YAZEED AWWAD

*** *. ******** **., *** ***, Quincy, MA 02171 Phone (mobile): 617-***-**** adbbq3@r.postjobfree.com PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Computer and data scientist with research experience revolving around on complex socio-technical systems. Academic background in computer science, probability/statistics, economics, and finance. Recently completed MS from MIT Media Lab then continued working on campus for USAID-funded machine learning project. SKILLS

• Data scientist with extensive experience applying advanced statistical/econometric, and machine

learning methods in Python, R, MATLAB, and R,

using economic, financial, and social datasets.

• Java/JavaScript, C++, SQL, STATA, SAS, Excel.

• Visualization of data in Tableau, Cytoscape, Gephi

• Advanced statistics, econometrics, probability & stochastic methods. Some finance & accounting.

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level I:

Passed (Dec 2012). Passing rate 38%

• GRE: Quantitative: 168 (96th percentile). Verbal: 169 (99th percentile). Writing: 5.5/6 (99th perc.) EDUCATION

Master of Science: Media Arts & Sciences (Media Lab), 2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA Concentration: Data sciences/visualization, complexity research, economics and computational social sciences. Master of Arts: Economics, 2011

Boston University - Boston, MA

Bachelor University of of Science: Ottawa Computer - Ottawa, Science ON, Canada (cum laude). Minors in business & economics, 2009 WORK HISTORY

Research Assistant, 03/2018 to 08/2019

D-Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge, Massachusetts Project funded by USAID to study algorithmic fairness in machine learning with developing-world focus.

• Traveled to India to meet with start-up that builds ML job interviewee assessment software, learn the details of the underlying technology, and obtain interview videos to research fairness across demographics.

• Created machine learning fairness-management technical framework that served as basis for publication.

• Developed algorithm to extract RGB color values for skin complexion, rapidly learning and employing existing Python facial recognition packages and modifying them for skin-tone detection for bias analysis. Research Assistant, 04/2014 to 06/2018

MIT Media Lab – Cambridge, MA

Full-time paid RA employment required in parallel to graduate program enrollment at the Media Lab.

• While working on economic complexity network modeling that used global merchandise trade data, extended model to effectively incorporate service-sector import/export data.

• Developed an original method of quantifying ideas and attitudes (science, culture, etc.) that were accepted at the largest annual gathering for social psychologists despite having no background in the field. Intern, Data & Research Services, 07/2016 to 09/2016 Boston Consulting Group – Boston, MA

• Joined DRS (Data & Research Services) arm of BCG at its inception stage, traveling to Delhi as part of 3- person team to launch the India branch of DRS.

• Developed spectral clustering technique to filter news articles returned by search results of Dow Jones Factiva and select representative articles while reducing repetitive and superfluous or overlapping results. Research Associate, 01/2012 to 01/2014

Center for Complex Engineering Systems – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Cambridge, MA Research Associate focusing on labor market and system dynamics

• Analyzed data and provided software platforms for decision-making for several ministries.

• Contributed research to National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan (NSTIP) to direct scientific research and technological development in the country more precisely toward long-term goals. Summer Trainee, Knowledge Management/Groupware Solutions, 05/2008 to 08/2008 Airbus Deutschland – Bremen, Germany

RISE Professional Scholarship supported by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

• Part of Knowledge Management/Groupware Solutions department at large Airbus plant.

• Evaluated & tested the use of Goldfire Innovator as internal technical-topic search engine. Summer Intern, Information Technology, 05/2007 to 08/2007 Genworth Financial – Richmond, VA

Information technology internship working on company's web content management

• Developed company’s international website pages and Java/JavaScript-based content management system. PUBLICATIONS

"How Concepts Emerge and Evolve: Quantifiying the Collective Brain Using Wikipedia." Lead author, with Michael Muthukrishna. Symposium: "Geography of Concepts: How Ideas Develop and Diverge Across Cultures." Association for Psychological Science, 31st Annual Convention. May 23-26, 2019.

"A Framework for Fairer Machine Learning in Organizations" (in review). With Mike Teodorescu, Lily Morse, and Gerald Kane. Management Information Systems Quarterly.

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