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).
🇵🇷 de pura cepa. 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.
Regression Analysis
Econometrics
Scalable Data Analysis
Julia, R, SQL, Git, Linux
Scientific Computing, Software Development
High-Performance Computing, Cloud Computing
Agent-Based Modeling (ABM)
Social Network Analysis
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Text Mining, Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Working on topics related to the digital economy and measuring intangible assets (e.g., open-source software, data).
Supervisor: David Wasshausen
Developed the module for bioequivalence (BE) analysis in the Pumas ecosystem. This included the design, implementation, testing, documentation, maintanence, and coordination with the other components of the ecosystem.
Assisting the consulting branch working on various projects for our clients.
Supervisor: Joga Gobburu, PhD
Worked on multiple projects with federal and state agencies helping them meet their missions. These included:
Served as project lead and instructor for the Data Science for the Public Good Young Scholars Program (DSPG).
Supervisor: Sallie Ann Keller, PhD
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
As a fellow for the Data Science for the Public Good (DSPG) program, I worked on two projects:
Supervisor: Gizem Korkmaz, PhD
Teaching Assistant for ECSP 891 Advanced Research of the American Economic Association Summer Program.
Supervisor: Lisa DeNell Cook, PhD
Fundamentals of Microeconomics (15S.MICO.JHU.1A, 15S.MICO.JHU.2A)
Supervisor: Sean Gibbons
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
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