Matt Welsh (computer scientist)
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Matthew David Welsh is a computer scientist and software engineer and is currently the Head of AI Systems at Palantir, which he started after stints at Aryn, Fixie.ai, Google, xnor.ai, OctoML, and Apple.[3] He was the Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University and author of several books about the Linux operating system, several Linux HOWTOs,[1][4] the LinuxDoc format[5] and articles in the Linux Journal.[6]
Matt Welsh | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matthew David Welsh |
| Education | North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Systems Networking Mobile computing[1] |
| Institutions | Harvard University Apple Palantir |
| Thesis | An Architecture for Highly Concurrent, Well-Conditioned Internet Services (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Culler Eric Brewer[2] |
| Website | www |
Education
Welsh is a 1992 graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.[7]
Welsh received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1996 and Master of Science and PhD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 and 2002, respectively.[8] He spent the 1996–97 academic year at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and at the University of Glasgow.[6] His thesis was supervised by David Culler and Eric Brewer.[2]
Career and research
Welsh has led teams at Google and Apple Inc., and served a Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University. In November 2010, five months after being granted tenure,[9] Welsh announced that he was leaving Harvard.[10]
The Social Network
Welsh taught the operating systems class at Harvard in which Mark Zuckerberg was a student. Welsh was later portrayed by actor Brian Palermo in the movie The Social Network featuring Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook. Welsh was reportedly paid $200 for his Powerpoint slides used in the movie.[11][12]
Publications
His publications[1] include:
References
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