Patrick Dudas
Data Visualization Research And Development Engineer
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Dudas is a Data Visualization R&D Engineer with 12 years of experience applying visualization, geoinformatics, and social network analysis to research and teaching. Based in State College, he leads visualization efforts at Penn State, translating complex datasets into interactive VR/AR/MR tools for education and industry impact. His academic background (PhD and MS in Information Science) and prior roles—from naval social network research to life-sciences visualization—reflect a rare blend of defense, health, and academic problem domains. He has taught data manipulation and exploratory analysis with practical tools like Python, R, and ggplot2, and built lab-scale distributed and GIS systems early in his career. Patrick’s work frequently bridges theory and deployment, combining clustering and network-analysis expertise with hands-on systems and UX details. He’s driven by partnering with schools and industry to create immersive visualizations that change how people perceive and use data.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science at Westminster College (PA)PhD, Information Science (Visualization, Social Networking), PhD, Information Science (Visualization, Social Networking) at University of Pittsburgh
Github Skills (4)
jupyter-notebook8
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
dudaspm/DataWorkshop
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:33 commits, 31 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
dudaspm/PSUPythonWorkshop
Aug 2018 - Jul 2021
Contributions:90 commits, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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