James Colliander

Biography

Cofounder 2i2c
Cofounder Callysto
Cofounder Crowdmark
Professor of Mathematics at UBC

Interests

analysis and pde
mathematical physics
interactive computing
research and education

Education

PhD, Mathematics, 1997
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
BA, Mathematics and Physics, 1989
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, USA

Experience

Professor of Mathematics

Jul 1, 2015 – Present Vancouver, BC, Canada

Cofounder

Jun 29, 2012 – Present Toronto, ON, Canada

Cofounder

Mar 1, 2020 – Present Portland, OR, USA

Cofounder

Jan 15, 2018 – Present Calgary, AB, Canada

Directeur

Jul 1, 2016 – Present Vancouver, BC, Canada

Director

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

Jul 1, 2016 – Jul 1, 2021 Vancouver, BC, Canada

CEO

Mar 15, 2012 – Dec 1, 2018 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

Professor

Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto

Jul 1, 2007 – Jun 30, 2016 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

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

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    dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
    title      
    section Projects
    2i2c  :active, p5, 2020-02-25,2022-12-31
    Callysto :active, p4, 2018-01-15,2022-12-31
    Syzygy :active, p3, 2017-03-15, 2022-12-31
    Crowdmark :active, p2, 2012-03-01, 2022-12-31
    Crowdmark CEO :active, p1, 2012-03-01, 2018-11-30
    section Service 
    PIMS-CNRS IRL 3069 Directeur :done, 2016-07-01, 2022-06-30
    PIMS Director :done, a4, 2016-07-01, 2021-06-30
    PIMS DD :done, a3, 2015-03-01, 2016-06-30
    Associate Chair :done, a2, 2010-07-01, 2013-06-30
    section Faculty
    UBC Prof      :active, f6, 2015-07-01, 2022-12-31
    Toronto Prof  :done, f5, 2007-07-01, 2016-06-30
    Toronto Assoc :done, f2, 2003-07-01,2007-06-30
    Sloan Fellow  :done, f3, 2003-07-01, 2005-06-30
    IAS    :done, f4, 2003-07-01, 2003-12-31 
    Toronto Asst  :done, f1, 2001-07-03, 2003-06-30
    Morrey Prof at Berkeley  :done, t5, 1997-07-01, 2001-06-30
    NSF Postdoc   :done, t6, 1997-07-01, 2000-06-30
    section Training
    Illinois PhD  :done, t4, 1991-01-15, 1997-04-15
    NRL Physicist :done, t3, 1989-07-15, 1990-12-15 
    3M Physicist     :done, t2, 1987-05-15, 1989-06-30
    Macalester BA :done, t1, 1985-09-01, 1989-05-15

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Publications

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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

System And Method For Enabling Crowd-sourced Examination Marking

Colliander James

Interaction Morawetz estimate for the magnetic Schrödinger equation and applications

James Colliander, Magdalena Czubak, Jeonghun J. Lee

Lower bound for the rate of blow-up of singular solutions of the Zakharov system in $\Bbb{R}^3$

James Colliander

A remark on normal forms and the "upside-down" $I$-method for periodic NLS: Growth of higher Sobolev norms

James Colliander, Soonsik Kwon, Tadahiro Oh

Almost sure well-posedness of the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation below $L^2(\Bbb T)$

James Colliander, Tadahiro Oh

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Contact

colliand@gmail.com
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