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Oscar Contreras Velasco

Computational Sociologist

University of California Los Angeles

Biography

Oscar is a Computational Sociologist. His reserach uses machine learning and social network analysis to explore social phenomena like violence and international migration. He is also fascinated by the underlying structures that determine social netwroks, in particular understanding the role of brokerage and brokers in society.

Interests
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Machine Learning
  • GIS
Education
  • PhD in Sociology with focus in Computational Sociology, 2024

    UCLA

  • MA in Sociology, 2020

    UCLA

  • BS in International Economics, 2010

    ITAM (Mexico)

Skills

R

90%

Statistics

100%

Photography

10%

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
GenCoin
CEO
GenCoin
January 2021 – Present California

Responsibilities include:

  • Analysing
  • Modelling
  • Deploying
 
 
 
 
 
University X
Professor of Semiconductor Physics
University X
January 2016 – December 2020 California
Taught electronic engineering and researched semiconductor physics.

Accomplish­ments

Coursera
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
See certificate
Formulated informed blockchain models, hypotheses, and use cases.
See certificate
DataCamp
Object-Oriented Programming in R
See certificate

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