Alvin Grissom
Associate Professor Of Computer Science
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolAlvin Grissom is an associate professor of computer science at Haverford College with a decade of experience at the intersection of computational linguistics and machine learning. His academic career spans research and teaching roles across the United States and Japan, including a recent visiting scholarship at the University of Tokyo, reflecting a global perspective on language technologies. He has built practical NLP and ontology-focused software in both academic and DoD-related settings, and has a strong background in developing machine learning curricula for undergraduates. Holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder and interdisciplinary training in linguistics and information studies, he blends rigorous research with hands-on engineering. Colleagues know him for translating complex linguistic theory into usable systems and for mentoring students through applied ML projects.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA Computer Science Mathematics Minor, BA Computer Science Mathematics Minor at Hendrix CollegeCertificate Asian Studies, Certificate Asian Studies at Kansai Gaidai UniversityMS Computer Science, MS Computer Science at Emory UniversityInformation Studies Computational Linguistics, Information Studies Computational Linguistics at University of MarylandLinguistics, Linguistics at Georgetown UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Japanese, English, Chinese
Github Skills (11)
active-learning5
reinforcement-learning5
cpp5
machine-learning5
python4
vowpal-wabbit3
markdown3
converter3
frontier3
marp2
latex1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
acgrissom/courses
Aug 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:789 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 3 months
acgrissom/presentations
Aug 2019 - Apr 2025
Contributions:32 pushes in 5 years 8 months
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