I am the Sobey Professor of Economics at Saint Mary’s University in beautiful Halifax. Although most of my research is in the field of population economics, my current focus is on machine learning applications in social science, unconventional data, disease surveillance systems, and genomics. I teach data analytics courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.
This Github page summarizes all my work including a draft version of my book, Toolbox, my recent research, blogs about “anything useful”, and teaching.
My book, Machine Learning Toolbox for Social Scientists: Applied Predictive Analytics with R, is available for pre-order on Amazon and will be shipped after September 22, 2023.
I am also a co-founder of Research Portal on Machine Learning for Social and Health Policies, MLPortal, where we orginize scholarly activities such as summer schools and workshops. Our most recent workshop was on Economists, Policymakers, and Health Data - A Collaborative Approach.
