Lei Zheng
Assistant Professor Of Information Systems
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolLei (Nico) Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at UMass Boston with 11 years of experience bridging data science research and applied analytics. He holds a Ph.D. in Data Science from Stevens Institute of Technology and has investigated AI effects on social media governance and human coordination in open collaboration communities like Wikipedia. Previously he taught applied analytics and built production-ready machine learning pipelines and text-mining solutions for consumer insights in industry. Comfortable moving between classroom, lab, and consultancy, he combines rigorous empirical research with practical skills in Python-based analytics and automation. Notably, his work blends computational methods with organizational and social perspectives, making technical solutions relevant to real-world governance and reputation problems.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Economics and Management (Dual Degree), Bachelor's degree, Economics and Management (Dual Degree) at Southwestern University of Finance and EconomicsDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Data Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Data Science at Stevens Institute of Technology
Chinese, English, Japanese
Github Skills (7)
code-completion7
code-analysis5
vim5
xterm2
pty2
windows-terminal1
cmd1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Nicozheng/teaching_network
Nov 2018 - Mar 2024
Contributions:10 pushes, 5 branches in 5 years 4 months
Nicozheng/GoogleScholarCrawler
Dec 2018 - Jul 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 6 pushes in 6 months
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