David Liben-Nowell

David Liben-Nowell is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Carleton College, with research spanning computational social sciences, algorithmic modeling, and interdisciplinary applications of theoretical computer science. He contributes to ACM Technical Symposia on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and maintains active roles in academic leadership as an Associate Provost since 2022.

• AISTATS'25: Machine Learning & Social Choice
• SIGCSE'24: Student Enrollment Systems
• SIGCSE'22: Intro CS Pedagogy

His research explores social network structures, spoken-word recognition, and computational biology through algorithmic frameworks, with applications in peer-to-peer systems and game theory. Recent work on AISTATS'25 addresses probabilistic ranking models, while SIGCSE publications focus on educational algorithms.