Ben Payne
PhD Candidate
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolBen Payne is a PhD candidate and research scientist with 12 years of technical experience bridging computational physics and software engineering. He holds advanced training in computational physics and a multidisciplinary BS background in applied math, mechanical engineering and physics, and contributes to open-source projects such as SymPy where he implemented mathematical comparison logic and improved parsing and build tooling. Based in Silver Spring, MD, he blends rigorous formalization of mathematical physics with pragmatic engineering—interestingly, he’s also working on a book about bureaucracy, signaling a curiosity for systems beyond code. His hands-on experience ranges from low-level symbolic math implementations to testing and build-system corrections, making him adept at turning formal theory into reliable software.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science, (1) Applied Math, (Mechanical) Engineering, and Physics; (2) Physics, Bachelor of Science, (1) Applied Math, (Mechanical) Engineering, and Physics; (2) Physics at University of Wisconsin-MadisonPh.D, Computational Physics, Ph.D, Computational Physics at Missouri University of Science and TechnologyHigh School diploma, High School diploma at Madison East High SchoolAssociate, Aircraft Maintenance Technology, Associate, Aircraft Maintenance Technology at Community College of the Air ForcePASIElementary school, Elementary school at Sandburg
Spanish
Stackoverflow
581reputation
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45answers
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Github Skills (16)
computer-algebra10
latex10
text-parsing10
parsing10
python10
testing10
antlr9
mathematics8
math8
pandas6
csv6
concurrency6
dataframe6
chunks6
python-asyncio6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
sympy/sympy
Aug 2020 - Aug 2020
A computer algebra system written in pure Python
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 13 PRs, 13 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Ben contributed to the computer algebra system by adding and implementing "not equal to" functionality. This included modifications to the LaTeX parsing, core mathematical logic, and testing frameworks to handle the `NEQ` symbol and related comparison operators. The user also corrected the Antlr version used within the project, demonstrating involvement in the project's build process. Additionally, the user implemented and tested import of the `Unequality` function.
mathpythonsciencecomputer-algebra-systemalgebra
bhpayne/sourcecode-analysis
Oct 2016 - May 2023
Contributions:17 pushes, 1 issue in 6 years 8 months
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