Teresa Abuya is a Lecturer at Kisii University, Kenya, in the department of Computing Sciences. She received her Bsc. in Information Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT), Kenya; her Master of Science in Computer Systems from JKUAT; and is currently completing her Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology at the same institution. Her thesis is on image denoising and tumor detection in medical images. She has served as an examination officer, programme coordinator, and former chairperson in the Department of Computing Sciences. She won a research grant of KES 5 million together with her colleagues from the national research fund. Recently, she won gold based on an innovation for the visually impaired in Kuwait City under the Kuwait Science Club. Abuya has a passion for machine learning and artificial intelligence in providing healthcare and agricultural solutions; big data analytics; and IT governance. She has teaching experience in machine learning algorithms, data mining and analytics, reinforced and deep learning, project design, and development and reusable software technologies.