Andrew Head
Research Scientist at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolAndrew Head is a research scientist and assistant professor-level researcher based in Philadelphia with 11 years of experience bridging machine learning research and developer-facing tooling. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and has worked in research-driven environments including a postdoc at the Allen Institute for AI, grounding his work in both theory and practical systems. Andrew focuses on interactive computation and reproducible research—“IDEs for ideas”—creating notebooks, narratives, and tools that make experiments and explanations more usable. His background in computer engineering and music hints at a cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving and user-facing design. He actively shares his work and portfolio online, emphasizing clarity and interaction in research software.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Music at University of Pittsburgh
Stackoverflow
163reputation
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Github Skills (57)
pdf-reader10
python-extension10
jupyterlab-extension10
jupyter-notebook10
webservice9
metadata9
svg9
parser8
raster8
querying8
control-flow-graph7
java7
parsing7
bytecode7
latex7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
andrewhead/tutorons-library
May 2015 - May 2018
Contributions:27 commits, 6 PRs, 27 pushes in 2 years 11 months
explanationsqueryingweb-library
allenai/scholarphi
Jul 2019 - Nov 2021
An interactive PDF reader.
Contributions:160 reviews, 1204 commits, 117 PRs in 2 years 4 months
pdf-reader
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