D. Michael Senter

D. Michael Senter

Research Statistician Developer

SAS Institute

Biography

Mathematical modeling, data analysis, and machine learning have been the major themes of Michael’s academic endeavors. The through line of his career has been the utilization of coding to solve computationally complex problems.

Michael enjoys mentoring and teaching. His teaching philosophy is based on his own experience - that a passion for math and computer science can be cultivated through active learning and emphasizing small victories.

Michael is originally from Nuremberg, Germany where he attended the Neues Gymnasium Nuernberg, a school following the humanist tradition of education. He now lives in Lexington with his family, where he enjoys travelling, collecting books, and reading nerdy webcomics in his spare time.

Interests

  • Data Cleaning and Preparation
  • Missing Data Methods
  • Big Data and Data Analytics
  • Causal Inference

Education

  • PhD in Applied Mathematics, 2021

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Grad. Certificate in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, 2021

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Grad. Certificate in BD2K Data Science, 2021

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • BSc in Mathematics, 2015

    University of Utah

Recent Posts

Convenience Sampling and Mensa

Substack’s algorithm for figuring out what I like to read is still serving up some odd stuff, but this time it found a good article. In The Mensa Fallacy Emil Kirkegaard takes on Karpinski et al (2018) which claimed that high intelligence is a risk factor for both psychological and physiological disease.
Dec 24, 2024 3 min read

Remote Hosted, Local Jupyter?!

If you visit the Project Jupyter website you’ll encounter a bunch of “try it in your browser” buttons. If you’ve used Jupyter for a decade or so like me, you probably have also been ignoring these buttons.
Dec 23, 2024 2 min read

Lotteries and Pascal's Mugging

Most have heard of Pascal’s wager, but have you heard of the thought experiment known as Pascal’s mugging? The mugging attempts to reframe the essence of the wager argument using only finite values, thereby getting around some standard objections to the wager argument.
Dec 18, 2024 5 min read

The Data Don't Speak for Themselves

Ever heard someone say they were “letting the data speak for itself?” I often encounter this phrase on the internet by someone claiming not to be interpreting the data, but merely relaying facts.
Nov 25, 2024 7 min read

From p-Values to Bayes Factors

Improve the interpretation of your frequentist analysis output’s strength of evidence by incorporating Bayes factor bounds using SAS.
Nov 13, 2024 6 min read
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Recent & Upcoming Talks

CMSRP Data Analytics Workshop

This 1-hour workshop is intended to help funded CMSRP students prepare for their summer research project. Current best practices in data analytics will be discussed, with emphasis on the pre-analysis phase of the research cycle.
Jun 2, 2023 12:00 PM — 1:00 PM
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Dissertation Defense

All organisms must deal with fluid transport and interaction, whether it be internal, such as lungs moving air for the extraction of …
Apr 7, 2021 10:00 AM — 11:30 AM Zoom
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Dissertation Defense

Basics of Web Scraping with Python

Data acquisition is a key step in research. In this workshop, we will consider how to effectively access publicly available data sets. …
Jul 30, 2020 1:00 PM — 2:00 PM Online
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Thesis Proposal

Please join me as I present the work I have done so far in my graduate career and discuss avenues for future study.
Apr 17, 2020 9:00 AM — 10:30 AM Online

Recent Publications

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Family History And Chronic Medical Conditions Associated With Sudden Death Among Working Age Adults

Background Sudden death accounts for 10% of deaths in the United States. Prior research has focused on sudden death in older victims, leaving much unknown about risk factors for younger, working age adults.
Anusha Doshi, Elizabeth Senter, MPH, Owen Queen, D. Michael Senter, PhD, Susan Keen, MD, MSCR, Kaitlin Shartle, MA, Ross J. Simpson Jr., MD, PhD

Former Incarceration As A Risk Factor For COVID-19 Associated Sudden Death

Background In the United States, former incarceration is a risk factor for chronic conditions and sudden death (SD) due to poor healthcare continuity after release and lack of community support. During the COVID-19 pandemic, all-cause mortality increased, and preexisting risk factors and social limitations of having an incarceration history were exacerbated.
Sahana Raghunathan, D. Michael Senter, PhD, Elizabeth Senter, MPH, Susan Keen, MD, MCSR, Kaitlin Shartle, MA, Ross J. Simpson Jr., MD, PhD
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Housing Insecurity: Effects on Sudden Death and Interaction with Mental Illness

Background Housing insecurity is a powerful social determinant of health that is associated with increased all-cause mortality. The health consequences of and contributors to housing insecurity are poorly studied, which makes preventative care elusive for this population.
Hannah Vrooman, BS, Elizabeth Senter, MPH, Kaitlin Shartle, MA, Susan Keen, MD, MSCR, Catherine Sauter, D. Michael Senter, PhD, Ross J. Simpson Jr., MD PhD
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Immersed Boundary Simulations and Tools for Studying Insect Flight and Other Applications

All organisms must deal with fluid transport and interaction, whether it be internal, such as lungs moving air for the extraction of oxygen, or external, such as the expansion and contraction of a jellyfish bell for locomotion.
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A semi-automated finite difference mesh creation method for use with immersed boundary software IB2d and IBAMR

Numerous fluid-structure interaction problems in biology have been investigated using the immersed boundary method. The advantage of …
D. Michael Senter, Dylan Ray Douglas, W. Christopher Strickland, Steven G. Thomas, Anne M Talkington, Laura Miller
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