Aiden Williams

Lead development teams in research and AI product delivery, designing and implementing custom chatbots, big data pipelines, and an in-house condominium management system; consulted and implemented an AI-based bottle identification project to improve error detection.

Researched and developed AI products, built APIs integrating in-house AI technologies, and productionized research into deployable modules including speaker verification, PII encoding, and driving license barcode fraud detection.

Paired in a two-person team to automate office workflows and research AI/NLP solutions to assist translation and editing tasks, increasing processing efficiency.

Managed IT projects and developed an Android application while supporting general IT operations across the department to improve internal systems and services.

Worked on a small blockchain project involving Ethereum and Solidity, contributing to proof-of-concept development during internship.

Developed VBA scripts to automate several internal tasks, reducing manual effort and improving staff productivity.

Activities and societies: Research assistantship, MASRI+ project participation, NLP tool development for Maltese.

Enrolled in an M.Sc. IT (Research) focusing on NLP for Maltese, contributing to MASRI+ and developing self-supervised data collection methods for low-resource settings under supervision of Dr Claudia Borg.

Activities and societies: Thesis on ASR for Maltese, coursework in machine learning, NLP, and computer vision.

Completed a B.Sc. IT (Honours) with specialization in Artificial Intelligence, including a thesis developing a state-of-the-art automatic speech recognition model for Maltese.

Activities and societies: Practical projects in Python; earned certificates in Introduction to Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Computer Vision.

Completed online machine learning and deep learning courses covering introduction to machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision with practical Python projects.