Jorjeta Jetcheva

Associate Professor and Department Chair

 

Bio

Jorjeta Jetcheva is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Computer Engineering Department at San José State University. Her current areas of research focus are Artificial Intelligence-based Personal Assistants, Natural Language Processing, and Knowledge Management.

Prior to San Jose State, she was the global R&D lead for the Virtual Assistant portfolio of Accenture Operations, where she was responsible for leading a global team conceptualizing, building and deploying Virtual Assistants, AI-Powered Knowledge Platforms, and Agent Assist solutions. Prior to Accenture, she was a Research Scientist and Manager at Fujitsu Laboratories of America (FLA), a Principal Engineer in Itron's Smart Grid Architecture and Standards team, and the Systems Architect of Bay Area startup Firetide, covering a broad range of technology areas including Virtual and Robotic Assistants, Smart Grid analytics and applications, wireless and mobile networking, and cybersecurity.

Professor Jetcheva received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.A. degree with a double major in Computer Science (summa cum laude) and Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College.

Links

Personal website: https://sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/jorjeta/home