Hi, I'm James
Data Scientist @ Yonder Credit Card
Freelance Researcher @ Cambridge
Patron of Selwyn College, Cambridge
I do Behavioural Data Science:
"using statistics and machine learning
to understand human individualities
and dynamic social systems."
I enjoy building bridges between disciplines and people,
so look around, drop me a message.
Academics
Degree
University of Cambridge. B.A. Hons. Psychological and Behavioural Sciences. 2019 - 2022.
Overall First Class Honours; Dissertation First with Distinction.
Key Courses: Digital Social Influence; Neuroscience; Historical Geography; Bio-anthropology.
Extracurriculars: Rowing, Table Tennis, Enterprise, and lots of dinners.
Publications
Notable Work:
Social Media Behaviour is Associated with Vaccine Hesitancy. 2022, PNAS Nexus. Read here.
Computing the Performance of A New Adaptive Sampling Algorithm Based on The Gittins Index in Experiments with Exponential Rewards. 2023, Intelligent Computing. Preprint here.
Homophily in An Artificial Social Network of Agents Powered by Large Language Models. 2023, Preprint.
In Progress:
Factors Leading to Political Echo Chambers in An Artificial Society.
Currently
Yonder is a cool London start-up that's being called "the Monzo of reward credit cards". Personally, I use it to get free delicious food and quality times with friends.
Having been rejected by countless consultancies' algorithms, I made an oath to never use data to discriminate. Now, as Yonder's first Data Scientist, I build machine learning models that help Yonder "make money rewarding and credit empowering" - from making better lending decisions, to personalising reward experiences.
Freelance Research @ Cambridge
In my spare time I work with researchers around the world on cool social science topics, affiliating with the Social Decision-Making Lab at the University of Cambridge.
My current interest is in using LLM-driven Agent-Based Models to study social group dynamics, such as which meme goes more viral, how do echo chambers form, and how does founder personality influence start-up culture.
To spare others of the nerdy stuff, please reach out if you want to know more!
Patron of Selwyn College, Cambridge
The summer research experience during my undergrad changed my life. So, the moment I got a job, I donated to my alma mater to set up an undergrad research fund:
The James K. He Scholarships is dedicated to support data-driven, interdisciplinary research at the undergraduate level. Open to students of ALL subjects at Selwyn College Cambridge.
Why did a 21-year-old set up a scholarship? Isn't that reserved for dead people?
Interdisciplinary research is heavily underfunded in the UK, especially at the undergraduate level. These research opportunities not just help students to learn hard transferable skills, build connections and portfolio; they also foster the interdisciplinary creativity crucial in this age of AI.
They certainly helped me when I was a confused undergrad. Without that first summer staying in college doing otherwise unfunded research, nothing I have right now would be possible.
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looking forward to hearing from you!