Chris Welty
Research Scientist at Google
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChris Welty is a research scientist in New York with over a decade of experience at the intersection of academic and industrial AI, currently working at Google after a long research tenure at IBM. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has led labs and taught as a professor, blending deep theoretical foundations with practical research deployments. His career spans leadership roles from lab director to senior research scientist, demonstrating an ability to move ideas from scholarly settings into large-scale industry R&D. Colleagues know him for sustained, long-term projects and for bringing academic rigor to product-focused teams. Based in New York, he combines a strong publication and mentoring background with hands-on problem solving in applied AI. An underappreciated strength is his continuity across institutions, suggesting rare institutional memory and stability in long-running research programs.
13 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteGithub contributions (2)
laroyo/watsonc
Jan 2013 - May 2014
Contributions:10 commits in 1 year 3 months
cawelty/test
Oct 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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