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The document details the experience and education of Benjamin Barnaba, including research conducted on developing advanced AI language models for Kiswahili using state-of-the-art techniques. Barnaba has created large annotated Kiswahili datasets and implemented pre-trained models, presenting research findings and publishing papers.

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Benjamin Mwakipiti CV

The document details the experience and education of Benjamin Barnaba, including research conducted on developing advanced AI language models for Kiswahili using state-of-the-art techniques. Barnaba has created large annotated Kiswahili datasets and implemented pre-trained models, presenting research findings and publishing papers.

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BENJAMIN BARNABA

Contact MWAKIPITI
mwakipitibenjamin@gmail.com
m Kiswahili Language & AI Language Models Expert

Top Skills Dar es Salaam, Tanzania


Translation
Statistics Experience
Computer Science
Kiswahili Language AI Researcher
Zanibot AI (2022 - Present)
Languages
Nairobi, Kenya
Kiswahili (Native or Bilingual)
English (Native or Bilingual) Conducted cutting-edge research on developing advanced AI
Belgian (Native or Bilingual) language models and NLP systems for the Kiswahili language,
leveraging state-of-the-art deep learning techniques and transformer
models.
Certifications
Created and annotated large Kiswahili language datasets and
Certified Kiswahili Expert corpora for training AI language models, ensuring linguistic accuracy
2021 AT&T Summer Learning and cultural relevance through collaboration with Kiswahili linguists
Academy Extern and domain experts.
Gamification Course Certificate Implemented and fine-tuned pre-trained language models for
Kiswahili using frameworks such as Hugging Face Transformers and
PyTorch, optimizing for performance and efficiency on GPU-
accelerated computing platforms.
Presented research findings at prestigious conferences and
published papers in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.

Kiswahili Language AI Consultant


Freelance (2021 - 2022)
Mwanza, Tanzania

Provided consulting services to organizations and individuals on


leveraging AI technologies for Kiswahili language processing and
generation tasks.

Developed custom AI solutions for Kiswahili text classification ,


sentiment analysis , and language generation using state-of-the-art
deep learning and transformer models.

Conducted workshops and training sessions on AI/ML techniques for


Kiswahili language processing , aimed at knowledge transfer and
capacity building.

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EDUCATION
University of Dar es Salaam
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
M.Sc. in Computational Linguistics & Artificial Intelligence (
2019 - 2021)
Relevant Coursework: Natural Language Processing,
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Kiswahili Linguistics,
Corpus Linguistics

State University of Zanzibar


Zanzibar, Tanzania

B.A. in Kiswahili Language and Literature (2014 - 2018)


Relevant Coursework: Kiswahili Grammar, Kiswahili
Literature, Sociolinguistics, Language Acquisition

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