I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in Informatics in the College of IST at Penn State University, where I conduct research at the PIKE Research Lab under the guidance of Dr. Dongwon Lee. I specialize in AI/ML research focused on Information Integrity, Safe and Ethical AI, including combating harmful content across multiple languages and modalities. My research spans low-resource multilingual NLP, generative AI, and adversarial machine learning, with work extending across 70+ languages. I have published 6 top-tier papers with 190+ citations in premier venues including ACL, EMNLP, IEEE, and NAACL.
My doctoral research focuses on bridging the digital language divide through transfer learning, classification (NLU), generation (NLG), adversarial attacks, and developing end-to-end AI pipelines using RAG and Agentic AI workflows for combating multilingual threats. Drawing from my Grenadian background and knowledge of local Creole languages, I bring a global perspective to AI challenges, working to democratize state-of-the-art AI capabilities for underserved linguistic communities worldwide. My mission is to develop robust multilingual multimodal systems and mitigate evolving security vulnerabilities while enhancing access to human language technology through cutting-edge solutions.
As an NSF LinDiv Fellow, I conduct transdisciplinary research advancing human-AI language interaction for social good. I actively mentor 5+ research interns and teach Applied Generative AI courses. Through industry experience at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Interaction LLC, and Coalfire, I bridge academic research with practical applications in combating evolving security threats and enhancing global AI accessibility. I see multilingual advances and interdisciplinary collaboration as a competitive advantage, not a communication challenge. Beyond research, I stay active through dance, fitness, martial arts, and community service.
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Ph.D. in Informatics, 2025 (Expected)
The Pennslyvania State University
MPH con. in Epidemiology, 2020
St. George's University
M.Sc in Computer Information Systems con. Health Informatics, 2014
Boston University
B.Sc in Information Technology, 2010
St. George's University
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Chain-of-Interactions (CoI) introduces a novel multi-step framework that leverages LLMs’ in-context learning capabilities for abstractive task-oriented dialogue summarization. Through comprehensive evaluation across 11 models and human studies with 480 evaluators, CoI demonstrates decisive superiority with 6× better entity preservation and 49% higher quality scores compared to existing approaches, establishing new standards for customer service dialogue summarization.
GAMIC introduces a novel self-supervised learning approach for molecular in-context learning that combines graph neural networks with Morgan fingerprints to better capture molecular complexity. By aligning global molecular structures with textual descriptions and using Maximum Marginal Relevance for demonstration selection, GAMIC outperforms traditional Morgan-based retrieval methods by up to 45% across diverse molecular tasks.
Beemo introduces a novel benchmark featuring 6.5k expert-edited machine-generated texts across diverse domains from creative writing to summarization. Through comprehensive evaluation of 33 MGT detector configurations, we demonstrate that expert editing effectively evades detection while LLM-edited texts remain distinguishable from human writing, highlighting critical gaps in current detection methods for multi-author scenarios.
This IEEE Intelligent Systems article examines the “longtail” impact of Generative AI on disinformation in high-impact events and resource-limited settings. We analyze four critical dimensions—quantity, quality, personalization, and hallucination—proposing strategies to combat disinformation risks in vulnerable communities and during critical events where consequences are most profound.
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