Namig Abbasov

I am Namig Abbasov, a digital humanities data analyst at Arizona State University. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University. I also hold a MA in International Relations and Dialogue Studies from Keele University, the United Kingdom, and a BA in Regional Studies and Economic Sciences from Baku Engineering University (former Qafqaz University), Azerbaijan. 

My role at ASU encompasses the implementation of a range of statistical and computational tools. These tools are geared towards the innovative application of data science within the realms of digital humanities and social sciences, aimed at supporting the ASU community. My responsibilities are fourfold:

1. Providing assistance to ASU's faculty and students through one-on-one meetings and consultations, addressing their queries and challenges related to data science, statistics, and research methodologies.
2. Facilitating weekly workshops and training sessions that cover a spectrum of topics including text analysis, machine learning, statistics, and data visualization.
3. Developing practical projects, with a primary emphasis on machine learning applications. These projects span across both academic disciplines and the private sector.
4. Playing a role in organizing a variety of programs related to data analysis, statistics, and statistical software certifications.

I am passionate about using machine learning algorithms and ensemble forecasting as they offer powerful tools to evaluate the predictive power of models with various theoretical explanations and have immense potential to narrow the gap between theory and policy. I am dedicated to continuing professional growth with training in machine learning and large-scale data to resolve advanced research problems. As a scholar and educator, I feel a profound responsibility to conduct research that will yield findings that will go beyond academia and generate real change and progress even to a lesser extent.

My articles have been published or forthcoming in Foreign Policy Analysis, Problems of Post-Communism, Nations and Nationalism, Asia-Europe Journal, Caucasus Survey, and Middle East Policy.