Christopher Simpkins
Research Scientist at Kennesaw State University
Marietta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolChristopher Simpkins is an assistant professor of computer science and seasoned engineering leader with 12+ years building production-scale AI, data, and cloud systems across academia and industry. He combines deep research experience in reinforcement learning and adaptive systems (PhD, Georgia Tech) with hands-on delivery—leading globe-scale microservices, Spark ETL pipelines, and AI strategy at organizations like The Weather Company/IBM and Sierra Wireless. A polyglot developer skilled in Scala, Java, and Python (with working C and emerging Rust/Go/Julia), he also mentors and grows engineering talent, having taught thousands of students and led teams whose alumni now work at top tech firms. Fluent in German and conversational French, he blends international teaching experience (study abroad co-director in Berlin) with editorial work reviewing ML textbooks for The MIT Press—an uncommon mix of technical, pedagogical, and communication strengths.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Southern Polytechnic State UniversityPhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBS, BS at United States Air Force Academy
German, French
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Github Skills (7)
ipython8
python7
data-analysis6
classifier6
ibm-cloud4
obsidian4
ant1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dr-cs/intro-oop-java
May 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:34 commits in 6 months
cs1331/cs1331.github.io.old
Jan 2015 - Feb 2021
Public web site for CS 1331 at Georgia Tech
Contributions:360 commits, 16 PRs, 301 pushes in 6 years 1 month
georgia-techgeorgiaweb-site
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