Itba Malahat

Machine Learning Engineer · Trustworthy AI Researcher

Mentorship & Collaboration

A space for students, early-career professionals, researchers, and people working on meaningful social-impact problems to connect, learn, and collaborate.

I offer a limited number of mentorship and collaboration sessions. Choose the conversation that best fits what you're looking for.

Mentorship

0130 minutes

Early-Career Industry Mentorship

For students, recent graduates, and early-stage professionals navigating careers in software, AI, data, automation, and technology.

We can talk about:

  • Breaking into industry

  • Choosing a career direction

  • Moving from university to professional work

  • CVs, portfolios, and applications

  • Building technical experience

  • Navigating your first few roles

  • Research vs. industry

0230 minutes

Getting Into Research

For students and early-career professionals who want to enter research but aren't sure where to begin.

We can talk about:

  • Finding an area you're genuinely interested in

  • How to start reading research papers

  • Finding research gaps

  • Turning an interest into a research question

  • Approaching professors and researchers

  • Finding RA opportunities

  • Starting your first research project

  • Building toward publications or graduate research

0345 minutes

Research Problem Solving

Already have a problem or research idea?

Bring it to the session and we'll work through it together: understanding the problem, questioning assumptions, narrowing the scope, identifying relevant evidence, and figuring out what your next step should be.

This isn't about giving you the answer. It's about helping you develop a better way to approach the problem.

Collaborate

0430 minutes

Research Collaboration

For researchers, academics, labs, students, and practitioners interested in exploring potential research collaborations.

I'm particularly interested in conversations around:

  • Trustworthy & Responsible AI

  • AI Safety

  • Deepfakes & Synthetic Media

  • Multimodal AI

  • Online Harms

  • AI and the Global South

  • Culturally grounded AI evaluation

  • Technology and society

Have a research question, dataset, study, paper, project, or early-stage idea where our interests overlap? Tell me about it.

0530 minutes

Social Impact & Community Collaboration

For NGOs, social workers, activists, educators, student organizations, digital-rights groups, and community initiatives.

If you're working on a problem where technology or research could help, I'd love to hear about it.

I may be able to contribute through:

  • Workshops and educational sessions

  • AI and digital-safety awareness

  • Technical guidance

  • Research

  • Resource development

  • Community initiatives

  • Awareness campaigns

  • Responsible technology projects

Tell me about the people you are trying to help, the problem you're addressing, and where you think I could contribute.

Mentorship sessions are free. I can't guarantee jobs, admissions, research positions, or publications. I can share what I've learned from my own experiences, help you think through a problem, and hopefully make your next step a little clearer.