Patrik Wikström
Professor, School Of Communication
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolPatrik Wikström is a professor and methodologist who investigates how digital technologies, especially recommender systems, reshape music cultures, creative labor and industry economics. With a background in computer science (MScEng, Chalmers) and a PhD in Media and Communication, he blends computational tool-building with qualitative social science to support interdisciplinary research. He has led major academic units—including Director of QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre and Associate Dean Research—and published books on TikTok and the music industry alongside articles in top journals. Prior to academia he worked in European media and telecom strategy, giving him rare practical insight into industry dynamics. Colleagues rely on him for rigorous methods that bridge code, data and cultural analysis.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication and Media Studies, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication and Media Studies at Karlstad UniversityMaster of Science in Engineering, Computer Science and Systems Management, Master of Science in Engineering, Computer Science and Systems Management at Chalmers University of Technology
Github Skills (17)
rows5
visualization4
machine-learning4
dataframe4
python4
tabular3
memory-mapped-file3
apache3
data-science3
dataframes3
numpy2
pandas2
pyarrow2
data-analysis2
data-visualization2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
pwikstrom/fyp-core
Aug 2024 - Nov 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 4 branches in 3 months
pwikstrom/instagrab
May 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:9 pushes in 4 months
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