Oliver Michel
Assistant Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolOliver Michel is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Illinois Institute of Technology and a researcher with over a decade of experience in networking, real-time multimedia, programmable data planes, and wireless systems. He transitioned from postdoctoral and research roles at Princeton and the University of Vienna after earning a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder, blending academic rigor with practical engineering. His background includes software engineering roles and early startup work—founding editum and building Tupalo.com's first iPhone app and API—showing a habit of shipping production systems alongside research. Oliver’s work often targets low-latency, measurement-driven networking problems that bridge theory and deployable systems. Based in Chicago, he combines deep protocol-level expertise with hands-on experience in SDN and WAN automation from internships at Juniper and industry positions. He is notable for moving fluidly between academia and product-focused engineering, applying research insights directly to real-world networked applications.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at University of ViennaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Colorado BoulderComputer Science, Computer Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
German, English
Github Skills (7)
packet-analysis10
wireshark-dissector10
zoom-meeting9
rtp7
video-conferencing6
packet-capture5
react5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
olivermichel/pdns-dnsupdate
Aug 2016 - Aug 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
olivermichel/dotfiles
Aug 2015 - Mar 2022
Contributions:38 pushes in 6 years 8 months
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