CENS Administration
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CENS, like any large organization, has key administrative support staff to ensure you can do research without worrying (much) about other important stuff... like getting a paycheck regularly, purchasing essential research materials, and so on. Below is a brief introduction to the CENS administrative staff; additional helpful policies and forms are at http://research.cens.ucla.edu/intranet/ and for the required authentication information contact help@cens.ucla.edu.
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CENS Administrator
Dave Avery is the senior CENS administrative officer; most CENS administrative staff report to him.
Payroll Officer
Emy Murakawa is responsible for payroll. She also is the keeper of parking permits, tuition/fee deferments, etc.
Purchasing
Kim Goodine is the purchasing agent and receptionist. When you need something purchased, or wonder where your purchased item is (or when it will arrive), work with Kim first regarding policies/procedures.
Assistant to the Director
Xuan-Mai Vo (pronounced "Sue my") is executive assistant to Dr. Deborah Estrin, CENS Director. She also frequently gets tapped with organizing various retreats, research reviews, workshops, and conferences put on by CENS.
Accountant
Dennis Urie is the CENS accountant. He reconciles the bills and the payees.
Budget Analyst
Terance Tashiro is budget analyst for CENS. He approves most purchase requests, and ensures that there is enough money in the right account for your request for outrageously expensive widgets and gadgets.
Technical Project Manager
Dr. Richard Guy is the CENS Technical Project Manager. He oversees computer systems administration, assists with managing the Seismic project in Peru, and works to see that CENS data is accessible and visible to the outside world. He also assists with managing 3551 as a high quality research environment and consults/assists with field deployments.
CENS Education
Education Director
Dr. Karen Kim ...
Associate Education Director
Wes Uehara ...
CENS Program Development and Knowledge Exchange
Dr. Jeffrey Goldman serves as the CENS Director of Program Development. As CENS technologies mature, we seek to expand the audience of scientists who will utilize our technology in their research. By developing new partnerships, we can reproduce our prototypes in new contexts to understand issues of generality, usability, and reliability. This will allow CENS to collaborate with industry to commercialize components or end-to-end systems. Dr. Goldman is responsible for stewarding the formation of partnerships with industry, other research scientists, funding agencies, and regulatory agencies.
