Eric Chandler
Chicago, IL
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Education
University of Chicago
MS Computational Analysis and Public Policy
Courses included:
- crime policy, police reform
- econometrics, inferential statistics
- machine learning, deep learning, ai ethics
2020 - 2022
Carnegie Mellon University
BS Physics, Minor Professional Writing
Courses included:
- science writing, ethical theory
- modeling complex social systems, game theory
- lots of physics and computer science courses
2009 - 2013
Experience
Data Scientist
University of Chicago
Assembled novel datasets to study structural barriers to police reform
July 2022 - Feb. 2024
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Tested cutting edge speech recognition toolkits on noisy emergency radio communications
Oct. 2021 - June 2022
Dataset - Public Safety News Analysis
March 2025Extracting reported crime locations from news articles
Data Viz - Texas School Reading Scores
December 2024Dashboard of student achievement and community indicators
Dataset - Chicago Transit Ridership Panel
November 2024Collecting a time series dataset for urban policy
Paper - The Social Structure of Private Donations to Police
February 2024What is the scale and structure of private donations to police departments?
