Nashlie H. Sephus
Personal Information
Born: unknown
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Mississippi State University BS; Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering MS 2010 & PhD 2014 both in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professional Life
Field of Study: Artificial intelligence; Technology Evangelist
Institution/Corporation: "PartPic; Amazon"
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: Ada Lovelace Awardá(2019 with Julie Cwikla); Mississippian of the Year (2022)
Achievements: AI engineer CTO of startup Partpic (acquired by Amazon); researched digital signal processing machine learning & computer engineering
Specializes in machine learning & algorithmic bias identification
Is a self-described technology evangelist ( a person who builds a critical mass of support for a given technology & then establishes it as a technical standard in a market that is subject to network effects) at Amazon Web Services
Cofounder & CEO of Bean Path, a nonprofit startup developing Jackson Tech District, a planned community & business incubator in Jackson, Mississippi, her hometown
Was introduced to computers when she attended a 2 week sleep away engineering camp for girls
Holds 2 patents