Jessie Finocchiaro

Hi, I’m Jessie! (Pronouns: she/her; pronounced: Jeh-see Fin-uh-car-oh)

I am an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Boston College. Previously, I was a National Science Foundation Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University, hosted by Dr. Yiling Chen and fellow of the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS). I graduated from the CS Theory group at CU Boulder, working with Dr. Rafael Frongillo. In general, my research interests intersect Theoretical Machine Learning, Algorithmic Game Theory, and Computational Economics. In particular, I am interested in understanding the design and impacts of objective function design in prediction and optimization tasks. Previously, I was a 2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.

I’m happy to chat about careers in research and my experience as a PhD student and postdoc. Please feel free to send me an email with some details about why you’re reaching out.