Alessandro Vecchiato
Research Scientist at Meta
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Top SchoolAlessandro Vecchiato is a research scientist with 11 years of experience studying the political and economic effects of media, misinformation, and algorithmic news feeds using NLP, machine learning, and causal inference. Currently on Meta’s Civil Rights team after a postdoctoral stint at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center, he blends rigorous academic training (PhD in Political Economy) with product-facing research at scale. His work ranges from analyzing ~20,000 hours of Italian TV broadcasts and a ~2M-row SQL database to developing bespoke apps for studying feed design and individual behavior online. He has supported investigative journalism at The New Yorker and contributed policy-relevant modeling at the European Commission, reflecting a rare mix of field research, experimental design, and policy sensitivity. Colleagues know him for translating complex causal questions into reproducible data tools that inform both platform design and public debate.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Economics and Social Sciences (DES), Summa Cum Laude, Master of Science, Economics and Social Sciences (DES), Summa Cum Laude at Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'Master of Arts - MA, Business/Managerial Economics, Master of Arts - MA, Business/Managerial Economics at UCLA Anderson School of ManagementDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Economy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Economy at New York UniversityBachelor, Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Bachelor, Economics, Summa Cum Laude at Università Ca' Foscari VeneziaSummer School, Economics, Summer School, Economics at Harvard University
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Github Skills (17)
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rstudio4
mcmc4
stan4
rstan3
bayesian-data-analysis3
editor3
bayesian-inference3
bayesian-statistics3
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stylegan1
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
avecchiato/Introducing_Visual_Conjoints
Jul 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
avecchiato/D3-Examples
May 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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