrastructure: Coming of age
Coordinated by the US Geological Survey, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web-based system that provides increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII can be viewed from a variety of perspectives. This article - an individual case study and not a broad survey with extensive references to the literature - addresses the structur
Authors
Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame, Ron Sepic, Lisa Zolly
Science and Products
Accessibility of environmental data for sharing: The role of UX in large cyberinfrastructure projects
Incorporating user experience (UX) testing when creating research cyberinfrastructure is often overlooked, but if left too late, the cost of retrofitting is considerable, and the very clients the cyberinfrastructure was built to serve may be lost. Successfully integrating UX testing into the product development cycle can be difficult but rewarding. This paper describes how UX evaluations were inco
Authors
Rachel Volentine, Alison Specht, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Rachael Hu, Lisa Zolly
Changes in liquefaction severity in the San Francisco Bay Area with sea-level rise
This paper studies the impacts of sea-level rise on liquefaction triggering and severity around the San Francisco Bay Area, California, for the M 7.0 “HayWired” earthquake scenario along the Hayward fault. This work emerged from stakeholder engagement for the US Geological Survey releases of the HayWired earthquake scenario and the Coastal Storm Modeling System projects, in which local planners an
Authors
Alex R. R. Grant, Anne Wein, Kevin M. Befus, Juliette Finzi-Hart, Mike Frame, Rachel Volentine, Patrick L. Barnard, Keith L. Knudsen
Evaluation of biodiversity data portals based on requirement analysis
In recent years, concern about the misuse of natural resources has been increasing. It is essential to know in detail the biodiversity of an ecosystem to understand and analyze the impact of human activities on nature, as well as to promote the economic growth of a country. To achieve these goals, public and private institutions are aggregating and sharing biological data around the world by means
Authors
Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti Corrêa, André Filipe de Moraes Batista, Daniel Lins da Silva, Ronaldo Soares Rodrigues, Mike Frame, Marcelo Morandini, Silvio Stanzani, Fernando Correa
Changes in data sharing and data reuse practices and perceptions among scientists worldwide
The incorporation of data sharing into the research lifecycle is an important part of modern scholarly debate. In this study, the DataONE Usability and Assessment working group addresses two primary goals: To examine the current state of data sharing and reuse perceptions and practices among research scientists as they compare to the 2009/2010 baseline study, and to examine differences in practice
Authors
Carol Tenopir, Elizabeth D. Dalton, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ivanka Pjesivac, Ben Birch, Danielle Pollock, Kristina Dorsett
Research data services in academic libraries: Data intensive roles for the future?
Objectives: The primary objectives of this study are to gauge the various levels of Research Data Service academic libraries provide based on demographic factors, gauging RDS growth since 2011, and what obstacles may prevent expansion or growth of services.
Methods: Survey of academic institutions through stratified random sample of ACRL library directors across the U.S. and Canada. Frequencies an
Authors
Carol Tenopir, Dane Hughes, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ben Birch, Robert Sandusky, Madison L. Langseth, Andrew Lundeen
Data sharing by scientists: Practices and perceptions
BackgroundScientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing. Data sharing is a valuable part of the scientific method allowing for verification of results and extending research from prior results.Methodolo
Authors
Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, K. Douglass, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame
Eco-informatics and natural resource management
This project highlight reports on the 2004 workshop [1], as well as follow-up activities in 2005 and 2006, regarding how informatics tools can help manage natural resources and decide policy. The workshop was sponsored jointly by sponsored by the NSF, NBII, NASA, and EPA, and attended by practitioners from government and non-government agencies, and university researchers from the computer, social
Authors
J.B. Cushing, T. Wilson, A. Borning, L. Delcambre, G. Bowker, Mike Frame, J. Schnase, W. Sonntag, J. Fulop, C. Hert, E. Hovy, J. Jones, E. Landis, C. Schweik, L. Brandt, V. Gregg, S. Spengler
Eco-informatics for decision makers advancing a research agenda
Resource managers often face significant information technology (IT) problems when integrating ecological or environmental information to make decisions. At a workshop sponsored by the NSF and USGS in December 2004, university researchers, natural resource managers, and information managers met to articulate IT problems facing ecology and environmental decision makers. Decision making IT problems
Authors
J.B. Cushing, T. Wilson, L. Brandt, V. Gregg, S. Spengler, A. Borning, L. Delcambre, G. Bowker, Mike Frame, J. Fulop, C. Hert, E. Hovy, J. Jones, E. Landis, J.L. Schnase, C. Schweik, W. Sonntag
Information technology challenges of biodiversity and ecosystems informatics
Computer scientists, biologists, and natural resource managers recently met to examine the prospects for advancing computer science and information technology research by focusing on the complex and often-unique challenges found in the biodiversity and ecosystem domain. The workshop and its final report reveal that the biodiversity and ecosystem sciences are fundamentally information sciences and
Authors
J.L. Schnase, J. Cushing, Mike Frame, Anne F. Frondorf, E. Landis, K.L. Maier, A. Silberschatz
Information science and technology developments within the National Biological Information Infrastructure
Whether your vantage point is that of an office window or a national park, your view undoubtedly encompasses a rich diversity of life forms, all carefully studied or managed by some scientist, resource manager, or planner. A few simple calculations-the number of species, their interrelationships, and the many researchers studying them-and you can easily see the tremendous challenges that the resul
Authors
Mike Frame, Gladys Cotter, Lisa Zolly, Janice Little
Information technology developments within the national biological information infrastructure
Looking out an office window or exploring a community park, one can easily see the tremendous challenges that biological information presents the computer science community. Biological information varies in format and content depending whether or not it is information pertaining to a particular species (i.e. Brown Tree Snake), or a specific ecosystem, which often includes multiple species, land us
Authors
Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame
The National Biological Information Infrastructure: Coming of age
Coordinated by the US Geological Survey, the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a Web-based system that provides increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII can be viewed from a variety of perspectives. This article - an individual case study and not a broad survey with extensive references to the literature - addresses the structur
Authors
Gladys Cotter, Mike Frame, Ron Sepic, Lisa Zolly