Tim Althoff
Assistant Professor at University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolTim Althoff is an assistant professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington with 14 years of experience applying data science, social network analysis, and NLP to large-scale behavioral data. He directs the Behavioral Data Science Group, producing research that informs public health, mental health, misinformation, and scientific reproducibility—work that notably contributed to COVID-19 response efforts. Trained at Stanford (PhD) and UC Berkeley (MS), Tim blends rigorous academic methods with practical collaborations across industry (Google, Microsoft) to translate behavioral traces into actionable insights. His background includes interdisciplinary projects on activity tracking, sleep, and search behavior, reflecting a rare mix of systems experience and human-centered computational modeling.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyBachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Technische Universität KaiserslauternDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Stanford University
German, English
Github Skills (8)
matplotlib9
visualization8
data-visualization8
statistics8
pandas8
python8
data-science7
data-analysis6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
timalthoff/activityinequality
May 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:8 commits, 1 comment in 1 month
sergeyk/csrec
Mar 2012 - May 2012
Contributions:36 commits in 2 months
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