Tom Willkens
Visiting Assistant Professor Of Digital Humanities & Liberal Arts Foundations
Ifrane, Morocco
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Top SchoolTom Willkens is a digital-humanities scholar and technologist who blends nine years of applied media development with advanced research in adaptive learning, coevolutionary algorithms, and AI from Brandeis University. Currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Al Akhawayn University teaching courses on AI in society, networked culture, and public humanities, he leverages a rare mix of academic rigor and practical publishing experience. As principal of Willkens Literary & Media he led over eighty editorial, web, and interactive projects for major publishers and institutions, marrying narrative craft to user-centered educational design. His PhD work spans open-endedness, deep reinforcement learning, and artificial life, informing a research-driven approach to educational software and institutional transformation. Based in Ifrane, Morocco, he brings an interdisciplinary perspective—rooted in cultural studies and summa cum laude undergraduate work—that surfaces ethical and societal implications of AI in real-world learning contexts.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, Summa Cum Laude, B.A., Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis, Summa Cum Laude at Bard College at Simon's RockDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Brandeis University
Github Skills (23)
ray8
optimization8
python8
reinforcement-learning8
parallel8
pytorch7
java7
machine-learning7
deep-learning7
hyperparameter-optimization6
tensorflow6
large-language-models6
scaling6
data-science6
automl5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
twillkens/CoEvo
May 2023 - Jul 2024
Contributions:6 PRs, 328 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 2 months
parallelbrowser/parallel-browser
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:42 PRs, 65 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
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