Samantha Dies

Samantha Dies

PhD Student in Computer Science

Contact Information

Education

  • B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, Georgetown University, 2022
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Northeastern University (expected)

Teaching Experiencce

Project Coordinator, Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School — Summer 2025
Supervisor: Dave Feldman

Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University

  • NETS 7332 / CS 7332: Graph Machine Learning — Fall 2025

Teaching Assistant, Georgetown University

  • MATH 140: Introduction to Statistics — Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
  • CS 160: Data Structures — Spring 2021, Fall 2021
  • CS 051-052: Computer Science I & II — Spring 2020, Fall 2020
  • MATH 137: Multivariable Calculus — Fall 2019

Industry Experience

  • Data Science Intern, Pitney Bowes (May 2021 - August 2021)
  • Data Science Intern, Pitney Bowes (May 2020 - August 2020)

Preprints

  • Samantha Dies, David Liu, Tina Eliassi-Rad. 2025. Forecasting Faculty Placement from Patterns in Co-authorship Networks. [pdf]
  • Moritz Laber*, Samantha Dies*, Joseph Ehlert*, Brennan Klein, and Tina Eliassi-Rad. 2025. Effects of higher-order interactions and homophily on information access inequality. [pdf]
  • Olumide Adisa, Enio Alterman Blay, Yasaman Asgari, Gabriele Di Bona, Samantha Dies, Ana Maria Jaramillo, Paulo H. Resende, and Ana Maria de Sousa Leitao. 2024. The Overlooked Need for Ethics in Complexity Science: Why it Matters. [pdf]

Posters

  • Samantha Dies, David Liu, Tina Eliassi-Rad. Forecasting Faculty Placement from Patterns in Co-authorship Networks. The International Conference of Computational Social Science, July 2025.
  • Samantha Dies*, Joseph Ehlert*, Mortiz Laber*, and Tina Eliassi-Rad. Higher-Order Network Effects on Information Access Efficiency and Equality. The Graph Exploitation Symposium, July 2024. [pdf]

Talks

  • NetSci 2025. Higher-order Network Effects on Informaiton Access Equality & Efficiency. Maastricht, the Netherlands.
  • CCS 2023. Unraveling the Impact of Co-authorship on Faculty Placement. Bahia, Brazil.
  • ACM CAPWIC 2022. Quantifying and Measuring Transparency in Computer Science Research. Online.
  • ACM CAPWIC 2021. Social Media as a Driver for Social Change: Analyzing the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter Movements on Twitter. Online.

Awards and Honors

  • Khoury Fellowship, Northeastern University (September 2022 - August 2023)
  • Summa Cum Laude, Georgetown University (May 2022)
  • Award for Academic Excellence in Computer Science, Georgetown University (May 2022)
  • Pi Sigma Mu (May 2022)
  • Sigma Xi (May 2022)
  • Phi Beta Kappa (May 2021)
  • ACM Capital Region Celebration of Women in Computing Best Flashtalk Runner-Up (March 2021)

Academic Service

  • ICWSM ‘24 Program Committee

Schools and Workshops

  • Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School (June 2024)