Principal and Lead Data Scientist, Bates White Economic Consulting
Email: julian.chan [AT] policychangeindex.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/ctszkin/
Julian TszKin Chan is a Principal and Lead Data Scientist in the Finance practice at Bates White Economic Consulting. He has significant experience conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses in support of expert economic testimony, including econometric modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, damages estimation, statistical sampling, and processing big data. Dr. Chan is an experienced researcher with interests in applying econometric, big data, machine learning and natural-language processing methods to analyze economic phenomena, including questions related to social networks, social media, and cryptocurrencies.
Senior Advisor, America First Policy Institute
Affiliated Scholar, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Email: weifeng.zhong [AT] policychangeindex.org
Website: https://www.weifengzhong.com
Weifeng Zhong serves as a Senior Advisor for the Office for Fiscal and Regulatory Analysis at the America First Policy Institute and an Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He has over a decade of experience applying data analytics and artificial intelligence to policy questions. Zhong received his Ph.D. in managerial economics and strategy at Northwestern University and, before joining AFPI, was a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and Mercatus. His work has been featured in media outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, NPR, Foreign Affairs, and Lawfare. He’s also a frequent interview guest on BBC, C-SPAN, and Fox Business, among others.
Kwan-Yuet “Stephen” Ho, PhD - Kwan-Yuet “Stephen” Ho is a Data Scientist at Leidos. He was previously a Machine Learning Engineer at Capital One and a Research Scientist in General Dynamics IT. He is an expert in machine learning and text mining. He has a PhD in physics from University of Maryland, and a BSc in physics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Kit Lee, PhD - Kit Lee is a data scientist located in Cambridge, MA.
Kawai Leung, PhD - Kawai Leung is an independent researcher in machine learning with previous experience in developing Natural Language Processing solutions for cybersecurity problems.
Christine McDaniel, PhD - Christine McDaniel is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center. Her research focuses on international trade, globalization, and intellectual property rights. She has held several positions in the U.S. government, including Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Treasury Department and senior trade economist in the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and has worked in the economic offices of the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Trade Representative, and U.S. International Trade Commission. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado, and received her B.A. in Economics and Japanese Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Zhiqiang Ji, PhD - Zhiqiang Ji holds an M.S. in data science for public policy from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in political philosophy and American politics from Claremont Graduate University. His current research interest lies in applying data science, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence to the study of ideology and political propaganda.
Gear Factory - Gear Factory is a company specialized in deploying artificial intelligence solutions.
The views expressed in the publications by Julian TszKin Chan, Weifeng Zhong, and the other contributors to this project, including but not limited to research papers and commentaries, are solely those of their own and do not represent the views of the America First Policy Institute, Bates White, Leidos, the Mercatus Center, Gear Factory, or their other employees.