Dr. Matthew Harding is an Econometrician and Data Scientist who develops techniques at the intersection of machine learning and econometrics to answer Big Data questions related to individual consumption and investment decisions in areas such as energy, water, health and consumer finance.

He has extensive experience in designing and evaluating large-scale field experiments in collaboration with industry leaders to measure the individual and social consequences of individual or corporate choices and the extent to which Big Data can be used to improve choices and lead to more accurate and targeted programs and products.

Dr. Harding has a wealth of applied research experience as the Founding Director of the Duke - UNC USDA Center for Behavioral Economics and Healthy Food Choice Research and the Duke Energy Data Analytics Lab. He has also worked as an expert consultant for the Department of Justice, World Bank, Apple Inc., Franklin Energy and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

He is also currently a Full Professor of Economics and Statistics at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Harding held previous faculty positions at Duke University and Stanford University in the Department of Economics.

He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford, and his B.A. in Economics and Philosophy from the University College London.