Nicholas Diakopoulos
Professor at Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Diakopoulos is a Professor of Communication Studies (with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science) at Northwestern University and director of the Computational Journalism Lab, combining an 11-year-plus academic career with applied research leadership. His work focuses on computational journalism, AI in news production, and the ethical, accountability, and transparency dimensions of algorithms, translating research into practice for policymakers and newsroom practitioners. He runs the Generative AI in Newsroom blog and launched the AI Accountability Review to bridge scholarly insights and real-world governance. Trained as a computer scientist (PhD, Georgia Tech) with a background in multimedia signal processing, he blends technical depth with a persistent emphasis on societal impact and translation. An uncommon strength is his parallel role directing research, design, and development at Interaction Foundry—keeping him engaged in both scholarly inquiry and production-grade systems.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologySc.B., Computer Engineering - Multimedia Signal Processing, Sc.B., Computer Engineering - Multimedia Signal Processing at Brown University
English, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Dutch
Github Skills (4)
umd10
twitter8
journalism8
data-visualization7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
comp-journalism/commentIQ
Nov 2014 - May 2016
Contributions:93 commits, 90 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
comp-journalism/uberpy
Apr 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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