ChemIndustry.com Names Tientien Li as CTO; Veteran of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Projects to Guide Technical Development of World's Largest Chemical Search Engine.Business/Technology Editors & Chemicals Writers PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 ChemIndustry.com (www.ChemIndustry.com), the largest provider of Web-based specialized search services for the $1.6 trillion worldwide chemical and related industries, has named Tientien Li as chief technology officer, Daniel Fishman, ChemIndustry.com's chief executive officer announced today. "Dr. Li has been a pioneer in utilizing Internet technologies in dynamic and creative ways," Fishman said. "With his guidance, ChemIndustry.com will develop and deploy a wide array of cutting-edge search services. Li has been actively involved in developing Internet-based technologies since 1995. Among other projects, he has created a Java-based browser for a chemical catalogue, a servlet-based Web crawler and a Web-based reporting system. In addition, Li has played a significant role in a series of projects for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. , starting in 1987 when he demonstrated the applicability of the ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. programming language to real-time systems development. Since 1996, he has been a member of the science support team developing a multi-tiered 1.2 terabyte data warehouse with a central catalogue database and a Java-based Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . From 1994 to 1996, he led a team of JPL (language) JPL - JAM Programming Language. engineers developing a CORBA-compliant distributed information server and a Java-based Web browser that allows scientists access to geographically distributed databases. Li has worked on simulations, communications systems, graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to projects and instrument control systems for JPL. "I believe that specialized information services See Information Systems. are integral elements of the Web," Li said. "ChemIndustry.com is well-positioned to deliver an array of search services to professionals in a large and vital industry using the most advanced Internet-based technologies." Li received his Ph.D. in computer science from the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Buffalo in 1982. Founded in April 1999, ChemIndustry.com currently has more than 32,000 separate entries representing more than 20,000 distinct Web sites in its database, making it the largest specialized search service for chemical and allied professionals on the Web. Traffic at the ChemIndustry.com database is increasing approximately 10 percent a week. The company licenses its search box to leading Web sites in the industries it serves, which include the chemical, petrochemical, agrochemical agrochemical Any chemical used in agriculture, including chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. Most are mixtures of two or more chemicals; active ingredients provide the desired effects, and inert ingredients stabilize or preserve the active ingredients or aid , pharmaceutical, biochemical, coatings and dyes marketplaces. |
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