2013 Fellows

Samrachana Adhikari
Statistics
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

Andres Akle Carranza
Math
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Scott Alfeld
Computer Science
UW Madison
UW Madison

Sophia Alice
Math
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

Zahra Ashktorab
HCI
University of Maryland
University of Maryland

Jonathan Auerbach
Statistics
Columbia University
Columbia University

Varoon Bashyakarla
Statistics, Economics
Yale University
Yale University

Jordan Bates
Computer Science
Arizona State University
Arizona State University

John Brock
Computer Science
UC Irvine
UC Irvine

Christopher Brown
Linguistics
UT Austin
UT Austin

Michael Castelle
Sociology
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

Giorgio Cavaggion
Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago

Kyla Cheung
Computer Science
Columbia University
Columbia University

Walter Dempsey
Statistics
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

Sarah Evans
Computer Science
Stanford University
Stanford University

Andrea Fernandez Conde
Political Science, Math
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

Adam Fishman
Math
Yale University
Yale University

Jette Henderson
Computer Science
UT Austin
UT Austin

Kayla Jacobs
Computer Science
Technion: Israel Institute of Technology
Technion: Israel Institute of Technology

Kwang-Sung Jun
Computer Science
UW Madison
UW Madison

Nathan Leiby
Software Developer
Harvard University
Harvard University

Allen Lin
Computer Science, Policy
Cambridge University
Cambridge University

Edward McFowland III
Computer Science, Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

Paul Meinshausen
Psychology
Harvard University
Harvard University

Brenna Miller
Statistics
University of Michigan
University of Michigan

Evan Misshula
Criminal Justice
City University of New York
City University of New York

Jit Nandi
Social and Decision Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

Alessandro Panella
Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago

Ahmad Qamar
Physics, Math
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

Emily Rowe
Public Policy
University of Chicago
University of Chicago

Zach Seeskin
Statistics
Northwestern University
Northwestern University

Nihar Shah
Economics
Harvard University
Harvard University

Camelia Simoiu
Human Dynamics
MIT
MIT

Sriram Somanchi
Computer Science, Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

Edward Su
Physics
MIT
MIT

Vidhur Vohra
Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology

Joseph Walsh
Political Science
University of Alabama
University of Alabama

Skylar Whorton
Computer Science
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Min Xu
Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University
2013 Mentors

Aron Culotta
Professor of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology

Elena Eneva
Management Scientist at Accenture, machine learning expert

Nick Mader
Economist PhD at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Tom Plagge
Astrophysicist PhD turned data scientist

Brandon Willard
Statistician at the Booth School of Business

Michelangelo D'Agostino
Former senior analyst for Obama campaign, current data scientist at Braintree
2013 Volunteer Mentors

Derek Eder
Open government developer, founder of DataMade

Forest Gregg
Sociology PhD student at the University of Chicago

Will High
Data scientist at Sociocast, former astrophysicist

Dean Malmgren
Data scientist, co-founder of Datascope Analytics

Q Ethan McCallum
Professional-services consultant, author, and speaker.

Svetlozar Nestorov
Lecturer at the University of Chicago Department of Computer Science

Irina Matveeva
Senior software developer and research at Dieselpoint

Max Shron
Data strategist based in New York City, former data scientist at OkCupid

Mike Stringer
Data scientist, co-founder of Datascope Analytics
2013 Staff

Rayid Ghani
Chief scientist of 2012 Obama campaign, CI and Harris School fellow

Matt Gee
Policy PhD student at the University of Chicago, former analyst at U.S. Treasury

Tom Plagge
Astrophysicist PhD turned data scientist

Juan-Pablo Velez
Civic technologist with Open City, former data journalist

Kate Kusiak Galvin
Senior Associate Director of the Urban Center for Computation and Data, University of Chicago

Rob Mitchum
Staff science writer for the Computation Institute

Charlie Catlett
Director of the Urban Center for Computation and Data
2013 Advisors

Eric Schmidt
Executive Chairman of Google

Jake Porway
Founder and executive director of DataKind

Ian Foster
Director of the Computation Institute