Abdoelnaser M. Degoot is an AIMS-Canada research associate at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and a member of Prof Wilfred Ndifon’s research group of computational biology at AIMS-Rwanda (https://ndifongroup.org/). Although he relies on both mathematics and statistics, he also does efficient programming, parallel computing and uses AI as complementary tools of induction and
Mariam Bukola Olateju received her Bachelor of Science degree, 2nd class upper division, from Lagos State University in Nigeria where she was the best graduating student in the department of Mathematics. She obtained her master’s degree in Mathematical Science from African Institute for Mathematical Science, Ghana. Due to her interest in Financial Mathematics, her thesis
Oluwayomi Akinfenwa is a native of Erin-Ijesha in Osun State, Nigeria. She is currently a PhD student in Data Science with a research interest in Data Visualisation of Bayesian Modelling for Panel and Multi-level data at Hamilton Institute of Maynooth University, Ireland, a fully funded scholarship by Science Foundation Ireland in collaboration with Skillnet. She
Racheal K. Kyalo is a PhD student at The Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg – Germany. Her research in Statistics focusing on Small Area Estimation is the road to ascertaining that nobody is left out. In pursuit of the same, the Global Indicator Framework of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) advocates disaggregating data in small
Getachew A. Demessie is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the College of Natural and Computational Sciences at the Debre Markos University. Before joining AIMS Ghana, Getachew accounts that he never considered himself a leader, but the soft and hard skills gained from AIMS had gone a long way in shaping to better his position
Hanifatu Napari Mumuni is an Lecturer and the Head of the Statistics Department at the Tamale Technical University (TATU). She is also a PhD holder in Applied Statistics from the University for Development Studies, where her research was tailored toward software reliability growth models. At the Department of Statistics of TATU, she serves as a
Matthias Dogbastey is a second-year PhD Mathematics student at The University of Alabama. Having lived in a fishing community all his life in the Western Region of Ghana, he aims to bring a lasting solution to challenges that usually befall them. At The University of Alabama, his area of research interest is Applied Analysis, PDEs,
Emmanuel Owusu Ahenkan is an Artificial Intelligence Engineer with ParallelScore – an emerging AI company that invests in mobilising, developing and deploying engineers with proven expertise in technologies such as Blockchain, AI, Machine Learning and AR/VR. With his current role at ParallelScore, his work focuses on Computer Vision in Sports (Soccer). His job entails gathering
Robert Yankson is a mathematics tutor at the St. Joseph’s Seminary Senior High School. With enough tools and concepts learnt at AIMS, Robert aims to expose young learners to the foundations of pure mathematics and its real-world applications while combining this role with active research. In his capacity, he has nurtured and prepared over 300
Stephen Kwaku Amponsah graduated from AIMS Ghana in 2016 with a Master of Science degree in Mathematical Sciences. His first degree was from the University of Ghana in 2014, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. At AIMS Ghana, he led a team of three to develop and implement an online
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