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Hey, I'm Mike.

 I’m a data scientist who does work in the public interest. Currently at MITRE contributing to projects that assist the IRS. I'm most in the zone when I'm wrangling, visualizing, and analyzing data for a good cause.

I used to work in Human Resources, and still find joy in making other people's lives easier. I'm always looking for a new book series to read.

Feel free to reach out!

Projects
train 
Ticket to Ride Where?
with Nathan Dignazio & Nguyen Luong
(May 2020)


Predicting public transit ridership
rates in Illinois census tracts

            

            

house   
Can Chicago Teachers Afford to Live
Where They Teach?
with LauraMargaret Burbach & Jonathan Rockower
(March 2020)


Analyzing teacher salaries and nearby
property values of Chicago Public Schools
tools   
When Will They Fix It?
with Lily Grier (December 2020)


Predicting 311 response times
throughout Chicago

            

            

      

tools   
The Air We Breathe   Google Collab
 (February 2021)


Writing about air pollution in America,
with maps and graphs
house   
America's Air is Cleaner,
But Still Kills   GitHub
 (March 2021)


Writing about air pollution in
America, with scrollytelling

            

            

      

tools   
Predicting the Outcome of Food
Re-Inspections in Chicago
with Ali Pelczar (June 2021)


Using NLP methods to predict the
outcome of food reinspections in Chicago
house   
Measuring Poverty via
Remote Sensing
with Matt Mauer (June 2021)


Using large-scale satellite data
to predict local poverty in Africa