Regina Ofori-Boateng
Aberdeen,Aberdeenshire
Summary
A research, artificial intelligence enthusiast passionate about leveraging these fields to enhance human life quality. Detail-oriented team player with strong organisational skills .
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
GEN. AI/ NLP DOCTORAL CANDIDATE
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, Scotland
2021.10 - Current
- Assisting in LLMs research projects with Knowledge graphs and continual learning in pre-trained Language Models
- Experimenting with DL models framework for NLP downstream tasks such as text classification, sentiment analysis, machine translation, text summarisation, question and answering and dialogue systems
- Conducting thorough literature reviews to understand current methodologies, models, and techniques in the NLP field
Conversation AI Researcher
Hyperskill
London, United Kingdom
2023.01 - 2023.08
- Designed, developed, and deployed chatbots for e-commerce platform, resulting in a 25% increase in customer engagement.
- Implemented advanced NLP (LLMs) techniques for intent recognition, improving chatbot's accuracy by 15% over three months.
Recommendation system researcher
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City
2023.03 - 2023.07
- Worked on challenging problems (NLP-ML-KG-LLMs Recommendation) related to scholarly document processing & recommendation, grammar error correction, paraphrasing, and machine translation.
- Performed research to advance the state of the art and solve specific problems in NLP, Information Retrieval, Complex Networks, Recommender Systems
FINTECH NLP KTP ASSOCIATE
Stickler
Edinburgh, Scotland
2022.11 - 2023.04
- Researched various methods for implementation of Knowledge graphs for Fintech
- Conducted 3 R&D in NLP and DL to identify, develop, and implement advanced techniques and algorithms for solving complex problems in text analysis, sentiment analysis, information extraction, and more
AI RESEARCHER
Huawei Edinburgh Research Centre
Edinburgh, Scotland
2022.06 - 2022.10
- Integrated and built KG into LLMs for domain adaptation, e-commerce
- Assisted with NLP-Based SQL Generation for Chinese and English databases
- Conducted literature reviews to implement SOTA NLP methods
NLP Speech Recognition Researcher
Analitica Innovare
Accra/London, Ghana/UK
2021.01 - 2021.09
- Investigated and deployed SOTA LLMs models and libraries such as Kaldi/k2, ESPnet, and TorchAudi for automated speech recognition for financial services.
- Conducted literature review to stay up to date with SOTA models.
AI GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
University of Ghana
Accra
2020.07 - 2021.07
- Worked on computer vision projects such as “Classification of MRI images using Deep Learning of Siamese Twins for precision during Surgery”
- Assisted in a graduate research thesis on the use of Deep Learning Neural Networks for mobile money fraud detection
- Conducted literature reviews to stay abreast with SOTA methodologies, models, and techniques in the computer vision
GRADUATE COMPUTER VISION TRAINEE
Runmila AI Institute
Accra
2021.01 - 2021.05
- Investigated how to implement an transfer image identifier system for early detection of Autism in Ghanaian children
- Investigated various image and video processing techniques, including segmentation, object detection, tracking, and recognition.
HEALTH ML TRAINEE
MedTourEasy
New Delhi, India
2021.01 - 2021.02
- Applied machine learning and deep learning techniques to improve the accuracy of computer vision models in medical images
AWS PRACTITIONER
Azubi Africa
Accra, Ghana
2020.10 - 2021.02
- Was exposed to concepts in Networking, Security, cloud services
- Understood and demonstrated core cloud services, including computing power, network, storage, and databases offered by AWS
DATA SCIENTIST
Kdalgo, Oracle
London, United Kingdom
2020.01 - 2021.01
- Applied statistical concepts in R and Python to solve real-life problems
- Collected, cleaned, and processed large data sets from disparate sources to prepare them for analysis through ETL/ ELT
- Created graph models (GANs) and algorithms to solve complex business problems, such as customer segmentation, sales forecasting, risk assessment, etc
DL TRAINEE
NLP, Npountu Technologies
Accra
2020.08 - 2020.10
- Built a categorization engine with other team members to classify a large dataset investigation concept in NLP
- Investigated how concepts in DL can be used for sentiment analysis
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
Global
2019.05 - 2019.07
- Learnt Linux, Python, GitHub, Web Application Programming, Interfaces (Web APIs), Internet of Things, Building web application and Hosting Platforms
- Built a website to display the result of the readings obtained from the heart pulse sensor with 2 other team members
BIOSTATISTICIAN
Nougochi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Accra
2018.05 - 2018.07
- Learnt Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD )
- Applied statistical methods to collect,analyse, interpret, and present quantitative data from biological experiments and surveys
- Collaborated with scientists, clinicians, and researchers to determine research objectives and best methods of data collection and analysis
Education
Ph.D. - Computing
Robert Gordon University
Generative AI
Google
USA 2023.07 - 2023.08
NLP/DL - Natural Language Processing and Introduction to Deep Learning
Coursera
USA 2020.05 - 2020.12
Data Science - Programming for Data Science with Python Nanodegree
Udacity
USA 2020.06 -
Bsc - Engineering
University of Ghana
Ghana 2016.09 - 2020.07
Masters of Research - Research writing
Robert Gordon University
2021.10 - 2022.10
Machine Learning - Artifical Inteligence
Data Camp Professional Course
USA 2021.01 - 2021.04
Skills
- Data Science, NLP NLU, NLG, RLHF, Automated Speech Recognition
- Medical Imaging, Computer Vision, Explainable AI, Knowledge graphs (KGs), LLMs, Active Learning (human-in-loop semi-supervised training)
- Internet of Things (IoTs), Data Mining, Continual Learning
- Python, SQL, GitHub, Tableau, Linux, R, MATLAB, C, Tensorflow, Keras, Pytorch, pandas, numpy, sci-kit learn, AWS, C, C, LLMs, GANs, OpenCV, AWS, ELT, Keras, PyTorch, CNN, RNN, Masked-RNNs, ElasticSearch, Neo4j, Docker, Apache Beam, Hadoop, Kaldi/k2, ESPnet, and TorchAudi, Azure
Languages
English
Fluent
French
Elementary
Timeline
Generative AI
Google
2023.07 - 2023.08
Recommendation system researcher
Robert Gordon University
2023.03 - 2023.07
Conversation AI Researcher
Hyperskill
2023.01 - 2023.08
FINTECH NLP KTP ASSOCIATE
Stickler
2022.11 - 2023.04
AI RESEARCHER
Huawei Edinburgh Research Centre
2022.06 - 2022.10
Masters of Research - Research writing
Robert Gordon University
2021.10 - 2022.10
GEN. AI/ NLP DOCTORAL CANDIDATE
Robert Gordon University
2021.10 - Current
NLP Speech Recognition Researcher
Analitica Innovare
2021.01 - 2021.09
Machine Learning - Artifical Inteligence
Data Camp Professional Course
2021.01 - 2021.04
GRADUATE COMPUTER VISION TRAINEE
Runmila AI Institute
2021.01 - 2021.05
HEALTH ML TRAINEE
MedTourEasy
2021.01 - 2021.02
AWS PRACTITIONER
Azubi Africa
2020.10 - 2021.02
DL TRAINEE
NLP, Npountu Technologies
2020.08 - 2020.10
AI GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
University of Ghana
2020.07 - 2021.07
Data Science - Programming for Data Science with Python Nanodegree
Udacity
2020.06 -
NLP/DL - Natural Language Processing and Introduction to Deep Learning
Coursera
2020.05 - 2020.12
DATA SCIENTIST
Kdalgo, Oracle
2020.01 - 2021.01
COMPUTER PROGRAMMER
Global
2019.05 - 2019.07
BIOSTATISTICIAN
Nougochi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
2018.05 - 2018.07
Bsc - Engineering
University of Ghana
2016.09 - 2020.07
Ph.D. - Computing
Robert Gordon University