"A handsome GNU Head with typical beard and smart-looking curled horns. He or she appears to be smiling contentedly with its works as of yet, but it still gazes off into the distance." - gnu.org
Synopsis of Ongoing Projects
This list contains short blurbs describing some of my hobbies and professional work. I am happy to share any details related to these projects, so feel free to send me an email: scott .at. kuehns .dot. com
- UW Genome Sciences
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This is the obligatory comment about the '9-5'. UW Genome Sciences
employs myself and many other programmers to develop laboratory
information management systems and assist researchers with
the analysis and interpretation of assay results. If you like
buzzwords, you can label me as a 'bioinformatician'. My salary is
financed entirely by the US National Institute of Health, in
particular, the 'ENCODE' project.
Here are publications I have either authored or co-authored:
- "Identification and analysis of functional elements in 1% of the human genome by the ENCODE project." Nature. 447:779-816, 2007.
- "Genome-scale mapping of DNase I sensitivity in vivo using tiling DNA microarrays." Nature Methods. 3(7):511-518, 2006.
- "Predicting the in vivo signature of human gene regulatory sequences." Bioinformatics (Proceedings of the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology Conference). 21(Suppl 1):i338-i343, 2005.
- The Linux Community
- Since 2001 I have been an active member of the Linux community. I attribute much of my development as a programmer to the software and learning resources that utilize this amazing operating system. That said, I have gained much more from the community than I have contributed. In order to start 'giving back', I volunteer several hours per week to answer questions on the Ubuntu Linux user forums. Also, I have been assembling and testing recent software packages for Debian Linux. Ultimately, I would like to be promoted to an official Debian package maintainer.
- Hobbies
- Yes, I have some hobbies. Unfortunately most of the hobbies I *want* to have are impossible in a 600 square foot apartment (with a roommate). I really want to get into hardware hacking. I'd love to restore a classic arcade game, or make an internet jukebox with an antique radio facade. I want to construct a track bike from discount parts. This is starting to sound like a blog, so I'll shut up. Anyways, some of the hobbies I have successfully undertaken in the last few years are model planes, paint-by-number, drinking beer, linux server administration, beard growing, guild-wars, and tap dancing.