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Fernando Pérez (software developer)
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<h2 id="life-and-career">Life and career</h2> <p>Fernando Pérez was born in <a href="/facts/Medell%C3%ADn/wI0qGIve">Medellín</a>, <a href="/facts/Colombia/nl7r8Q2u">Colombia</a>, and has BSc in Physics from <a href="/facts/University_of_Antioquia/jykmzBA9">University of Antioquia</a> and a PhD in <a href="/facts/Particle_physics/YgIuyj2t">particle physics</a> from <a href="/facts/University_of_Colorado_Boulder/SzsmJFb7">University of Colorado Boulder</a>, where he worked on numerical simulations in <a href="/facts/Lattice_QCD/XTlwL4Am">Lattice QCD</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> He moved to California in 2008, where he currently works as an associate professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Statistics.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> Previously, he was a staff scientist at <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory/tvjPSwC9">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> and associate researcher at the <a href="/facts/Berkeley_Institute_for_Data_Science/3Q7Rau4a">Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> Pérez was named Faculty Director at BIDS stating July 2024.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p><p>Pérez began working on <a href="/facts/IPython/PsAdpgxU">IPython</a> as a side project in 2001, and is a co-founder of <a href="/facts/Project_Jupyter/sN94yfV5">Project Jupyter</a>, which evolved from IPython in 2014.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> He received a 2023 <a href="/facts/NASA_Exceptional_Public_Service_Medal/0QNGKTd8">NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal</a> for his leadership of Project Jupyter.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <p> Media related to Fernando Pérez (software developer) at Wikimedia Commons </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Research Tools: Jump Off the Page by Amanda Mascarelli. Nature 507, 523-525 (March 2014) doi:10.1038/nj7493-523a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170720121512/http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7493-523a" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170720121512/http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7493-523a</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Interactive notebooks: Sharing the code by Helen Shen. Nature 515, 151–152 (November 2014) doi:10.1038/515151a <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/interactive-notebooks-sharing-the-code-1.16261" target="_blank">http://www.nature.com/news/interactive-notebooks-sharing-the-code-1.16261</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>IPython founder details road map for interactive computing platform by Paul Krill. Infoworld, February 14, 2014 <a href="http://www.infoworld.com/article/2610411/data-visualization/ipython-founder-details-road-map-for-interactive-computing-platform.html" target="_blank">http://www.infoworld.com/article/2610411/data-visualization/ipython-founder-details-road-map-for-interactive-computing-platform.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>IPython Sponsored By Microsoft by Alex Armstrong. I Programmer, October 2013 <a href="http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/6461-ipython-sponsored-by-microsoft.html" target="_blank">http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/6461-ipython-sponsored-by-microsoft.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>$6M for UC Berkeley and Cal Poly to expand and enhance open-source software for scientific computing and data science. Moore Foundation Press Release, July 2015. <a href="https://www.moore.org/newsroom/press-releases/2015/07/07/$6m-for-uc-berkeley-and-cal-poly-to-expand-and-enhance-open-source-software-for-scientific-computing-and-data-science" target="_blank">https://www.moore.org/newsroom/press-releases/2015/07/07/$6m-for-uc-berkeley-and-cal-poly-to-expand-and-enhance-open-source-software-for-scientific-computing-and-data-science</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>UC Berkeley, Cal Poly Receive $6 Million for Open Source Project by Leila Meyer. Campus Technology, July 2015. <a href="http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/07/09/uc-berkeley-cal-poly-receive-6-million-for-open-source-project.aspx" target="_blank">http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/07/09/uc-berkeley-cal-poly-receive-6-million-for-open-source-project.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>2012 Free Software Award winners announced by Libby Reinish. Free Software Foundation, March 2013. <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/2012-free-software-award-winners-announced" target="_blank">https://www.fsf.org/news/2012-free-software-award-winners-announced</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Wresting New Tricks From a Python: Fernando Perez Wins 2012 Award for the Advancement of Free Software by Wallace Ravven, Berkeley Research News, April 2013 <a href="http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/wresting-new-tricks-python-fernando-perez-wins-2012-award-advancement-free-software" target="_blank">http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/wresting-new-tricks-python-fernando-perez-wins-2012-award-advancement-free-software</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Free Software Awards für IPython und OpenMRS. heise Open Source, March 2013 <a href="http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Free-Software-Awards-fuer-IPython-und-OpenMRS-1829598.html" target="_blank">http://www.heise.de/open/meldung/Free-Software-Awards-fuer-IPython-und-OpenMRS-1829598.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"PSF Membership Roster". Python.org. Archived from the original on 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2015-07-14. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200423184647/https://www.python.org/psf/members/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20200423184647/https://www.python.org/psf/members/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Fernando Pérez". Berkeley Institute for Data Science. <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/people/fernando-p%C3%A9rez" target="_blank">https://bids.berkeley.edu/people/fernando-p%C3%A9rez</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Get Involved with the NumFOCUS Community". NumFOCUS. <a href="https://numfocus.org/community" target="_blank">https://numfocus.org/community</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"New Employee Profiles: Jan 2015". cs.lbl.gov. <a href="https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2015/new-employee-profiles-jan-2015/" target="_blank">https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2015/new-employee-profiles-jan-2015/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Faculty | Department of Statistics". statistics.berkeley.edu. <a href="https://statistics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty" target="_blank">https://statistics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"New Employee Profiles: Jan 2015". cs.lbl.gov. <a href="https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2015/new-employee-profiles-jan-2015/" target="_blank">https://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2015/new-employee-profiles-jan-2015/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Fernando Pérez". Berkeley Institute for Data Science. <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/people/fernando-p%C3%A9rez" target="_blank">https://bids.berkeley.edu/people/fernando-p%C3%A9rez</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Project Jupyter gets $6M to expand collaborative data-science software by Sarah Yang. UC Berkeley News, July 07 2015 <a href="https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/07/07/jupyter-project/" target="_blank">https://news.berkeley.edu/2015/07/07/jupyter-project/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"Pérez named Faculty Director at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science". <a href="https://statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/perez-named-faculty-director-berkeley-institute-data-science" target="_blank">https://statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/perez-named-faculty-director-berkeley-institute-data-science</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"Berkeley Institute for Data Science appoints Fernando Pérez as the next Faculty Director". <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/berkeley-institute-data-science-appoints-fernando-p%C3%A9rez-next-faculty-director" target="_blank">https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/berkeley-institute-data-science-appoints-fernando-p%C3%A9rez-next-faculty-director</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Research Tools: Jump Off the Page by Amanda Mascarelli. Nature 507, 523-525 (March 2014) doi:10.1038/nj7493-523a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170720121512/http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7493-523a" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170720121512/http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7493-523a</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Wresting New Tricks From a Python: Fernando Perez Wins 2012 Award for the Advancement of Free Software by Wallace Ravven, Berkeley Research News, April 2013 <a href="http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/wresting-new-tricks-python-fernando-perez-wins-2012-award-advancement-free-software" target="_blank">http://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/wresting-new-tricks-python-fernando-perez-wins-2012-award-advancement-free-software</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"History — IPython documentation". ipython.org. <a href="https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/about/history.html" target="_blank">https://ipython.readthedocs.io/en/stable/about/history.html</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Fernando Pérez honored by NASA with the Exceptional Public Service Award". <a href="https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/fernando-p%C3%A9rez-honored-nasa-exceptional-public-service-award" target="_blank">https://bids.berkeley.edu/news/fernando-p%C3%A9rez-honored-nasa-exceptional-public-service-award</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>