Rene Kizilcec
Associate Professor
City of Ithaca, New York, United States
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Top SchoolRene Kizilcec is an Associate Professor at Cornell University and director of the Future of Learning Lab, with 13 years of experience at the intersection of education, data science, and learning technology. He leads large-scale research initiatives including the National Tutoring Observatory and combines rigorous causal inference and statistical methods with practical AI product development as Chief Scientist at HiTA AI. His background spans Stanford research and industry internships at Facebook where he applied econometric techniques to measure peer effects, reflecting a rare blend of academic depth and real-world experimentation. Trained in communication and statistics (PhD/MS, Stanford) with a first-class BA in Philosophy and Economics, he focuses on scalable interventions that improve learning outcomes and policy-relevant evidence.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Philosophy and Economics, First-class Honors, BA, Philosophy and Economics, First-class Honors at University College London, U. of LondonPhD, Communication, PhD, Communication at Stanford University
English, German, FrenchProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
whynotyet/QualTurk
Oct 2012 - Oct 2015
Contributions:4 commits, 1 push in 3 years
paepcke/lyticsResearch
May 2015 - Sep 2015
Contributions:8 PRs, 22 pushes, 8 branches in 3 months
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