جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Harrison Wildeمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر ارشد

• Bayesian Statistics
• Causal Inference
• Synthetic Data Generation
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Harrison Wilde is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick, supervised by Sebastian Vollmer at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He holds an honorary Research Fellow position at the UCL Institute of Health Informatics and collaborates with institutions such as Oxford, Wellcome Trust, and the Alan Turing Institute. His research focuses on Bayesian and causal computation, synthetic data generation, and applications in epidemiology, pharmaceuticals, public health, and fairness/privacy in data science. Wilde's research explores the statistical properties of models trained on synthetic data, with a particular emphasis on privacy, fairness, and robust Bayesian updating. He has contributed to projects like the Turing PPL, CVD-COVID-UK, and COVID-IMPACT Consortia, and his work has been published in top journals like PLOS One, BMC Medicine, and BMJ Open. His scientific awards include the Feuer International Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence (2019) Data Science for Social Good Fellowship (2019) He has also been interviewed by the BBC Evening News and actively supports open science initiatives. Wilde has taught modules including ST202: Stochastic Processes (2021-2022) ST346: Generalized Linear Models for Regression and Classification (2020-2021) ST104: Statistical Laboratory (2020-2021) CS118: Programming for Computer Scientists (2019-2021) but took a temporary withdrawal from teaching during Term 1 of the 2021-2022 academic year while working at Twitter. He is a core contributor to the Turing PPL and part of the CVD-COVID-UK and COVID-IMPACT Consortia, collaborating with teams like Chris Holmes’ Lab at Oxford and the Royal Statistical Society’s West Midlands Local Group.

Denise Werchanمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Developmental Psychology
• Infant Neurodevelopment
• Sociocultural Contexts in Development
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Denise Werchan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Irvine, specializing in neurobiological and sociocultural factors shaping infant and early childhood development. Her research integrates basic science with community advocacy to inform interventions improving child and family wellbeing. Her work examines how proximal factors (maternal mental health, caregiver-infant interactions) and distal factors (social policies, systemic inequities) influence developmental trajectories. She prioritizes inclusive research participation across socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and geographic backgrounds to address health disparities in developmental science. Recent publications (2022-2025) analyze maternal depressive symptoms, infant attention mechanisms, and socioemotional outcomes using innovative remote methodologies like OWLET. Key themes include pandemic impacts, financial strain, and intimate partner violence on developmental pathways, with emphasis on cross-cultural applicability. Werchan mentors students in developmental psychology and leads the ORCA study utilizing her OWLET technology. She secures research funding for community-engaged projects translating findings into policy recommendations for early intervention systems. She directs the OWLET project enabling remote infant eye tracking across the United States and rural Ethiopia through Harvard Medical School's Global AIM Lab collaboration. Her lab develops scalable tools for naturalistic assessment of infant development in diverse global contexts, focusing on how sociocultural environments shape neural and behavioral outcomes.

• Software Language Engineering
• Smart Cities
• Urban Management Platforms
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Rodrigo Simões serves as a Guest Assistant at the Department of Information Science and Technology (ISTA) and as a Research Assistant at ISTAR-Iscte - Research Center in Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture, both part of ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon. He teaches Programming and Big Data Processing courses for the Bachelor's in Data Science program and contributes to software engineering research with practical urban applications. His academic qualifications include: PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies (expected 2028) from ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon Master's degree in Computer Engineering (2024) from ISCTE—University Institute of Lisbon Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering (2018) from New University of Lisbon Rodrigo's research focuses on applying Software Language Engineering to urban management platforms and smart cities. His expertise spans data visualization, geotemporal analysis, and tourism digital transformation, developing practical tools to address overtourism challenges for municipal authorities and tourism SMEs. His technical background combines academic research with over three years of industry experience in software development for Portugal's Agency for Administrative Modernization. His publication portfolio demonstrates consistent focus on tourism crowding management and visualization, with recent work examining pedestrian carrying capacity using OpenStreetMap data and developing digital transformation frameworks for tourism management. These publications appear in reputable conferences including ENTER International eTourism Conference and Joint International Conference on Digital Arts, Media and Technology, showing growing citation impact across Scopus and Google Scholar. Rodrigo actively participates in significant research initiatives including the EUROSTIT project where he develops chatbots for querying smart tourism tools, and the European RESETTING project focused on tourism digital transformation. His Master's thesis developed a geotemporal crowding visualization platform specifically designed to help tourism SMEs mitigate overtourism effects through data-driven decision making.

Hadley Z. Renkinمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Gender Studies
• Sociology
• Social Anthropology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Hadley Z. Renkin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at the Central European University (CEU) and Director of the 2-Year MA Program in Critical Gender Studies. He holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan and dual MAs in Anthropology and Gender Studies from CEU. His research focuses on postsocialist Eastern European sexual politics, queer theory, and the intersection of sexuality with citizenship and belonging. Current work explores the historical relationships between ethnography, evolutionary theory, and sexology in shaping modern identity categories. His key research interests include public homophobia in Eastern Europe, neo-Orientalist moral geographies, and the politics of queer memory. Notable publications address Hungary’s LGBT movement, transnational temporalities, and the role of biopolitical mythologies in shaping European Otherness. He is revising a book manuscript titled *Disorientations: Queer Politics and Geotemporal Belonging in Hungary’s Postsocialist Conjuncture*, an ethnographic analysis of LGBTQ+ activism and resistance in Hungary. Renkin has been involved in university-wide dialogues such as the 2017 seminar on *Otherness: Acceptance or Refusal?* His work bridges anthropology, sociology, and queer theory, emphasizing spatial and temporal dimensions of identity formation.

• Southern Italian history
• Contemporary history
• Nobility and bourgeoisie studies
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Michele Romano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Social Sciences at the University of Salento, where he teaches Contemporary History in the Communication Sciences degree program and the 'Historical-Informatics Laboratory' course for Literature master's degrees. Based at the Former Olivetan Monastery campus in Lecce, Italy, he maintains a regular academic presence with office hours on Thursdays from 10:00-13:00 in Studio No. 14 Olivetani. Dr. Romano specializes in the historical transformation of Southern Italy between the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular focus on southern bourgeoisie and nobility, family histories, state-region relations, and industrial geography. His research uniquely combines traditional historical methods with information technology, utilizing relational databases and geotemporal information systems to process historical data. He has made significant contributions to understanding the political-administrative evolution of Southern Italy, particularly regarding local autonomy and regional governance. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent scholarly trajectory focusing on Southern Italian history, examining noble families, industrial development, and administrative structures. Romano's work shows a progression from traditional historical analysis toward more digital and spatial approaches, reflecting his interest in the application of information technology to historical research. His scholarship spans multiple disciplines including history, political science, and digital humanities. Dr. Romano has participated in significant research projects including PRIN-funded studies on social and economic indicators in Southern Italy's history. He has contributed to the Biographical Dictionary of Italian Entrepreneurs and is actively involved with several academic organizations including SISSCO (Italian Society for the Study of Contemporary History), the 'Association for the Social History of Southern Italy and the Mediterranean Area,' and the AISU (Italian Association of Urban History). Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Interuniversity Research Centre for Territorial Analysis (CRIAT), demonstrating his continued engagement with collaborative research initiatives focused on regional development and analysis in Southern Italy. He teaches courses that connect historical methodology with contemporary communication practices, emphasizing the public dimension of historical knowledge and its relevance to modern society.