resume
General Information
Full Name | Hamza Kyamanywa |
Date of Birth | 30th October 1998 |
Languages | English, Korean, Luganda |
Nationality | Uganda |
Education
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2019 - 2023 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea - GPA
- 4.02/4.5 - Cum Laude
- Relevant Coursework
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Databases
- Internet Programming
- C/C++ Programming
- Fundamentals of Data Science
- Computational Thinking
- Thesis
- Distilled Model Soups
- GPA
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2018 - 2019 Korean Language Course
Sunmoon University, Cheonan, South Korea - Achievements
- Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK): 5/6
- Bypassed Intermediate Level 3 and advancing directly to Advanced Level 2
- Won 3 best student awards
- Activities
- Class President of the 2018 Global Korea Scholars
- Achievements
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2017 - 2018 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda - GPA
- 4.3/5 (One semester)
- Activities
- Unified Class President representing the Electrical, Telecommunications, and Computer Engineering departments in my inaugural year
- GPA
Professional Experience
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2025 - present Technical Founder
HoverNotes LLC - Building privacy-first AI video learning platform
- Universal video platform integration
- Chrome extension development with Manifest V3
- Local-first architecture with Obsidian integration
- 45+ language support with cultural adaptations
- Technologies
- Frontend: Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript, Lexical Editor
- Backend: Python FastAPI, LangGraph, Docker, PostgreSQL
- AI/ML: Multi-modal processing, real-time transcription
- Browser: Chrome Extension APIs, File System Access API
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2024 - 2025 Technical Lead (Freelance)
GoGymi, Seoul South Korea - Architecting Textutor AI essay correction platform
- GPT-4 integration with function calling
- Multi-language processing (5 languages)
- Real-time collaborative editing with Yjs
- Processing 1000+ daily submissions
- Technologies
- AI/ML: OpenAI GPT-4, Google Gemini, LanguageTool
- Frontend: Next.js 15, React 19, TypeScript
- Backend: FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Yjs
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2022 - 2025 Principal AI Engineer / Technical Lead
BEBRIDGE Inc (Slid), Seoul South Korea - Pioneered Auto Notes System (60% cost optimization)
- Led Smart Live Text development (25% premium subscription increase)
- Built AI Sliddy chatbot and Universal Export system
- Developed multi-agent transcript correction systems
- YouTube URL extractor and remote capture innovations
- Key Technologies
- AI/ML: GPT-4, Claude, LangChain, LangGraph, Pinecone
- Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Redux
- Backend: Python, Node.js, FastAPI, WebSocket
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Redis, FFmpeg
Publications
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2025 Responsible Music Genre Classification Using Interpretable Model-Agnostic Visual Explainers
- Co-authored paper published in SN Computer Science (Springer Nature). Advanced explainable AI in music genre classification using SHAP, LIME, and ELi5 techniques. Developed responsible AI approach with CNN and Vision Transformer models achieving 80% accuracy with comprehensive model interpretability. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-03584-9
Open Source Contributions
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2019-2025 GitHub Leadership
- 186+ public repositories, 535+ stars, Pull Shark (x4), Pair Extraordinaire (x2) achievements
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2022-2025 Stack Overflow Pioneer
- First documented WebRTC → Cloud Speech integration, solutions helping 5,000+ developers globally, Moderator election invitation
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2023 Langchain
- A framework for developing applications powered by language models (69.9 K stars).
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2024 Quivr
- RAG AI integration framework for building AI assistants.
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2023 pytube
- A dependency-free Python library (and command-line utility) for downloading YouTube videos. (9.6 K stars).
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2022 Editor.JS
- An open-source text editor that outputs clean JSON (25.1 K stars).
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2021 MDN
- An open-source, collaborative project that documents web platform technologies (8.3 K stars).
Honors and Awards
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2018 - 2023 - Korea Global Scholarships
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2017 - 2018 - Ugandan Government Scholarship
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2019 - Korea University Academic Excellence Award
Other Interests
- Hobbies: Guitar, Soccer, Sound Engineering