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</h1><div><p>NumPy is an open source project that enables numerical computing with Python. It was created in 2005 building on the early work of the Numeric and Numarray libraries. NumPy will always be 100% open source software and free for all to use. It is released under the liberal terms of the
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</p><p>NumPy is developed in the open on GitHub, through the consensus of the NumPy and wider scientific Python community. For more information on our governance approach, please see our
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steering-council>Steering Council
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</a></h2><p>The NumPy Steering Council is the project’s governing body. Its role is to ensure, through working with and serving the broader NumPy community, the long-term sustainability of the project, both as a software package and community. The NumPy Steering Council currently consists of the following members (in alphabetical order, by last name):
</p><ul><li>Sebastian Berg
</li><li>Ralf Gommers
</li><li>Charles Harris
</li><li>Stephan Hoyer
</li><li>Inessa Pawson
</li><li>Matti Picus
</li><li>Stéfan van der Walt
</li><li>Melissa Weber Mendonça
</li><li>Eric Wieser
</li></ul><p>Emeritus:
</p><ul><li>Alex Griffing (2015-2017)
</li><li>Allan Haldane (2015-2021)
</li><li>Marten van Kerkwijk (2017-2019)
</li><li>Travis Oliphant (project founder, 2005-2012)
</li><li>Nathaniel Smith (2012-2021)
</li><li>Julian Taylor (2013-2021)
</li><li>Jaime Fernández del Río (2014-2021)
</li><li>Pauli Virtanen (2008-2021)
</li></ul><p>To contact the NumPy Steering Council, please email
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mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]</a>.
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</a></h2><p>The NumPy project leadership is actively working on diversifying contribution pathways to the project.
<br>NumPy currently has the following teams:
</p><ul><li>development
</li><li>documentation
</li><li>triage
</li><li>website
</li><li>survey
</li><li>translations
</li><li>sprint mentors
</li><li>optimization
</li><li>funding and grants
</li></ul><p>See the
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</p><h2 id=
numfocus-subcommittee>NumFOCUS Subcommittee
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</a></h2><ul><li>Charles Harris
</li><li>Ralf Gommers
</li><li>Inessa Pawson
</li><li>Sebastian Berg
</li><li>External member: Thomas Caswell
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</a></h2><p>NumPy receives direct funding from the following sources:
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