# William Patton **Aliases:** Will Patton **Entity class:** Machine-learning scientist and software developer **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source articles:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] · [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Definition **William “Will” Patton** is an E11 Bio machine-learning scientist whose work centers on scalable, documented software for large microscopy volumes. The formal PRISM contribution statement credits Patton and [[wiki/Arlo Sheridan|Arlo Sheridan]] with both barcode-augmented segmentation and barcode-augmented automatic proofreading. He is also a co-author of [[wiki/Volara|Volara]]. ## Relationships - **Core computational contributor:** [[wiki/PRISM (E11 Bio)|PRISM (E11 Bio)]]. - **Co-developed with:** [[wiki/Arlo Sheridan|Arlo Sheridan]] — segmentation and automatic proofreading. - **Software authorship:** [[wiki/Volara|Volara]]. - **Prior software ecology:** gunpowder, daisy, and [[wiki/Janelia Research Campus|Janelia Research Campus]]. - **Collection route:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. ## Sources - [E11 Bio — Will Patton](https://www.e11.bio/will-patton) - [PubMed Central — PRISM author contributions](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12485930/) - [GitHub — e11bio/volara](https://github.com/e11bio/volara)