[4] Abdigani Diriye was schooled in the United Kingdom, moving from Somalia at age 5 due to civil unrest.
[5] Under the guidance of Prof. Ann Blandford and Dr. Anastasios Tombros, Diriye conducted his PhD research on understanding the role searching interfaces play in the process of information seeking.
[9] This position, working with Dr. Aniket Kittur led Diriye to develop new approaches that combine human and machine-generated data that helps people find and understand information on the internet more effectively.
[1] With IBM, Diriye and his team develop and deploy new approaches to securely mine, model and score individuals who are applying for financial loans.
In 2016, Diriye and his team developed a machine learning approach that leverages new data sources to evaluate financial profiles and credit scores of hundreds of millions of Africans.