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Jim Gray would be proud
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 1 Nov 2013 12:30 PM

 The timing couldn=92t have been better. I had come to Bethesda, Maryland, =
to
present Dr. David Lipman<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/staff/lipman/=
>,
M.D., director of the National Center for Biotechnology
Information<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/>(NCBI), with the
seventh annual Jim
Gray eScience Award<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus=
/escience/jim-gray-award.aspx>.
David was selected for his contribution to the development of NCBI, one of
the world=92s premier repositories of biomedical and molecular biology data=
.
Every day, more than 3 million users access NCBI=92s more than 40 databases=
.
NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes
of Health.

[image: David Lipman wins 2013 Jim Gray eScience Award]

My visit opportunely coincided with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the
NCBI, an occasion I got to celebrate with David, who has served as NCBI=92s
director since its inception, and with his colleagues and fellow
scientists. Imagine, 25 years of making biomedical information readily
available to the public and the research community.

The gathering was brief, just 90 minutes, yet we had time to remember Jim
Gray=92s legacy. Several years before his disappearance at sea in 2007, Jim
had visited NCBI and became excited by its mission, its people, and the
activities in which it was engaged. He collaborated with the NCBI team in
creating a =93portable=94 version of PubMed Central, the archive for full-t=
ext
versions of NIH-funded research papers. The success of this initiative is
now embodied in Europe PubMed Central archive, for example. That Jim
believed that NCBI represented the next generational approach to making
scientific publications and scientific data accessible to future
researchers is demonstrated by his specific mention of it in his oft-quoted
last public talk. Together, David and I looked back at what NCBI had
accomplished and remembered Jim Gray=92s influence. I was honored to share
comments about Jim=92s Fourth Paradigm of data-intensive scientific discove=
ry
and to recognize David=92s contributions publicly by presenting him with th=
e
year=92s Jim Gray eScience Award.

[image: Tony Hey presents David Lipman with 2013 Jim Gray eScience Award]

David Lipman=92s career exemplifies the kind of research leadership that Ji=
m
Gray believed in. The Jim Gray eScience Award is, more than anything,
recognition of such leadership. In Jim's memory, we select recipients whom
he would have identified as those whose work and support of others have
made a difference. As one scientist put it, =93Jim Gray preferred doers.=94
David was selected for his contribution to the development of what must be
the most comprehensive set of open access resources in the biosciences. Jim
Gray would be proud!

*=97Tony Hey <http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/tonyhey/>, Vice
President, Microsoft Research*

*Learn more*

   - Jim Gray eScience
Award<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/escience/jim-=
gray-award.aspx>
   - National Center for Biotechnology
Information<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/>
   - The Fourth Paradigm Expands on Jim Gray's
Vision<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/fourthparadigm-101=
609.aspx>
   - The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific
Discovery<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/=
default.aspx>
   - eScience at Microsoft Research
Connections<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/escienc=
e/default.aspx>
   - eScience Group<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/escience/def=
ault.aspx>

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    <div class=3D""><p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:=
medium">The timing couldn=92t have been better. I had come to Bethesda, Mar=
yland, to present Dr. <a href=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/staff=
/lipman/" target=3D"_blank">David Lipman</a>, M.D., director of the <a href=
=3D"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/" target=3D"_blank">National Center f=
or Biotechnology Information</a> (NCBI), with the seventh annual <a href=3D=
"http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/escience/jim-gray-=
award.aspx" target=3D"_blank">Jim Gray eScience Award</a>.
 David was selected for his contribution to the development of NCBI, one
 of the world=92s premier repositories of biomedical and molecular biology
 data. Every day, more than=A03 million users access NCBI=92s more than 40=
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databases. NCBI is part of the National Library of Medicine at the=20
National Institutes of Health.</span></p>
<p style=3D"text-align:center"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;fo=
nt-size:medium"><img style=3D"border: 0px none currentcolor;" title=3D"Davi=
d Lipman wins 2013 Jim Gray eScience Award" src=3D"http://blogs.msdn.com/re=
sized-image.ashx/__size/496x0/__key/communityserver-blogs-components-weblog=
files/00-00-01-32-81/0647.JGA_5F00_Lipman_5F005F00_MRCBlog_5F00_496x330.jpg=
" alt=3D"David Lipman wins 2013 Jim Gray eScience Award"></span></p>

My visit opp=
ortunely coincided with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the NCBI, an occasi=
on I got to celebrate
 with David, who has served as NCBI=92s director since its inception, and=
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with his colleagues and fellow scientists. Imagine, 25 years of making=20
biomedical information readily available to the public and the research=20
community.
The=20
gathering was brief, just 90 minutes, yet we had time to remember Jim=20
Gray=92s legacy. Several years before his disappearance at sea in 2007,=20
Jim had visited NCBI and became excited by its mission, its people, and=20
the activities in which it was engaged. He collaborated with the NCBI=20
team in creating a =93portable=94 version of PubMed Central, the archive fo=
r
 full-text versions of NIH-funded research papers. The success of this=20
initiative is now embodied in Europe PubMed Central archive, for=20
example. That Jim believed that NCBI represented the next generational=20
approach to making scientific publications and scientific data=20
accessible to future researchers is demonstrated by his specific mention
 of it in his oft-quoted last public talk. Together, David and I looked=20
back at what NCBI had accomplished and remembered Jim Gray=92s influence. I
 was honored to share comments about Jim=92s Fourth Paradigm of=20
data-intensive scientific discovery and to recognize David=92s=20
contributions publicly by presenting him with the year=92s Jim Gray eScience Award<=
/span>.<=
/p>

<p style=3D"text-align:center"><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;fo=
nt-size:medium"><img style=3D"border: 0px none currentcolor;" title=3D"Tony=
 Hey presents David Lipman with 2013 Jim Gray eScience Award" src=3D"http:/=
/blogs.msdn.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/496x302/__key/communityserver-blo=
gs-components-weblogfiles/00-00-01-32-81/5861.JGA2013_5F00_presentation.jpg=
" alt=3D"Tony Hey presents David Lipman with 2013 Jim Gray eScience Award">=
</span></p>

<p><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium">David=20
Lipman=92s career exemplifies the kind of research leadership that Jim=20
Gray believed in. The Jim Gray eScience Award is, more than anything,=20
recognition of such leadership. In Jim&#39;s memory, we select recipients=
=20
whom he would have identified as those whose work and support of others=20
have made a difference. As one scientist put it, =93Jim Gray preferred=20
doers.=94 David was selected for his contribution to the development of=20
what must be the most comprehensive set of open access resources in the=20
biosciences. Jim Gray would be proud!</span></p>
<p><em><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium">=97<em><=
a href=3D"http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/tonyhey/" target=3D"_b=
lank">Tony Hey</a>, Vice President, Microsoft Research</em></span></em></p>
<p><strong><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium">Lear=
n more</span></strong></p>
<ul><li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small"><a href=
=3D"http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/escience/jim-gr=
ay-award.aspx" target=3D"_blank">Jim Gray eScience Award</a></span></li><li=
><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small"><a href=3D"http=
://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/" target=3D"_blank">National Center for Biote=
chnology Information</a></span></li>
<li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small"><a href=3D"h=
ttp://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/fourthparadigm-101609.aspx=
" target=3D"_blank">The Fourth Paradigm Expands on Jim Gray&#39;s Vision</a=
></span></li>
<li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small"><a href=3D"h=
ttp://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/default.asp=
x" target=3D"_blank">The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discove=
ry</a></span></li>
<li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small"><a href=3D"h=
ttp://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/escience/default.asp=
x" target=3D"_blank">eScience at Microsoft Research Connections</a></span><=
/li>
<li><span style=3D"font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small"><a href=3D"h=
ttp://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/escience/default.aspx" target=3D"=
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Science</a>, <a href=3D"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msr_er/archive/tags/Jim+Gra=
y+Award/" rel=3D"tag">Jim Gray Award</a>, <a href=3D"http://blogs.msdn.com/=
b/msr_er/archive/tags/NCBI/" rel=3D"tag">NCBI</a>, <a href=3D"http://blogs.=
msdn.com/b/msr_er/archive/tags/Harold+Javid/" rel=3D"tag">Harold Javid</a>,=
 <a href=3D"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msr_er/archive/tags/Jim+Gray/" rel=3D"t=
ag">Jim Gray</a>, <a href=3D"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msr_er/archive/tags/Ji=
m+Gray+eScience+Award/" rel=3D"tag">Jim Gray eScience Award</a>, <a href=3D=
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e/" rel=3D"tag">database</a>, <a href=3D"http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msr_er/arc=
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