Adam Porter
Co Executive Director at University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Porter is a seasoned technology leader and academic with 14+ years of hands-on software and organizational leadership experience, serving concurrently as Co-Executive Director at UM Institute for Health Computing, Executive Director at Fraunhofer USA CESE, and Professor at the University of Maryland. He blends deep research credentials (PhD in Computer Science) with practical engineering expertise across Python, Linux, web front- and back-ends, and QA, and is an active Emacs/Org-mode open-source contributor. His contributions to high-profile projects like Helm and Magit show a focus on developer ergonomics and performance—adding Org-mode integrations, smart agenda filtering, and diff-speed optimizations. Based in College Park, MD, he brings a rare mix of academic rigor, applied software craftsmanship, and nonprofit/industry program leadership that accelerates both tooling and translational research.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at California State University-Dominguez HillsBishop Montgomery High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
English, Italian
Github Skills (13)
completions10
emacs-lisp10
git10
helm10
org-mode10
magit10
test-automation9
performance-optimization9
php-framework8
web-framework8
uid8
front-end-development8
ui-design8
Programming languages (32)
Github contributions (5)
alphapapa/org-super-agenda
Jul 2017 - Aug 2022
Supercharge your Org daily/weekly agenda by grouping items
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 12 reviews, 423 commits in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Adam primarily contributed to the development of the `org-super-agenda` package by adding core functionalities. These contributions involved writing Elisp code to define functions for filtering and organizing agenda items based on criteria such as tags, habits, TODO keywords, and priorities. The work included refactoring and adding more filters for functionality, with the user also implementing a test suite. The user also focused on enhancing the command and group behavior of the package.
emacssuperchargeorg-modeorg-agenda
alphapapa/org-ql
Aug 2017 - Dec 2022
A searching tool for Org-mode, including custom query languages, commands, saved searches and agenda-like views, etc.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:24 releases, 36 reviews, 927 commits in 5 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Adam has been actively developing new features within the Org QL project. They focused on enhancements to the time-related functionality of the system, including adding new features like the “with-time” argument for timestamp predicates. They also contributed to core system functionality.
emacsqueryorg-modequery-languageorg-agenda
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