Guestrin

Carlos Guestrin is a computer scientist and entrepreneur known for his work in scalable machine learning and graph-based data analysis. He is a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, where he holds the Amazon Professor of Machine Learning chair. He previously served on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University, focusing on machine learning and data analysis for large-scale systems.

Guestrin has led efforts to create scalable machine learning systems and is a co-founder of GraphLab, Inc., the company behind GraphLab, a parallel framework for learning from large graphs. The company later evolved into Turi, a machine learning platform company that was acquired by Apple in 2016. Through his research and entrepreneurial activities, he has contributed to the development of practical techniques for probabilistic graphical models, large-scale data mining, and the deployment of machine learning methods in industry.

His work bridges theory and practice, combining advances in machine learning with real-world data challenges across domains such as social networks, systems, and scientific applications. Guestrin has published extensively in academic journals and conferences and has supervised numerous PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. His efforts have influenced both academic research and industry practice in data-driven decision making and intelligent systems.