Akim J. Williams Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Francisco Bay Area

As a Data Steward & Inventory Analyst at Zoox, I leverage data-driven insights to optimize processes and enhance efficiency, including the successful integration of SAP into our operations. My focus is on streamlining workflows and improving forecasting accuracy to support Zoox’s pioneering mission in transportation.

San Francisco, California

Developed the official categorization document for various Airbnb property types (Hotel, BnB, Apartment, etc.), enabling my team to manually classify 1 million properties and train a Machine Learning Model.

Oregon State University

Research project: Social privacy: How should a robot barista socialize with its customers? [Publication attached]Robot education workshop: I helped high school students learn about computer science by designing and implementing a skit for a real robot thespian.

I independently received funding to run a research project about teacher and student perceptions of plagiarism. I also contributed to a 15-page NSF Grant Proposal, developed a 12-page coding scheme for analyzing qualitative data, and conducted sensitive interviews with high schoolers.

My independent research experiment: How should robot operators (not) open a conversation with a local human? I wrote a successful funding proposal, and presented findings at a conference. Motion sickness and immersion in virtual reality, robots and loneliness, computers should follow social rules