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Tim Althoff

Natural Language Processing (NLP) Social Network Analysis Large-Scale Behavioral Data Analysis Computational Methods For Health And Happiness

About

Tim Althoff is an associate professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. His research advances computational methods that leverage large-scale behavioral data to extract actionable insights about our lives, health and happiness through combining techniques from data science, social network analysis, and natural language processing. Tim holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from the Computer Science Department at Stanford University, where he worked with Jure Leskovec. Prior to his PhD, Tim obtained M.S. and B.S. degrees from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He has received several fellowships and awards including the SAP Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Fulbright scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service scholarship, the German National Merit Foundation scholarship, a Best Paper Award by the International Medical Informatics Association, the WWW 2021 Best Paper Award, two ICWSM 2021 Best Paper Awards, an ACL 2023 Oustanding Paper Award, and the SIGKDD Dissertation Award 2019. Tim’s research has been covered internationally by news outlets including BBC, CNN, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

Research Performance Summary

145
Total Papers
9108
Total Citations
46
H-Index
2008-2026
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Jam-or-Fold: Eine spieltheoretische Betrachtung des Heads-Up Poker

Year: 2008

Citations: 0

Venue: N/A

Latest Recorded Paper

Transforming wearable data into personal health insights using large language model agents

Year: 2026

Citations: 1

Venue: Nature Communications

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2026
1
2025
24
2024
27
2023
11
2022
12
2021
15
2020
9
2019
9
2018
7
2017
7
2016
5

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 41
Journal 5
Book 3

Top Coauthors

Althoff Zhang

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 25
Citations 141
Avg. Citations / Paper 5.6
H-Index 8

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 74
Citations 4501
Avg. Citations / Paper 60.8
H-Index 35

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 31
Citations 4023
Avg. Citations / Paper 129.8
H-Index 17

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 13
Citations 443
Avg. Citations / Paper 34.1
H-Index 5

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

althoff@cs.washington.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Natural Language Processing Human Language Model Language Model Interaction Mental Health Support Language Processing Mental Processing Mental Health Mental Health Interventions Longitudinal Human Behavior Human Behavior Modeling Language Model Agents