Amy Zhang
Associate Professor
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolAmy Zhang is an associate professor of computer science with 14 years of experience bridging social computing and HCI research with real-world systems. Trained at MIT (PhD) and Cambridge (MPhil), she progressed from industry roles at NewsCred and Google to academic posts at Stanford and the University of Washington, where she transitioned from assistant to associate professor. Her work focuses on how social technologies shape behavior and design, combining empirical field studies with systems building. She brings practical engineering experience to her research, having interned and collaborated with major labs like Microsoft Research and Yahoo! Research. Based in Cambridge, MA but professionally rooted in Seattle’s UW community, she is known for turning nuanced social-science questions into deployable prototypes and principled experimental designs. She prefers email for contact, reflecting a thoughtful, research-first communication style.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Philosophy (MPhil) Advanced Computer Science, Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Advanced Computer Science at University of CambridgeBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Rutgers University
Github Skills (26)
minecraft10
python10
data-science10
statistics10
machine-learning10
mailing10
mailing-list10
scikit-learn10
governance10
noise10
data-analysis10
squad9
server9
haystack9
group-chat9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
amyxzhang/personal_website
Oct 2014 - Sep 2020
Contributions:78 commits, 98 pushes in 6 years
amyxzhang/lab_website
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:587 commits, 20 PRs, 702 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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