Tessema Mengistu
Collegiate Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Tessema Mengistu is a collegiate assistant professor of computer science at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus. His research interests include edge and cloud computing, Internet of Things, machine and deep learning, and big data. Previously, Mengistu was an assistant professor of computer science at George Mason University, a clinical assistant professor of computer science and lecturer at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and lecturer at Addis Ababa University. He is also involved in initiatives to increase the representation of minority population groups in computing.
- Edge/Cloud computing
- Machine learning
- Volunteer computing
- Digital education
- Ph.D., Computer Science, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 2018
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France), 2012
- M.S., Computer Science, Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), 2007
- B.S., Statistics, Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), 2001
For Professor Mengistu's recent publications, please visit his Google Scholar page.