Nathaniel Getachew
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathaniel Getachew is a PhD student in computer science at Purdue and former Pomona College dual major in computer science and applied mathematics, focused on natural language processing and AI. He combines nine years of hands-on experience—from data engineering and ML deployments at NerdWallet and Amazon to applied research using text analytics on SEC filings—to bridge research and production. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant for NLP and prior TA for neural networks and OOP, he mentors students, runs labs, and designs course assessments. He has built practical AI systems, including a 94%‑accurate ETA model for LA’s 311 service, and contributed to data quality tooling and ML orchestration in internship roles. Comfortable with data mining, topic modeling, and AWS/Git-backed deployment workflows, he brings both classroom pedagogy and production savvy. Based in Santa Barbara, he pairs rigorous mathematical training with a knack for translating academic ideas into operational ML pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Dos Pueblos Senior High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Purdue UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Mathematics and Computer Science at Pomona College
Spanish
Github Skills (3)
machine-learning1
proxy1
reinforcement-learning1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Albert-Miao/DeminionWahrz
May 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:47 pushes in 2 years 9 months
ngetachew/ngetachew.github.io
May 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:32 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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