Mustapha Abdullahi

Espoo, Finland

I am a doctoral researcher with the Aalto Data Intensive Systems group at the Department of Computer Science, Aalto University. I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Bo Zhao. I am funded by the Finland Fellowship and the Finnish Center of Artificial Intelligence (FCAI). My research interests span scalable reinforcement learning (RL) systems and efficient training of large language models (LLMs).

Previously, I completed my MSc in AI at the Queen Mary University of London, sponsored by Google DeepMind and QuantumBlack (McKinsey) & Office of AI. I received my B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from Ahmadu Bello University. I worked as a Software Engineering Intern at QuantumBlack AI Labs (McKinsey & Company).

I am open to learning and collaborating on any exciting project :)

I [attempt to] teach Deep Learning at Arewa Data Science Academy as a volunteer mentor. See videos here

News

Jul 4, 2024	Excited and thankful to be selected for the Finnish Doctoral Program Network in Artificial Intelligence (AI-DOC) funded by Finnish Center of Artificial Intelligence (FCAI).
Feb 12, 2024	Super stoked and grateful to have received the Finland Fellowship to fund my 1st year of PhD in Computer Science at Aalto University.
Oct 2, 2023	Thrilled and grateful to be starting a role as Software Engineer Intern at QuantumBlack Labs (McKinsey & Company).
Apr 20, 2023	Delighted to be selected to attend the Mediterranean Machine Learning Summer School (MLSS 2023) in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Apr 14, 2023	Super excited to be accepted to the Reinforcement Learning Summer School (RLSS 2023) in Barcelona, Spain.
Mar 29, 2023	Thrilled and grateful to be accepted to The Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research School (CMMRS) 2023 in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Dec 9, 2022	Excited to be one of the awardees of the Best Graduating Engineering Student Awards by the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
Dec 1, 2022	Very honoured to be among the 14 finalists of Rhodes Scholarship, West Africa
Aug 15, 2022	Super excited to be one of the recipients of the Google DeepMind Scholarship to study a Master’s in AI at the School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London.