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Basics
| Name | Kale-ab Tessera |
| Label | PhD Researcher in Multi-Agent Systems, Reinforcement Learning, and LLM Agents |
| kaleabtessera@gmail.com | |
| Url | https://kaleabtessera.com |
Education
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2023.09 - Present -
2018.01 - 2021.03 -
2016.01 - 2016.12 -
2013.01 - 2015.12
Work
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2021.03 - 2023.09 -
2019.04 - 2021.02 -
2017.11 - 2019.03 -
2016.01 - 2017.10
Awards
- 2026.08.01
Tinker Research Academic Grant
Thinking Machines Lab
Academic grant supporting RL post-training of LLM agents for open-ended multi-agent coordination.
- 2025.08.01
- 2024.07.01
- 2023.08.01
Informatics Global PhD Scholarship
University of Edinburgh
Full PhD scholarship (2023-2027) awarded for academic excellence to top students globally.
- 2019.01.01
Postgraduate Merit Award
University of Witwatersrand
Full scholarship (2019, 2020) for top postgraduate students with averages above 75%.
- 2019.08.01
Microsoft Prize - Best Poster
Deep Learning Indaba
Best research poster (1st place) out of 194 submissions, prize included a sponsored trip to NeurIPS.
- 2016.01.01
Academic Honors and Merit Awards
University of Pretoria
Academic Honorary Colours for distinction (80.75% average, 2016) and Amazon Prize for Best Mobile Application (2015).