MSc in Computer Science

Hello, I'm Tewodros

MSc graduate with strong expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP), multilingual AI, and low-resource language technologies. Passionate about advancing inclusive AI for underrepresented languages.

Tewodros Achamaleh Bizuneh
About Me

A Passion for Language and Technology

I am an MSc Computer Science candidate with strong expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP), multilingual AI, and low-resource language technologies. My research focuses on developing inclusive AI systems that address challenges such as sentiment analysis, fake news detection, hope speech classification, and emotion-cause extraction, particularly for underrepresented languages. I have actively participated in international collaborations and shared tasks at venues including EACL, ACL, NAACL, COLING, IberLEF, LT-EDI, and RANLP, where I have contributed as both an author of peer-reviewed publications and a presenter at leading NLP conferences. Alongside my academic journey, I bring hands-on experience in machine learning, data engineering, IT, and networking, which strengthens my ability to connect theoretical research with practical applications. I am deeply passionate about advancing inclusive and impactful AI and contribute to the global research community as a member of ACL, Black in AI, and EthioNLP.

Career

Work Experience

2024 – Present

MSc Researcher

Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Computación - Mexico City, Mexico

2023 – 2024

Data Engineer

Orison Digital Trading PLC - Addis Ababa

2021 – 2023

IT Support Officer

Conlink Business PLC - Addis Ababa

2017 – 2021

Technical Support

Web Planet IT Solution PLC - Addis Ababa

Projects & Interests

Focus Areas

Ongoing Project

Crowdsourcing Platform for Ethiopian Language Data Collection (2025)

Developing a platform to collect and organize data for Ethiopia’s 80+ indigenous languages. Designed for offline access, mobile compatibility, and community-driven participation to build inclusive NLP resources for low-resource languages.

Research Interests

Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Large Language Models
Multilingual AI
Code-Mixed Text Processing
Emotion & Sentiment Analysis
Hate Speech Detection
Machine-Generated Text Detection
Low-Resource Language Crowdsourcing
Expertise

Technical & Professional Skills

ML Libraries and Frameworks
PyTorch
TensorFlow
SciPy
NumPy
Pandas
Flask
Docker
Programming Languages
Python
Java
C#
Web Dev (HTML, CSS, JS)
C/C++
ML Concepts
Machine learning
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
NLP
Multimodal Learning
Soft skills
Project Management
Teamwork
Mentoring
Public Speaking
Writing
Networking & IT
Cisco CCNA
System Administration
Network Design
Tools
MS SQL Server
VMware
Linux/Unix
Language
Amharic (Native)
English (fluent speaker)
Spanish (Basic)
Graphic Design
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Canva
Figma
Publications

My Research Contributions

Stress recognition in code-mixed social media texts using machine learning

Lemlem Eyob, Tewodros Achamaleh, Muhammad Tayyab, Grigori Sidorov, Ildar Batyrshin

CIC-NLP
Cic-nlp at genai detection task 1: Advancing multilingual machine-generated text detection

Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Tewodros Achamaleh, Fatima Uroosa, Nida Hafeez, Grigori Sidorov, Olga Kolesnikova, Olumide Ebenezer Ojo

GenAI Detection Task 1
CIC-NLP at GenAI detection task 1: Leveraging DistilBERT for detecting machine-generated text in English

Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Tewodros Achamaleh, Oluwatobi Joseph Abiola, Temitope Olasunkanmi Oladepo, Olumide Ebenezer Ojo, Grigori Sidorov, Olga Kolesnikova

GenAI Detection Task 1
Tewodros@ dravidianlangtech 2024: Hate speech recognition in telugu codemixed text

Tewodros Achamaleh, Lemlem Kawo, Ildar Batyrshini, Grigori Sidorov

DravidianLangTech 2024
CIC-NLP@ DravidianLangTech 2025: Fake News Detection in Dravidian Languages

Tewodros Achamaleh, Nida Hafeez, Mikiyas Mebraihtu, Fatima Uroosa, Grigori Sidorov

DravidianLangTech 2025
Tewodros at SemEval-2025 Task 11: Multilingual Emotion Intensity Detection using Small Language Models

Mikiyas Eyasu, Wendmnew Sitot Abebaw, Nida Hafeez, Fatima Uroosa, Tewodros Achamaleh, Grigori Sidorov, Alexander Gelbukh

SemEval-2025 Task 11
CIC-NLP@ DravidianLangTech 2025: Detecting AI-generated Product Reviews in Dravidian Languages

Tewodros Achamaleh, Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Lemlem Eyob Kawo, Mikiyas Mebraihtu, Grigori Sidorov

DravidianLangTech 2025
EM-26@LT-EDI 2025: Caste and Migration Hate Speech Detection in Tamil-English Code-Mixed Social Media Texts

Tewodros Achamaleh, Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Mikiyas Mebraihtu, Sara Getachew, Grigori Sidorov

LT-EDI 2025
EM-26@LT-EDI 2025: Detecting Racial Hoaxes in Code-Mixed Social Media Data

Tewodros Achamaleh, Fatima Uroosa, Nida Hafeez, Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Mikiyas Mebraihtu, Sara Getachew, Grigori Sidorov, Rolando Quintero

LT-EDI 2025
Multimodal Sentiment Analysis in Spanish Tourist Reviews: A Data Quality-Aware Approach

Tolulope Olalekan Abiola, Tewodros Achamaleh, Olumide Ebenezer Ojo, Olaronke Oluwayemisi Adebanji, Oluwatobi Joseph Abiola, Temitope Dasola Ogunleye, Sidorov Grigori

NLP-CIC at HOPE2025@IberLEF: Binary and Multi-Class Classification of Hope Speech Detection

Tewodros Achamaleh, Nida Hafeez, Fatima Uroosa, Grigori Sidorov

HOPE2025@IberLEF
Multilingual Hope Speech Multiclass Classification using Transformer-Based Models

Tewodros Achamaleh, Grigori Sidorov

Research

Research Experience

2024 – Present

Graduate Researcher

Centro de Investigación en Computación, IPN, Mexico City

Research in low-resource NLP, multilingual emotion analysis, and machine-generated text detection. Active participant in shared tasks (EACL, ACL, NACCL, COLING, IberLEF, LT-EDI, and RANLP).

Education

My Academic Journey

MSc in Computer Science (in progress)
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico City, Mexico

Aug 2024 – Present

Thesis: Thesis: Multilingual Emotion Analysis in Social Media Using Advanced Large Language Models and Transformers

BSc in Computer Science
Rift Valley University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Oct 2017 – Jul 2022

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia

Oct 2015 – Jun 2016

Contact

Get In Touch

I'm always open to discussing new research, projects, or collaboration opportunities. Feel free to reach out.