Jonathan Dobres, Ph.D.

I'm a Staff Data Scientist at Saks. Formerly a Principal Data Scientist at Sonos, Scientific Consultant for The Readability Consortium, and Research Scientist at the MIT AgeLab. I design, code, and write this whole website.

Blog

Sep 30 2024

x-men re-examined: repo man

Another Wolverine showcase that, alas, has nothing to do with the 1984 movie of the same name.

Aug 6 2024

x-men re-examined: red dawn

Jubilee leaves a note on the fridge, causing an international incident.

Jul 28 2024

x-men re-examined: whatever it takes

“Whatever” perfectly describes my feelings on this one.

Jul 7 2024

x-men re-examined: till death do us part 1 & 2

X-Men introduces one of my all-time favorite villains, but he’s not the one who nearly destroys the team in this devastating season premiere.

Publications

I am an author of 22 scientific publications, 15 white papers, 3 popular press articles, and 33 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.