Travis Scrimshaw
Associate Professor
Sapporo, Japan
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Top SchoolTravis Scrimshaw is an associate professor of mathematics at Hokkaido University with 11 years of academic and research experience, holding a PhD from UC Davis. He specializes in computational mathematics and mathematical software, contributing substantive back-end work to the widely used SageMath project—including implementation of symplectic derivation Lie algebras and improved documentation. His career spans roles across Japan, Australia, and the US, combining teaching with active research in abstract algebra and scientific computation. Based in Sapporo, he brings a rare blend of rigorous theoretical insight and practical coding expertise that advances both mathematical theory and open-source tooling.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at University of California, Davis
English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
mathematics10
mathematical10
math10
python10
documentation10
abstract-algebra10
maths10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sagemath/sage
Oct 2017 - Mar 2023
Main repository of SageMath
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1470 reviews, 706 commits, 85 PRs in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Travis's commits focus on implementing and refining functionality within the SageMath library. A key contribution is the addition of symplectic derivation Lie algebras, demonstrating expertise in abstract algebra and mathematical software development. They updated the documentation by adding examples, references, and improving the documentation for the codebase, showing a commitment to the project. The user's work involves implementing mathematical objects and algorithms for the scientific computation software, as evidenced by adding file to references.
tscrim/sage
Feb 2023 - Mar 2025
Main repository of SageMath
Contributions:1 PR, 330 pushes, 185 branches in 2 years 1 month
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