Karen Mazidi
Author And Professor at Self-employed
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolKaren Mazidi is a computer science educator, author, and NLP researcher with a PhD and nine years of teaching and academic experience, most recently as Assistant Professor of Teaching at The University of Texas at Dallas. She has presented PhD work at top international NLP conferences and co-authored several widely used textbooks with Pearson/Prentice-Hall, translating advanced ML and NLP topics into accessible learning materials. Now semi-retired and self-employed in Dallas, she continues to create educational content—including a YouTube channel—and publish practical books that bridge academia and industry. Beyond classroom instruction, she combines rigorous research credentials with a talent for clear technical communication, making complex language technologies approachable for learners and practitioners.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at University of North Texas
Github Skills (15)
computer-architecture10
natural-language-processing9
python9
cython9
spacy8
nlp8
named-entity-recognition8
artificial-intelligence8
machine-learning8
text-classification8
ai8
data-science7
entity-linking7
deep-learning7
neural-network6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
kjmazidi/Intro-to-Deep-Learning
Oct 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:55 commits, 30 pushes in 6 months
kjmazidi/Machine_Learning_2nd_edition
Dec 2019 - Nov 2022
Machine Learning with R and Python
Contributions:149 commits, 146 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
machine-learningpython
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