Teaching & Service

Mentorship and Educational Service

ARM Ambassador for AI & Edge Computing

Technical Educator and Workshop Leader

2023–Present

Leading technical workshops on edge AI inference optimization for ARM-based systems (Graviton, Ampere, Cortex series), supporting open-source communities in deploying efficient ML models.

  • Delivered workshops on edge AI inference optimization for ARM architectures
  • Supported open-source ML deployment initiatives across ARM-based platforms
  • Provided technical guidance on efficient model deployment strategies
  • Contributed to ARM developer community educational resources

HiveTensor Distributed AI Bootcamp

Workshop Organizer

2024

Partnered with KCA University to design and deliver hands-on curriculum on distributed training and edge AI inference for 50+ participants across East Africa.

  • Designed comprehensive curriculum on distributed AI training
  • Delivered hands-on sessions on edge AI inference techniques
  • Reached 50+ participants from across East Africa
  • Established collaborative partnership with KCA University

Research Team Supervision

Technical Lead

2024–Present

Supervision of research engineering team developing production machine learning systems, with emphasis on research methodology and reproducible practices.

  • Established research protocols and documentation standards
  • Supervised development of multilingual speech processing systems
  • Mentored team members on experimental design and evaluation
  • Facilitated knowledge transfer between research and engineering

Conference Presentations and Workshops

Deep Learning Indaba 2025

Poster Presentation · Kigali, Rwanda · 2025

Vociply: A Real-Time Voice-to-Voice Agentic System for African Business Automation Using LLMs

Showcased multilingual real-time inference system optimized for edge devices and low-resource environments, demonstrating practical deployment of LLM-based voice agents for African markets.

ARM Technical Workshops

Educational Workshop Series · Multiple Venues · 2024

Efficient Neural Networks for Edge Deployment

Workshop series covering model compression, quantization techniques, and deployment strategies for resource-constrained environments, emphasizing both theoretical foundations and practical implementation.

Applied Machine Learning Days Africa

Conference Attendance · USIU Kenya · 2024

Current Trends in ML Research and Applications

Participation in regional machine learning conference, engaging with African ML research community and exploring collaborative opportunities.

Collaboration Opportunities

I welcome discussions regarding research collaboration, doctoral program opportunities, and the application of continual learning and efficient neural architectures to practical problems.

Areas of Interest

  • Continual learning and catastrophic forgetting
  • Efficient neural architectures and model compression
  • Edge AI and resource-constrained deployment
  • Memory-efficient learning algorithms
  • Joint research projects and publications
  • Doctoral program applications and discussion
  • Technical mentorship and knowledge dissemination

Contact: marwamasese@gmail.com