Tessema Mengistu
About
Tessema M. Mengistu Collegiate Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech 310 Northern Virginia Center Falls Church, VA 22043 Office: Room 486 Tel: 703-538-8313 (ext. 88313) E-mail: mengistu at vt dot edu Tessema Mengistu is a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (Innovation Campus). Before joining Virginia Tech, he was an Assistant Professor (Term) at the Department of Computer Science of George Mason University. He was also a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Dr. Mengistu earned his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2018. During his Ph.D., he was working in Cloud Computing and Big Data Lab. Dr. Mengistu received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Computer Science and Statistics, respectively, from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He also received his second M.Sc. degree from Université Côte d'Azur (Ubinet), France.
Research Performance Summary
First Recorded Paper
Design and Implementation of Amharic Search Engine
Year: 2007
Citations: 7
Venue: M. Sc. Thesis, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa
Latest Recorded Paper
Expanding Contextualized Computer Science Education in Africa: A Collaborative Initiative
Year: 2025
Citations: 0
Venue: ACM Global on Computing Education Conference 2025 2, 376 - 378
Last 10 Years Publication Activity
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