CHEPREO
Florida International University
University Park Campus
Miami, FL 33199
Phone: 305-348-4105
Fax: 305-348-1422
 
Management Plan
    Project Structure
    Management Structure
    Advisory Committee
    Relationship to other Projects
    Schedule and Milestones
People
Participating University
    Florida Intertional University
    University of Florida
    Florida State University
    California Institute of Tech.
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Contact
People - Heidi alvarez
Heidi Alvarez
Associate Director
Florida International University
heidi@fiu.edu
305-348-2006

Co-PI of AMPATH and Associate Director of Technology Services, Heidi Alvarez, holds primary responsibility for matters related to funding the project. She develops and maintains relationships with world-class US and international scientists and funding program directors with research projects and collaborations in the region. The business of developing, submitting and administering grants in consideration of a variety of disciplines and collaborators falls under her purview.

Other appointments at Florida International University:
  • Assistant Director, Network Engineering and Telecommunications
    Alvarez performs business and project planning functions associated with AMPATH, assisting the Director with the flow of activities between existing and potential project participants, staffing issues, and other duties as required. She is also responsible for publications, web design and other dissemination activities related to the AMPATH project.
  • Adjunct Instructor, Freshman Composition, Academic Systems Multi-Media English: Essay Writing, and Technical Writing 1995-2000
  • Sr. Programmer Analyst (Temporary Appointment), Academic and Research Computing, 1998-1999
  • Responsible for policies and procedures in the areas of Computing Practices, Fair Use of Computer Resources, Academic and Research Computing, Electronic Messaging, Electronic Mail as Public Record, and World Wide Web resources at FIU.

Other Professional Appointments:

  • Chief, of Information Services, Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management, 1992-1996

Responsible for directing, developing and implementing policies and procedures for applications, networking and telecommunications for the Department. Duties involved the formulation and supervision of an Information Services Master Plan, project management and reporting methodologies. Planned and administered of an information technology budget of between four to six million dollars annually. Position responsibilities involved supervising a professional and technical staff, business and operational applications lifecycle administration, customer support, policy and procedure formulation.

  • Manager, Computer Services, Miami-Dade Department of Solid Waste Management, 1989-1992
  • Programming Systems Supervisor, Miami-Dade Transit Agency, 1988-1989
  • Sr. Systems Analyst, Miami-Dade Transit Agency, 1986-1988
  • Systems Analyst 1, Miami-Dade Transit Agency, 1985-1986
  • Programmer Analyst, Jordan Marsh Department Stores, 1984-1985

Education:

M.A. in English, Florida International University, 1999
B.S. in Education, University of Miami, 1979

Publications:

  • Spring02 I2 Valdivia Update, International Task Force, I2 Members Meeting, Arlington, VA. May 6, 2002
  • AMPATH Scientific Applications Collaboration Update; First Int’l AMPATH Conference, Valdivia, Chile, April 10 -12, 2002
  • AMPATH Overview; University Technology General Meeting, FIU, April 26, 2002
  • AMPATH; Network of the Americas, LISHEP Grid Workshop, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 7-8, 2002
  • AMPATH Scientific Applications Overview; AMPATH Workshop, Miami, Florida August 15 – 17, 2001
  • AmericasPATH, STAR TAP Annual Meeting, INET 2001, Stockholm, Sweden, June 5, 2001
  • Regional Aspects of Miami Crime Fiction; A Postmodern Frontier – Master’s Thesis, 1999
  • Florida International University Information Resource Management Newsletter – Editor of the inaugural issue June 1999 and recurring article contributor.
  • Book Review: “Essays by Contemporary American Women," in Probable Cause, Spring, 1996.

Graduate Advisor: Kenneth E. Johnson, Assistant Vice President, FIU Academic Affairs & Associate Professor FIU English Department

Synergistic Activities:

  • FIU Academy for the Art of Teaching Grant Award; Innovations in Process Analysis Essay Writing
  • Chairperson, Miami-Dade Information Systems Policy Committee DEC Users Group
  • Dade County ESP Award for computer maintenance cost savings

 

CHEPREO is an Inter-Regional Grid-enabled Center for High-Energy Physics
Research Education and Outreach. NSF Award Number 0312038.