Dave Armstrong

Dave Armstrong is a Professor and Director of Placement at the University of Western Ontario, holding the Canada Research Chair (CRC). He leads the Centre for Computational and Quantitative Social Science (CCQSS) and earned his PhD from the University of Maryland. His work focuses on statistics, data mining, and political conflict analysis.

• PhD, University of Maryland
• Director, Centre for Computational and Quantitative Social Science (CCQSS)

His research explores:

• Non-linearity in statistical models and its impact on effect sizes
• The Costs of Contention project analyzing political conflict consequences
• Visualization techniques for pairwise statistical comparisons using Shiny and D3.js

Recent publications span urban-rural divides, municipal governance, and statistical methodology. Awards include a five-year Norwegian Social Science Research Council grant (2016), editorial board membership at the American Journal of Political Science (2013), and undergraduate research stipends (2010).