Jonathan Dobres, Ph.D.
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2017–Now
Principal Data Scientist (and other prior positions) at Sonos. Forecasting, machine learning, predictive models, survey design, program management.
2020–2024
Scientific Consultant for The Readability Consortium. Experiment design, statistical analysis, human subjects research, vision science.
2012–2017
Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab focusing on driving behavior, in-vehicle technology, and typographic legibility.
2012
Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology (Cognitive Science) from Boston University, specializing in vision science and perceptual learning.
Skills
Python, R, SQL. Over 11k reputation on StackOverflow. Award-winning public speaker. Coded, designed, and wrote this whole website.
Blog
Aug 11 2023
running the current python file in the vscode terminal
A useful custom keyboard shortcut if you want your VS Code workspace to feel a little more like RStudio.
Apr 1 2018
algorithmic art: random circle packing
Packing a canvas with non-overlapping circles is easy, until it isn’t. Herein, we learn the difference between an easy solution and a fast solution.
Sep 7 2015
the pleasures and pitfalls of data visualization with maps
Maps make for some fun data visualizations, but should be used with care. Here I investigate several different ways of mapping and visualizing the same dataset.
Publications
I am an author of 22 scientific publications, 15 white papers, 3 popular press articles, and 32 conference presentations. Here’s my favorite.
The latest is:
Rashid, M. M., Atilgan, N., Dobres, J., Day, S., Penkova, V., Küçük, M., Clapp, S. R., & Sawyer, B. D. (2024). Humanizing AI in Education: A Readability Comparison of LLM and Human-Created Educational Content. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813241261689 PDF
Contact
I’d love to hear from you. Email is best. StackOverflow is a favorite haunt. ResearchGate has all my science. And I sometimes check LinkedIn.