Michael Behrisch
CTO Founder at Utrecht University
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolMichael Behrisch is a visual analytics researcher-turned-founder and CTO based in Utrecht, combining nine years of experience across academia and industry. As an Assistant Professor at Utrecht University and founder of GraphPolaris, he translates cutting-edge visualization research—especially matrix-based representations for large relational data—into practical tools for exploring complex graphs. His background includes postdoctoral work at Harvard and Tufts and a PhD from the University of Konstanz, where his thesis focused on pattern analysis and user-centric exploration of large view spaces. Michael publishes code openly (hosted on git.science.uu.nl under vig and graphpolaris), reflecting a commitment to reproducible research and deployable software. Unusually for an academic entrepreneur, he also brings early industry experience in business analysis and technology scouting, giving him a strong sense for product-market fit alongside technical depth.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of KonstanzMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Information Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Engineering at Universität Konstanz / University of KonstanzTechnischen Universität DarmstadtJustus-Liebig-Schule, Gymnasium (Darmstadt)
English, German, French, Dutch
Github Skills (109)
proxies9
testing9
security9
api-management9
microservices9
keras9
angular8
plot8
javascript8
service-mesh8
golang8
consul8
interoperability8
react8
resiliency8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mbehrisch/mbehrisch.github.io
Oct 2016 - Dec 2024
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 4 months
mbehrisch/ieeevis.org
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Website for ieeevis.org
Contributions:10 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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