.. _contributors: """""""""""" Contributors """""""""""" Potential contributors to Dakota should review the :ref:`contributing` page. Historical Dakota Authors ========================= Individuals who have contributed directly to Dakota's core since its inception in 1993, including source, examples, and infrastructure. Other current developers are listed on the :ref:`aboutteam-main` page. Format: author (organization when contributing, current affiliation): specific contribution. Core and Algorithms ------------------- - Bengt Abel (BMW): interface to NLPQL - Bruce Bainbridge (SNL): core developer, LHS interface - Myles Baker: linear polynomial surrogate model - Ross Bartlett (SNL, now ORNL): rSQP interface (not currently active) - Barron Bichon (SNL, now SWRI): local and global reliability - Michael Brayer (SNL): utilities, IDR input parser - Keith Dalbey (SNL): surrogate models - Brian Dennis (SNL): graphics, response surfaces - Brian Driessen (SNL): core developer, IDR input parser - Danny Dunlavy (SNL): core developer, constrained SBO formulations - Mohamed Ebeida (SNL): domain decomposition surrogates, UQ, and optimization - Dave Gay (SNL, currently AMPL Optimization, LLC and University of New Mexico): core developer - Roger Ghanem (SNL, Johns Hopkins University, now USC): PCE prototype - Tony Giunta (SNL): core developer, Surfpack, SBO, support infrastructure - Bill Hart (SNL): core developer, Acro, branch and bound interfaces - Chris Moen (SNL): core developer, OPT++ interface - Jason Monschke (SNL): active subspace algorithms - Ben Pax (SNL, now Purdue): verification algorithms - John Red-horse (SNL): PCE prototype - Mark Richards (SNL, now UIUC): updates to Surfpack interface - Ahmad Rushdi (UT Austin/UC Davis): domain decomposition surrogates, UQ, and optimization - Boyd Schimel (SNL): core developer, optimizer interfaces - Todd Simmermacher (SNL): core developer, parameter studies - Gary Tang (SNL, now Stanford): Sobol indices for PCE - Pam Williams (SNL, now elsewhere): OPT++ DDACE interfaces - Steve Wojtkiewicz (SNL, now University of Minnesota): core developer of original DAKOTA/UQ Interfaces and Applications --------------------------- - Yann Collette (Hutchinson, France): Scilab Interfaces - Yann Chapalain (Hutchinson, France): Scilab Interfaces - Hongman Kim (Phoenix Integration, Inc.): ModelCenter API - Dave Outka (SNL): QTran examples - Lee Peterson (NASA JPL): improvements to Matlab interface - Vince Romero (SNL): application interfaces / examples, including QTran - Bart van Bloemen Waanders (SNL): application interfaces / examples - Walt Witkowski (SNL) Building, Testing, and Porting ------------------------------ - Mario Alleva (SNL, now elsewhere): core developer; test/support infrastructure - Shane Brown (SNL, now KAPL): core developer; test/support infrastructure - Kayla Coleman (NCSU): Docker container to run Dakota with QUESO; DakotaQUESO - Joe Frye (SNL): software engineering and project management infrastructure - Karen Haskell (SNL): testing and deployment infrastructure - Bill Hoffman (Kitware): CMake build system for MSVC - Eric Phipps (SNL): CMake build system enhancements - Ronald Rhea (SNL): building and porting - Craig Shierling (SNL): utilities, build harness - Zack Galbreath (SNL, Kitware): CMake build system enhancements - Dena Vigil (SNL): test/support infrastructure, CMake build system, web Third-party Library Credits --------------------------- Contributors to third-party libraries used by Dakota who also advised on their integration in Dakota. See Packages for a full list of Dakota TPLs. - Acro/Coliny: Bill Hart, John Siirola, Jean-Paul Watson (SNL); Jonathan Eckstein (Rutgers University) - APPSPACK/HOPSPACK: Tammy Kolda (SNL), Virginia Torczon (College of William and Mary), Todd Plantenga (SNL) - FSUDace: John Burkhardt (Virginia Tech.) - DDACE: Patty Hough (SNL), Monica Martinez-Canales (SNL, now Intel Corporation) - JEGA: John Eddy (SNL) - LHS: Laura Swiler, Greg Wyss (SNL) - MARS: Jim McEnerney (LLNL) - NCSUOpt (batch interface): Josh Griffin (SNL, now SAS Institute, Inc.) - OPT++: Patty Hough, Pam Williams (SNL) - Surfpack: Keith Dalbey (SNL), Shane Brown (SNL, now KAPL), Eric Cyr (SNL), Mike Eldred (SNL), Tony Giunta (SNL), Mark Richards (SNL, now UIUC) - pyprepro: Justin Winokur (SNL) Other Team Members ------------------ Current and former Sandians who made substantial non-code contributions to Dakota include: - Lara Bauman: product manager, GUI advisor - Ken Hu (SNL): product manager, documentation - Sophia Lefantzi (SNL): Business management - Dan Turner (SNL): Business management - Jim Stewart (SNL): Business management - V. Greg Weirs (SNL): Application deployment and consulting - George Orient: product manager, GUI advisor External Contributors --------------------- Dakota acknowledges the following organizations and individuals who have made substantial improvements to the codebase and documentation. - PeopleTec, Inc: Christopher Austin, Dr. Daniel Hyams, Bill Carter, Jacob Rice, Joshua Hendrix, Sam Songy, Arthur Ward