Edward Oughton
Associate Professor - College Of Science
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolEdward Oughton is an Assistant Professor at George Mason University with 11 years of experience modeling and simulating critical infrastructure and its vulnerabilities. He combines academic rigor from a PhD and MPhil at the University of Cambridge with hands-on research roles at institutions including the British Antarctic Survey, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge, and Carnegie Mellon. His work spans space weather, networks, and environmental risk, and he develops open-source data analytics tools to support decision-making under uncertainty. Known for bridging disciplinary boundaries, he moves between policy-relevant risk modeling and technical system simulation, often translating complex scientific results into practical guidance for infrastructure resilience. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he maintains active international collaborations and a track record of visiting appointments that amplify the real-world impact of his research.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (71)
python10
image-processing10
noise10
5g10
wireless10
heightmap10
satellite-imagery10
stamen-maps10
terrain10
cartography9
tiles9
geography9
satellite9
infrastructure9
orbit8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nismod/digital_comms
Nov 2016 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 releases, 738 commits, 114 PRs in 3 years
infrastructuretelecommunications
edwardoughton/qubic
Apr 2021 - Mar 2022
Quantified Universal Broadband Investment by Country
Contributions:100 commits, 41 PRs, 24 pushes in 11 months
financebroadbandinvestmentquantified
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