Michael West, PhD

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Education

  • PhD, Computer and Information Science (2026)
    Temple University (PA)
  • BS, Computer Science (2020)
    Loyola Marymount University (CA)

About Me

I received my PhD in Computer and Information Science from Temple University. At Temple I studied applications of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing, with a focus in applications to social sciences and web data collection.

Publications

  • West, M., Kostin, K., Tincani, M., Hantula, D., & Dragut, E. (2026). Evaluating autism support programs in higher education through the perspectives of students, parents, counselors and staff. Frontiers in Education, Vol. 11, p. 1921007.
  • West, M., & Dragut, E. (2026). A Demo of Interactive Thematic Data Collection on the Live Web. Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, 19(12), 4554-4557.