J Matias
Assistant Professor at Coalition for Independent Tech Research
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJ Matias is a Guatemalan-American assistant professor at Cornell University, where he leads the Citizens & Technology Lab to advance community science and ensure digital technology is guided by evidence and publicly accountable. He researches digital governance and behavior change in algorithmically shaped groups, translating findings into policies and practices that benefit millions of people. His interdisciplinary work blends social psychology and computer science, examining how technology reshapes public life. As a co-founder and board member of the Coalition for Independent Technology and the creator of NewsPad from his Microsoft Research years, he brings a proven track record of open, community-driven tech innovation. With a PhD from MIT in the Center for Civic Media and leadership roles across Stanford, Berkeley/Berkman Klein, and MIT, he combines rigorous scholarship with real-world impact, based in Ithaca, NY.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD MIT Media Lab (Center for Civic Media), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD MIT Media Lab (Center for Civic Media) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (33)
reddit10
floppy9
governance8
dat-protocol7
tally6
command-line5
disk5
api5
peer-to-peer5
nodejs4
planning3
react3
g-m3
turkish3
backend3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
natematias/academicpages.github.io
Jul 2018 - Aug 2024
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:68 pushes in 6 years 2 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
natematias/upworthy-archive
Apr 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:62 commits, 58 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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