Aaron Williams
Lead Data Scientist For Statistical Computing
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAaron Williams is a Lead Data Scientist for Statistical Computing at the Urban Institute with 11 years of experience translating data into policy-relevant insights on how laws and budgets affect low- and moderate-income Americans. He combines rigorous training in mathematics, statistics, and economics with practical research experience—publishing award-recognized work and teaching data science at Georgetown. A practiced R evangelist and educator, he builds reproducible analytic pipelines and applies descriptive and inferential methods across diverse data sources to inform fiscal and social policy. His background in journalism and music hints at a knack for clear storytelling and creative problem framing, which he pairs with deep domain expertise in tax, healthcare, and education policy.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Mathematics and Statistics, Master of Science (MS) Mathematics and Statistics at Georgetown UniversityBachelor of Science (BS) Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Economics at Virginia Commonwealth UniversityJames River High School
Github Skills (29)
r10
ggplot10
rshiny10
waffle-charts10
openstreetmap9
rmarkdown9
tax9
data-visualisation6
python6
graphic6
data-visualization5
r-package5
tidy4
r-language3
tsne3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
UrbanInstitute/rmarkdown-fact-pages
Nov 2019 - Apr 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 5 months
UrbanInstitute/urbnmapr
Apr 2018 - May 2019
State and county maps with Alaska and Hawaii
Contributions:34 commits, 10 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 1 month
alaskahawaiimapcountyopenstreetmap
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