The Marconi Research & Innovations Laboratory is proud to announce that Sulaiman Kagumire has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2025 Google PhD Fellowship.
The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students conducting exceptional and innovative research in computer science and related fields.
Sulaiman’s research focuses on developing artificial intelligence models to improve the quality of conversations and information service delivery at mental health call centres in Uganda, where most support is provided in Luganda and English. His work aims to build speech recognition and natural language processing systems capable of transcribing and analyzing multilingual conversations, detecting emotional and clinical cues, and assisting mental health workers through data-driven insights.
By advancing AI for low-resource African languages and promoting inclusive technology, his research contributes to the digital transformation of mental health services and the broader goal of leveraging AI for social good.