Ussen Kimanuka

AI researcher / Software Developer


Skills
  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Next JS
  • Node.js
  • Python (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  • Flask
  • HTML/CSS
  • Tailwind Css
  • MATLAB
  • Kaldi, SpeechBrain, Espnet
  • Project Management

About Me

An Engineer passionate about research and development of software. I have collaborated effectively with diverse teams worldwide, adding value to the projects I worked on. I am willing to apply my knowledge in a structured organisation. Wellversed in numerous programming languages, both front-end and back-end.

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Experience

Research and Development Engineer

Ubuntu AIFEB 2022 – Present

Front-End Development and User Acceptance Testing for ubuntu-ai.net (a platform for more democratic inputs to AI financed by Open AI)

Software development/Machine Learning/NLP/ (Freelancing)

Self employed02/2019 - Present

Developed AI projects including Ubuntu AI and Haki Chatbot for legal access in Congo. Participated in research and NLP initiatives for African languages.

Assistant Lecturer

Universite LumiereOct 2020 - Jan 2022

Courses delivered: - Networking - Operating Systems (Unix/Linx) - Artificial Intelligence - Human-Computer Interaction

Signal Processing Laboratory Assistant

at Kocaeli Universit09/2017 - 01/2019

Conducted scientific research, managed large-scale projects, and ensured hardware and software maintenance in the laboratory.

DataCom Engineer Trainee

at Warid TelecomMay 2012 - Jul 2012

Configured VLANs, monitored leased lines, provided statistical analysis reports, and supported the field engineering team.

Projects

Ubuntu-AI: AI for African Creatives

Feb 2023 – Present

Front-End Development and User Acceptance Testing for ubuntu-ai.net, a platform for more democratic inputs to AI financed by OpenAI.

Haki des Femmes - Women’s Land Rights Chatbot

Apr 2023 – Oct 2023

Machine learning model training and mobile app integration for Core23lab's chatbot, which provides land rights information for women in DRC.

Full Stack School Management System

Jan 2024 – Present

Built with React and Flask, this system streamlines school management and improves communication between students, teachers, and administrators.

Constitution De La RDC - Android App

Jun 2019 – Nov 2019

Android app providing access to the full text of the DRC constitution, enabling users to navigate and search its contents easily. Available on Google Play.

Habari Kwetu - Congolese News Reader App

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019

News reader app specializing in Congolese political, security, and economic news. It aggregates news from various Congolese platforms and is available on APKPure for Android.

Publications

Interim Report for Ubuntu-AI

OpenAI Foundation2023

“Interim Report for Ubuntu-AI: A Bottom-up Approach to More Democratic and Equitable Training and Outcomes for Machine Learning.”Link to publication

MasakhaneNews: News Topic Classification for African languages

IJCNLP/APACL2023

Presented at the 13th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing and the 3rd Conference of the Asia-Pacific Chapter of the ACL.

Speech Recognition Datasets for Low-resource Congolese Languages

ICLR2023

Presented at the 4th Workshop on African Natural Language Processing, Kigali, 2023.

Turkish Speech Recognition Based on Deep Neural Networks

Suleyman Demirel University Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences2018

DOI: 10.19113/sdufbed.12798

Certifications

TURKISH GOVERNMENT MASTER SCHOLARSHIP

Turkish Government

Sep 2015

Bertelsmann Scholarship for Cloud Track

Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect

Feb 2022

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

CISCO

Jun 2014

Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect

Udemy

Feb 2022

Android Application Development

Elginkan Vakfı

Apr 2019

IELTS

British Council

Jun 2019

Awards

OpenAI Democratic Input Award

OpenAI

Jan 2024

OpenAI awarded $100,000 to 10 teams out of nearly 1,000 applicants for designing, building, and testing ideas that use democratic methods to govern AI systems.

Turkish Government Master Scholarship

Turkish Government

Sep 2015

Bertelsmann Scholarship for Cloud Track

Microsoft Azure Cloud Architect

Feb 2022

References

Nayebare Micheal

Project Supervisor at Ubuntu-ai.net

Julius Mwangi

Senior Software Engineer and Mentor at Moringa School

Yannis Assael

Google DeepMind and Mentor