Kale-ab Tessera
PhD Candidate, University of Edinburgh.
(My name is pronounced Kah-lab)
I am a second-year PhD candidate in the Bayesian and Neural Systems group at the University of Edinburgh, advised by Amos Storkey, Tim Rocktäschel (UCL) and Aris Filos-Ratsikas. My research focuses on robust multi-agent systems for dynamic, open-ended environments (Multi-Agent RL, agentic systems).
Before starting my PhD, I spent 4.5 years in machine learning, including 2.5 years as a Research Engineer at InstaDeep, and an additional 3 years in software engineering. I am also passionate about supporting impactful technology projects in Africa and promoting diversity in the machine learning community.
For more information, you can view my resumé.
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| Aug, 2025 | 📅 Co-Programme Chair for the Deep Learning Indaba and Head of Practicals and Tutorials in Kigali, Rwanda. |
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| Aug, 2025 | Our reading group is back – 🤖 RL & Agents Reading Group. |
| Aug, 2025 | 🌟 Attending RLC in Edmonton, Canada. |
| Mar, 2025 | 🌟 Attending UK Multi-Agent Systems Symposium 2025 at King’s College London. |
| Aug, 2024 | 🗣️ Taught “Introduction to ML” at DLI. |
| Jul, 2024 | 🏅 Awarded a scholarship to attend the CIFAR Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning (DLRL) Summer School in Toronto, Canada. |
| Jan, 2024 | 🗣️ Begin co-hosting the UOE RL reading group, YouTube. |
| Sep, 2023 | 🎓 Started my PhD at the University of Edinburgh (UOE), with the Autonomous Agents Group, through the Informatics Global PhD Scholarship. |
| Aug, 2023 | 🛠️ PC member and Practicals Chair of DLI - notebooks 2023, RL Prac. |
| May, 2023 | 🗣️ Talk on “Introduction to Deep Reinforcement Learning” at the University of Pretoria and Indaba X Ghana. |
| Apr, 2023 | 🌟 Attended ICLR in Kigali, Rwanda. |
| Aug, 2022 | 🛠️ Co-Organiser of the ML Efficiency Workshop at the DLI. |
| Aug, 2022 | 🛠️ Programme committee member and Practicals Chair of Deep Learning Indaba (DLI) – notebooks 2022, ML Prac, RL Prac. |
| Jun, 2022 | 🗣️ Taught an “Introduction to Machine Learning” course at Africa to Silicon Valley. |
| Mar, 2021 | 🤖 Joined the Multi-Agent RL research team at InstaDeep. |
| Dec, 2019 | 🌟 Attended NeurIPS in Vancouver, Canada. |
| Aug, 2019 | 🏆 Won Best Poster (1 out of 194) at the Deep Learning Indaba, sponsored by Microsoft. |