Michael Hilton
Advisory Board at koyal
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Hilton is an academic-practitioner in computer science with 14 years of experience bridging research, teaching, and industry-focused software work. He serves on the advisory board of koyal while holding a Teaching Professor role at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software and Societal Systems Department, following nearly a decade as an Associate/Assistant Teaching Professor in CMU’s Institute for Software Research. His background spans applied research internships at Microsoft, a PhD from Oregon State, and early systems engineering at SPAWAR, giving him deep expertise in software engineering education, research translation, and real-world systems. Michael blends classroom leadership with hands-on research mentorship and curriculum development, shaping the next generation of software practitioners. Based in Pittsburgh, he brings uncommon continuity between sustained academic roles and prior long-term government engineering experience, positioning him to advise on both rigorous research and mission-critical systems.
14 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at San Diego State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (40)
elm10
reasonml10
abstract-syntax-tree9
editor9
ocaml9
functional-programming9
neat9
nextjs8
difference8
javascript7
css7
typescript7
ranking7
science7
react7
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
WMSEE/WMSEE.github.io
Jan 2023 - May 2025
website for WMSEE
Contributions:8 PRs, 28 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
hugo
cs361-W16/Assignment-0
Jan 2016 - Jan 2016
This is a simple repository for Assignment 0
Contributions:36 commits, 68 PRs, 29 pushes in 9 days
cssjavascript
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