Michael Szell
Associate Professor
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Szell is an Associate Professor and urban/geospatial data scientist with nine years of academic and research experience focused on network science, sustainable mobility, and data-driven city studies. He combines rigorous mathematical training (PhD in Physics, MSc in Mathematics) with hands-on skills in Matlab and Python to model and analyze complex transport and social networks. Based in Copenhagen, he maintains active ties to Complexity Science Hub Vienna and has a track record translating research into practical tools and platforms—creator of projects like GrowBike.Net and whatthestreet.com and long-time developer of the MMO Pardus. His work blends theoretical modeling with applied data visualization to inform sustainable mobility decisions, and he often bridges academia, industry, and civic tech through collaborative fellowships and embedded research roles.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Vienna University of TechnologyPhysics, PhD, Physics, PhD at University of Vienna
Github Skills (32)
openstreetmap10
network-visualization10
network-analysis10
urban-planning10
osmnx10
gis10
social-network-analysis10
sna10
graph-theory9
complex-networks9
network8
python8
geographic7
science6
geospatial6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mszell/bikenwgrowth
Jun 2020 - May 2022
Source code for the paper "Growing urban bicycle networks", exploring algorithmically the limitations of urban bicycle network growth
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 173 commits in 1 year 11 months
bicycle-networkgisnetwork-analysisopenstreetmaposmnx
mszell/mastoadminresources
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
Contributions:26 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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