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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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,…
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Visualizing equations and functions using Gemini and Three.js (Vibe coded )
Visualizing Machine Learning: An Interactive 3D Guide to Gradient Descent & SVMs From Gaussian Curves to the Heat Equation
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TxGemma Release: AI Models for Therapeutics Development 🧪🔬
Google DeepMind has released TxGemma, a set of open-weight AI models designed for therapeutic development. These models, based on the Gemma architecture, are trained to analyze and predict characteristics of therapeutic entities during drug discovery. 💊 The release includes ‘chat’ variants (9B and 27B) that can engage in dialogue and provide explanations for their predictions.…