The team

Meet the team

A team of AI experts, facilitators, and project leads from AIMS South Africa, University College London (UCL), and Google DeepMind, supporting you throughout the programme.

The AI Research Foundations team at AIMS South Africa

The people

Leads and facilitators

Prof. Ulrich Paquet

Prof. Ulrich Paquet

Project Lead

AI Director @ AIMS South Africa, Research Scientist @ Google DeepMind, Co-director @ Deep Learning Indaba

Michael Alummoottil

Michael Alummoottil

Project Manager & Facilitator

Project Manager & NLP AI Expert @ AIMS AI Research Foundations Team, PhD Researcher @ University College London

Yassir Aladdin

Yassir Aladdin

Technical Lead & Facilitator

Technical Lead & NLP AI Expert @ AIMS AI Research Foundations Team, Google DeepMind Scholar

Ayman Saeed

Ayman Saeed

Facilitator

NLP AI Expert @ AIMS AI Research Foundations Team, Google DeepMind Scholar

Maharavo Rakotonirainy

Maharavo Rakotonirainy

Facilitator

NLP AI Expert @ AIMS AI Research Foundations Team, Google DeepMind Scholar

Similoluwa Okunowo

Similoluwa Okunowo

Facilitator

NLP AI Expert @ AIMS AI Research Foundations Team, Google DeepMind Scholar

Toky Rajaofera

Toky Rajaofera

Facilitator

NLP AI Expert @ AIMS AI Research Foundations Team, Google DeepMind Scholar

Get in touch with the team

Questions about the programme, the curriculum, or a workshop? We are happy to help.

ai-research-foundations@aims.ac.za

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