Stefano Silvestri Ph.D.

During the pandemic I helped my brother Luciano and the Murillo Group at Michigan State University build the website for their software: SARKAS: Python MD code for plasma physics. I used the static site generator Sphinx to design and build it. We went live on November 2021.

In mid September 2021 I enrolled in a 14(+3)-weeks bootcamp EPICODE School to learn about Full Stack development.

Currently, I am a software developer at OLAB and I work as a solutions consultant with SAS Italy. My work often involves leveraging REST APIs, streamlining data analytics processes, and automating complex tasks. Of course, I make sure to document everything I develop whether or not it is required.

On the side, I am developing in Python some tools to help in my maths research. The source code is available on GitHub. I am still not set on the name though, so it might change in the future (if and) when it is complete.

I spend some of my free time contributing to Open Source projects. In this way I hope to get more confident in my programming skills.

Here is a list of my contributions with a link to the PRs:

• Sarkas: Python MD code for plasma physics: builder/mantainer of the website, some code refactoring, and tests writer.
• Wagtail documentation: translated some .rst pages to .md.
• The Coding Train website: added some Tracks.
• sasctl: Python package and CLI for integration with SAS Viya: some code and documentation updates.
• Pandas documentation: a couple of minor CSS improvements on the documentation.

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  The Chaos Game

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  Language: p5.js

  Javascript implementation of a game designed by Voolich and Devaney. Four variations each with four level of difficulty. I have added the “Diamond” variation of the game.

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  Light Switch Problem

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  Language: p5.js

  Two visualizations (triangle and square) of the light switch problem. It is possible to save a GIF of the animation by clicking once with your mouse.

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  Digits of π

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  Language: p5.js

  A visual representation of the digits of π using an iterated function system with 10 functions. It is another way to show (visually) that its digits are actually random.

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  WFC with Wang tiles

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  Language: p5.js

  Animation of an aperiodic tiling with 11 Wang Tiles using the Wave function collapse. It is a contribution to Challenge #171 from The Coding Train, YouTube channel.

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  Barnsley and Thurston set

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  Language: p5.js

  Interactive tool to visualize the space of 2-generator semigroup of dilations of the plane.

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  McMullen Maps

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  Language: p5.js

  Interactive tool to visualize the parameter space and the Julia sets of singular perturbation of zn. Hovering over the dynamical plane draws the orbit.

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  Rolling Circles

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  Language: p5.js

  My spin on a classical animation: circles rolling inside each other. You can control the number of circles, the ratio between consecutive radii, the speed of the animation, and whether to connect all the tangent points.

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  SARKAS: Pyhton MD code for Plasma Physics

  sourcehomepage

  Framework: Sphinx

  Details: Logo design; Bootstrap CSS.

  Documentation of SARKAS developed by the Murillo Group at Michigan State University. I am the builder and maintainer of the website. The content is written in ReStructuredText and Jupyter notebooks at the moment but I am planning to convert the .rst files to .md in the near future.

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  Stefano Silvestri, Ph.D.

  sourcehomepage

  Framework: 11ty

  Details: Custom design; Logo design; No JS.

  My personal website. Built to be eco-friendly and with accessibility in mind. The content is written in Markdown and uses Nunjucks templates.

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  Mobilificio d’Arte Colantonio

  homepage

  Framework: Wordpress

  Family run furniture workshop in Pescara, Italy. I took over the maintenance of the website: removed a lot of clutter, improved SEO, and added some security. Slowly trying to increase accessibility and reduce its carbon footprint.