Christopher Ariza

Christopher Ariza (www.flexatone.net) is Partner and Chief Technology Officer at Research Affiliates, a global leader in investment strategies and research. He is the creator of StaticFrame, an alternative Python DataFrame library that offers immutable and statically-typeable DataFrames. He is also the creator of Fetter, a Rust-implemented tool for system-wide Python package discovery, vulnerability auditing, and allow-list enforcement. Having worked in Python for over 25 years, he has developed tools in a variety of domains (including algorithmic music composition and computer-aided musicology), writes on diverse technical topics, and has spoken at numerous conferences including PyCon USA, SciPy, PyBeach, and PyData. Prior to joining Research Affiliates, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at MIT, Assistant Editor at the Computer Music Journal, and Assistant Professor of Recording Arts and Music Technology at Towson University. He has a PhD and MA in music theory and composi