Kesego Mokgosi

PhD Candidate in Computer Science

kesegomokgosi23 [AT] gmail.com

Bio

I am a passionate innovator and problem solver from Botswana, sub-Saharan Africa. I am a self-taught full stack developer and AI enthusiast with research interests in Automatic Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, Conversational AI, and Machine Learning applications. My research often falls at the intersections of Automatic Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI.

I am currently pursuing my PhD in Computer Science at the Technological University Dublin, Ireland, under the supervision of Dr. Robert Ross and Dr. Cathy Ennis. Before starting my PhD, I was the Head of Technology at Xavier Africa, where I worked as a Conversational AI architect and developed cross-platform projects for agency clients. I am also the founder of Anton Tech, which received the 2021 Botswana Innovation Fund to develop solutions that detect transboundary diseases using geospatial data. I graduated with First Class honors and as Valedictorian from both the University of Sunderland and Botswana Accountancy College in Computer Systems Engineering.

Publications

Most recent publications on Google Scholar.
‡ indicates equal contribution.

Synthesising Cross-Speaker Data for Low-Resource Pathological Speech Recognition with PEFT

Kesego Mokgosi, Milad Dadgar, Cathy Ennis, Robert Ross

TSD'25: Text, Speech, and Dialogue Conference. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer. 2025.

Paper

Automatic Speech Recognition Models for Pathological Speech: Challenges and Insights

Kesego Mokgosi, Cathy Ennis, Robert Ross

AICS'24: 32nd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. 2024.

Paper

Synthesising Cross-Speaker Data for Low-Resource Pathological Speech Recognition with PEFT

Kesego Mokgosi, Milad Dadgar, Cathy Ennis, Robert Ross

TSD'25: Text, Speech, and Dialogue Conference. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer. 2025.

Paper

Automatic Speech Recognition Models for Pathological Speech: Challenges and Insights

Kesego Mokgosi, Cathy Ennis, Robert Ross

AICS'24: 32nd Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science. 2024.

Paper

Skills & Technologies

Programming Languages & Frameworks

JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL, NoSQL, NextJS, React, FastAPI, Golang, C++, PyTorch

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Slurm,Langchain, Weaviate, Quadrant

AI & Machine Learning

Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning,Speech Synthesis, Automatic Speech Recognition,Audio and Signal Processing

Development & APIs

Full Stack Development

Other

Project Management, Data Engineering, Data Analytics

Awards & Accolades

Creative Business Cup Botswana Winner (2023)

Winner - BothoHacks Hackathon (2020)

Winner - National STEM Hackathon, BIUST (2020)

Winner - Botswana Innovation Hub Hackathon (2022)

Gold Medallist - BOTSA Informatics Olympiad (2017)

International Olympiad of Metropolis Finalist, Russia (2017)

Agritech Startup of the Year - Southern Africa Startup Awards

Southern Africa Innovation Collective (SAIC) BoostUp National Champions

2nd Prize - Forbes Africa Summit Pitch Competition (2023)

Selected Certifications

Google Data Analytics Professional Certification

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Vitæ

Full Resume in PDF.

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