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If you'd like to get in touch, please don't hesitate to email me at alihusein.kuwajerwala@x, x=umontreal.ca, or on Twitter/LinkedIn!** - -I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in applied math, and am currently at the University of British Columbia. My intention is to pursue a PhD to become a climate scientist with the goal of providing information to policy makers to incite actionable change. I have many, many interests that only seem to be growing. My ultimate goal is to increase our understanding of the climate system through scientific computing. 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I hope to hone in on a specific problem during my masters, and my ultimate goal is to pursue a PhD to become a climate scientist. - - -Previously, I interned at the [Alexa AI][aai] team at [Amazon][amzn], where I worked on using large language models for querying databases. In between my undergrad and master's I was a student researcher at the [Robot, Vision and Learning Lab][RVL] at the [University of Toronto][uoft] supervised by [Prof. Florian Shkurti][flo] where I worked on [visual navigation for mobile robots][eq]. I've also worked in software engineering roles at [Epson][epsn] and [Liquid Analytics][la]. - -My undergrad was at the [Univeristy of Toronto][uoft] where I studied CS & Math, and also worked as a Teaching Assistant. 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