Michael Harrison
Member Of Technical Staff at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Harrison is a Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft Research with a decade of experience bridging rigorous mathematics and production software engineering to advance language model training on the Phi team. He holds a PhD in Mathematics and brings academic depth from positions at the Institute for Advanced Study and multiple university appointments to practical ML engineering. His background spans Python development, scalable data engineering, and low-level scripting in C# and Java, reflecting an ability to move between research prototypes and production pipelines. Michael’s work uniquely combines theoretical insight with hands-on algorithmic solutions for data processing and model training at scale. Colleagues describe him as someone who translates complex mathematical ideas into reliable code and infrastructure. Based in Seattle, he thrives at the intersection of research and engineering, turning abstruse problems into deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Mathematics at Penn State UniversityMaster of Science - MS Mathematics, Master of Science - MS Mathematics at King's College London
Github Skills (7)
django7
displays5
infographics2
python1
docker1
linked-list1
golang1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
flegald/Echelon.JS
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:57 commits, 17 PRs, 44 pushes in 4 days
Mikekh84/code-blog
Nov 2015 - Jan 2016
Contributions:12 PRs, 46 pushes, 8 branches in 1 month
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