Ember Liu

Carnegie Mellon University

Ember is a Product Designer. She is an alumna of Carnegie Mellon’s METALS program, which trains graduates to apply science of learning principles, evidence-based research, and data-driven methods to design, create, and improve educational resources and technologies that enable students and instructors to succeed. Ember works with John Stamper, an Assistant Professor whose research focus is using “Big Data” from educational systems to improve learning.

Neil Thawani

Software Engineer

Neil is a Software Engineer. She is an alumna of Carnegie Mellon’s METALS program, which trains graduates to apply science of learning principles, evidence-based research, and data-driven methods to design, create, and improve educational resources and technologies that enable students and instructors to succeed. Ember works with John Stamper, an Assistant Professor whose research focus is using “Big Data” from educational systems to improve learning.

John Stamper

CEO & Founder, TutorGen, Inc.

John Stamper is the Founder and CEO of TutorGen, Inc. He is also an Associate Professor at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University where he created and directs the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center DataShop, the world’s largest open repository of data collected from edtech systems. His primary areas of research include Educational Data Mining and Intelligent Tutoring Systems. John received his PhD in Information Technology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, holds an MBA from the University of Cincinnati, and a BS in Systems Analysis from Miami University.