Gloria Katuka
Applied Scientist II at Microsoft
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGloria Katuka is an Applied Scientist II at Microsoft with five years of experience building agentic systems and evaluation methods for AI-driven interaction. Her academic background includes a PhD and master's work in computer science from the University of Florida, where she researched NLP for dialog in educational CS/AI applications and developed co-creative agent prototypes. She brings practical industry experience from internships and roles at Intel, Symantec, and Coursera, plus a recent Microsoft internship that transitioned into her current role. As founder of InTECHgrate and an advisory board member for a nonprofit, she blends technical research with community-focused STEM education initiatives that mentor the next generation of technologists. Colleagues describe her strength as bridging rigorous NLP research with deployable dialogue systems that improve learning experiences, while her nonprofit work reveals a commitment to translating AI for social impact.
5 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Information Systems and Operations Management, Master's degree Information Systems and Operations Management at University of Florida - Warrington College of BusinessDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
English, Hausa
Github Skills (8)
cognitive-services10
speech-to-text10
microsoft-cognitive-services10
sdk10
speech10
azure-cognitive-services10
speech-recognition8
microsoft6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
gkatuka/COP5536_Fall2020
Nov 2020 - Dec 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
gkatuka/pubs_webscrapper
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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