John Dennis
Econometrician (Research Staff Member) at Institute for Defense Analyses
United States
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Top SchoolJohn Dennis is an econometrician and research staff member with eight years of experience applying econometrics, statistics, and machine learning to Testing & Evaluation, AI Assurance, and Responsible AI. At the Institute for Defense Analyses he leads projects as Principal Investigator on human capital and personnel policy, while coordinating the SFRD Summer Associate Program and serving as the NIST AISIC point of contact. He combines rigorous PhD-level methodology from UNC Chapel Hill with executive training from Harvard Kennedy School to translate complex statistical research into government decision support. His work emphasizes practical, auditable methods for evaluating AI systems and personnel interventions rather than purely theoretical models. Comfortable bridging technical and policy audiences, he brings a track record of delivering actionable analyses in high-stakes federal contexts. An unusually broad academic background—from The Citadel to an MBA and MA—gives him rare perspective on organizational and operational constraints that shape data-driven recommendations.
8 years of coding experience
Executive Education, Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at Coastal Carolina UniversityBS, BS at The CitadelMaster of Arts (M.A.), Master of Arts (M.A.) at University of South Carolina - The Moore School of BusinessDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (8)
survival-analysis10
forecasting-models9
time-series-forecasting8
machine-learning-models7
survival7
forecasting7
machine-learning6
time-series4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jay-dennis/max_corr_weak_id
Oct 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
jay-dennis/tex2docx
Oct 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:9 pushes in 20 days
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