Patrick Wu
Assistant Professor Of Computer Science at American University
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolPatrick Wu is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at American University who blends applied AI and computational political science to study social and political phenomena. With a PhD in Political Science and Scientific Computing and an MA in Statistics from the University of Michigan, he develops ML-driven methods for computational social science and has translated that research into reproducible code on GitHub. Prior roles include a postdoc at NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics and research work for Judge Richard Posner at the University of Chicago Law School, reflecting a rare mix of legal, political, and technical experience. Based in Washington, DC, he brings eight years of interdisciplinary research and teaching experience and a penchant for turning complex social questions into tractable, data-driven models.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Political Science and Scientific Computing, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Political Science and Scientific Computing at University of MichiganBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science & Statistics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science & Statistics at University of Chicago
Github Skills (6)
acl10
computational-linguistics10
phonetics10
natural-language-processing8
machine-learning1
time-series1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
patrickywu/MARMOT
Jan 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:56 commits, 16 pushes in 6 months
patrickywu/academic-kickstart
Jul 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:132 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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