Charles Martin, Ph.D., is the founder and chief scientist for Calculation Consulting, a consultancy and software development company specializing in machine learning, data science, artificial intelligence, and search relevance. He is also the creator of WeightWatcher, an open-source tool for predicting the accuracy of Deep Neural Networks.
Dr. Martin has developed machine learning (ML) systems, algorithms, and AI solutions for large companies across several industries, including Roche, France Telecom, GoDaddy, Aardvark (Google), eBay, eHow, Walmart, Barclays/BGI, and Blackrock. He is also the scientific advisor to the Page family office at the Anthropocene Institute, advising on areas of nuclear and quantum technologies with an eye toward climate change.
Dr. Martin continues to collaborate with UC Berkeley on foundational AI research and has developed the theory of Heavy-Tailed Self-Regularization (HTSR) and the newer SemiEmpirical Theory of Learning (SETOL).
Dr. Martin received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry from the University of Chicago and was an NSF postdoctoral fellow in the Theoretical Chemistry and Physics department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the National Center for Supercomputing and its Applications (NCSA). His extensive experience spans over 20 years in commercial data science, software engineering, and machine learning/AI.
