Nathaniel Lovin Email & Phone Number

Developing AI Tools for assist with transmitting our research (ChatTPI) and understanding the BEAD program (ChatBEAD). Programming tpibroadband.com, our Broadband Mapping tool used by hundreds of users a month. ChatTPI and ChatBEADCreated vector database of TPI's research and blog posts using Chroma, and a pipeline to make adding additional data easy.Working to develop a frontend that interfaces with the GPT-3 API to create a chatbot that can answer questions about our work, and… Show more Developing AI Tools for assist with transmitting our research (ChatTPI) and understanding the BEAD program (ChatBEAD). Programming tpibroadband.com, our Broadband Mapping tool used by hundreds of users a month. ChatTPI and ChatBEADCreated vector database of TPI's research and blog posts using Chroma, and a pipeline to make adding additional data easy.Working to develop a frontend that interfaces with the GPT-3 API to create a chatbot that can answer questions about our work, and policy options, with reduced hallucinations via the vector database using the Retrieval Augmented Generation pattern.Implemented Hypothetical Document Embeddings to improve retrieval.Organized state BEAD plans and created vector database and traditional search engine for them, including implementing hybrid search using Numpy.ChatBEAD was featured in CommunicationsDaily. ChatTPI was mentioned in The Wall Street Journal. ChatTPI appeared as a good use of AI at a talk at a convention of state legislators. Both are being used regularly.TPI Broadband:Continued to make improvements and expand data available.Utilized Docker, Google Cloud Run, Pandas, and Statsmodels to build a service that calculates correlation and OLS regression results, improving data analysis capabilities.Demonstrated adaptability and continuous learning by expanding technical skillset as needed, managing Google Cloud budget and cutting costs multiple times as app grew, and reducing cold start times by 25 secsUsed data from map to compile report on the state of broadband for the State of Florida to help qualify for moneyunder ARPA and IIJAParticipated in user discussions and sales meetings with governments, industry groups, businesses, and academic to pitch the map and get feedbackHired and managed five summer interns who assisted with the addition of new data to the map, improvements to the UI, and other tasks.Continue to write Research Roundups and assist with economic research going on at TPI. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote and launched tpibroadband.com, a broadband map and dashboard to combine all broadband data. Developed a suite of Python scripts to monitor and manage 15+ data sources, process raw data, and analyze it in BigQuery for 20+ geography types, and to process tables and geography shape data into MapBox tilesDeveloped and implemented a GraphQL API using SQLAlchemy models and Graphene schema to efficiently manage and serve data with Flask and PostgreSQLDesigned and implemented a React… Show more Wrote and launched tpibroadband.com, a broadband map and dashboard to combine all broadband data. Developed a suite of Python scripts to monitor and manage 15+ data sources, process raw data, and analyze it in BigQuery for 20+ geography types, and to process tables and geography shape data into MapBox tilesDeveloped and implemented a GraphQL API using SQLAlchemy models and Graphene schema to efficiently manage and serve data with Flask and PostgreSQLDesigned and implemented a React frontend that features Mapbox maps, Victory graphs, and user-friendly data selection and download functions.Wrote a series of Python functions and blog posts to show how to use BigQuery ML for econometric research by calculating standard errors, robust standard errors, and other topics. Posts were among the most read posts on TPI’s blog.Wrote datascrapping scripts to develop a covid information dashboard for tpieconomics.comReleased economics paper about piracy, “Who are the Pirates?”, on SSRN. Accepted at multiple conferences.Wrote a series of blog posts summarizing recent economic, law, and computer science papers in topics of interest to the technology policy community. Contributed economic and data analysis to a variety of projects on broadband, innovation, piracy, antitrust, and other.Produced TPI’s podcasts, Two Think Minimum and The Real View from TPI Show less

Grader for Computability and Complexity

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Assisted in research into effects of piracy on legitimate media streaming using ComScore data. Used Google BigQuery and R to perform analysis on data.Attended TPI's 2018 Aspen Forum.Attended weekly meetings at Google's DC offices with other Google Policy Fellows working at various think tanks on technology issues.

Northfield, Mn

Resolve and communicate solutions to technology problems for faculty, staff, and studentsWork on problems in a variety of technologies, including Windows, macOS, printers, and networking