Kwame Robinson
Assistant Professor at Wayne State University - Mike Ilitch School of Business
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolKwame Robinson is an Assistant Professor and PhD-trained researcher specializing in machine learning, distributed architectures, and community-defined economic systems, with 11 years of industry and academic experience. He blends deep technical expertise—from Vowpal Wabbit and PyTorch to Spark, Docker, and blockchain protocols—with applied research in generative economics and AI ethics to help communities design value systems that prioritize more than money. Prior roles include leading data science teams, founding a consultancy that tackled predictive and cybersecurity problems, and building production NLP and semantic similarity systems for national-scale data exchanges. His work uniquely combines reverse-engineering skills and low-level systems experience with frontend and design sensibilities (graphic design background), enabling him to prototype end-to-end socio-technical systems and evaluate them with mixed-methods empirical designs. Based in Detroit, he actively translates interdisciplinary theory into practical software and policy-relevant experiments.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information at University of MichiganBachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering at New Mexico State UniversityUMBCBachelor's Degree, Graphic Design, Bachelor's Degree, Graphic Design at Boston University
English, asl
Stackoverflow
759reputation
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14answers
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Github Skills (200)
cpp10
multiclass-classification10
parameter-tuning10
random-forest10
confusion-matrix10
machine-learning10
aiml10
reinforcement-learning10
automated-machine-learning10
meta-learning10
active-learning10
ai-ml10
state-diagram9
state-machine9
hyperparameter-optimization9
Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
robinsonkwame/robinsonkwame.github.io
Nov 2019 - Apr 2026
Contributions:108 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
TAG-repo/grantform-similarity
Nov 2021 - Jul 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 43 pushes in 3 years 8 months
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