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<li>
Building on
<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmbXeEhgz7-7JZmnY8NmjXU31Q7BjbpzE&si=KPZ5O08KwlXkiT2S" target="_blank">
<span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">last year's success</span>
</a>, the second season of the The Open Source Stories
where we tell stories of ten students across eight countries and seven schools is
now live on
<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmbXeEhgz7-53GleBU655utOURapoU7v0&si=dTTkC0CWZW7RiulR" target="_blank">
<span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">YouTube</span>
</a>. (Nov. 2025)
<li>
I have joined the
<a href="https://trac-ai.iastate.edu/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>TrAC - Translational AI Center</span
></a>
at Iowa State University, where I’ll be participating in the
<a href="https://trac-ai.iastate.edu/education/reu/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)</span
></a>
program under the guidance of
<a href="https://www.engineering.iastate.edu/people/profile/soumiks/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Dr. Soumik Sarkar</span
></a>
, exploring interdisciplinary applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). (May 2025)
</li>
<li>
I am excited to share that I've joined the ML/AI Engineering team at
<a href="https://www.curacel.co/"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Curacel</span
></a>
, where I'm building AI-powered infrastructure to drive smarter, faster insurance solutions across Curacel Grow, Health, and Auto. (Apr. 2025)
</li>
<li>
I
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/salim-oyinlola_speaking-at-microsoft-devconnect-2025-at-activity-7299699636225626113-eeFQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAC22dGsBSpuUhZCWWy00EwHbPwfePGs7g_s"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>spoke</span
></a>
at Microsoft DevConnect 2025 at the Microsoft Office in Nigeria. I spoke on
Bridging Language Gaps: Custom Translator for Nigerian Languages with Azure AI,
exploring how AI can drive inclusivity and accessibility in our diverse linguistic landscape. (Feb. 2025)
</li>
<li>
I worked with the team from the IEEE Student Branch, University of Lagos, to
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/salim-oyinlola/overlay/1729685703181/single-media-viewer/?profileId=ACoAAC22dGsBSpuUhZCWWy00EwHbPwfePGs7g_s" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>another victory</span
></a>
in the Engineering Student Chapter Design Contest (Africa) organized by the IEEE Industry
Applications Society (IAS) Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department.
Our project, "AgriTracka" stood out for its innovative solutions to tackle challenges
in the agricultural sector. (Nov. 2024)
</li>
<li>
In commemoration of
<a href="https://hacktoberfest.com/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>HacktoberFest</span
></a>,
<a href="https://youtube.com/@btcwso" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Beyond the Classroom</span
></a>'s documentary on Open Source titled
<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmbXeEhgz7-7JZmnY8NmjXU31Q7BjbpzE&si=aYHQTtTiH0MGK6vy" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Open Source Stories</span
></a> in partnership with GitHub Education which features eight Nigerian students who have built
a career in Open Source became live on YouTube. (Oct. 2024)
</li>
<li>
I renewed my
<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/users/salimoyinlola-3330/credentials/279e35998344dba4?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2F" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate</span
></a>
certification with a score of 840/1000. (Jun. 2024)
</li>
<li>
The
<a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmbXeEhgz7-7Dw95weoKvh6O2U321A8wB&si=cwFOL9tcvSYfMvTt" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>first season</span
></a>
of my passion project, Beyond the Classroom is now live. The show is a podcast that features
conversations with students doing amazing things with their careers in tech with the aim of inspiring tech careers.
The first episode featured
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ifihan-olusheye/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Ifihan Olusheye</span
></a>, a student at the University of Lagos and an ex SWE intern at
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ifihan-olusheye_goldmansachs-makethingspossible-activity-6918188957809729536-5fTU" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Goldman Sachs</span
></a>.
You can watch/listen to the first episode on
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/469SZ0cl03awAKIVbBnep0" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Spotify</span
></a>
and
<a href="https://youtu.be/2u45M7GgC8Y" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>YouTube</span
></a>. (Apr. 2024)
</li>
<li>
I led my team from the IEEE Student Branch, University of Lagos, to
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/salim-oyinlola/overlay/1707616442911/single-media-viewer/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>victory</span
></a>
in the Engineering Student Chapter Design Contest (Africa) organized by the IEEE Industry
Applications Society (IAS) Industrial Power Conversion Systems Department.
Our project, "What About a Better and Sustainable Lagos?" stood out
for its innovative solutions to tackle challenges in one of Africa's largest cities. (Jan. 2024)
</li>
<li>
I spoke virtually at the
<a href="https://globalai.community/conference" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Global AI Conference</span
></a
> on how Azure Form Recognizer can transform your busines. The session's recording can be found
<a href="https://youtu.be/kja1_wpP0sc" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>here</span
></a
>. (Dec. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I gave a workshop session at the inaugral edition of
<a href="https://devfest.dscunilag.dev/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>DevFest Lagos - Student Edition</span
></a
> on LangChain and Large Language Models. (Dec. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I spoke at
<a href="https://datafestafrica.com/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>DataFest Africa 2023</span
></a
> on MindsDB, the open-source AI project that lets you create AI models using SQL statements, and
<a href="https://salimoyinlola.medium.com/memoirs-of-salim-time-will-tell-d61f6ce7ccf7" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>wrote</span
></a
> on the experience. (Oct. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I attempted the
<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/ai-102/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate Certification Exam - AI-102 </span
></a
> and passed to become
<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/api/credentials/share/en-us/SalimOyinlola-3330/279E35998344DBA4?sharingId=3E302B9C8DD4F9D" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Certified as an Azure AI Engineer</span
></a
>. I scored 82.1% on the examination. (Sep. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I attained the highest milestone in the
<a href="https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador</span></a>
program - the
<a href="https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/en-US/studentambassadors/profile/8c4773d7-5893-4dfd-ad9f-1c20cbd73b6a"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Gold</span></a> Milestone. (Jul. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I started out at the
<a href="http://airol.unilag.edu.ng/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab</span></a>
in the University of Lagos, Akoka under
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chika-yinka-banjo/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Dr. Chika Yinka-Banjo</span></a>.
(Jul. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I came up as one of the
<a href="https://dev.to/devteam/github-dev-2023-hackathon-winners-announced-236o"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">runner-ups</span></a>
in the
<a href="https://dev.to/devteam/announcing-the-github-dev-2023-hackathon-4ocn"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"> GitHub Global Hackathon</span></a>
. During the hackathon, I built an
<a href="https://youtu.be/FiaagaZrhX8"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"> Arduino-based Smart Gate System Prototype </span></a>
for Vehicle Detection and Access Control. I integrated a CI/CD pipeline into it using GitHub Actions/Codespaces. (Jun. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I moderated a
<a href="https://salimoyinlola.medium.com/memoirs-of-salim-a-fireside-chat-with-four-of-the-biggest-names-in-the-african-tech-ecosystem-b78d3ed1a055" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>panel session</span
></a
> on the Open Source as a GitHub Campus Expert at the GitHub Octernship Career Fair, Lagos.
The panelists were four of the biggest names in the African tech ecosystem -
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/samsongoddy/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Samson Goddy</span
></a
>,
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-ikegah/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Ruth Ikegah</span
></a
>,
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/peace-ojemeh-0b5bb2151/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Peace Ojemeh</span
></a
> and
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ogheneyoma-okobiah/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Yoma Okobiah</span
></a
>. (Apr. 2023)
</li>
<li>
I delivered my first physical tech
<a href="https://salimoyinlola.medium.com/memoirs-of-salim-my-first-time-speaking-at-a-physical-tech-event-ca6a777151bc" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>session</span
></a
> as a GitHub Campus Expert on "How to deploy your resume using GitHub and
Microsoft Azure" at the Microsoft ADC Office in Ikoyi. (Mar.
2023)
</li>
<li>
I published a detailed research-themed article on
<a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-train-a-neural-network-for-sentiment-analysis/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
> Sentimental Analysis using Neural Networks with Python on an Ubuntu Server on the DigitalOcean Community Page</span
></a
> via DigitalOcean's Community Memoirs. (Nov. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I was accepted into the
<a href="https://education.github.com/experts" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>GitHub Campus Experts Program</span
></a
> as the third expert on my campus joining
<a href="https://github.com/kromate" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Anthony Akpan</span
></a> and
<a href="https://github.com/OlayinkaAtobiloye" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Olayinka Atobiloye</span
></a>. You can find my profile
<a href="https://githubcampus.expert/salimcodes/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>here</span
></a> - less than 4% of applicants get selected. (Nov. 2022)
</li>
<li>
In line with my dedication to helping others and sharing knowledge, I became a
<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/author/salim/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>contributor</span
></a
> on
<a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>freeCodeCamp</span
></a
>'s publication. I write technical articles on everything between Artificial Intelligence,
Machine Learning, Cloud Computing and Open Source in tandem with GitHub. (Sep. 2022)
</li>
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I attempted the
<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/ai-900/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals Certification Exam - AI-900 </span
></a
> and passed to become
<a href="https://www.credly.com/badges/4133ac1e-9868-4096-9982-e5ed04edf6aa/public_url" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Certified in Azure AI Fundamentals</span
></a
>. I scored 81.6% in the examination. (Jul. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I published a detailed research- themed article on the
<a href="https://blog.paperspace.com/dall-e-image-generator/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
> inside of the DALL-E family of image generation frameworks from OpenAI</span
></a
> via Paperspace's Memoirs. (Jul. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I attempted the
<a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/exams/az-900/" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification Exam AI-900 </span
></a
> and passed to become
<a href="https://www.credly.com/badges/21b58628-17c9-4f90-98bb-3fa14a04425c/public_url" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Microsoft Certified in Azure Fundamentals</span
></a
>. I scored 79% in the examination. (Jun. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I was amongst the top 100 winners for the
<a href="https://townhall.hashnode.com/the-epic-hashnode-writeathon-the-winners" target="_blank"
><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"
>Hashnode Global Writeathon</span
></a
> in the Cloud Computing Category. (Jun. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I came up as a
<a href="https://dev.to/devteam/congrats-to-the-deepgram-hackathon-winners-586i"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">runner-up</span></a>
in the
<a href="https://dev.to/devteam/congrats-to-the-deepgram-hackathon-winners-586i"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Deepgram Global Hackathon</span></a>
combining Artificial Intelligence and Mental Health in my speech-to-text mental health chatbot
<a href="https://dev.to/salimcodes/speech-to-text-technology-the-mental-health-angle-innovative-ideas-challenge-n87"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">solution</span></a>. (May 2022)
</li>
<li>
I got accepted into the
<a href="https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors Program. </span></a>
As a
<a href="https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/en-US/studentambassadors/profile/8c4773d7-5893-4dfd-ad9f-1c20cbd73b6a"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Student Ambassador</span></a>, I serve as a
student leader by promoting learning, sharing knowledge, and inspiring others in the technology field. (Apr. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I and the team at
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundasabell-initiative/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">SoundAsABell Initiative</span></a>
launched a Mental Health Newsletter named
<a href="https://thebell.substack.com/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">The Bell</span></a>
through which we advocate for open conversations along with better awareness and understanding
of mental health issues, one issue at a time. (Apr. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I emerged as the winner
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/salim-oyinlola-speaking-at-microsoft-devconnect-2025-at-activity-7299699636225626113-eeFQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAC22dGsBSpuUhZCWWy00EwHbPwfePGs7g_s"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">winner</span></a>
of the second edition of the
<a href="https://www.scholarshipregion.com/apply-2022-jemila-abubakar-memorial-essay-competition-for-nigerian-students-2/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)"> Jemila Abubakar Memorial Essay Competition </span></a>
issued by the
<a href="https://asidofoundation.com/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Asido Foundation</span></a>
in line with the initiative's dedication to raising awareness on Mental health with the best entry (of 486). (Jan. 2022)
</li>
<li>
I received my
<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bQjj4n1QmfyxjLMyIZx3dBjNya-K0R49/view?usp=sharing"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">certificate of completion/graduation</span></a>
from the
<a href="https://www.millenniumfellows.org/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">United Nations Millennium Fellowship</span></a>
, Class of 2021 in recognition of the completion of my millennium fellowship project. (Jan. 2022)
</li>
<li>
As a
<a href="https://www.millenniumfellows.org/fellow/2021/unilag/salim-olanrewaju-oyinlola"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">United Nations Millennium Fellow</span></a>
for the Class of 2021, I founded a mental health advocacy group named
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundasabell-initiative/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">SoundAsABell Initiative</span></a>. The initiative which addresses the
<a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/health/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">third Sustainable Development Goal</span></a>, is geared towards educating young Nigerians about mental illnesses
in a bid to alleviate the stigma and stereotypes associated with
persons suffering from mental illnesses. (Aug. 2021)
</li>
<li>
I got selected as a Class of 2021 Millennium Fellow out of
25,00+ applicants (6% of applicants get selected) into the
leadership program presented by the United Nations Academic Impact and MCN. (Aug. 2021)
</li>
<li>
I started as a Global Intern in the Data Analytics team at Software Technology firm,
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/takenmind/about/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">Takenminds Technology</span></a>
with team members from 13 different countries. (Jan. 2021)
</li>
<li>
I started as a Research Student at a biomedical company that
solves complex clinical problems,
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/trephq/about/"><span style="color: rgb(10, 93, 128)">TREP Labs</span></a>.
(Jun. 2020)
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