{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2023-04-03T10:23:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T14:23:51","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/bradfor7\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/bradfor7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1262\/2021\/12\/benradford2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/bradfor7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1262\/2021\/12\/benradford2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/bradfor7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1262\/2021\/12\/benradford2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/bradfor7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1262\/2021\/12\/benradford2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">I apply machine learning to problems in political conflict and violence. I am particularly interested in measurement and data collection, neural networks, anomaly detection, natural language processing, and cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit my personal website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benradford.com\">https:\/\/www.benradford.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assistant Professor, UNC Charlotte (2019 &#8212; Present)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.uncc.edu\/directory\/benjamin-j-radford\">Political Science and Public Administration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publicpolicy.uncc.edu\/directory\/benjamin-j-radford\">Public Policy Ph.D. Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/datascience.uncc.edu\/ben-radford-phd\">School of Data Science<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research Scientist, Radford Consulting (2018 &#8212; Present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>President &amp; Co-Founder, LevelUp Research (2018 &#8212; Present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subject Matter Expert, Giant Oak Inc. (2021 &#8212; 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Principal Data Scientist, KeyW Corporation (2016 &#8212; 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Senior Data Scientist, Caerus Associates (2015 &#8212; 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GRAD 6103 &amp; 8103: Classificatory Methods &amp; Time Series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GRAD 6101 &amp; 8101: Linear Regression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GRAD 6009 &amp; 8009: Data Science for Social Scientific Inquiry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PPOL 8101: Public Policy Studio 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLS 3700: Independent Study<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>POLS 3154: Cyberspace and Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">POLS 2220: Political Science Research Methods<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.A., Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC (2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.A., Mathematics and International Relations, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC (2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me I apply machine learning to problems in political conflict and violence. I am particularly interested in measurement and data collection, neural networks, anomaly detection, natural language processing, and cybersecurity. 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