Garrick Aden-Buie

Motivated, life-long learner. Always looking for questions and answers in the data. Passionate about collaboration, sharing knowledge, and communicating insights. Known as a highly organized, perceptive, and resourceful team player.

2014 — 2018 University of South Florida

Ph.D. Candidate (exited ABD) , Industrial and Management Systems Engineering

Courses: Deep Learning, Statistical Design Models, Large-Scale Optimization, Advanced Analytics, Bayesian Data Analysis

2012 — 2018 University of South Florida

MSIE (2014), Ph.D. Candidate (exited ABD) , Industrial & Mgmt. Systems Engineering

2005 — 2006 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Syracuse University in Madrid

Study Abroad , Spanish

2002 — 2007 Lehigh University

, B.S. Applied Math, B.A. Spanish, Physics (minor)

Sep 2019 — Present RStudio Certified Tidyverse Instructor

Present
Aug 2019 Scientific Programmer
Collaborative Data Services, Moffitt Cancer Center

Worked closely with CDS analysts and Moffitt investigators as a software engineer to design and implement approachable and consistent tools to automate data access, cleaning, and reporting. Provided training and support to CDS analysts in data science best practices while architecting and implementing new workflows.

Designed and led trainings in R programming, data analysis, and version control for multiple teams at Moffitt
Developed moffittverse: a set of R packages to streamline project management, reporting, and access to hospital data systems
Organized and led a weekly educational session for dozens of Moffitt R users centered around R for Data Science

Jan 2020
Jan 2020 Workshop: JavaScript for Shiny Users
rstudio::conf(2020)

Created and led an entirely new, two-day, hands-on and project-driven workshop for 90 Shiny users on JavaScript and web development at one of the largest conferences for R users. Developed the js4shiny R package to support the workshop and provide additional resources and tools based on R Markdown and Shiny for JavaScript development in R and RStudio, including an R Markdown format for literate JavaScript programming and a Shiny app code editor and live preview for HTML, CSS and JS.

Aug 2019
May 2018 Research Data Analyst II (Bioinformatics)
Gerke Lab, Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center

Conducted advanced bioinformatic and statistical analyses in support of cancer epidemiology research. Developed several R packages and worked with diverse data systems architects to coordinate development efforts throughout the data life cycle. Applied novel analytic approaches and software pipelines to multiplex immunohistochemistry data.

Designed and developed a Shiny dashboard interface with companion R package for analysis of the FCDS Florida Cancer Registry data
Created and led an in-depth course on data processing with R for data analysts in Moffitt's Collaborative Data Services Core
Awarded internal $50,000 grant as Co-PI with Dr. Gerke to develop DV3, a framework for data virtualization, visualization and versioning

Jan 2018
Sep 2014 Project Coordinator and Research Associate
University of South Florida

usf.edu/engineering/create-health/

Led diverse team of Ph.D., masters and undergraduate students in development and evaluation of large smart home project for monitoring the daily activities of community-dwelling, independent older adults.

Managed 3 Ph.D., 5 Masters, and 4 undergraduate REU students
Lead software developer for remote sensor data collection, processing, storage, administration, and visualization
Developed several R packages and Shiny dashboards and interactive front-ends for inventory management and data processing
Provisioned and administered database and backend servers supporting remote data collection systems running on Raspberry Pis
Designed and implemented notification microservice for near-real-time evaluation and alerting for emergent conditions

Mar 2017
Jul 2016 R Package Developer: MCTestAnalysis
University of South Florida

gadenbuie.github.io/mctestanalysis/

Developed an R package for Multiple-Choice Test Analysis for educators who are not comfortable programming. The package includes a web interface for interactive exploration of test results, or a generated report based on best practices for the design and evaluation of multiple-choice tests.

Sep 2014
Sep 2013 Research Assistant
University of South Florida

Various tasks and responsibilities in support of engineering education at USF.

Sep 2013
Jun 2012 Research Assistant
Patel College of Global Sustainability, USF

usf.edu/pcgs/

Research and design of an urban metabolism model for the USF Tampa Campus.
Supervised research of two undergraduate students (Spring 2013).
Assistant to the Director of the Office of Sustainability, USF. Coordinated, analyzed and prepared reports on campus sustainability-related initiatives.
Assist with research objectives of PCGS and in the preparation of reports, lectures and talks by PCGS staff and faculty.

Apr 2019 Runner Up, Shiny App Contest

RStudio
Selected as one of 10 developers from 136 submissions in recognition of a web app and dashboard built using Shiny. The dashboard monitors social media conversations around a conference or event, and received hundreds of simultaneous visitors per day during RStudio's annual conference in January 2019.

Scientific Software

moffittCDS - An internal R package for the Collaborative Data Services Core at Moffitt for managing projects, creating reports, and connecting to various databases
fcds — gerkelab.github.io/fcds
An R package and Shiny web application for the analysis of Florida Cancer Regististry data from the Florida Cancer Data System
ShinyDAG — gerkelab.com/project/shinydag
A web application for building, analyzing, and visualizing directed acyclic graphs (DAGs)
epiTAD — gerkelab.com/project/epiTAD
A web application for visualizing chromosome conformation capture data in the context of genetic epidemiology

Open Source Software

I enjoy contributing to open source software projects and whenever possible I contribute to the R packages that I use. I also have released the following software packages for R on GitHub:

regexplain: garrickadenbuie.com/project/regexplain/
xaringanthemer: pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/xaringanthemer
xaringanExtra: pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/xaringanExtra
js4shiny: pkg.js4shiny.com/
ggpomological: garrickadenbuie.com/project/ggpomological
countdown: pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/countdown
tidyexplain: garrickadenbuie.com/project/tidyexplain/
rsthemes: garrickadenbuie.com/project/rsthemes
shrtcts: pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/shrtcts
metathis: pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/metathis/
ggweekly: github.com/gadenbuie/ggweekly
cleanrmd: pkg.garrickadenbuie.com/cleanrmd
tweetrmd: github.com/gadenbuie/tweetrmd
MCTestAnalysis: garrickadenbuie.com/project/mc-test-analysis/

2020 HomeSense: Design of an ambient home health and wellness monitoring platform for older adults
Health and Technology

VandeWeerd C, Yalcin A, Aden-Buie G, Wang Y, Roberts M, Mahser N, Fnu C, Fabiano D

2020 shinyDAG: A web application for building, analyzing, and visualizing directed acyclic graphs (DAGs)
Epidemiology (In Review)

Creed J, Aden-Buie G, Gerke TA

2019 epiTAD: a web application for visualizing chromosome conformation capture data in the context of genetic epidemiology
Bioinformatics

Creed J, Aden-Buie G, Monteiro A, Gerke TA

2019 Effects of tobacco smoking on the tumor immune microenvironment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Clinical Cancer Research

Janis, V, Slebos, RJ, Martin-Gomez, L, Wang, X, Teer, JK, Tan, AC, Gerke, TA, Aden-Buie, G, Van Veen, T, Masannat, J and Chaudhary, R

2019 Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men 60 to 70 years of age predict aggressive prostate cancer in the PLCO cancer screening trial: Implications for risk-stratified screening
European Association of Urology Congress: Mar 15–19; Barcelona, Spain.

Berger A, Aden-Buie G, Kibel AS, Mucci LA, Penney K, Wilson K, Gerke TA, Preston M

2018 Identifying genetic interactions that drive aggressive prostate cancer using an ensemble of penalized Cox regression models
AACR Convergence: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and Prediction in Cancer: Oct 14-17; Newport, RI

Laajala TD, Aden-Buie G, Gerke T, Creed J, Berglund A, Stopsack K, Cramer SD, Tyekucheva S, Aittokallio T, Costello JC

2018 Accessible pipeline for translational research using TCGA: Tristetraprolin as an example relating gene mechanism to a disease specific outcomes
TCGA Legacy: Multi-Omic Studies in Cancer, Sep 27-29; Washington, DC

Berglund A, Putney R, Creed J, Aden-Buie G, Gerke T, Rounbehler R

2015 Comparison of Final Examination Formats in a Numerical Methods Course
International Journal of Engineering Education

Aden-Buie G, Kaw A, Yalcin A

2015 Rough Set Theory Based Prognostic Classification Models for Hospice Referral
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Gil-Herrera E and Aden-Buie G, Yalcin A, Tsalatsanis A, Barnes LE, Djulbegovic B

2014 Introduction to Engineering Design: Piloting design projects for the first year engineering experience
Sixth Annual First Year Engineering Experience Conference

Gaines J, Joseph B, Aden-Buie G

2014 Are multiple-choice questions suitable for a final examination in a STEM course?
American Society for Engineering Education

Aden-Buie G, Kaw A, Yalcin A, Pendyala R

2020-08-28 Build Your Own Universe
R/Medicine 2020

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/build-your-own-universe/

2020-07-08 Your Slides are So Extra!
useR!2020

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/extra-special-xaringan/

2020-05-15 10,000 Reasons to Love Functions
Bio-Data Club at Moffitt Cancer Center

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/ten-thousand-functions/

2019-07-19 Reproducible Data Workflows with Drake
Bio-Data Club at Moffitt Cancer Center

gadenbuie.github.io/drake-intro/

2018-11-06 A Gentle Guide to the Grammar of Graphics with ggplot2
Workshop on Data Analysis Using R (ASA at USF)

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/gentle-ggplot2

2018-10-29 The Passive Smart Home: Unobtrusive At-Home Behavior Monitoring
Utilizing Technology for Data Collection and Intervention, Moffitt Cancer Center

garrickadenbuie.com/slides/moffitt-passive-smart-home/

Aden-Buie G

2018-05-07 Unsupervised behavior change detection using passive sensor systems in the homes of older adults
11th World Conference of Gerontechnology

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/isg-2018/

Aden-Buie G, Yalcin A, VandeWeerd C

2018-01-23 A Gentle Guide to the Grammar of Graphics with ggplot2
Tampa R Users Meetup

gadenbuie.github.io/trug-ggplot2

An introduction to data visualization with the R package ggplot2

2017-10-25 Occupant Activity Profiles from Smart Home Sensor Event Streams
INFORMS Annual Meeting

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/informs-2017/

Aden-Buie G, Yalcin A, VandeWeerd C

2016-03-25 Getting StaRted in R
INFORMS@USF Code & Data Boot Camp

github.com/gadenbuie/usf-boot-camp-R

2015-02-06 Ambient Intelligence Applications in Healthcare
ISERC at IIE Annual Conference & Expo

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/iie-iserc-2015/

Aden-Buie G, Yalcin A, VandeWeerd C, Agu N, Hammett J, Yetisener E, Radwan C

2014-04-11 Reporting Reproducible Research with R and Markdown
INFORMS@USF Code & Data Boot Camp

github.com/gadenbuie/usf-boot-camp-R

2013-10-07 Boosted Tree Ensembles for Predicting Postsurgical ICU Mortality
INFORMS Annual Meeting

garrickadenbuie.com/talk/informs-2013/

Aden-Buie G, Chen Y, Romero G, Kayal R, Yang H

2014 — 2015 President, INFORMS Student Chapter at USF

Served as President of the USF student chapter of INFORMS, the leading international association for Operations Research and Analytics professionals.

Started a student-led monthly journal club to share and disseminate cutting-edge publications in statistics, machine learning, and operations research.
Initiated a travel grant supported by internal fundraising to partially finance the attendance of chapter members at the INFORMS Annual Meeting.
Organized and led a college-wide code and data bootcamp for undergraduate and graduate students, featuring hands-on learning of data science and programming principles.
Led planning team for INFORMS@USF Code & Data Bootcamp, built comprehensive webpage, organized sessions and source code, and presented multiple sessions on programming and data science with R.

2008 — 2009 Peace Corps

Youth Development Specialist
Served in the Peace Corps in Gualaceo, Ecuador, working in conjuction with local organizations to provide leadership training to children and youth among a number of other highlights listed below.

Created and implemented life-skills training program, educating 70 at-risk middle school students.
Led Peace Corps Ecuador’s Anti-Trafficking In Persons committee and created a collaborative, contest-based fundraiser for a shelter for trafficked women in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Individually tutored seven middle- and high-school students and two college math students in math topics such as Trigonometry, Algebra and Calculus.
Designed interactive graphics and edited a six-month, biweekly column published in the leading local newspaper, appealing to both children and parents, highlight topics including hygiene, public health and children’s rights.
Organized and delivered an educational course for parents on drug and alcohol abuse prevention in high-risk community.