About

Michael Perkins is a software developer, philosopher, and musician who is particularly interested in the theory of knowledge, the foundations of statistics, machine learning, systems software development, and all genres of music. He is a graduate of Georgia State University where he studied music and philosophy and The Ohio State University where he studied philosophy and computer science. He completed a Ph.D. in Philosophy at The Ohio State University in 1983.

Michael has been developing advanced software systems for over 40 years, working with some of the world’s leading software vendors. During his career, he has designed and implemented special-purpose programming languages, data management tools, application generators, cross-platform networking software, IT systems management software, and statistical and machine learning applications.

Michael is an experienced teacher of computer programming, machine learning, philosophy, and music. He has given numerous public presentations at conferences, user group meetings, and meet-ups. Michael is also a co-founder, with his wife Paula J. Lambert, of Full/Crescent Press, a small press dedicated to publishing high-quality poetry books and broadsides.