James A. Bednar

Title
Solutions Architect
Company
Anaconda, Inc.
Bio
Dr. Jim Bednar is a Senior Solutions Architect at Anaconda, Inc. Dr. Bednar holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Texas, along with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Philosophy. He has published more than 50 papers and books about the visual system and about software development. Dr. Bednar manages the open source Python projects PyViz, Datashader, HoloViews, GeoViews, Param, Colorcet, and ImaGen. Before Continuum, Dr. Bednar was a lecturer and researcher in Computational Neuroscience at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as well as a software and hardware engineer at National Instruments.