Abdul Joseph Fofanah

About

My professional career started as a mathematics teacher in high school for a year. Following the computer science domain, I taught as an assistant lecturer (mathematics, databases, programming, etc.). I have both technical and professional experience spanning over 10 years. I furthered my career as an Information Management Officer (Data Analyst Officer) as a staff member and consultant for over 5 years in the UN Migration Agency. Together with my team, I have worked relentlessly with IOM in Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis as an information management engineer and population mobility mapping expert. I was a team leader in the design and implementation of a data center to manage information in Sierra Leone, Kenya, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Thailand/Myanmar to manage the Ebola outbreak, flooding, COVID-19, and the recent civil conflicts in Myanmar. During this period, I contributed immensely to the development of IOM tools and the implementation of some projects in these countries. The main technical tools for keeping track of people's movements in relation to vulnerable areas are data and GIS tools, which can be used on paper or digitally across all of the countries. I’m experienced with data, research, software development, and reporting skills, as well as with research-published scientific articles and two books on machine learning and deep learning. My goal is to continue learning and developing my expertise in technology. I believe that I would be a perfect fit for the progress and technical thoughts in any organizational project design and implementation in which I can both grow and build up my strength in terms of job experience and advancement in my career. During my studies in China, I was trained as both a software and network engineer, where I obtained a master’s degree in fiber optic communication products. I have also served as a chief programmer (software developer) for some of the leading cooperative institutions in Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Nepal. During his studies at Nankai University, he was a certified Fiber Optic Communication Products officer. Academically, he has the following qualifications: H.T.C.-Mathematics and Computing, B.Sc. Hons. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Computer Science, M.Eng. in Software Engineering.  

Work

International Organization for Migration
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Information Management Officer

Sierra Leone

Griffith University
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HDR Student Teaching Fellow

Australia

Milton Margai Technical University
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Lecturer/Researcher

Sierra Leone

International Organization for Migration
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Information Management Officer

Thailand

International Organization for Migration
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DTM Consulting and Reporting Officer

Afghanistan

International Organization for Migration
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GIS and Data Officer

Nepal

International Organization for Migration
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Emergency Response Officer and Data Analyst

Kenya

Education

Griffith University
Australia

PhD-Research Student

Nankai University
China

Master of Engineering (Software)

Njala University
Sierra Leone

Master of Science in Computer Science

Njala University
Sierra Leone

B.Sc (Hons.) Computer Science

Publications

GANT-GNN: Thermodynamic-Guided Graph Anomaly Detection with Synthetic Feature Injection for Imbalanced Node Classification

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preprint

DeepEVD: Integrating Epidemiological data into deep learning frameworks based on spatio-temporal feature learning for EVD forecasting

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Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology

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journal-article

CHAMFormer: Dual heterogeneous three-stages coupling and multivariate feature-aware learning network for traffic flow forecasting

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Expert Systems with Applications

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journal-article

FUTURE-AI: international consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare

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BMJ

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journal-article

EATSA-GNN: Edge-Aware and Two-Stage attention for enhancing graph neural networks based on teacher–student mechanisms for graph node classification

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Neurocomputing

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journal-article

MDPNet: Multiscale Dynamic Polyp-focus Network for Enhancing Medical Image Polyp Segmentation

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IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

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journal-article

ST-FLAM: Evaluating Performance of Deep Learning Models on Mobility Patterns for EVD Forecasting based on Spatio-Temporal Feature Learning

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conference-paper

Addressing imbalance in graph datasets: Introducing GATE-GNN with graph ensemble weight attention and transfer learning for enhanced node classification

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Expert Systems with Applications

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journal-article

Addressing Imbalance in Graph Datasets: Introducing Gate-Gnn with Graph Ensemble Weight Attention and Transfer Learning for Enhanced Node Classification

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SSRN

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other

FUTURE-AI: International consensus guideline for trustworthy and deployable artificial intelligence in healthcare

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arXiv

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other

Medical images lossless recovery based on POB number system and image compression

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Multimedia Tools and Applications

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journal-article

Dual Watermarking for Protection of Medical Images based on Watermarking of Frequency Domain and Genetic Programming

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ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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conference-paper

ICT Usage/Habits for Teaching and Learning at Njala University

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SSRN

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other