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Micah Altman

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American Social and Information scientist

United StatesBorn 1967 · age 59
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Micah Altman is an American social scientist who conducts research in social science informatics.

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2018Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal

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Micah Altman is an American social scientist who conducts research in social science informatics. Since 2012, he has worked as the head research scientist in the MIT Libraries, first as director of the Program on Information Science (2012-2018) and subsequently as director of research for the libraries' Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship. Altman previously worked at Harvard University. He is known for his work on redistricting, scholarly communication, privacy and open science. Altman is a co-founder of Public Mapping Project, which develops DistrictBuilder, an open-source software.

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Born 1967 · age 59
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