Armen Pischdotchian
Adjunct Professor at Saint Peter's University
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolArmen Pischdotchian is an adjunct professor and AI educator with 11+ years of experience translating advanced AI and data science concepts into hands-on curricula for graduate and undergraduate students across multiple universities and industry programs. He combines a rare blend of instructional design, industry-grade tooling (IBM Watson and open-source stacks), and design-thinking to help departments and practitioners embed generative and agentic AI into real workflows. Formerly a data scientist at IBM Research, he built and delivered global workshops, authored NLP courses, and improved core NLP components used in high-profile projects like Watson Jeopardy!; he also launched AI training initiatives in regions such as Dubai and Africa. A certified Mindfulness Instructor and Distinguished Toastmaster, Armen fosters empathetic, high-engagement learning environments and mentors early-career professionals into practical AI practice. Based in Waltham, MA, he pairs technical depth (ML, transformers, RAG, deployment pipelines) with proven curriculum development and cross-institutional partnership building.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Computer Science, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Computer Science at Bentley UniversityMaster in Technical and Professional Writing in Computer Science, Master in Technical and Professional Writing in Computer Science at Northeastern UniversityBA in Organizational and Behavioral Psychology, BA in Organizational and Behavioral Psychology at Boston University
Spanish, Armenian, English, Persian
Github Skills (2)
data-science8
python7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
apischdo/Artificial-Intelligence-and-Data-Science
Nov 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:38 commits, 35 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
apischdo/Skillsbuild
Oct 2019 - Jan 2022
Contributions:58 commits, 66 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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