Peace Cyebukayire

Undergraduate at Emory University studying Mathematics and Computer Science (BS), with a minor in African American Studies, graduating in May 2027. I am writing an honors thesis on Kinyarwanda natural language processing in the Emory NLP Lab, advised by Dr. Jinho Choi.

Research interests:

• Natural language processing
• Conversational AI
• Endangered languages
• Medical imaging

Selected Publications

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• Tinker Tales: A Tangible Dialogue System for Child–AI Co-Creative StorytellingNayoung Choi, Jiseung Hong, Peace Cyebukayire, Ikseon Choi, Jinho D ChoiProceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue, Aug 2026
• Tinker Tales: Interactive storytelling framework for early childhood narrative development and AI literacyNayoung Choi, Peace Cyebukayire, Jinho D ChoiarXiv preprint arXiv:2504.13969, Apr 2025 · PDF

Publications

• Tinker Tales: A Tangible Dialogue System for Child–AI Co-Creative StorytellingNayoung Choi, Jiseung Hong, Peace Cyebukayire, Ikseon Choi, Jinho D ChoiProceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue, Aug 2026
• Tinker Tales: Interactive storytelling framework for early childhood narrative development and AI literacyNayoung Choi, Peace Cyebukayire, Jinho D ChoiarXiv preprint arXiv:2504.13969, Apr 2025 · PDF

Awards

• Mar 2025
  3rd Place Winner, Microsoft March HackathonIssued by Microsoft

  Selected among over 300 participants. Recognized for building a full-stack solution leveraging Azure services and NLP to address employee turnover challenges in supported employment settings.

• Nov 2024
  Robert W. Woodruff Dean's Achievement ScholarIssued by Emory University

  A full-ride scholarship to Emory awarded to one high-achieving student in the class of 2027.

• Apr 2024
  Barbara M. and Donald L. Thomas Peace Award (video)Issued by Georgia Rotary Student Program

  Awarded to one student in 2024 for a significant contribution to peace-building.

• Aug 2023
  Georgia Rotary Student Program ScholarIssued by Georgia Rotary Student Program

  Selected as a fully funded international scholar based on academic excellence, leadership, and community service.

• Mar 2023
  Robert W. Woodruff Scholar FinalistIssued by Emory University

  Selected from the Emory College application pool of 2023 to attend Scholars Week at Emory.

• Feb 2021
  Certified Teacher Assistant and Lesson PlannerIssued by GirlsCodeIt

  Recognized for my commitment to education and volunteerism at the GirlsCodeIt organization.

Extracurriculars

Some of the things that occupied me most for the meaning and joy they brought to me.

Emory University

College - Mathematics and Computer Science (BS), and African American Studies (minor), Aug 2023 – May 2027.

• Emory International Council (EIC)
  • Sep 2026 – PresentCo-captain
  • Oct 2024 – Sep 2026Board member
• Emory Scholars Program
  • Jan 2025 – PresentAmbassador
• International Student Welcome (ISW)
  • Jan 2025 – PresentAcademic Fellow Captain
  • Jan 2024 – Jan 2025Academic Fellow
• Girls Who Code
  • Nov 2023 – PresentVolunteer instructor
• African Student Association (ASA)
  • Nov 2023 – PresentRunway model
• Emory BlackStar Magazine and Emory Bookstore Fashion Show
  • Nov 2023 – PresentRunway model
• Emory Women in STEM
  • Nov 2023 – Jan 2025Vice President of Communications
• Women's Club Volleyball
  • Sep 2023 – May 2025Member

Rwanda Coding Academy (RCA)

High School - Software Engineering and Embedded Systems, Feb 2019 – Aug 2022.

• RCA Volleyball Team
  • Jan 2021 – Aug 2022Captain
• RCA Robotics Club
  • Mar 2019 – Aug 2022Member
• RCA Student Body
  • Mar 2019 – Jan 2021President

Volunteering

• Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGdial)
  • Summer 2026Student volunteer
• CodePath
  • Fall 2025 – PresentPeer mentor
• International Computer Science Competition
  • Sep 2025 – PresentAmbassador
• AnitaB.org
  • Aug 2023 – Sep 2023Open Source Day mentor
• Command Tech
  • Aug 2021 – Sep 2022Coding mentor
• She Code Africa
  • May 2020 – Jan 2024Back end developer
  • Jul 2019 – Jan 2024Technical lead
• GirlsCodeIt
  • Feb 2019 – Jun 2023Coding teacher and lesson planner

Talks and Presentations

• Jun 2026
  Rwanda’s Journey to Unity and ReconciliationClassroom Guest Speaker with Monastic Students at Emory UniversityProgram Led by Dr. Jane O’Connor and Dr. Levin Arnsperger
• Aug 2025
  Kinyarwanda NLP Research PresentationMinistry of ICT and Innovation, Kigali, RwandaMentors: Mr. Fiacre Mushimire Niyigena and Miss Gaelle Umutoni
• Aug 2025
  Designing AI for ChildrenThe GYM program, African Leadership University (ALU), Kigali, Rwanda
• Jun 2025
  Voice-Assisted USSD SystemLanguage Technologies, Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Kigali, RwandaMentors: Mr. Fiacre Mushimire Niyigena and Miss Gaelle Umutoni
• May 2024
  Rwanda’s Journey to Unity and ReconciliationClassroom Guest Speaker with Monastic Students at Emory UniversityProgram Led by Dr. Jane O’Connor
• Jul 2023
  Student Representative SpeechRwanda Coding Academy and Nyabihu TVET School Prom Ceremony

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