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Germans Savcisens
PhD, Computational Social Science
Germans SavčišensГерман СавчiшенГерман СавчишенGhe-r-men Saf-chi-shenAbout Me
Hi, I'm Germans Savcisens — a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Khoury College of Computer Science at Northeastern University. I work at the intersection of network science, machine learning, and human behavior as part of the Rad Lab and the Network Science Institute.
My research focuses on making machine learning models more transparent, secure, and better suited for understanding social and behavioral data. I enjoy thinking about how algorithms shape — and are shaped by — the complex networks we live in.
Before coming to Boston, I earned my PhD in Computational Social Science from the Technical University of Denmark, working with the Social Complexity Lab. There, I explored how foundation models can help us understand individual life trajectories in socioeconomic and health domains, see life2vec paper.
Latest Blog Posts
Dec 24, 2025
Is Life2vec a Mess?
A public-facing explanation of life2vec: its data, design, and limits, and why claims about '78% accuracy' and online death prediction are deeply misleading.
Dec 10, 2025
Welcome to My Blog
Introducing a new space for sharing thoughts on research, technology, and the journey of a computational social scientist.