Primal Pappachan
Assistant Professor at Portland State University
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolPrimal Pappachan is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University with 15 years of industry and academic experience spanning graduate research, postdoctoral work, and software engineering. He completed a PhD at UC Irvine after an MS from UMBC (3.96 GPA) and has a track record of bridging research and practice through roles at Penn State, UC Irvine, and early open-source and summer engineering positions. His work blends rigorous academic research with applied software development, informed by long-standing contributions to open-source projects and research teams dating back to Google Summer of Code and FOSSEE. Based in Portland, he focuses on mentoring students and translating complex systems research into practical teaching and tooling, bringing a global perspective from education and collaborations across the U.S. and India.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Higher Secondary, Science, Higher Secondary, Science at Vivekodayam B.H.S.S ThrissurB-Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, B-Tech, Computer Science and Engineering at University of CalicutUMBCDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at University of California, Irvine
Malayalam, Hindi, English
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primalpop/home
Jul 2013 - Mar 2014
Contributions:11 commits in 7 months
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