Dr. Salim G. Ansari

Education

High School Graduated from the American School of Kuwait (ASK) on June 6th, 1978
Ph.D University of Vienna, July 4th, 1988 in Astronomy and Physics.

Academic Activities

1982 - 1985 Reduction and analysis of IUE spectra.

1985-1987 Development of an automatic statistical package for spectral line identification.

1986 - 1988 Ph.D. thesis: A chemical analysis of the HgMn stars HR 205 and HR 2844

Professional Background

1988 - 1989 Scientific research and system management at the Institute for Astronomy in Vienna, Austria

1989 - 1990 Investigation and definition of a European Space Information System ( ESIS) in a team of 4 at the Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS), France.

1990 - 1991 System and network management support at CDS.

Mar. 1991 - July 1991 Employed by the European Space Agency. Worked at the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN), Frascati, Italy in support of the ESIS project. He was acting Project Scientist during the 4-month period.

1991 - 1992 Relocated to the CDS in Strasbourg as the liaison between ESRIN and CDS on all matters dealing with the SIMBAD database.

1992 - 1994 Relocated back to ESRIN to implement, supervise and operate ESIS. Architectural design and implementation of the ESIS Catalogue Browser, the Bibliographic application and the Spectral package.

1995 Technical Officer of the transfer of ESIS to scientific institutions. This lead to the establishment of the ViZier Catalogue Service run by the CDS.

1995-1997

• Pioneered in establishing the presence of the European Space Agency on the Web. The first ESA WWW Homepage was opened to the Public in November 1993.
• Project Management: Implementation of World Wide Web Interface to Documentation Management Systems for ESA Directorate of Science, one of the most successcful tools for managing thousands of documents in ESA Science Projects today.
• Project Management: Implementation of WWW Maintenance/Update Tools for the Earth Observation CEOS Infosys

1998-1999

Directorate of Administration -  Informatics Deparment - Management Information Systems Divison

European Space Agency - Frascati - Italy

 

 

• Project Management: ESA Documentation Management Systems for ESA Official Documentation Distributions and Industrial Services (DODIS and EMITS) These two systems provide services to the Delegate Bodies and the Industrial Partners of ESA.
• Project Management of  ESA Internet Services
• Project Management of the ESA Integrated Personnel Management Systems

2000 - 2005
Directorate of Science - Science Coordination Office
European Space and Technology Centre (ESTEC) - Noordwijk - The Netherlands
European Space Agency

• Responsible for the Science and Technology Website
• Technical officer of the GAIA Data Access and Analysis System (GDAAS)
• I am involved in setting up application testbeds within the scope of the ESA Grid activities.
• Involvement in the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory Project.

Since 2006
Directorate of Science - Science Management Support Office
European Space and Technology Centre (ESTEC) - Noordwijk - The Netherlands
European Space Agency

Head of Information Systems, Communcations and Education Support Service

• Implementation and Maintenance of the Project Reporting Integrated System for Management and Administration (PRISMA)
• Responsible for the Science and Technology Website
• Coordination and Support of ESA Science Communication Activities
• Coordination and Support of ESA Science Education Activities
• Overall Responsibility for Desktop support in the Science Directorate

Language Proficiency

English Mother tongue

German Fluent

Arabic Fluent

French Good

Italian Good

Spanish Fair

Hobbies

Guitar
Golf

Member of the OGAA: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Astronomie und Astrophysik
Member of the SEA: Sociedad Española de Astronomía
ESA representative of the European Grid Group of the EIROFORUM
Associate member of the Scientific Working Group of the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory

Ansari has been on several evaluation boards for Grid-related projects of the European Commission.

Publications List