Patrick Park

Assistant Professor, Software and Societal Systems

Bio

Patrick Park is a computational social scientist whose research delves into the structure and evolution of large-scale social networks. His work examines how people form and sustain social ties and how broader social, economic, and environmental contexts influence this process. His research spans several thematic intersections, including social contagion, economic sociology, social psychology, the diffusion of innovation, and social movements, all supported by empirical data capturing population-scale online social interactions. Patrick actively seeks interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from diverse fields, including computer science, applied mathematics, social sciences, and management science. His research has been published in journals such as Science, Social Networks, PLoS One, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, and Big Data and Society.

Currently, Patrick is a tenure-track assistant professor in the Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D) at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science. Prior to joining CMU, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University. He earned his doctoral degree in sociology from Cornell University.