About

I'm a junior at Duke University studying mathematics and statistics. I have research and project experience in mining large, public- and private-domain data sets to understand various issues related to human behavior. At Duke, I work with Prof. Jichun Xie on whole-genome sequencing and genome-wide association studies and with Prof. Jerry Reiter on survey statistics.

Outside of research, I have a strong interest in journalism. I currently serve as news editor for The Chronicle, Duke's independent newspaper, and have a particular interest in covering administrative actions and their associated impact on students and other members of the Duke community.

I am an avid basketball fan and work on the creative team for Duke Men’s Basketball.

Research

1. Wadekar, A.S. and Reiter, J.P. (2023+) “Evaluating binary outcome classifiers estimated from survey data,” arXiV: 2311.00596.
2. Wadekar, A.S. (2020). “A psychosocial approach to predicting substance use disorder (SUD) among adolescents.” In Proceedings of IEEE/ACM Intl. Conf. on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 819-826.
3. Wadekar, A.S. (2020). “Understanding Opioid Use Disorder using tree-based classifiers.” Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 208, 107839.

Journalism

Below is a selection of my recent clips.

• Students frustrated after Global Education Office introduces caps on Duke-approved study abroad programs, November 2023.
• Duke launches review into Center for Documentary Studies after 20 months of resignations, layoffs and program cuts, April 2023.
• How a Duke professor’s research may change the face of college admissions in the US, November 2022.
• ‘Ready to fly’: Stories and scenes from the Class of 2027’s move-in day, August 2023.
• ‘How loved she was’: Peaches’ caretakers reflect on beloved calico cat’s legacy at Duke, August 2022.
• ‘Political meddling from on high’: AAUP, faculty condemn University of North Carolina System leadership, June 2022.
• ‘Actively engaged in shutting us down’: Thompson Writing Program faculty continue fight for renewability, February 2022.