James Colliander

James Colliander

Biography

Interests
  • interactive computing
  • research and education
  • analysis and pde
  • mathematical physics
Education

  • PhD, Mathematics, 1997

    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

  • BA, Mathematics and Physics, 1989

    Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, USA

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Business Development Lead
2i2c
Jan 1, 2025 – Present Portland, OR, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Cofounder
Crowdmark
Jun 29, 2012 – Present Toronto, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Cofounder
2i2c
Mar 1, 2020 – Present Portland, OR, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Cofounder
Callysto
Jan 15, 2018 – Present Calgary, AB, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Professor of Mathematics
UBC
Jul 1, 2015 – Jun 30, 2025 Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Partnerships Lead
2i2c
Mar 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2024 Portland, OR, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Directeur
PIMS-CNRS IRL
Jul 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2021 Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Director
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Jul 1, 2016 – Jul 1, 2021 Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
CEO
Crowdmark
Mar 15, 2012 – Dec 1, 2018 Toronto, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Jul 1, 2007 – Jun 30, 2016 Toronto, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Deputy Director
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Mar 1, 2015 – Jun 30, 2016 Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Associate Chair, Research
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Jul 1, 2010 – Jun 30, 2013 Toronto, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Jul 1, 2003 – Jun 30, 2007 Toronto, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Jul 3, 2001 – Jun 30, 2003 Toronto, ON, Canada
 
 
 
 
 
C. B. Morrey Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
Jul 1, 1997 – Jul 1, 2001 Berkeley, CA, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Graduate Student
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois
Jan 5, 1991 – Apr 15, 1997 Urbana, IL, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Research Physicist
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Jul 15, 1989 – Dec 15, 1990 Washington, DC, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Research Physicist
3M Company
May 15, 1987 – Jun 30, 1989 St. Paul, MN, USA
 
 
 
 
 
Undergraduate Student
Macalester College
Sep 1, 1985 – May 15, 1989 St. Paul, MN, USA

Timeline

1990-01-011995-01-012000-01-012005-01-012010-01-012015-01-012020-01-012025-01-01Macalester BA 3M Physicist NRL Physicist Illinois PhD Morrey Prof at Berkeley NSF Postdoc Toronto Asst Toronto Assoc Sloan Fellow IAS Toronto Prof Associate Chair Crowdmark CEO Crowdmark PIMS DD UBC Prof PIMS-CNRS IRL 3069 Directeur PIMS Director Syzygy Callysto 2i2c Partnerships Lead 2i2c Cofounder 2i2c Business Dev Lead ProjectsServiceFacultyTrainingProfessional Timeline

Posts

Digital public goods for Earth system management: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center launches
(This post first appeared on the 2i2c blog.) Abstract The International Interactive Computing Collaboration (2i2c.org), working with NASA VEDA, Development Seed and other partners, operates an interactive computing platform for The U.
2023-12-05 9 min read
Democracy’s Duty to Open Science
In my role as a NASA TOPS Community Panelist, I participated in a meeting hosted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) at the White House (EEOB) yesterday.
James Colliander
2023-11-16 1 min read
2022 NASA SMD Data and Computing Architecture Study
NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Data and Computing Architecture Study
James Colliander
2022-11-21 1 min read
2022 Jack Eddy Symposium
3rd Jack Eddy Cross Disciplinary Symposium
James Colliander
2022-11-21 1 min read
Why did UBC spend $70M for 3 acres in Surrey?
Of all the ways to spend $70M, the University of British Columbia announced yesterday that it had purchased three acres of real estate in Surrey, nowhere near the Point Grey, Okanagan or Robson Square campuses.
James Colliander
2021-11-03 4 min read
Why did UBC spend $70M for 3 acres in Surrey?
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Talks

2i2c + Berkeley
I was invited to share an update on 2i2c’s progress to date and to suggest ways the organization could collaborate with Berkeley. …
2021-10-21 9:00 AM — 9:25 AM virtual meeting
James Colliander
Slides
Open Toolchain
People, with the right data, tools and resources, can do good things by working together.
2021-08-27 10:00 AM — 10:30 AM virtual presentation
James Colliander
Slides
PIMS Open House for the Joint Mathematical Meeting
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences will host an open house virtual event during JMM2021. Please join us. More …
2021-01-07 12:00 AM — 2:00 AM virtual presentation
Slides
Syzygy, Callysto and 2i2c
James Colliander (Director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical sciences) launched Canada’s national JupyterHub …
2020-02-25 11:00 PM — 11:59 PM Berkeley Skydeck
James Colliander
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Communities of practice for Jupyter deployments on shared infrastructure
Projects like Pangeo and education-driven deployments like the UC Berkeley DataHub have demonstrated the power of assembling open …
2019-11-07 2:00 PM — 2:55 PM Sante Fe, NM
James Colliander
Slides
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Publications

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Understanding Dimensions of Student Readiness from a Calculus Baseline Assessment Through Semi-Automatic Text Analysis and Clustering
Connor Gregor, Caroline Junkins, Lindsey Daniels, James Colliander
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Building the Open Source Science Stack
James Colliander, Chris Holdgraf, Fernando Perez, Yuvi Panda, Damián Avila, James Munroe
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Transform to Open Science October Community Panel Summary Report
Chelle Gentemann, Yvonne Ivey, Cynthia Hall, Isabella Martinez, Kevin Murphy, Steve Crawford, James Colliander, Monica Granados, Dominique Harrison, Pen-Yuan Hsing, SherAaron Hurt, Logan Kilpatrick, Brian Nosek, Fernando Perez, Malvika Sharan, Qiusheng Wu
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How open data and interdisciplinary collaboration improve our understanding of space weather: A risk and resiliency perspective
Vincent E. Ledvina, Erika Palmerio, Ryan M. McGranaghan, Alexa J. Halford, Aidan Thayer, Laura Brandt, Elizabeth A. MacDonald, Ankush Bhaskar, Chuanfei Dong, Ilkay Altintas, James Colliander, Meng Jin, Richa N. Jain, Subhamoy Chatterjee, Zubair Shaikh, Nathaniel A. Frissell, Thomas Y. Chen, Ryan J. French, Brianna Isola, Scott W. McIntosh, Emily I. Mason, Pete Riley, Tim Young, Wayne Barkhouse, Maria D. Kazachenko, Martin Snow, Dogacan S. Ozturk, Seth G. Claudepierre, Francesca Di Mare, Andy Witteman, Jeremy Kuzub
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Transform to Open Science May Community Panel Summary Report
Chelle Gentemann, Yvonne Ivey, Cynthia Hall, Shelley Stall, Christopher Erdmann, Laura Lyon, Kevin Murphy, Steve Crawford, James Colliander, Kelle Cruz, Monica Granados, Dominique Harrison, Kelsey Hightower, Pen-Yuan Hsing, SherAaron Hurt, Logan Kilpatrick, Brian Nosek, Fernando Perez, Malvika Sharan, Gloria Washington, Talitha Washington, Qiusheng Wu, Greg Tananbaum
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Science Storms the Cloud
Chelle Leigh Gentemann, Chris Holdgraf, Ryan Abernathey, Daniel Crichton, James Colliander, Edward Joseph Kearns, Yuvi Panda, Richard P. Signell
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