Michael Porter - Associate Professor

Michael Porter

Associate Professor

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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Michael Porter is an Associate Professor of Systems and Information Engineering and Data Science at the University of Virginia with a decade of experience bridging academic research and applied analytics. He holds a PhD from UVA and has held roles from postdoctoral fellowships to principal research scientist positions in industry, including a recent Amazon Scholar appointment. His work blends statistical rigor with practical geospatial and systems applications, evidenced by collaborations with GeoEye/DigitalGlobe and defense-focused analytics at SPADAC. Porter publishes actively (Google Scholar, Academia) and maintains a GitHub presence, signaling a commitment to reproducible research and open tools. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex models into actionable insights for both business and policy audiences.

10 years of coding experience

12 years of employment as a software developer

Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering at Purdue University

Master of Science (MS), Systems Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Systems Engineering at Vanderbilt University

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Systems and Information Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Systems and Information Engineering at University of Virginia

Github Skills (24)

prediction-model8

risk-assessment7

climate-change6

forecast6

quality-assurance6

crowd6

prepare6

summarize6

test-data6

variable-selection5

meta-analysis5

missing-data5

preprocessing4

resampling4

exploratory-data-analysis4

Programming languages (2)

RHTML

Github contributions (5)

mdporter/county-risk

Jul 2020 - Nov 2020

Functions to model and forecast COVID infections in the US using an SIR model and positive test data at the county level.

Contributions:34 commits, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 4 months

quality-assuranceclimate-changetest-datadataminingrisk-assessment

mdporter/DS6030

Aug 2021 - Dec 2024

Contributions:2 releases, 137 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months

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