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SAMUEL ABEDU
Data Scientist/ Software Engineer
Accra,Ghana
Summary
IBM certified artificial intelligence analyst with 2+ years of experience in research work and freelance jobs. Achievements include building regression models for effort estimation based on historical data and a classification model for detecting human activity based on sensor data. Highly skilled in classical machine learning, deep learning, ensemble models, data visualization, creative thinking and innovation.
Overview
5
5
Certifications
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
National Service Person
RSI Personnel, Ghana Tourism Authority
Accra
2017.09 - 2018.07
- Collaborated with my supervisor to design survey questionnaire for tourist experience in Kwahu during Easter
- Captured and Analyzed data on man power of organizations in the Tourism ecosystem of Ghana for decision making by management.
- Provided Hardware, Software and Networking to staff for their daily work.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results.
- Handled day-to-day e-attendance register of staff and generated monthly reports for HR.
Intern
I.T Personnel, Ahantaman Rural Bank, Ghana
2015.06 - 2015.07
- Servicing of computer hardware.
- Troubleshooting hardware and network problems.
- Installing software needed for transactions and operations.
Education
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - Computer Science
University of Ghana
Legon, Accra 2018.08 - 2020.07
(Semester Abroad) - Electronic Business Management
Mykolas Romeris University
Vilnius, Lithuania 2019.09 - 2020.02
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana 2013.10 - 2017.06
West African Senior Secondary Certificate(WASSCE) - General Science
Kumasi High School
Kumasi, Ghana 2009.10 - 2013.06
Skills
Data Modelling & Visualization
Applied Machine Learning
Data Analysis
Python
Critical Thinking
Innovative
Git
Accomplishments
- Designed and trained a deep learning model to classify various environmental sounds using the tensorflow framework
- Built machine learning & deep learning models to classify the activities of human based on sensor data collected by Anguita et al.
- Performed a comparative analysis on different machine learning and deep learning models for estimating software effort.
Certification
Artificial Intelligence Analyst 2019 Mastery Award, IBM Africa Skills Academy
Interests
Documentaries
Reading Journals
Playing Draught
Timeline
(Semester Abroad) - Electronic Business Management
Mykolas Romeris University
2019.09 - 2020.02
Artificial Intelligence Analyst 2019 Mastery Award, IBM Africa Skills Academy
2019-06
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - Computer Science
University of Ghana
2018.08 - 2020.07
National Service Person
RSI Personnel, Ghana Tourism Authority
2017.09 - 2018.07
Agile Scrum Foundation, EXIN Netherlands
2017-08
PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management, EXIN Netherlands
2017-08
Maxim Nyansa IT Summer Training Programme
2017-08
Computer Networking, Center For Research, Information Technology and Advanced Computing (CRITAC)
2016-11
Intern
I.T Personnel, Ahantaman Rural Bank, Ghana
2015.06 - 2015.07
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Cape Coast
2013.10 - 2017.06
West African Senior Secondary Certificate(WASSCE) - General Science
Kumasi High School
2009.10 - 2013.06