Adamu

Languages, Literature, and AI Specialist

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Professional Summary

Interdisciplinary professional with expertise at the intersection of languages, literature, and artificial intelligence. Specializing in leveraging computational methods to enhance linguistic research, develop educational tools, and build innovative language technology solutions.

Education

Master of Arts in Comparative Literature

University Name | 2020 - 2022

Focus on digital humanities, computational linguistics, and African literature. Thesis on machine learning applications in literary analysis.

Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics

University Name | 2016 - 2020

Specialization in Hausa language and literature, with coursework in natural language processing.

Professional Experience

Language Technology Specialist

Independent | 2022 - Present
  • Developed educational web applications for language learning, reaching 10,000+ users
  • Created NLP tools for low-resource African languages
  • Consulted on AI-powered translation and localization projects
  • Published research on computational approaches to literary analysis

Research Assistant in Digital Humanities

University Research Center | 2021 - 2022
  • Built text analysis pipelines for multilingual literary corpora
  • Developed interactive visualizations for linguistic research data
  • Collaborated with linguists and computer scientists on interdisciplinary projects

Technical Skills

Languages: Hausa (Native), English (Fluent), French (Intermediate), Arabic (Reading)

Programming: Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SQL

AI/ML: Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models (GPT, Claude), TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers

Web Development: Jekyll, React, Node.js, Static Site Generators

Tools: Git, GitHub, VS Code, Jupyter Notebooks, AWS

Projects

Hausa Language Explorer - Comprehensive web application for learning Hausa language and culture, featuring interactive lessons, dictionary with 500+ entries, and quizzes.

Multilingual Literary Analysis Toolkit - Python library for computational analysis of African literary texts, supporting multiple languages and traditional NLP techniques.

AI Translation Assistant - Fine-tuned language models for English-Hausa translation with cultural context awareness.

Publications & Writing

Awards & Recognition

Languages & Certifications