Andrew Head

Assistant Professor @ UPenn

head@seas.upenn.edu

Publications (Semantic Scholar)

@drewmikehead

github.com/andrewhead

Areas of specialization: Human-computer interaction · Programming languages · Data science · Applications of AI.

I design IDEs for Ideas, interactive systems that help experts and learners communicate knowledge. Lately, I have been designing systems to help…

• Scientists read scientific articles,
• Data scientists write exploratory code in computational notebooks,
• Programmers read and author programming tutorials.

These systems reduce the barriers to communicating specialized technical knowledge by providing interactive aids for reading and writing, supported by dedicated text and program analysis algorithms.

This research begins with the design of innovative interactions, continues to the implementation of working systems, and incorporates techniques from program and text analysis. It has culminated in the design of widely-deployed, innovative tools maintained by leading industry and foundation software companies, including Microsoft’s nbgather tool for data scientists and AI2’s Semantic Reader application for scientific reading.

Prospective students: I am recruiting Ph.D. students for fall 2023 on the topics of math augmentation and scientific reading. To learn about my group and what I look for in applications, read my advice here. I invite you to introduce yourself over email. While I cannot reply to every message, I read every one I receive.