Bio
Abdoulaye Diack is a strategic leader with over 20 years of experience in engineering and management, including AI/ML research , research operations, mobile financial services, payments, and big data solutions.
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For the past 6 years, Abdoulaye has worked as a Program Manager in AI research, first at Google Brain and then at Google Research Africa. During this time, he has been in a unique position to see the rapid advancements in AI being applied in the real world.
A core focus of his work has been the Open Buildings project, a pioneering AI initiative that has revolutionized mapping in underrepresented regions. This project has successfully mapped over 1.8 billion buildings across the Global South, improving Google Maps’ coverage in these areas. The resulting open data has become a useful for local governments and organizations, enabling more effective urban planning, disaster response, and economic development strategies.
Interests:
- Research + innovation + startups in Africa
- Digital transformation & AI Africa Ecosystem
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First Images from ESA Biomass Satellite
Absolutely stunning images of Gabon and Tchad from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Biomass satellite. The first image shows the Ivindo River in Gabon, stretching from the DRC border all the way to Makoukou in the Ogooué-Ivindo province. This region is known for its dense forests. Typically, when we look at forests from above, all…
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AlphaGenome API
For those in genomic research: Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome, an AI model for predicting DNA sequences. The API is free for non-commercial research use. Feel free to share this with anyone in the field who might be interested. You can get the API key here: https://deepmind.google.com/science/alphagenome/account/terms Blog: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphagenome-ai-for-better-understanding-the-genome/ Colab examples: Quickstart: https://colab.research.google.com/github/google-deepmind/alphagenome/blob/main/colabs/quick_start.ipynb#scrollTo=81ffd5da Vizualizing predictions:…
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My Notes on Exploring Google’s Health Foundation Models
(Note: This post reflects my personal opinions and may not reflect those of my employer) This image is a spectrogram representing my name, “Abdoulaye,” generated from my voice audio by HeAR (Health Acoustic Representations). HeAR is one of the recently released Health AI foundation models by Google. I’ve been captivated by these foundation models lately,…