Michael Lash
Assistant Professor Of Instruction at The University of Iowa Tippie College of Business
Iowa City, Iowa, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lash is an Assistant Professor of Instruction and business analytics researcher with a PhD in Computer Science and a decade of experience applying machine learning, data mining, and predictive analytics to real-world problems. He has taught and developed graduate courses in Data Management, Visual Analytics, and Text Analytics while bridging academic research with applied projects in computational epidemiology and geoinformatics. His background includes extensive hands-on data engineering—Python web scraping, GIS analysis, database design, and iterative statistical modelling—supporting public-health and cancer-mapping initiatives. Michael combines rigorous research collaborations with practical classroom instruction, and his work often surfaces at the intersection of spatial data, network analysis, and decision-focused analytics.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of Iowa
English
Github Skills (11)
python9
machine-learning9
deep-learning8
neural-network8
tensorflow8
deep-neural-networks7
ml7
driver2
vehicle-routing1
linux1
visualization1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
michael-lash/michael-lash.github.io
Jun 2023 - Sep 2025
Michael T. Lash Personal Webpage
Contributions:108 pushes in 2 years 2 months
michael-lash/BCIC
Feb 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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