Benjamin Horne
Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolBenjamin Horne is an Assistant Professor and computer scientist with 11 years of experience combining machine learning research, teaching, and applied systems work. His research focuses on news credibility detection, explainable and human-centered ML for media, and addressing real-world challenges like concept drift and modeling producer intentions; he also brings a recurring interest in sports analytics. Trained at Rensselaer (PhD) and Union University (BS, BBA), he translates theoretical models into usable tools and has experience deploying practical IT solutions in industry. Benjamin has collaborated with government and research labs (NSF, U.S. Army Research Laboratory) and emphasizes explanations that align with human heuristics to reduce bias in decision-making—melding technical rigor with social impact.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Union UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (18)
language-features10
crossword9
lda9
text-mining9
topic-modeling8
natural-language-processing7
data-analysis7
nlp7
python6
tandem3
networked3
trust2
decision-making2
snap1
agent-framework1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
MELALab/MELALab.github.io
May 2020 - Aug 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
BenjaminDHorne/BenjaminDHorne.github.io
May 2020 - Jul 2026
Contributions:438 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 3 months
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