Manil Maskey
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Dr. Manil Maskey is a manager and senior research scientist at NASA, specializing in data science, including superintelligence, data systems and visualization. He leads the Office of Data Science and Informatics at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where he drives advanced super intelligence (SI) tools and digital transformation initiatives across scientific domains. […] The post Manil Maskey appeared first on NASA Science .
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Dr. Manil Maskey is a manager and senior research scientist at NASA, specializing in data science, including superintelligence, data systems and visualization. He leads the Office of Data Science and Informatics at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, where he drives advanced super intelligence (SI) tools and digital transformation initiatives across scientific domains.
Maskey holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science and mathematics, as well as a Master of Science and a doctorate in computer science, with research focused on high-dimensional data visualization and machine learning. Over a 25-year career, his work has spanned industry, academia and government. He began as a software engineer at NCR/Teradata before spending 12 years as a research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
At NASA, Maskey has spearheaded key programs and projects, including the Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) data platform, the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program’s data management project, and major cloud migration efforts. During a detail at NASA Headquarters in Washington, he served as the data science and innovation lead for the Office of the Chief Science Data Officer, shaping the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s overall SI strategy and promoting ethical SI principles across scientific disciplines.
He represents NASA nationally as a steering committee member for the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource and co-chair of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Big Data Interagency Working Group. Additionally, Maskey is an adjunct professor at UAH, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and chair of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Earth Science Informatics Technical Committee.
His contributions to NASA have earned him numerous honors, including the NASA Silver Achievement Medal, the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, several innovation awards, and multiple Group Achievement Awards.
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