Piotr Mitros
Cambridge, England, Poland
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Top SchoolPiotr Mitros is a transformational leader in educational technology and measurement with 14 years of experience building platforms and teams that bridge research, engineering, and pedagogy. As technical co‑founder of MITx and founding Chief Scientist of edX, he led the creation of Open edX—a widely deployed open‑source LMS that generated one of the largest social‑science datasets in academia and powers hundreds of learning portals. His work spans learning analytics, educational data mining, and next‑generation psychometrics, recently focusing on real‑time formative feedback systems like the Writing Observer and the open Learning Observer platform. He combines deep technical chops (from analog medical imaging at Rhythmia to backend contributions to openedx/edx-platform) with policy engagement for responsible big‑data use in education. Known for turning bold research ideas into production systems, he also advises, consults, and speaks widely on the future of learning and measurement.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ph.D Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
English, Polish, Chinese
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Github Skills (8)
backend10
data-service10
python10
webservice10
django10
testing9
unit-test9
unit-testing9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openedx/edx-platform
Feb 2012 - Jan 2016
The Open edX LMS & Studio, powering education sites around the world!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:78 commits, 42 PRs, 126 pushes in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Piotr primarily contributed to the `openedx/edx-platform` repository by adding and modifying XBlocks, specifically the `RateXBlock` and completion XBlock. Their work involved integrating these components into the platform by modifying core files like `cms/envs/common.py` and adding integration tests within the LMS environment. The user also focused on code quality and performed minor cleanup tasks, indicating a strong focus on backend functionality.
edxlmssitesbackend-serviceopen-edx
pmitros/RecommenderXBlock
Jan 2015 - Apr 2017
edX: An XBlock to recommend resources to other students, written by Daniel Li, under my supervision
Contributions:5 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 3 months
pythonxblockedxmachine-learningsupervision
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