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Mark Wilson is a Part-time Senior Lecturer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, affiliated with the College of Information and Computer Sciences. His research focuses on Theoretical Computer Science, Network Science, and Computational Social Choice, with emphasis on signed networks, collective decision-making algorithms, and asymptotic analysis. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has extensive experience in academia, previously serving at the University of Auckland’s Department of Computer Science.
Wilson’s work bridges mathematics and social sciences, analyzing networks via graph models and real data. Key areas include structural balance in signed networks, legislative citation analysis, and algorithmic performance evaluation. He leads a 2019–2021 NSF-funded project linking brain structure, individual decisions, and group dynamics through experiments and simulations. His advocacy spans open access publishing reforms, including co-founding the Free Journal Network and drafting the Fair Open Access Principles.
His research collaborations include projects with Caterina Stamoulis, Jie Gao, and others. He actively mentors students like Samin Aref and Neda Sakhaee, whose work appears in journals such as Artificial Intelligence and Law and Networks. Wilson’s contributions also extend to improving scholarly communication systems through initiatives like the MathOA Foundation and Tasman Declaration on Open Research.
