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John Jacobsen
President, NPX Designs, Inc.

John Jacobsen is a software consultant based in Chicago, IL. He studied art and physics at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he did his doctoral research on the simulation of neutrino detectors. His company, NPX Designs, specializes in software for large-scale science projects, and has done work ranging from Linux device driver development to interactive Web site development for experimental control and scientific visualization. He has also exhibited artwork in half a dozen states across the USA, and created one of the first Web sites for presenting artwork (Jan. 1994). John is gearing up for his ninth and probably last trip to the South Pole, where he will help to finish commissioning the world’s largest neutrino detector, IceCube.

Recent comments

posted almost 3 years ago:
Nice to see some art- and physical media-based presentations at OSCON. Would like to see more.
posted almost 3 years ago:
Helpful and fairly comprehensive review of available libraries.
posted almost 3 years ago:
Well presented, with impressive depth and breadth of coverage.
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