Ronald Robertson
Research Scientist at Stanford University
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolRonald Robertson is a Research Scientist at the Stanford Internet Observatory who combines a PhD in Network Science with a psychology background to study how algorithms and humans interact online. His recent work probes how platforms like Google and YouTube steer users toward partisan, unreliable, or extremist content, blending experimental design, large-scale data analysis, and algorithm auditing. With a decade of experience spanning academia, industry (Microsoft), and applied behavioral research at AIBRT, he brings both rigorous network methods and practical experiment-building skills. He has a track record of leading teams, securing funding, and communicating findings to academic and public audiences, and he occasionally consults on projects at the intersection of networks, algorithms, and human behavior. Outside work he plays guitar and pursues new cultures and knowledge, reflecting a persistent curiosity that informs his interdisciplinary research.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Network Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Network Science at Northeastern University
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Github Skills (24)
parsing10
r-package9
text-analysis9
python9
computational-social-science9
science9
information-theory8
sentiment-analysis8
autocomplete8
digital-humanities8
r7
random-walk7
region7
dynamics7
statistics7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gitronald/suggests
Aug 2019 - Apr 2020
Tools for auditing autocomplete on Google and Bing
Contributions:10 commits, 6 PRs, 33 pushes in 8 months
autocomplete
gitronald/IPtoCountry_archive
Jan 2016 - Jul 2016
Convert IP addresses to country names in R
Contributions:108 commits, 33 PRs, 84 pushes in 5 months
r
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