Hi there 👋! My name is Everlyn Asiko Chimoto. I am currently a PhD student👩🏿💻 at the University of Cape Town, supervised by Prof. Bruce Bassett.
My research focuses on developing data and model-efficient techniques in machine translation for low-resource languages, with a particular emphasis on data pruning and active learning.
I am also interested in exploring large language models (LLMs) for low-resource settings.
I hold an MSc in Mathematical Sciences from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the University of Cape Town (UCT), where my research also centered on machine translation for low-resource languages😄. Prior to that, I earned a BSc in Computer Science from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
In addition to my academic pursuits, I have a strong passion for teaching👩🏿🏫. I have served as a data science technical mentor and tutor for Moringa School and NeuroMatch summer school 2021. I am also an active member of Masakhane, where I have played a key role in organizing workshops such as AfricaNLP and NLP@Indaba.
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