Paul Savala
Associate Professor
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Savala is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Program Director for the BS in Applied Data Science at St. Edward's University, blending a decade of teaching and industry experience to build data science curricula and institutions. He founded the Certificate in Data Analysis and the Introduction to Data Science course—complete with interactive Jupyter Notebook labs and a textbook—and now directs the i4 Institute (2024–2026). His work spans academic research in analytic number theory to applied machine learning from a prior data scientist role, where he built de-duplication systems, custom search engines, and fraud-detection models for retailers. A co-PI on a $1.5M NSF grant and multiple teaching-award winner, he pairs classroom innovation with grant-funded program building and real-world data product experience. Based in Austin, he brings a rare combination of rigorous mathematical training (PhD, University of Iowa) and practical data engineering applied to education and ecology-focused scholarship.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at University of IowaBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics at California State University, Fresno
English, Chinese
Github Skills (17)
strava-api7
strava6
gpx5
api4
python3
rest3
rest-api3
modeling3
machine-learning2
spread2
testing2
boto1
stan1
dfa1
julia1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
paulsavala/Covid19-model
Apr 2020 - Nov 2020
Interactive web app modeling the effect of social distancing on the spread of COVID-19. Based on a model developed by Harvard researchers.
Contributions:35 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
spreadmachine-learningsocial-distancingresearchersmodeling
mallen-11/forecasting-mlb-games
Dec 2020 - Sep 2021
Contributions:58 pushes in 9 months
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