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            <h1 class="thicker">2026</h1>
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                <strong>[Feb 2026]</strong> Paper <em>"Limited Paired Labels Suffice for Binary but Not Multiclass Ultrasound Segmentation"</em> accepted for oral presentation at Imaging Network Ontario Symposium 2026 (ImNO 2026).
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                <strong>[Feb 2026]</strong> Paper <em>"Fairness-Aware Machine Learning for Social Bias Detection in Healthcare Research Datasets"</em> officially published in <a href="https://proceedings.mlr.press/v302/kolawole26a.html" target="_blank">Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR)</a>, Volume 302.
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                <strong>[Jan 2026]</strong> Submitted paper <em>"Limited Paired Labels Suffice for Binary but Not Multiclass Ultrasound Segmentation"</em> to Imaging Network Ontario Symposium 2026 (ImNO 2026).
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            <h1 class="thicker">2025</h1>
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                <strong>[Dec 2025]</strong> Spoke on <a href="https://thenewcomerspod.com/p/e135-precious-kolawole-has-learned" target="_blank">The Newcomers Podcast</a> about immigration, coding, and the immigrant mindset. <a href="https://youtu.be/oHDTyWcLdC8?si=YOyU9OY5c5Lc0R7z" target="_blank">[YouTube]</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NlGcEiUdrqZIBDqRBf7ye?si=r-r8Tp4eQQSP47a1CWha_Q" target="_blank">[Spotify]</a>
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                <strong>[Nov 2025]</strong> Paper upgraded from poster to oral presentation at SPIE Medical Imaging 2026.
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                <strong>[Oct 2025]</strong> Paper <em>"Annotation Is (Almost) Indispensable"</em> accepted to SPIE Medical Imaging 2026: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling. <a href="https://spie.org/submissions/approval/supplementalfile/031b3ce7-5f36-4548-ae4f-9d334122206f.pdf" target="_blank">[Paper]</a>
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                <strong>[Sep 2025]</strong> Joined <a href="https://www.shopify.com/" target="_blank">Shopify</a> full-time as an Engineer on the Sidekick Assistant team.
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                <strong>[Aug 2025]</strong> Graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) from Carleton University.
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                <strong>[Jun 2025]</strong> Featured on <a href="https://newsroom.carleton.ca/story/ai-health-solutions/" target="_blank">Carleton University's newsroom</a> for my AI and healthcare research, shared across the university's <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carleton-university_use-all-of-the-resources-the-world-has-given-activity-7335393099625480192-kMi4" target="_blank">social media</a>.
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                <strong>[Mar 2025]</strong> Named to <a href="https://readthepeak.com/lists/emerging-leaders-2025/c/startups-and-tech" target="_blank">The Peak's 2025 Emerging Leaders</a>, recognizing Canadian leaders under 40 shaping the economy and tech industry.
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                <strong>[Mar 2025]</strong> TEDx talk <a href="https://youtu.be/TQd3eGjaTOo?si=XNdYN1rMdjX22lH7" target="_blank">"How Coding Can Change Your Life—and the World"</a> published on YouTube.
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                <strong>[Mar 2025]</strong> Awarded the <a href="https://science.carleton.ca/students/undergraduate-student-summer-research-opportunities/black-and-indigenous-summer-research-internships/" target="_blank">NSERC Black and Indigenous Summer Research Internship (BISRI)</a> to continue research with Professor Matthew S. Holden.
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                <strong>[Feb 2025]</strong> Received the <a href="https://carleton.ca/seo/awards/#slideme-2024-2025-award-recipients" target="_blank">Paul Bregman Family Student Experience Award</a> at the <a href="https://carleton.ca/seo/soar/" target="_blank">SOAR Leadership Conference</a>.
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                <strong>[Feb 2025]</strong> Spoke at Westboro Academy on coding, ethics, and technology for K–8 students.
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                <strong>[Jan 2025]</strong> Began final Dev Degree placement at <a href="https://www.shopify.com/" target="_blank">Shopify</a> as an Applied Machine Learning Engineering Intern.
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            <h1 class="thicker">2024</h1>
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                <strong>[Dec 2024]</strong> Selected for the Paul Bregman Family Student Experience Award.
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                <strong>[Dec 2024]</strong> Completed Honours thesis: <a href="https://report-hub.scs.carleton.ca/projectPage/2812/" target="_blank">Improving Concussion Diagnosis with Visual Eye Tracking and Ocular EMG Analysis</a>.
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                <strong>[Nov 2024]</strong> Delivered a TEDx talk at <a href="https://www.tedxmechanicsville.com/" target="_blank">TEDxMechanicsville</a> on "How Coding Can Change Your Life—and the World."
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                <strong>[Sep 2024]</strong> Summer research converted into Honours project with Professor Nadine Moacdieh joining as co-supervisor.
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                <strong>[Sep 2024]</strong> Received the Rising Star Award from She Code Africa.
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                <strong>[Sep 2024]</strong> Attended <a href="https://deeplearningindaba.com/2024/" target="_blank">Deep Learning Indaba 2024</a> in Dakar, Senegal.
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                <strong>[Aug 2024]</strong> Invited to speak at TEDxMechanicsville Ensemble in Ottawa.
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                <strong>[Mar 2024]</strong> Joined the Nesbitt Biology Lab as an Undergraduate Research Assistant under <a href="https://carleton.ca/biology/people/jeff-dawson/" target="_blank">Professor Jeff Dawson</a> and <a href="https://carleton.ca/sce/people/adler/" target="_blank">Professor Andy Adler</a>.
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                <strong>[Nov 2023]</strong> Awarded the <a href="https://www.cadence.com/en_US/home/company/cadence-academic-network/diversity-in-tech-scholarship.html" target="_blank">Cadence Diversity in Technology Scholarship</a>.
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                <strong>[Sep 2023]</strong> Joined the <a href="https://carleton.ca/scs/" target="_blank">School of Computer Science</a> as an Undergraduate TA for COMP 1805.
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                <strong>[Apr 2023]</strong> Awarded the <a href="https://www.palantir.com/careers/students/scholarship/wit-north-america/" target="_blank">Palantir Women in Technology Scholarship</a> (North America).
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                <strong>[2022]</strong> Began the <a href="https://devdegree.ca/" target="_blank">Dev Degree program</a> at Shopify while studying Computer Science at Carleton University.
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                <strong>[2020]</strong> Named Ms. Algorithm—Best Female Data Starlet in Nigeria.
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