Matt Welsh (computer scientist)
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Matt Welsh
| birth_name = Matthew David Welsh
| thesis_title = An Architecture for Highly Concurrent, Well-Conditioned Internet Services
| thesis_year = 2002
| thesis_url = https://worldcat.org/title/892830129
| education = North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
| fields = Systems
Networking
Mobile computing
| alma_mater = Cornell University (BS)
University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD)
| doctoral_advisor = David Culler
Eric Brewer{{MathGenealogy}}
| workplaces = Harvard University
Google
Apple
Palantir
| website = {{URL|https://www.mdw.la}}}}
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.{{Cite web |title=It's the end of programming as we know it -- again |first=Joe |last=McKendrick |website=ZDNet |date=28 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |url= https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-the-end-of-programming-as-we-know-it-again/ }} 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,{{Google scholar id}}[https://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&safe=off&client=google-coop-np&cof=FORID%3A13%3BAH%3Aleft%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftldp.org%3BCX%3ATLDP%2520Search%2520Engine%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftldp.org%2Flogos%2Fldp2.jpg%3BLH%3A100%3BLP%3A1%3BVLC%3A%23551a8b%3BGFNT%3A%23666666%3BDIV%3A%23cccccc%3B&adkw=AELymgVCfmdB-2w4LcO_LRL563JmPpZ_buycpilePnuKeRW-2G-lDt39Q3qj4EQLHDoQf2VDhjcpZCx2Tj8IQBhgn8VwznD5kHOoxlXl6DqbTI3czdYiaRdRyhbVT_xhgU0nOtpnFOKv&boostcse=0&q=matt+welsh&btnG=Search&cx=017644269519104757279%3Agm62gtzaoky Google internal search for Matt Welsh] at The Linux Documentation Project the LinuxDoc formatAnnouncement [http://www.w3.org/Tools/Linuxdoc-SGML.html "Linuxdoc-SGML v1.1 now available"] 1994-06-07 and articles in the Linux Journal.{{cite book |last1= Welsh |first1= Matt |last2= Kaufman |first2= Lar |editor1-first= Andy |editor1-last= Oram |title= Running Linux |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/runninglinux00wels/page/631 |edition= 2nd |date= August 1996 |orig-year= 1995 |publisher= O'Reilly & Associates |location= Sebastopol, California |isbn= 1-56592-151-8 |page= [https://archive.org/details/runninglinux00wels/page/631 631] |chapter= About the authors |chapter-url-access= registration }}
Education
Welsh is a 1992 graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.{{cite web|last=Welsh|first=Matt|title=NCSSM and how it saved my life|url=http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2012/10/ncssm-and-how-it-saved-my-life.html|work=Volatile and Decentralized|date=8 October 2012 }}
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.{{cite thesis | degree=PhD|oclc=892830129|publisher = University of California, Berkeley|url=https://search.library.berkeley.edu/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991036918179706532|website=berkeley.edu| year = 2002 | id={{ProQuest| 304740948}} | first=Matthew David|last=Welsh|title = An Architecture for Highly Concurrent, Well-Conditioned Internet Services }} He spent the 1996–97 academic year at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and at the University of Glasgow. His thesis was supervised by David Culler and Eric Brewer.
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,{{cite web|url=http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/matt-welsh-promoted-to-full-professor-granted-tenure|title= Matt Welsh promoted to full professor; granted tenure|website=harvard.edu|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119153834/https://seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/matt-welsh-promoted-to-full-professor-granted-tenure|archivedate=2010-11-19|author=Anon|year=2010}} Welsh announced that he was leaving Harvard.{{cite web|first=Matt|last=Welsh|year=2010|url=http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-im-leaving-harvard.html|website=blogspot.com|title= Why I'm leaving Harvard}}
=''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.{{cite web|title=NCSSM commencement speech |url=http://new.livestream.com/ncssmlivestream/commencement2014/videos/52485109}}{{cite web|title=In Defense of Mark Zuckerberg|date=10 October 2010 |url=http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2010/10/in-defense-of-mark-zuckerberg.html}}
=Publications=
His publications include:
- Running Linux{{cite book|last1= Dalheimer|first1= Matthias Kalle |last2= Welsh |first2= Matt |title= Running Linux |url= http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596007607.do |access-date= 2013-08-23 |edition= 5th |year= 2005 |publisher= O'Reilly Media |isbn= 978-0596007607 }}
- Linux Installation and Getting Started{{cite book|last1= Welsh |first1= Matt |last2= Hughes |first2= Phil |last3= Bandel |first3= David |last4= Beletsky |first4= Boris |last5= Dreilinger |first5= Sean |last6= Kiesling |first6= Robert |last7= Liebovitch |first7= Evan |last8= Pierce |first8= Henry |title= Linux Installation and Getting Started |url= http://tldp.org/LDP/gs/gs.html |access-date= 2009-08-14 |edition= 2nd |year= 1998 |orig-year= 1992-1996 |publisher= Specialized System Consultants |isbn= 1-57831-001-6 }}
- The End of Programming{{cite journal |last=Welsh |first=Matt |title=The End of Programming |doi=10.1145/3570220 |journal=Communications of the ACM |year=2022 |volume=66 |issue=1 |pages=34–35 |s2cid=254878553 |doi-access=free }}
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