Carl Colglazier is a quantitative developer and PhD candidate in Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern University who blends computer science and communication studies to study decentralized social networks and sociotechnical systems. With 11 years of experience across research and industry, he applies computational social science, large-scale simulation, and full-stack development to turn complex social problems into scalable software. His background includes building a global-scale social simulation framework that achieved three orders of magnitude runtime improvements and hands-on DevOps and React work at IBM. Now based in Chicago and working at DL Trading, he bridges academic rigor with production-oriented quantitative engineering. Colglazier is comfortable shipping high-performance systems and surfacing social insights from technical artifacts—an uncommon mix that helps operationalize research into real-world trading and platform analytics.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at North Carolina State University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Technology and Social Behavior, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern University
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