Patrick E. Carlson
Education
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
PhD, Cumulative GPA: 3.68/4.0
2008 - 2015
Major: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa
Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Cumulative GPA: 3.715/4.0
2003 - 2008
Majors: Computer Science and Psychology
Experience
Sandia National Labs
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Data Scientist (promoted to Principal level - May 2021)
2017 - present
Data analysis, R and Python programming, data virtualization, Tableau and Shiny visualizations, analytics team co-lead, SQL and Mongo querying, architecture and data engineering research, project planning, writeups, design mockups, and UX reviews.
Renaissance Learning
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
User Experience Analyst
2016 - 2017
Perform remote usability testing on software prototypes, help with UI design, and develop and analyze survey data.
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
Improving Open Source Software Development (Dissertation Topic)
2010 - 2015
Apply data mining in the development of algorithms and tools to improve developer understanding of technical and social structure in large Open Source communities. Under direction of Dr. Judy Vance.
Bimanual Haptics for Virtual Assembly Tasks (Research Assistant)
2009 - 2015
Designed and analyzed studies examining various bimanual haptic device configurations and learning transfer for virtual assembly tasks. Under direction of Dr. Judy Vance.
Mentor/Support Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) Students
Summer 2010
Helped coordinate three undergraduate REU students whose project entailed creating a physical mockup of a shopping cart which was then used in a virtual reality user study. Under direction of Dr. Judy Vance.
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)
Spring 2006 - Fall 2007
Learned the basics of machine learning and worked on applying this to improving the routing of packets in a dynamic network. Under direction of Dr. Terran Lane.
Simpson College
Indianola, Iowa
Usability and Appeal of the Linux Desktop (Psychology Capstone)
Spring 2007 - Fall 2008
Constructed and performed an experiment empirically contrasting usability and appeal of a 2D versus 3D Linux desktop.
Origins of Human Cooperation and Altruism
Fall 2005 - Fall 2006
Simulated the evolution of cooperation/altruism using game theory techniques and genetic algorithms. Presented work at Argonne National Laboratory.
Teaching and Other
Engineering/LAS Online Learning (Graduate Assistant)
Fall 2014
ME/WLC 484/584: Technology, Globalization, and Culture (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 2013
HCI/Psych 522: Scientific Methods in HCI (Teaching Assistant)
Spring 2013
CS 309: Software Development Practices (Teaching Assistant)
Spring 2009
CS 207: Programming I (Teaching Assistant)
Fall 2008
Groups and Activities
Sandia Data Sciences - Community of Practice Organizer
2018 - Present
Iowa State University Badminton Club
2009 - 2015
ISU Human-Computer Interaction Student Group Vice President
2010 - 2011
Simpson College Math Club
2006 - 2008
Simpson College Computer Club
2003 - 2008
Honors
Iowa State University Research Excellence Award
Spring 2015
Outstanding Senior in Computer Science (Simpson College)
May 2008
Honorable Mention in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)
2006, 2007, 2008
Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology
March 2007
Recent Poster Presentations
Carlson, Patrick & Vance, Judy M. (2013, April).
Who Should I Contact?: Helping New Developers Find Experts. Poster presented at the Emerging Technologies Conference, Ames, IA.
Awarded most interesting research project.
Peters, Anicia & Carlson, Patrick & Gilbert, Stephen & Vance, Judy M. (2012, April).
A Hybrid Method to Support Natural Interaction of Parts in a Virtual Environment. Poster presented at the Emerging Technologies Conference, Ames, IA.
Awarded most interesting research project.
Recent Publications
Bruno, Sean & Carlson, Patrick (2023).
Podman vs Docker comparison via R Shiny project deployment. In
Proceedings of the 2023 Improving Scientific Software Conference, pages 10-14.
Carlson, Patrick (2015).
Engaging developers in open source software projects: harnessing social and technical data mining to improve software development. In
Graduate Theses and Dissertations, pages 1-192,
Ames, IA.