Pablo Aragón
Research Scientist at Decidim
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Top SchoolPablo Aragón is a research scientist and adjunct professor based in Barcelona with a decade of experience at the intersection of computational social science, civic tech, and social computing. At the Wikimedia Foundation he researches transparent, privacy-aware methods to empower millions of contributors and readers, while teaching web intelligence and network analysis at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and ELISAVA. His work blends AI, network science and participatory design to study deliberation and collective action on online platforms, with practical involvement in projects like Decidim and city-scale civic labs. Trained as a computer scientist with a PhD in ICT, he pairs rigorous academic methods with hands-on data engineering from earlier roles building large-scale crawlers and analytics systems. An under-the-radar strength is his sustained commitment to open collaboration across research, teaching and municipal deployments, translating theory into civic impact.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor and Master of Science (BSc+MSc), Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelor and Master of Science (BSc+MSc), Computer Science & Engineering at Universidad de ZaragozaExchange Student Program (Erasmus), Computer Science, Exchange Student Program (Erasmus), Computer Science at Luleå tekniska universitetMaster of Science (MSc), Artificial Intelligence, Master of Science (MSc), Artificial Intelligence at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information and Communication Technologies, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Information and Communication Technologies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spanish, English, Catalan
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Github Skills (39)
flask10
apache9
data-science9
visualization9
data-analytics9
analytics9
python9
democracy9
react9
data-analysis9
data-visualization9
business-analytics8
superset8
data-viz8
warehouse8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
elaragon/decideviz
Mar 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:17 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
elaragon/generative-discussion-threads
May 2019 - Feb 2020
A tutorial about generative models for discussion threads in online forums
Contributions:15 commits, 15 pushes in 9 months
online-forumsthreadsforumsgenerativegenerative-models
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