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Bashar Awwad

@basharawwad_

Applied Scientist at Amazon Alexa. Interest in data science, neuroscience, and politics. Opinions are my own.

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In a new paper we present a simple projection module to facilitate the use of synthetic speech to improve personalisation in ASR models. Amazon Science. . amazon.science/publications/e…

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Glad to share our paper 'Using model explanations to guide deep learning models towards consistent explanations for EHR data' at Nature Scientific Reports, by Matthew Watson Comp Sci @ Durham with Bashar Awwad. Big 🙏 to Evergreen Life for sponsoring our work💚nature.com/articles/s4159…

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We have liftoff! Good luck to NASA, Lockheed Martin and Cisco with the Artemis 1 mission, which will send Alexa into space for the first time to explore how voice tech and AI can assist future astronauts. Learn more about the mission.

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A peek into some of the challenges we faced while developing Alexa for Arabic. amazon.science/latest-news/ho…

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Personal update. I am excited to share a new direction in my career. I am leaving the FinTech field and starting a new position with the research team at Amazon Alexa.

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How much confidence you have in the explanation of your model? We demonstrate in this paper the variability in model explanation under different training settings.

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We are looking for a senior data scientist to join our team. Get in touch and be part of the team changing the landscape of anti-money laundering investigations globally.
linkedin.com/jobs/view/2470…

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This is really coocerning. It does highlight issues in both data pre-processing and model building. There is a need for a strong regulatory framework to ensure trust and transparency in deployed models.

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Integrating experts' knowledge with machine learning models is quite a challenge. Chris Brannigan talks about our approach in anti money laundering.

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This is really coocerning. This can only increase the risk of people not taking up the vaccine. Another reckless step by incompetent government. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-555037…

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