Don Brower
Computational Scientist, Center For Research Computing
South Bend, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDon Brower is a computational scientist with 13 years of experience at the University of Notre Dame, where he progressed from instructor and digital infrastructure lead to his current role in the Center for Research Computing. He combines deep mathematical training (PhD in Mathematics) with hands-on software development experience dating back to early work as a developer and a decade managing digital infrastructure. Don blends research computing, teaching, and operational leadership to help campus researchers scale computational workflows and maintain robust research services. He also applies his analytical mindset to entrepreneurship as co-owner of a property rental business, reflecting a practical, results-oriented approach beyond academia. Notably, his career shows a rare continuity of technical stewardship within a single institution, giving him institutional context for long-term infrastructure strategies.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Mathematics at Colorado State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at University of Notre Dame
Github Skills (78)
latex9
versioning9
identifier9
solidity8
digital-humanities8
vcenter8
blockchain8
ethereum8
version-control8
stable8
discovery8
wfs7
corpus7
management7
server7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
ndlib/curate-annote
Oct 2019 - Nov 2021
CURATE-related. Prototype a repository/annotation store interface
Contributions:30 PRs, 56 pushes, 37 branches in 2 years 1 month
prototypeannotation
vecnet/deploy-dl
Feb 2015 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 42 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years
deploymentdigital-library
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