David Anderson
Research Scientist at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarDavid Anderson is a research scientist based in Berkeley, California with 24 years of software engineering and volunteer-computing experience. He is a principal contributor to BOINC, the well-known open-source platform behind SETI@home, combining back-end engineering with user-facing forum and account features. His work bridges distributed/grid computing research and practical production systems, often fixing thorny UI/UX bugs that improve community engagement for large volunteer projects. Comfortable in both research and hands-on development, he brings deep institutional knowledge of volunteer computing infrastructure and a pragmatic focus on reliable, user-centered tooling.
24 years of coding experience
Github Skills (7)
php10
web-development9
html9
user-interface8
forum8
graphical-user-interface8
ui-design8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BOINC/boinc
Apr 2002 - Jan 2023
Open-source software for volunteer computing and grid computing.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 releases, 25 reviews, 11083 commits in 21 years
Contributions summary:David contributed to web-based forum and user interface features. They addressed bugs related to forum display by fixing the jump-to-post and layout of the report-post page. Furthermore, the user also introduced user account features by adding the option for new sign-ups and added a user profile display.
pythonsciencehigh-performance-computingphpscientific-computing
Milkyway-at-home/BOINC
Oct 2005 - Dec 2012
Contributions:4853 commits in 7 years 3 months
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