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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
09.2017 - 07.2018
  • 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
06.2015 - 07.2015
  • 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
08.2018 - 07.2020

(Semester Abroad) - Electronic Business Management

Mykolas Romeris University
Vilnius, Lithuania
09.2019 - 02.2020

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Cape Coast
Cape Coast, Ghana
10.2013 - 06.2017

West African Senior Secondary Certificate(WASSCE) - General Science

Kumasi High School
Kumasi, Ghana
10.2009 - 06.2013

Skills

    Data Modelling & Visualization

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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

Photography

Documentaries

Reading Journals

Playing Draught

Timeline

(Semester Abroad) - Electronic Business Management

Mykolas Romeris University
09.2019 - 02.2020

Artificial Intelligence Analyst 2019 Mastery Award, IBM Africa Skills Academy

06-2019

Master of Philosophy (MPhil) - Computer Science

University of Ghana
08.2018 - 07.2020

National Service Person

RSI Personnel, Ghana Tourism Authority
09.2017 - 07.2018

Agile Scrum Foundation, EXIN Netherlands

08-2017

PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management, EXIN Netherlands

08-2017

Maxim Nyansa IT Summer Training Programme

08-2017

Computer Networking, Center For Research, Information Technology and Advanced Computing (CRITAC)

11-2016

Intern

I.T Personnel, Ahantaman Rural Bank, Ghana
06.2015 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Cape Coast
10.2013 - 06.2017

West African Senior Secondary Certificate(WASSCE) - General Science

Kumasi High School
10.2009 - 06.2013
SAMUEL ABEDUData Scientist/ Software Engineer