Michael Fichman
Associate Professor Of Practice, Department Of City And Regional Planning
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Fichman is an Associate Professor of Practice and city planner who leverages a decade of applied urban research to build data-driven spatial and statistical models for public policy, transportation safety, economic development and the night-time economy. Based at UPenn's Weitzman School and a Senior Research Associate at PennPraxis, he combines hands-on GIS and R modeling with course leadership and consulting for government and international NGOs. His background spans affordable housing analytics, big-data spatial prediction, and quantitative evaluation of public-space interventions. Unusually, he pairs this technical practice with a creative career—over 150 music events promoted, a record label launched, and 500+ performances—which informs his work on cultural and hospitality-driven urban economies.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, General, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, General at Haverford CollegeCertificate, Biogeochemistry and Ecology, Certificate, Biogeochemistry and Ecology at Woods Hole MBLMaster of Arts (M.A.), City Planning, Master of Arts (M.A.), City Planning at University of Pennsylvania
English, French, German
Github Skills (18)
r-package6
science5
jekyll-theme5
jekyll5
elevatr5
r-language5
missing-data4
digital-elevation-model4
tidy3
census3
data-science3
tidyverse2
elevation2
dplyr2
tidymodels2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mafichman/R_FAQ_For_Planners
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:43 commits, 48 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
mafichman/MUSA_508_Lab
Sep 2021 - Nov 2022
Contributions:21 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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