Wendy K. Tam

Wendy K. Tam is a distinguished Professor holding concurrent roles in Computer Science, Political Science, Law, and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University. She is also an affiliate at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and serves as Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, she is a Professional Researcher in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Educational Background:

• Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1997)
• M.A. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley (1997)
• M.A. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1992)
• J.D. Program in Law, Cornell University (1991)
• A.B. in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science focus), University of California, Berkeley (1992)
• A.B. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (1990)

Research Focus: Prof. Tam specializes in computational and statistical models to address interdisciplinary challenges. Her work bridges societal, scientific, and technological innovation through machine learning, big data science, and high-performance computing. She emphasizes integrating disciplines to advance intelligent information extraction.

Awards & Fellowships:

• Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Fellow of the Society for Political Methodology
• Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford)
• Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution (Stanford)

Advising & Grants: While specific student advisees or grant details are not listed here, her research is supported by interdisciplinary collaborations and institutional affiliations.

Labs & Teams: Active in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and affiliated with Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering, fostering cross-disciplinary projects.