MetaOcean

Originally codenamed Project Atlantis, MetaOcean was started as a joint effort between MD Anderson Cancer Research and IBM Storage. Maelstromers had roughly 6 weeks to research, design, and develop a working prototype.

Our team was tasked with solving for the pain point of researchers creating pedabytes of data (that's 1000 terabytes) but then being unable to comb through all of that information—some of which could potentially hold the cure to cancer. The solution came in the form of faceted search with the added ability for researchers and IT managers to more readily converse.

My role was to guide the Maelstrom interns through their processes and teach them how to manage stakeholder expectations throughout.

MetaOcean has recently shipped under the name "IBM Spectrum Discover" and more info can be found here.

Project Specs