Arya Farahi

Arya Farahi

Data Science Fellow at the University of Michigan. Previously McWilliams fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. Ph.D. in Physics and Scientific Computing from the University of Michigan. Co-founder of Michigan-Data Informed Cities for Everyone (M-DICE). Former VP of projects at Michigan Data Science Team (MDST). Member of the Cosmostatistics Initiative (COINS), Baryon Pasters (BP), and >10 other research teams. Educator, Computer Scientist, Statistician, and Astronomer. Passionate about data science for social good.

Astronomy & Physics

  • Astrophysics/cosmology Expert at Ann Arbor Science & Skeptics: Scientists Fair, 2014

Data Science & AI

  • Contributed to MyWater-Flint app. A goal is boosting transparency and trust for residents, many of whom have expressed anger and frustration since problems with their drinking water emerged, 2016

  • Holding weekly Machine Learning tutorial sessions for undergrad, grad students, and post-docs, University of Michigan, 2016-present

Mentorship

  • Xinyi Chen (Undergraduate), Galaxy Clusters Scaling Relation, University of Michigan, 2015-2017

  • Daniel Zhang (Undergraduate), The Flint Water Crisis: Analysis and Recommendations, University of Michigan, 2016-2017