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Dr. Saltz is a clinical pathhologist with a Ph.D. in computer science. He is internationally recognized both as a computer scientist and a leading Pathology Informatics researcher. As a leader in the area of scalable distributed computing, Dr. Saltz has developed innovative techniques to support the exploration and manipulation of large datasets, and has developed novel methods for managing distributed collections of applications programs and databases. Dr. Saltz's role as a leader in the development of high-end software is evident by his leadership role in the NSF funded National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI). Dr. Saltz is on the NPACI Executive Committee and is leader of the Programming Tools and Environments thrust area. In the area of Pathology Informatics, Dr. Saltz heads the Informatics division in Pathology at JHU and in this role has applied his knowledge of computer science to spearhead the development and deployment of innovative software. This software includes an Oracle based data warehouse, web based tools for laboratory test interpretation, and strategies to use concept hierarchies in the exploration of medically related datasets.

Joel H. Saltz, MD, PhD.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Taylor M, Saltz J, and Nichols J. Design of an Integrated Clinical Data Warehouse, The Journal of Laboratory Automation, Volume 5, No. 3 (July 2000).

2. Taylor M, Saltz J, and Nichols J. Laboratory without Walls, American Clinical Laboratory, Volume 19, No. 6 (July 2000) pp. 12-13.

3. Saltz, J. Digital Pathology--the Big Picture, Human Pathology 7:779-780 (July, 2000)

4. Anbazhagan R, Tihan T, Bornman DM, Johnston JC, Saltz J, Weigering A, Pianatoadose, and Gabrielson E. Classification of Small Cell Lung Cancer and Pulmonary Carcinoid by Gene Expression Profiles, , Cancer Research 1999; Volume 59, pages 5119-22.

5. Ferreira R, Kurc TM, Beynon M, Chang C, Sussman A, and Saltz JH. Object-Relational Queries into Multidimensional Databases with the Active Data Repository.: Parallel Processing Letters 9(2): 173-195 (1999)

6. Chang C, Acharya A, Sussman A, and Saltz J. T2: A Customizable Parallel Database for Multi-Dimensional Data, by, ACM SIGMOD Record, Volume 27, Number 1, pages 58-66, March 1998.

7. Afework A, Beynon MD, Bustamante F, Cho S, Demarzo A, Ferreira R, Miller R, Silberman M, Saltz J, Sussman A, and Tsang H. Digital dynamic telepathology--the Virtual Microscope. / AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings. :912-6, 1998.

8. Moon B, Moon JB, and Saltz JH. Scalability Analysis of Declustering Methods for Multidimensional Range Queries, by Scalability Analysis of Declustering Methods for Multidimensional Range Queries. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 310-327, March/April 1998.

9. Stoffel K, Davis J, Saltz J, Rottman G, Dick J, Merz W, and Miller R. A Graphical Tool for Ad Hoc Query Generation, Proceedings of the 1998 AMIA Fall Symposium, Orlando, FL, November 7-11, 1998, pp. 503-507.

10. Acharya A, Saltz J. Jan Vitek and Christian Tschudin, Editors, Springer-Verlag Dynamic Linking for Mobile Programs. Mobile Object Systems--Towards the Programmable Internet, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 1997.

11. Acharya A, Ranganathan M, and Saltz J. Jan Vitek and Christian Tschudin, Editors, Springer-Verlag, Sumatra: A Language for Resource-Aware Mobile Programs. Mobile Object Systems--Towards the Programmable Internet Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 1997.

12. Ranganathan M, Acharya A, Sharma S, and Saltz J. Network-aware Mobile Programs, Proceedings of the USENIX 1997 Technical Conference, pages 91-103, Anaheim, California, January 6-10, 1997.

13. Acharya M, Uysal, and Saltz J. Active Disks: Programming Models, Algorithms and Evaluation. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, pp. 81-91, October 1998.

14. Ferreira R, Moon B, Humphries, Sussman A, Saltz J, Miller R, and Demarzo A. The Virtual Microscope Proceedings of the 1997 AMIA Annual Fall Symposium, recipient of the 1997 Best Paper on an Application award, Nashville, Tennessee, pages 449-453, October 25-29, 1997.

15. Moon B and Saltz J. Scalability Analysis of Declustering Methods for Cartesian Product Files, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, April 1996.