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Miriam Boon
Graduate student and research assistant, Technology and Social Behavior doctoral program, Northwestern University

After earning her undergraduate degree in physics from MIT, Miriam decided that writing about science is just as much fun as doing it. Over the next decade, she developed a specialization in science journalism and new media, earning a masters degree in journalism in 2010. Her career culminated in three years as US Editor of iSGTW. Today, she is a student and research assistant in the Technology and Social Behavior doctoral program at Northwestern University, where she hopes to do applied experimental research at the intersection of online communication, science, democracy, learning, and computing.

Recent articles by this author:

  • Earthquake risks June 6, 2012 - 4:43am
    When a building cannot withstand nature's vagaries, lives can be lost. Structural engineers strive to ensure that the buildings we construct are earthquake safe, but their success is constrained by the accuracy and precision of their models and...
  • Distributing the Square Kilometre Array May 30, 2012 - 6:28am
    Last Friday, the Square Kilometre Array collaboration announced their decision to pursue a dual site experiment, with part of the array located in western Australia, and the other portion in southern Africa. Read on to find out more about their plans...
  • From 2011 to 2012 January 11, 2012 - 12:18pm
    What happened in 2011 that will be significant for the world of scientific computing? How will 2012 differ? To find out, we consulted experts from around the world.
  • The Tevatron's enduring computing legacy December 21, 2011 - 10:08am
    Few laypeople think of computing innovation in connection with the Tevatron particle accelerator, which shut down earlier this year. Mention of the Tevatron inspires images of majestic machinery, or thoughts of immense energies and groundbreaking...
  • Q&A - Dan Fraser on HTPC December 7, 2011 - 10:28am
    What is high throughput parallel computing, and what does it take to make a grid HTPC-ready? Read on to find out!
  • Identifying a protein treasure trove with the grid November 30, 2011 - 6:51am
    Today’s biologists face a difficult problem: their treasure trove of protein structures is exciting, but of little use if they don’t know what those proteins are for. The Protein Data Bank, where data about proteins with known structures...
  • ExTENCI – A recipe for science success November 16, 2011 - 11:15am
    ExTENCI, a partnership between the Open Science Grid and TeraGrid/XSEDE, provides tools that help researchers take advantage of both infrastructures. Those tools make it possible for researchers to access the computing resources they need more easily...
  • Exploring history with HyperCities September 28, 2011 - 9:49am
    It's true: history is made every day. But it hasn't been made quite like this before. With a digital humanities platform called HyperCities, users are now involving 3D reconstructions, multimedia, archival maps, social media feeds, and...
  • Modeling the economy in a changing climate August 31, 2011 - 10:16am
    As society adjusts to the knowledge that our climate is changing, policy makers are faced with a difficult question: how can they use policy to help prevent and cope with climate change, while minimizing the damage to economic health? Two years ago,...
  • Simulating the DNA transcription dance August 31, 2011 - 10:16am
    Researchers study the structure of a protein linked to cancer, autoimmune disease, and a host of other illnesses, by using grid and high-performance computing.