Joe Austerweil received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2012. Following a short postdoctoral position at Stanford University, he took a position as an assistant professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences in the fall of 2013. In the summer of 2016, he joined the Psychology Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor and was recently promoted to associate professor in 2021. He received the William K. Estes Young Investigator Award in Mathematical Psychology in 2019, and is an associate editor for the journal, Computational Brain & Behavior. His work connects concepts from machine learning to human learning and knowledge, gaining insights into the mind and developing novel methods in machine learning.
A word from Craig Berridge, Chair of Psychology:
The Department of Psychology enthusiastically congratulates Dr. Joe Austerweil on his promotion to Associate Professor. He is a leader in the application of advanced data science approaches to better understand complex human behavior and is a dedicated and stellar teacher and mentor. We look forward to his future contributions to our campus.