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George Jojo Boateng | |
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| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich, Dartmouth College |
| Occupation(s) | Computer Scientist, Engineer, Educator, Social Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Computing, Digital Health, AI in Education |
George Jojo Boateng is a Ghanaian computer scientist, educator, and social entrepreneur. He is known for his work in artificial intelligence, wearable technology, and digital health, as well as his efforts to promote AI education in Africa.[1]
Boateng was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2023, recognized as one of the IBM New Creators in 2022, and listed in the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2021.[1]
Career
[edit]Boateng is currently a lecturer of the #AI4Impact course at ETH Zurich[2] He is the co-founder and CEO of Kwame AI Inc.—an artificial intelligence startup that builds personalized knowledge assistants to support learners and professionals such as educators, researchers, and legal practitioners. The company's AI tools include
- Adesua – for science education[3]
- SuaCode – for coding education[4][5]
- Eskwai – for legal research[6]
Kwame AI also spearheads community initiatives including:
- AfricAIED – a workshop on AI in education in Africa[7]
- Brilla AI – an open-source project to develop an AI contestant for Ghana’s National Science and Math Quiz (NSMQ)[8]
Previous Roles
[edit]Boateng has previously worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and as an applied scientist at Amazon with the Alexa AI team.[9][10]
Education
[edit]Boateng earned his Ph.D. in Applied Machine Learning from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where he studied from 2018 to 2022. He conducted his doctoral research at the Center for Digital Health Interventions (CDHI), focusing on multimodal emotion recognition among couples in both laboratory and real-world settings using smartwatches.[11]
In 2022, he was a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, where he worked in the Department of Computer Science and Technology.[11]
Boateng also earned a B.A. in Computer Science modified with Engineering from Dartmouth College in 2016. He was a Neukom Scholar and an E.E. Just STEM Scholar. His senior honors thesis, StressAware, involved developing a mobile application to continuously measure and monitor stress levels in real time using the Amulet wearable device.[12]
Honors and Recognition
[edit]- 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Social Impact
- 2022 IBM New Creator[13]
- 2021 MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35[14]
- Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Shortlist by the U.K.’s Royal Academy of Engineering
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award in Emerging Leadership
- Thayer School of Engineering Dean’s Service Award
- Ernest Everett Just Award in Mathematics and the Sciences[15]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kwame AI". Forbes. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Course Catalogue - ETH Zurich". www.vvz.ethz.ch. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Kwame AI - Education". ed.kwame.ai. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Suacode.ai | Learn Coding and AI on your Phone". Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Group of Ghanaian entrepreneurs create coding app to democratise science and technology in Africa - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ "Eskwai". eskwai.kwame.ai. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "AfricAIED". www.africaied.org. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ brilla-ai/brilla-ai, Brilla AI, 12 March 2025, retrieved 8 April 2025
- ^ ""An accidental project born out of our need to innovate"". Amazon Science. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "George Boateng". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ a b Admin. "George Boateng has successfully defended his PhD!". CDHI. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "George Boateng's Research is Improving the Lives of Others". calltolead.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "George Boateng | New Creators | IBM". IBM. 17 March 2023. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "George Boateng". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ^ "Exploring Applications of Technology in Health and Wellness | Dartmouth". home.dartmouth.edu. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2025.