grace.aliko

Curriculum Vitae

My professional background, skills, and experience

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Grace Aliko

Full Stack Developer & NLP Researcher

Kumasi, Ghana

gracealiko09@gmail.com

github.com/AlikoGrace

linkedin.com/in/gracealiko

Professional Summary

Full stack developer with 5+ years of experience and a passion for NLP research, specializing in building accessible web applications and developing language technology solutions for low-resource African languages. Committed to creating technology that bridges linguistic divides and empowers African language speakers.

Work Experience

Full Stack Developer

2021 - Present

ZapTek Ghana

  • Lead development of web applications with a focus on accessibility and performance
  • Mentor junior developers and implement best practices across projects
  • Architect scalable solutions using Next.js, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL
  • Collaborate with UX designers to create intuitive user experiences

Teaching Assistant

2020 - 2021

African Languages Institute

  • Assisted in research on NLP for low-resource languages
  • Developed data collection methodologies and annotation guidelines
  • Implemented and evaluated neural models for various NLP tasks
  • Assisted in teaching undergraduate courses on NLP and machine learning

Education

BSc in Computer Science (Honors)

2019 - 2021

Kwame Nkrumah UNiversity of Science and Technology

Focused on NLP techniques for low-resource languages.
Thesis: "LeqAfriQ: Dyslexia Detection in African Languages using Machine Learning"

BSc in Computer Science

2014 - 2018

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Graduated with First Class Honors.
Specialized in software engineering and artificial intelligence.

Skills

Frontend Development

React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, Accessibility (WCAG)

Backend Development

Node.js, Express, GraphQL, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

NLP & Machine Learning

PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, spaCy, NLTK, TensorFlow

Languages

JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, SQL, HTML/CSS, Twi (native), English (fluent)

Publications & Projects

  • African Languages Translator - A neural machine translation system for low-resource African languages
  • Twi NLP Toolkit - An open-source NLP toolkit for processing and analyzing text in Twi language
  • "Improving Named Entity Recognition for Ghanaian Languages" - Published in the Journal of African NLP, 2022
  • "Transfer Learning Approaches for Low-Resource African Languages" - Conference paper, AfricaNLP Workshop, 2021