Maria Patterson
Art Instructor, Woodworking at Indy Art Center
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolMaria Patterson is an interdisciplinary technologist and educator with 12 years of experience building scalable data systems, responsible AI frameworks, and venture-stage products across industry, government, and academia. She has led federal efforts as a two-term Presidential Innovation Fellow and senior AI advisor to design equitable AI policy and cross-agency transparency resources now adopted internationally. As Director of New Ventures at LG Nova and a data scientist in venture studios, she translated early-stage ideas into clean-tech strategies and production-ready ML-enabled data products. Her research-era work architected petabyte-scale cloud platforms and a “newsfeed from the Universe” for Rubin Observatory and partner projects, powering real-time astronomical data sharing used by scientists worldwide. An active open-source contributor (including fixes and enhancements to the glumpy scientific visualization library), she blends hands-on coding with systems thinking and public-sector impact. Based in Indianapolis, she also teaches woodworking and runs community workshops for veterans, reflecting a practical maker’s approach to technology and learning.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers IX, Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers IX at Penn State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Astronomy, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Astronomy at New Mexico State UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Physics at University of Chicago
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Github Skills (10)
opengl10
python10
numpy10
rendering9
render9
visualization8
engine8
visualizations8
gameplay6
videogames6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
glumpy/glumpy
Dec 2016 - Dec 2016
Python+Numpy+OpenGL: fast, scalable and beautiful scientific visualization
Role in this project:
Software Engineer
Software EngineerContributions:7 commits, 1 PR in 1 day
Contributions summary:Maria primarily contributed to the glumpy/glumpy project by fixing bugs and enhancing the existing code. Their work included addressing Python 3 division issues, correcting comments, and improving example code. Furthermore, the user added functionality, such as an option to specify a filename for movie recording. They also made changes to the documentation.
scalablepythongamesciencenumpy
lsst-dm/alert_stream
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018
Mock alert stream distribution system using Kafka producers and consumers.
Contributions:1 release, 197 commits, 33 PRs in 1 year 11 months
alertgoconsumersproducerstream
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