Alexander Clark

I'm an economist/data scientist in NYC. I like using math to answer questions and teaching others how to use math to answer questions. My academic research focused on persuasion, advocacy, and social pressure in network formation.

Best response zones for rock, paper, scissors. Made with matplotlib.

Best response zones for rock, paper, scissors. Made with matplotlib.

Industry

Data Scientist, Airbnb

Teaching

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University

Machine Learning and AI for the Social Sciences — Course Website

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Statistics, Columbia University

Introductory Statistics — Course Notes

Adjunct Lecturer, Columbia University School of Professional Studies

Python for Data Analysis (Applied Analytics MS)
Mathematics for AI (Applied Analytics MS)
Solving Real World Problems with Analytics (Applied Analytics MS capstone)

Research

Voting and Social Pressure Under Imperfect Information (with Nicholas Tenev)
International Economic Review, 2019

Education

PhD in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Links

Check out my work or contact me using the links below.

GitHub
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube

Other Projects

Matplotlib for Storytellers (book) — Jupyter Book
StatWrap (Python package)
Freeride (Microeconomics Python package)

Tony Hawk's vertical loop. Made with matplotlib.