Andrew Jelani
Andrew Jelani
Andrew Jelani
Andrew Jelani
Research Interests
- Information retrieval
- Machine learning
- Algorithms
Education
- MS in Computer Science, Northeastern University
- MBA, Saint Leo University
- BS in Management Information Systems, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Pronouns
he/him/his
Biography
Andrew Jelani is a part-time lecturer at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. He earned his master’s in computer science from Northeastern and his Master of Business Administration from Saint Leo University. At Northeastern, he teaches CS 5001: Intensive Fundamentals of Computer Science.
Jelani has worked in the digital advertising space for 4 years and has held several roles, ranging from operations to engineering. Currently, he works as a software engineer at Amazon.
Jelani grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, where he lived until graduating from high school. Shortly after earning his bachelor’s in management information systems from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, he enlisted and spent 6 years in the United States Air Force, which landed him in the Seattle, Washington area. He has worked at Amazon since leaving the Air Force in 2014. Jelani’s time in the Air Force was formative and taught him valuable lessons:
1. You could achieve anything you set my mind to
2. There are kind and good people everywhere in the world
Interestingly, Jelani has found these lessons to be true in the software space and having learned that years ago helped him navigate the challenging and multi-cultural problem domain.
Research Interests
- Information retrieval
- Machine learning
- Algorithms
Education
- MS in Computer Science, Northeastern University
- MBA, Saint Leo University
- BS in Management Information Systems, University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Pronouns
he/him/his
Biography
Andrew Jelani is a part-time lecturer at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. He earned his master’s in computer science from Northeastern and his Master of Business Administration from Saint Leo University. At Northeastern, he teaches CS 5001: Intensive Fundamentals of Computer Science.
Jelani has worked in the digital advertising space for 4 years and has held several roles, ranging from operations to engineering. Currently, he works as a software engineer at Amazon.
Jelani grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, where he lived until graduating from high school. Shortly after earning his bachelor’s in management information systems from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, he enlisted and spent 6 years in the United States Air Force, which landed him in the Seattle, Washington area. He has worked at Amazon since leaving the Air Force in 2014. Jelani’s time in the Air Force was formative and taught him valuable lessons:
1. You could achieve anything you set my mind to
2. There are kind and good people everywhere in the world
Interestingly, Jelani has found these lessons to be true in the software space and having learned that years ago helped him navigate the challenging and multi-cultural problem domain.
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Contact Khoury
440 Huntington Avenue, 202 West Village H
Boston, MA 02115
617.373.2462
TTY: 617.373.3768
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Boston, MA 02115
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TTY: 617.373.3768
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