William Tarimo
Assistant Professor Of Computer Science at The Sasamani Foundation
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolWilliam Tarimo is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and founder of Discovery Teaching, combining 11 years of experience across academic research, edTech product development, and applied robotics. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has spent seven years bridging pedagogy design with software engineering to build real-time classroom analytics and active learning platforms. His work blends rigorous research—published and presented at IEEE conferences—with hands-on engineering in web and mobile stacks (Ruby on Rails, JavaScript frameworks) to scale interactive teaching tools. William also brings practical AI and robotics experience from early gait-learning research and tailored machine-learning systems for mobile robots. Based in Worcester, MA, he serves on the U.S. board of a Tanzania-focused education NGO, reflecting a commitment to global, sustainable educational impact. Colleagues know him for turning classroom theory into deployable products that measurably improve in-class engagement.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, IT, English, 36, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, IT, English, 36 at Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSABachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.66, Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.66 at Connecticut CollegeMaster’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.59, Master’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.59 at Brandeis University
Swahili, Spanish, English, Khmer
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Github Skills (6)
activerecord6
sql6
ruby6
ruby-on-rails6
inequality2
reflections2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
wtarimo/wtarimo
Mar 2015 - Feb 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 4 pushes in 3 years 11 months
wtarimo/EvolvingImages
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
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