Barton Willis
Independent Research Professional at University of Nebraska at Kearney
Nebraska, United States
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Top SchoolBarton Willis is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics and an Independent Research Professional based in Nebraska with a 14-year documented career in higher education and decades more in academia and research. He earned a Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics from Virginia Tech and progressed through faculty ranks to lead the Department of Mathematics and Statistics as Chair, combining deep theoretical expertise with academic leadership. In parallel he contributes to the open-source Maxima computer algebra system as a long-term developer, bridging symbolic computation development and applied research. Known for mentoring generations of students and sustaining scholarly productivity, he brings practical coding experience alongside rigorous mathematical insight. His background includes hands-on early work and varied institutional roles, reflecting a pragmatism and work ethic that complement his research-oriented profile.
15 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. Mathematical Physics, Ph.D. Mathematical Physics at Virginia TechB.S Physics and Mathematics, B.S Physics and Mathematics at Kansas State UniversityHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Riley County High School
Github Skills (13)
cas10
common-lisp10
maths10
lisp9
mirror9
mathematics9
wxwidgets8
computer-algebra-system8
math7
expressions7
maxima7
julia4
gamma4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
barton-willis/Julia-notebooks-MATH-420
May 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:25 commits, 62 pushes in 1 year 6 months
barton-willis/gamma_product_simp
Jul 2022 - Sep 2022
Maxima code for simplifying expressions that involve products of gamma functions.
Contributions:125 commits, 2 PRs, 118 pushes in 1 month
simplifyingmaximaexpressionsgammajulia
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