Zelig
A statistical software suite geared towards unifying statistical analysis.
Zelig, in particular, implements a multitude (over 50) statistical models
common in the quantitative sciences. Zelig's emphasis is placed on
extendability and ease-of-use, while promoting a unified interface for
working with often complex and hard-to-implement statistical models.
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Matthew Owen
Mathematician, Software Maintainer, Professional
Self-summary
- 5 years experience programming R.
- Strong background in Applied Mathematics
- Interested in creative uses of technology and Mathematics.
Current Projects
Zelig Add-ons
Zelig supports 13 add-on packages which extend the number of statistical models available to the core API and interface.
Zelig supports 13 add-on packages which extend the number of statistical models available to the core API and interface.
Build Zelig
A suite of tools used to package, check and build R packages using the GitHub API. This software is used by software maintainers at Harvard IQSS to update, manage and check quality of statistical packages kept at: http://r.iq.harvard.edu/.
A suite of tools used to package, check and build R packages using the GitHub API. This software is used by software maintainers at Harvard IQSS to update, manage and check quality of statistical packages kept at: http://r.iq.harvard.edu/.
PLANWORK
A design group interested in exploring unifying themes in design - product, fashion and software.
A design group interested in exploring unifying themes in design - product, fashion and software.
Past Projects
MCS 109
An introductory course in Math and Computer Science for liberal arts majors, this course is intended to teach the concepts and techniques present in undergraduate level Math and CompSci for non-majors. The course material focuses on the significance and applicability of modeling techniques used commonly in science.
An introductory course in Math and Computer Science for liberal arts majors, this course is intended to teach the concepts and techniques present in undergraduate level Math and CompSci for non-majors. The course material focuses on the significance and applicability of modeling techniques used commonly in science.
LaTeX::Doc
A perl module to parse and extract data from tex documents, and assemble books.
A perl module to parse and extract data from tex documents, and assemble books.
Work Experience (Past 7 years...)
Statistical Programmer; Statistical Trainer; Software Maintainer
Harvard University, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences
May 2010 – Present (Cambridge, MA)
Develops Zelig 4, a statistical software package implementing a myriad of
statistical models; Maintains and supports multiple statistical packages
hosted at Harvard IQSS; Collaborates with graduate students on developing
statistical packages in R; Teaches workshops on intermediate R programming;
Developing material for a week-long workshop on statistical simulation and R
package development (Summer 2012)
Freelancer; Search Engine Consultant; Web Design Consultant
Freelance; Associated Industries of Massachusetts
October 2009 – February 2010 (Boston, MA)
Appraised HTML and PHP code; Evaluated search engine hit relevance;
Wrote proposals for back-end site improvements (Search Engine and PHP
framework); Advised clients on search engines choices;
Advised clients on business interactions with their current design company
Grader; Numerical Analysis Tutor; Calculus Tutor
Boston University (Boston, MA)
Sept. 2008 - May 2009
Graded homework and wrote answer keys for Numerical Analysis I (MA 555);
Graded homework and tests for Optimization Methods (MA 569);
Tutored for Calculus I and Numerical Analysis
Principal Web Developer; Computer Programmer
Boston University
May 2008 - Sept. 2008
Maintained and developed a course web-site for Boston University;
Developed math-based, interactive web applications; Developed light PHP
software framework; Collaborated with professors on course content development;
Developed simple graphing software; Organized a group of student programmers
Principal Web Developer; Research Assistant; Teaching Assistant
New England Complex System Institute (Cambridge, MA)
May 2007 - July 2008
Received stipend for developing a “Distributed Decision-making System;”
Extended and developed code for the MediaWiki suite using PHP and Python;
Maintained and Automated database entry using MySQL;
Used Subversion revision control system; Worked with a code base of over
100,000 lines; Delegated quality assurance responsibilities to other employees;
Attended company meetings; Held office keys