Chris Simpkins

Current

• Research Scientist at Georgia Tech College of Computing
• Research Scientist at Georgia Tech Research Institute

Past

• Software Engineer at Internet Security Systems
• Software Engineer/IT Manager at U.S. Air Force, Columbus AFB, MS
• T-37 Instructor Pilot at U.S. Air Force, Columbus AFB, MS

• KC-135 Pilot at U.S. Air Force, McConnell AFB, KS
• Instructor and Software Engineer at U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Space Training

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Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Southern Polytechnic State University
• U.S. Air Force Academy

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Chris Simpkins’s Summary

Software engineer, computer science researcher, strategic thinker and leader with experience in delivering great products, building great teams, elaborating strategic vision, developing new business, and transforming organizations by successfully implementing innovative technical and organizational practices.

Chris Simpkins’s Specialties:

Software engineering and project leadership, primarily in distributed Java applications; applied research, especially machine learning and optimization; computer science, especially artificial intelligence/machine learning, and programming languages.

Chris Simpkins’s Experience

• Research Scientist

  Georgia Tech College of Computing

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

• Research Scientist

  Georgia Tech Research Institute

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  November 2001 — Present (8 years 1 month)

  Lead software development teams, develop strategic vision for the lab, develop contracts with research sponsors, mentor junior developers and researchers, design software systems, conduct research in machine learning/pattern recognition, apply cutting-edge optimization algorithms to problems in engineering design.

• Software Engineer

  Internet Security Systems

  (Public Company; ISSX; Computer Software industry)

  August 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 4 months)

• Software Engineer/IT Manager

  U.S. Air Force, Columbus AFB, MS

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  May 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 4 months)

• T-37 Instructor Pilot

  U.S. Air Force, Columbus AFB, MS

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Military industry)

  July 1997 — August 2000 (3 years 2 months)

• KC-135 Pilot

  U.S. Air Force, McConnell AFB, KS

  (Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Military industry)

  August 1995 — March 1997 (1 year 8 months)

• Instructor and Software Engineer

  U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Space Training

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Military industry)

  June 1992 — March 1995 (2 years 10 months)

Chris Simpkins’s Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  PhD , Computer Science , 2005 — 2010 (expected)

  Developing a programming language for autonomous intelligent agents under advisor Charles Isbell (http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~isbell/). Member of pfunk research group (http://www.iai.gatech.edu/people.html).

• Southern Polytechnic State University

  MS , Computer Science , August 2001 — December 2004

  Specialized in Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Understanding, and Information Retrieval. Completed last 9 hours at Georgia Tech.

• U.S. Air Force Academy

  BS , July 1986 — May 1990

Additional Information

Chris Simpkins’s Groups:

•    Computing Alumni Organization, Georgia Tech
•    Internet Security Systems Alumni
•    OOPSLA 2008
•    Georgia Tech Research Institute: Problem. Solved.

Chris Simpkins’s Contact Settings

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