The OEIS Community
THIS PAGE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD AND WIL SOON BE REWRITTEN
Neil J. A. Sloane started collecting sequences in 1964, exactly fifty years ago.
During these years, probably ten thousand people have contributed in one way or another to the database.
Although it is impossible to thank them individually,
this page serves to list a selection of names,
especially people who are active in the OEIS community today.
The People Who Keep the OEIS Web Site Running
Special thanks to
Russ Cox, who essentially wrote all the software that makes the OEIS work so well, and
David Applegate, the webmaster in charge of day-to-day operations.
Thanks also to
Simon Plouffe, coauthor of the Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (Academic Press, 1995),
who helped NJAS set up the initial version of the On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences in 1996.
Some of the Main Contributors
Between 1996 and 2010 nearly 6000 people sent in new sequences and updates to the OEIS when it was on NJAS's home page at AT&T.
Since 2010 when it became a wiki, over 3000 people have registered with the OEIS.
The following is obviously only a fraction of them, listing just a few of the
main contributors.
The full list of currently registered users can be seen
here.
Franklin T. Adams-Watters
Gary W. Adamson
Max Alekseyev
Eric_Angelini
Mohammad K. Azarian
Roger L. Bagula
Paul Barry
Mira Bernstein
Henry Bottomley
Christian G. Bower
Ray Chandler
Benoit Cloitre
Patrick De Geest
Philippe Deléham
Emeric Deutsch
Farideh Firoozbakht
Olivier Gérard
Charles R Greathouse IV
R. K. Guy
Paul D. Hanna
R. H. Hardin
M. F. Hasler
Alois P. Heinz
Artur Jasinski
Vladeta Jovovic
Antti Karttunen
Clark Kimberling
Labos Elemer
Wolfdieter Lang
Marc LeBrun
Vincenzo Librandi
Peter Luschny
R. J. Mathar
Wouter Meeussen
Amarnath Murthy
T. D. Noe
Simon Plouffe
Omar E. Pol
Jonathan Vos Post
Leroy Quet
John Riordan
Robert W. Robinson
Zak Seidov
Jeffrey Shallit
N. J. A. Sloane
Michael Somos
Ralf Stephan
Zhi-Wei Sun
Eric W. Weisstein
David W. Wilson
Robert G. Wilson v
Reinhard Zumkeller
The Principal Editors
The work of processing submissions to the OEIS is carried out
on a voluntary basis by a group of
dedicated and unpaid
Editors-in-Chief
and
Associate Editors.
This is very hard and time-consuming work
(as NJAS knows only too well,
having handled the
first 180000 sequences himself)
but the reward comes from seeing the creation of a
beautiful new entry.
And, often enough, from discovering a new sequence that one spends
a day or six months thinking about (that is the real reward!).
The following are some of the most active current (or recently current) editors.
Max Alekseyev
Joerg Arndt
Bruno Berselli
Ray Chandler
Harvey Dale
Olivier Gérard
Charles R Greathouse IV
Paul D. Hanna
M. F. Hasler
Alois P. Heinz
Robert Israel
Donovan Johnson
Nathaniel Johnston
Vaclav Kotesovec
Michel Marcus
R. J. Mathar
Robert Munafo
T. D. Noe
Giovanni Resta
N. J. A. Sloane
Michael Somos
Ralf Stephan
David W. Wilson
Robert G. Wilson v
Reinhard Zumkeller
The Sequence Fans Mailing List
The main mechanism for keeping in touch with members of the OEIS community
is the
Sequence Fans Mailing List, moderated by Olivier Gérard.
This is the place to ask for help in calculating
a sequence or finding a formula, reporting troubles with the web site, etc.
As of February 7 2014, there are eleven (unpaid) trustees.
David Applegate (Vice-President)
Ray Chandler (Treasurer)
Russ Cox
Susanna Cuyler (Secretary)
Tom Duff
Ronald L. Graham
Charles R Greathouse IV
R. K. Guy
Marc LeBrun
Robert Munafo
Simon Plouffe
N. J. A. Sloane (President)
The OEIS Foundation Advisory Board
As of Jan 31, 2014, the Advisory Board has the following members.
The advisors also do not receive a salary.
Harvey Dale
David S. Johnson
Hilarie Orman (ombudsman)
Richard Stanley
Doron Zeilberger
Written by N. J. A. Sloane, Feb 01 2014; updated Feb 24 2014.