Swarm people
Current developers
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Currently, the SDG has no paid staff to perform development, and we are a purely volunteer effort, thanks to dedicated helpers in the user community. Active developers working on CVS include Bill Northcott and other emeritus developers (see below) who contribute from time to time.
However, we are currently looking for funds to help continue paid development. To help us find staff, help the SDG by joining! Contact Paul Johnson <pauljohn@ukans.edu> for more information.
Emeritus developers
(in rough chronological order...)
- Chris Langton. Founder of the Swarm project and original project lead, Chris Langton founded the Swarm Corporation, New Mexico.
- Roger Burkhart. Roger and Nelson formed the original design team for Swarm. Roger developed some of the core Swarm libraries while working for John Deere where he currently works.
- Nelson Minar. Much of the development of the original version Swarm was done by Nelson Minar, recently of the MIT Media Lab, now with Google.
- Manor Askenazi. Manor is now working at Coopers & Lybrand.
- Glen Ropella. Glen Ropella was the SFI-based Swarm programmer from 1996-1997, and co-founded the Swarm Corporation with Chris Langton.
- Marcus Daniels. Marcus was part of the team based at the Santa Fe Institute from November 1997 to November 1999. Marcus was then the lead developer and executive director of the Swarm Development Group, from November of 1999 to April 2001.
- Alex Lancaster. Alex was half of the Santa Fe Institute-based Swarm team from 1997 to 1999. After completing graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley in 2006 and a postdoc at the University of Arizona, as of 2010 he is at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, MA.
- Irene Lee. Irene was the Organizational Manager of the Swarm Project at SFI from 1997-98 and was also President of the Swarm Development Group from 1999 to April 2000.
- Vladimir Jojic. Vladimir was a resident Swarm programmer at SFI from late 1998 to September 1999 and is currently a graduate student at the University of Illinois
User Community
Many people from the user community have contributed to the development of Swarm, especially, Sven Thommesen <sthomme@humsci.auburn.edu> who has contributed the Random library under the auspices of the School of Human Sciences at Auburn and the National Textile Center. Eric Carr and JJ Merelo have been patient Swarm users and developers. Howard Gutowitz and David Hiebeler have participated in the design process. David is also the implementor of the original Swarm prototype. Finally, many thanks to Simon Fraser, Swarm graphic designer extraordinaire.
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