Lilian Ngweta
Research Scientist at IBM
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLilian Ngweta is an AI research scientist based in Cambridge, MA with a decade of experience bridging academic research and industry R&D. Currently a Research Scientist at IBM after multiple internships and externships with the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab and Microsoft Research, she specializes in machine learning and NLP applications for security, compliance, and misinformation analysis. Her background includes hands-on work on vulnerability exploitation prediction, geographic visualization of fake news spread, and AI-powered automation systems, reflecting a focus on practical, high-impact research. Holding advanced degrees in computer science and a BS in software engineering, she combines strong engineering chops with human-centered research experience in HCI and public-health–adjacent projects. Notably, her early work built production-oriented apps and REST APIs while also contributing to research at major labs, signaling an ability to move ideas from prototype to deployed systems.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBachelor of Science - BS, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Software Engineering at Barrett, The Honors CollegeiOS Development, iOS Development at CodePath
English, Swahili, hehe
Github Skills (1)
r-package10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
lilianngweta/personal-website
Sep 2019 - Feb 2025
Personal website for Lilian Ngweta. View it at https://lilianngweta.com/
Contributions:18 PRs, 96 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
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lilianngweta/aligners
Jun 2024 - Feb 2025
Contributions:76 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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