Scott Burton
Computer Science Professor at Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolScott Burton is a program director, software architect, and computer science professor with 11+ years of experience building and leading education and engineering programs that serve thousands of online students worldwide. He combines practical software delivery—leading development teams and client-facing architecture work—with academic research in data science and machine learning, producing cross-disciplinary publications in computer science and health sciences. At BYU‑Idaho he has designed and led both on-campus and large-scale online curricula, chaired a multi-disciplinary department, and mentors students in research and career development. A former applied research scientist at Zillow, he has hands-on experience taking ML models from data processing through deployment to improve personalization. His career blends enterprise software craftsmanship, pedagogy, and translational research, with a track record of expanding access to technical education via partnerships like BYU‑Pathway Worldwide.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Computer Science at Utah State UniversityA.S. Computer Science, A.S. Computer Science at Snow CollegePh.D. Computer Science, Ph.D. Computer Science at Brigham Young University
Github Skills (16)
python8
mod-manager7
hide7
dice6
machine-learning4
heroku4
salt3
php3
hilo2
javascript2
jamstack1
vscode1
csharp1
boilerplate1
dotnet1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
byui-burton/cs450-course
Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:55 commits, 54 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
byui-cse/cse210-ww-student-sample-solutions
Dec 2022 - Dec 2025
Sample Solutions for the worldwide version of CSE 210
Contributions:1 review, 5 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years
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