I am currently a PhD student in the NLPnorth research unit within the Computer Science Department at the IT University of Copenhagen advised by Dr. Natalie Schluter and also a Student Researcher in Machine Learning Research at Apple. Presently, I am working as a Visiting Researcher at Columbia University in the Spoken Language Processing Group.
My research interest covers the field of Speech and Language Processing for low resource languages, with an interest in African Languages.
In Speech Processing, I am currently exploring how suprasegmental data in speech can be efficiently extracted and applied to improve natural language systems.
I received my B.S. summa cum laude in Computer Science from Ashesi University and my M.S. in Computer Science from the IT University of Copenhagen.
OTHER INTERESTS OUTSIDE OF RESEARCH:
Outside of research I love to read books and practice martial arts(Shotokan karate and Brazilian jiu-jitsu).
Prosodically annotated speech corpus for Low-resource Ghanaian Languages
M.Sc thesis: Multi-lingual and Cross-lingual Automatic Prosodic Annotation
Grade: 12/12
B.Sc thesis: A Functional NLP Speech System For Akan Using Limited Data
Grade: A+
Student Excellence Award - Ashesi University
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This is a merit award given to reflect the stellar performance demonstrated at the IGEM competition.Millinium Fellowship - United Nations
The Millennium Fellowship is a prestigious fellowship that provides fellows with world class training, connections and recognition to boost their social impact efforts.African Future Leader Fellowship - African Change Makers
The African Future Leader Fellowship is a prestigious fellowship that equips young and gifted Africans to become future African leaders.Favourite choice: Livewired by David Eagleman
Favourite choice: Man's search for meaning by Victor Frankl
Favourite choice: Becoming by Michelle Obama