Speaking
Speaking
I give talks to universities, research groups, conferences and companies — in English or French, remote or in person.
What I speak about
What modern AI can — and cannot — do
A clear account of current capabilities, common failure modes, and how to evaluate claims without hype.
Multimodal and applied AI
How language, vision, video, and documents come together in useful systems — from research choices to real-world trade-offs.
African-language technology
What it takes to build AI with and for multilingual African communities, including data, evaluation, access, and participation.
Research and technical career development
Practical lessons on finding collaborators, publishing strong work, growing technical judgment, and building a durable career.
Selected talks & appearances
LiSTra Automatic Speech Translation: English to Lingala Case Study
5th Black in AI Workshop, NeurIPS 2021 — Spotlight
Masakhane MT: How to Get Started
Masakhane community tutorial
The Transformer: From RNN to Attention
Data Science for Social Impact Research Group, University of Pretoria
Introduction to Deep Learning with PyTorch
Workshop series, session 2
Natural Language Processing: How Machine Learning Changed the Field
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), South Africa
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