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Dr. Graham West joined the School of Applied Computation Sciences as an assistant professor of computer science and data science in July of 2024. His research focuses on applying machine learning methods in the digital humanities.Dr. West's doctoral dissertation "On fitting the morphology of simulations of interacting galaxies to synthetic data" focused on developing optimization methods to model and fit simulations of interacting galaxies to synthetic and observational data. After graduating magna cum laude, Dr. West joined the Ancient Lives project, a team of data scientists and humanities scholars aiming to bring advances in machine learning to ancient Greek papyrology. Specifically, his work has consistented of developing deep learning models to perform handwritten text recognition and dating of papyrus fragments.As a data science educator who is passionate about both the field and his students, Dr. West's objective is to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and experience they need to succeed in the ever-evolving landscape of data science. His approach to teaching emphasizes both the theoretical and practical aspects of the field, fostering a research mindset in students, and being available and accommodating to them in whatever ways he can.Outside the classroom, Dr. West is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, a film buff, and a lover of philosophy and religion.