Projects

Selected software projects and research work.

Featured Software Projects

XNAT Deployment Toolkit

A deployment and operations toolkit developed from research infrastructure work at NIH/NIDA, focused on reproducible setup, troubleshooting, and data-system reliability.

Tech/areas: Linux, Bash, Docker, research infrastructure, deployment documentation
Repository: github.com/zacharyfried/xnat-deployment-toolkit

Paper Meta-Analyzer

A Python tool for supporting literature review and paper-screening workflows using APIs, PDF/text processing, and structured metadata.

Tech/areas: Python, OpenAI API, Zotero, PDF processing, MySQL, research tooling
Repository: github.com/zacharyfried/paper-meta-analyzer

Pushshift Toolkit

A data tooling project for collecting, processing, and analyzing large-scale Reddit data for computational social science research.

Tech/areas: Python, Reddit/Pushshift data, MySQL, text processing, data pipelines
Repository: github.com/zacharyfried/pushshift-toolkit

Research And Publications

Explicit and Implicit Large Language Model Personas Generate Opinions but Fail to Replicate Deeper Perceptions and Biases

Research on how large language models respond to persona-based prompting in subjective social science tasks.

Ethical Considerations in Using Generative AI Chatbots for High-Stakes Information Seeking Related to Substance Use and Addiction

Research evaluating generative AI responses to substance-use and recovery questions, with attention to clinical risk and misinformation.

Exploring Sexualized Cannabis Use: A Reddit Discourse Analysis

Computational social science research using Reddit discourse analysis to study sexualized cannabis use.

Honors Thesis: Weighted Dice Similarity Coefficient for Radiation Treatment Planning

Undergraduate honors thesis work involving an R implementation for comparing 3D structures in radiation treatment planning.