Chris is a Research Scientist who has worked in Information Retrieval, Search, Search Ads, Personal Assistants, and Mail in many different roles for over 20 years in academia as well as industry. His technical interests revolve around using Machine Learning and Data Science to create "Wow!" experiences for Yahoo's users. His personal interests include technology, society, leadership, and happiness, and the interplay of all of these.

Research Areas: Data Science, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Metrics and User Engagement, Natural Language & Dialogue Understanding, User Modeling and Personalization