Patrick Juola

Juola studied electrical engineering and mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, then went on to study computer science and cognitive science at master's level at the University of Colorado Boulder. He completed a PhD at Colorado Boulder in computer science in 1995. He tutored at St Hugh's and Lincoln at the University of Oxford while conducting postdoctoral research in experimental psychology at Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://www.duq.edu/faculty-and-staff/patrick-juola.php|title=Patrick Juola|publisher=Duquesne University|accessdate=16 November 2024}} He returned to the United States to take up an assistant professorship in computer science at Duquesne University in 1998. He was promoted to associate professor in 2004 and full professor in 2014. He was appointed to the Joseph A. Lauritis, C.S.Sp. Chair in Teaching and Technology in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.mathcs.duq.edu/~juola/Juola-CV.pdf|title=CV: Patrick Juola|publisher=Duquesne University|accessdate=16 November 2024}} He has led the National Science Foundation-funded Evaluating Variations in Language Lab since 2010.

Juola is best known for his work on authorship attribution. Though this had been a topic of his research for many years, he became well-known in 2013 when he was commissioned by the Sunday Times to examine the text of The Cuckoo's Calling, providing evidence that "Robert Galbraith" was a pen name of J. K. Rowling.{{cite news|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-professor-who-declared-its-j-k-rowling/|title= The Professor Who Declared, It’s J.K. Rowling|author=Kolowich, Steve|date=29 July 2013|magazine=The Chronicle of Higher Education|accessdate=16 November 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-forensic-linguistics-outed-j-k-rowling-not-to-mention-james-madison-barack-obama-and-the-rest-of-us|title=How Forensic Linguistics Outed J.K. Rowling (Not to Mention James Madison, Barack Obama, and the Rest of Us)|author=Hughes, Virginia|date=19 July 2013|magazine=National Geographic|accessdate=16 November 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-did-computers-uncover-jk-rowlings-pseudonym-180949824/|author=Zax, David|title=How Did Computers Uncover J.K. Rowling’s Pseudonym?|magazine=Smithsonian|accessdate=16 November 2024}} Juola has also explored the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin. Against the view that Satoshi Nakamoto was Dorian Nakamoto, as suggested in Newsweek, Juola's analysis suggested that Neal J. King was a more likely candidate.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/03/10/first-j-k-rowling-now-bitcoins-founder-how-a-computer-program-analyzes-language-to-solve-author-mysteries/|author=Dewey, Caitlin|date=10 March 2014|title=First J.K. Rowling, now Bitcoin’s founder: How a computer program analyzes language to solve author mysteries|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=16 November 2024}}

Juola's other work on authorship attribution includes helping to identify pseudonymous works from a young Abraham Lincoln. His company has been hired by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, as his work might have cybersecurity applications, and Juola has served as an expert witness in court cases relating to fraud and inheritance.{{cite news|author=Erdley, Debra|date=12 February 2013|title=Lincoln papers project seeks honesty|newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review|via=Nexis|url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:57RK-JRJ1-DYG9-62YT-00000-00&context=1519360}}{{cite news|author=Riely, Kaitlynn|date=9 May 2012|title=Will the real Abraham Lincoln please stand out?|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|page=A-2|url=https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:55KX-5S91-JC8R-30T8-00000-00&context=1519360|via=Nexis}}

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• [https://www.mathcs.duq.edu/~juola/ Professional website]
• [http://www.juolaassociates.com Juola & Associates]
• [http://www.evllabs.com Evaluating Variations in Language Lab]

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