J. Bayoán Santiago Calderón

J. Bayoán Santiago Calderón

Research Economist

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Biography

José Bayoán Santiago Calderón is a research economist in the national economic accounts research group at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Before joining the federal statistical system, Dr. Santiago Calderón had years of experience in the private sector as a research scientist at various companies. Bayoán also held academic appointments with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia, where he started his career in public service.

His research has centered on improving decision-making, emphasizing the public good (e.g., science policy). His transdisciplinary research approach has enabled him to routinely collaborate across disciplines and develop a diverse set of domain knowledge and methodological toolset. He also participates in various open-source software communities (e.g., JuliaLang) and civic activism (e.g., Code4PR, Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Accion).

I read quite a bit of manga, manhwa & manhua as well as watching anime, donghua and KDramas. Sometimes, I even have time and energy to play some videogames. Check out the relevant profiles: PSN Profiles, MyAnimeList, MyDramaList.

Interests
  • Science Policy
  • Data Science
  • Repurposing Administrative Data for Statistical Purposes
  • Computational Economics
Education
  • Claremont Graduate University

    PhD in Economics, 2019

    Claremont Graduate University

  • Claremont Graduate University

    MA in Economics, 2015

    Claremont Graduate University

  • Southwestern University

    BA in Economics, 2014

    Southwestern University

Skills

Technical
Statistics, Data Science, Machine Learning

Regression Analysis
Econometrics
Data Analysis

Programming

Julia, R, Python , SQL , Git , Linux
Scientific Computing, Software Development
High-Performance Computing , Cloud Computing

Methods

Agent-Based Modeling (ABM)
Social Network Analysis
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Text Mining, Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Hobbies
My dog

I have a two years old doggo named Sadaharu

Reading

Manga (One Piece, One Punch-Man)

TV Shows

Currently watching some animes like Spy x Family and a bunch of isekais

Videogames

Currently playing Baldur’s Gate III and Stellaris

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Research Economist · Full-time
May 2021 – Present Suitland, MD

My research focus is in the areas of the digital economy, intellectual property products (IPPs), and own account procurement. Some of my work include exploring a range of measurement issues concerning intangibles assets such as software (e.g., own account, open-source) and data.

Supervisor: Jon D. Samuels

 
 
 
 
 
Pumas-AI, Inc.
Senior Scientist II · Contract · Part-time
August 2018 – December 2023 Remote

My strategic & scientific consulting work included projects across multiple therapeutic areas such as rare diseases, metabolic diseases, pediatrics, oncology, and vaccines. I conducted multiple clinical trial evaluations of the safety and efficacy of formulations to support drug development strategies at the company (e.g., study design, stop/go decisions, model development, biomarker exploration, dose selection) and regulatory processes (e.g., type-C meetings).

My work in the product development team was primarily the development of the module for bioequivalence (BE) analysis in the Pumas ecosystem. This included the design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintenance, and coordination with the other components of the ecosystem.

Supervisors:

 
 
 
 
 
University of Virginia
Postdoctoral Research Associate · Full-time
May 2019 – May 2021 Arlington, VA

Worked on multiple projects with federal and state agencies helping them meet their missions. These included:


Other work activities include:

  • Assisted the infrastructure team on helping the team best use UVA computing resources (e.g., high-performance computing) and best practices (e.g., version control).

  • Served as project lead and instructor for the Data Science for the Public Good Young Scholars Program (DSPG).

Supervisor: Sallie Ann Keller, PhD

 
 
 
 
 
QuantEcon
Research Assistant · Contract
June 2018 – May 2019 Remote

Worked on creating and improving the QuantEcon lectures for Julia and its related open source ecosystem (e.g., updating lectures from Julia v0.6 to Julia v1).

Supervisor: Jesse Perla, PhD

 
 
 
 
 
Virginia Tech
Data Science for the Public Good Fellow · Contract
May 2018 – August 2020 Arlington, VA

As a fellow for the Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) program, I worked on two projects:


Supervisor: Gizem Korkmaz, PhD

 
 
 
 
 
Michigan State University
Research Fellow · Contract
June 2016 – July 2016 East Lansing, MI

Teaching Assistant for ECSP 891 Advanced Research of the American Economic Association Summer Program.

Supervisor: Lisa DeNell Cook, PhD

 
 
 
 
 
Res-Intel
Data Scientist · Contract
September 2016 – August 2018 Remote

Worked on three projects:

  • Res-Intel Software Development
  • Behavioral program analyses for Southern California Edison (SCE) (example)
  • California Advanced Homes Program Study (proposal, results)

Supervisor: Hal T. Nelson, PhD

 
 
 
 
 
Johns Hopkins University
Teaching Assistant · Contract
June 2015 – August 2015 Baltimore, MD

Fundamentals of Microeconomics (15S.MICO.JHU.1A, 15S.MICO.JHU.2A)

Supervisor: Sean Gibbons

 
 
 
 
 
Center for Neuroeconomics Studies
Research Assistant · Part-time
September 2014 – May 2015 Claremont, CA

Assisted the data collection and analysis of several experiments. Some tasks included recruitment, training, running experiments (human and animal subjects). Some of the methods for the data collection and analysis included computer laboratory experiments, drug studies (e.g., alcohol, testosterone), biometric research such as electroencephalogram (EGG) and electrocardiogram (ECG), eye-tracking, and blood work. Several of the tools used included z-Tree and iMotions-BIOPAC.

Supervisor: Paul Joseph Zak, PhD

 
 
 
 
 
Sapientis
Intern · Contract · Full-time
May 2011 – August 2011 San Juan, PR

Summer intern through the Agents of Change Empowerment and Retention Program (PARACa) fellowship, a Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción initiative. Worked on the annual report to the state senate on the status of the K-12 public education system titled “El estado actual de las escuelas públicas en Plan de Mejoramiento en Puerto Rico, año escolar 2010-2011”. Assisted the Coalition for Equity and High Quality Education (CECE, for its Spanish acronym) and members of the school community in the choosing and design of the advocacy plan for the year 2011-2012.

Supervisor: David Ortiz

Certificates

Preparing Future Faculty: Certificate in College Teaching
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Statistics with R
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Machine Learning
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Fundamentals of Computing
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Data Science
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Featured Publications

Accelerated Predictive Healthcare Analytics with Pumas, A High Performance Pharmaceutical Modeling and Simulation Platform

Pharmacometric modeling establishes causal quantitative relationships between administered dose, tissue exposures, desired and undesired effects and patient’s risk factors. These models are employed to de-risk drug development and guide precision medicine decisions. However, pharmacometric tools have not been designed to handle today’s heterogeneous big data and complex models. We set out to design a platform that facilitates domain-specific modeling and its integration with modern analytics to foster innovation and readiness in healthcare. Pumas demonstrates estimation methodologies with dramatic performance advances. New ODE solver algorithms, such as coeficient-optimized higher order integrators and new automatic stiffness detecting algorithms which are robust to frequent discontinuities, give rise to a median 4x performance improvement across a wide range of stiff and non-stiff systems seen in pharmacometric applications. These methods combine with JIT compiler techniques, such as statically-sized optimizations and discrete sensitivity analysis via forward-mode automatic differentiation, to further enhance the accuracy and performance of the solving and parameter estimation process. We demonstrate that when all of these techniques are combined with a validated clinical trial dosing mechanism and non-compartmental analysis (NCA) suite, real applications like NLME fitting see a median 81x acceleration while retaining the same accuracy. Meanwhile in areas with less prior software optimization, like optimal experimental design, we see orders of magnitude performance enhancements over competitors. Further, Pumas combines these technical advances with several workflows that are automated and designed to boost productivity of the day-to-day user activity. Together we show a fast pharmacometric modeling framework for next-generation precision analytics.