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Basics

Name Adebayo Braimah
Label PhD Student in Computer Science
Email adbraimah@cs.stonybrook.edu
Url https://adebayobraimah.github.io/
Summary Ph.D. student in computer science at Stony Brook University researching autonomous and cooperative multi-agent systems and multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL).

Work

  • 2026.06 - 2026.08

    Arlington, Virginia

    Graduate Research Intern
    Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Information and Networks Program Office
    Internship through the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) AFRL Scholars Program at AFOSR.
    • Worked alongside two additional Ph.D. students and AFOSR point of contact Leslie Blaha, Ph.D.
    • Project: Determining Research Capacity of a Nation.
  • 2025.06 - 2025.08

    Rome, New York

    Graduate Research Intern
    Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Information Directorate
    Internship via the NDSEG fellowship program at AFRL. Worked alongside Assoc. Prof. Garrett Katz, PhD (Syracuse University) and AFRL point of contact Simon Khan, PhD.
    • Explainable Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) for cooperative tasks of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
  • 2024.06 - 2024.08

    Rome, New York

    Graduate Research Intern
    Griffiss Institute, AFRL Information Directorate
    Internship via the SFFP (Summer Faculty Fellowship Program) at AFRL. Worked alongside Asst. Prof. Yifan Sun, PhD and AFRL point of contact Walter Bennette, PhD.
    • Explainability of machine learning models using loss landscape analysis.
  • 2023.01 - 2023.05

    Stony Brook, New York

    Graduate Research Assistant
    Stony Brook University
    Research in the Department of Computer Science with Yifan Sun.
    • Profiled eigenspectrum decomposition methods for very large matrices.
  • 2018.06 - 2022.07

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    Research Software Engineer (Research Assistant III)
    Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
    Imaging Research Center, Department of Radiology. Supervised by Jonathan Dudley.
    • Analyzed brain and abdominal MR images and organized imaging data for studies.
    • Studied functional and structural connectivity in neonates with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
    • Analyzed functional connectivity in rats to assess acute response to ketamine.
    • Studied functional connectivity in school-aged children with ADHD to assess sluggish cognitive tempo.
    • Analyzed structural connectivity in children to assess the effects of air pollution exposure.
  • 2017.08 - 2018.05

    Los Angeles, California

    Volunteer Graduate Research Assistant
    University of Southern California, Laboratory of Neuroimaging (LONI)
    Neuroimaging research for the EpiBioS4Rx project with Dominique Duncan.
    • Analyzed pre-seizure EEG data from patients with epilepsy and rats using unsupervised diffusion component analysis.
    • Performed single- and multi-subject MRI analyses of patients with epilepsy and rats.
  • 2016.06 - 2017.07

    Lawrence, Kansas

    Volunteer Undergraduate Research Assistant
    University of Kansas, Department of Molecular Biosciences
    Computational research with Eric Deeds and Abhishek Mallela.
    • Simulated self-assembly of the Rhodococcus 20S proteasome (PDB: 1Q5R).
  • 2015.10 - 2017.07

    Lawrence, Kansas

    Mutual Fund/Data Processing Associate
    DST/Boston Financial Data Services
    Organized and processed categorical financial data for mutual fund investments.
  • 2013.10 - 2016.07

    Lawrence, Kansas

    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    University of Kansas, Department of Chemistry
    Research with Carey K. Johnson and Will Newhart.
    • Used spectropolarimetry to investigate fluorescent dye-protein interactions with circularly polarized light.
    • Wrote laboratory protocols.

Education

  • 2022.08 - Present
    PhD
    Stony Brook University
    Computer Science
  • 2017.08 - 2018.05
    MS
    University of Southern California
    Neuroimaging & Informatics
  • 2012.06 - 2017.07
    BS
    University of Kansas
    Chemistry (ACS Certified) and Mathematics

Awards

  • 2025.03
    SUNY GREAT Award
    State University of New York (SUNY)
    SUNY Graduate Research Empowering and Accelerating Talent (GREAT) Award. Provided to SUNY students who have been awarded prestigious national fellowships.
  • 2024.08
    NDSEG Fellowship
    Department of Defense
    National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, August 2024 to May 2027. Covers tuition, stipend, and student fees through the Department of Defense.
  • 2022.08
    Turner Fellowship
    Stony Brook University
    Dr. W. Burghardt Turner Fellowship, August 2022 to May 2027. Awarded to incoming doctoral students from historically underrepresented groups.

Skills

Proficient
Python
Bash/shell scripting
MATLAB
R and RStudio
LaTeX
Familiar
C/C++

Interests

Research interests
Autonomous and cooperative multi-agent systems
Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL)

Volunteer

  • 2020.11 - 2021.11
    Abstract reviewer
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC)
  • 2020.04 - 2022.08
    Member
    International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
  • 2015.02 - 2018.06
    Member
    American Chemical Society (ACS)