Summary
Matthew Boutell is a Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering with over a decade of experience teaching and researching image recognition, cryptography, and mobile app development at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He combines deep academic training (PhD, University of Rochester) with industry experience from Eastman Kodak, where he built large image datasets and classification systems informed by temporal and metadata cues. As director of an imaging lab and a long-time educator, he focuses on practical, lifelong learning for students, incorporating robotics, Android development, and probabilistic graphical models into curricula. Colleagues and students benefit from his mentorship style that emphasizes real-world projects and reproducible experimentation, reflecting a rare blend of research rigor and hands-on engineering.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematical Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematical Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Rochester