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STEPHEN ABOAGYE-NTOW
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Towson University
Education
PhD Student
Information Technology
Towson University
January, 2024 - Present
CODATA-RDA Research Data Science Summer School
Certificate in Research Data Science
ICTP
July 11 - July 22, 2022
Modules
- Author Carpentry
- Machine Learning with R
- Reproducible Research
- Research Data Management
- Computational Infrastructure
- Information Security
Duke University
Certificate in Data Analysis with R
Coursera
November, 2020 - December, 2021
Modules
- Introduction to Data and Probability in R Full content of this course can be found HERE
- Inferential Statistics. Full Content of this course can be found HERE
- Linear Regression and Modelling Full content of this course can be found HERE
Johns Hopkins University
Certificate in Data Science: Foundations using
R
Coursera
August, 2020 - October, 2020
Modules
- The Data Scientist Toolbox. Full content can be found HERE
- R-Programming. Full content can be found HERE
- Getting and Cleaning Data. Full content can be found HERE
- Exploratory Data Analysis. Full content can be found HERE
- Reproducible Research. Full content can be found HERE
University of Cape Coast
BSc. Geography and Regional Planning
Major:Physical Geography
Cape Coast
September, 2012 - May 2016
Professional Training
Data Camp
Machine Learning Scientist with R
Data Camp
January 2023 - Present
Modules
- Supervised Learning with R: Regression. Full Content can be found HERE
- Unsupervised Learning
- Support Vector Machines
- Cluster Analysis
- Bayesian Statistics
- Hyper-parameter Tuning
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Data Camp
Spatial Data with R
Data Camp
January 2023 - February 2023
Modules
- Visualizing Geospatial Data with R. Full Content can be found HERE
- Spatial Analysis with sf and raster in R. Full Content can be found HERE
Module under completion
- Spatial Statistics with R
Data Camp
Certificate: Command Line Data Processing and Shell Scripting
Data Camp
September, 2021 - October, 2021
Module
- Introduction to shell. Full Content can be found HERE.
- Introduction to Bash Scripting. Full Content can be found HERE.
- Data Processing on the command line. Full Content can be found HERE.
- Introduction to Git. Full Content can be found HERE
Data Camp
Certificate: Big Data with R Track
Data Camp
March, 2021 - July, 2021
Modules
- Writting Efficient R Code. Full Content can be found HERE
- Visualizing Big Data With Trelliscope in R. Full Content can be found HERE
- Scalabe Data Processing in R. Full Content can be found HERE.
- Introduction to Spark with Sparklyr. Full Content can be found HERE.
- Parallel Programming in R. Full Content can be found HERE.
Google Earth Engiine
Certificate in Complete Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing and GIS
Udemy
January, 2021
Modules
- Javascript
- User Defined Functions (Javascript)
- Raster and Vector Data Manipulation in Google Earth Engine
- Pan Sharpening
- Texture indices
- Spectral unmixing
- Atmospheric Correction
- Unsupervised Classification
- Hansen Forest Data Loss
Full content of this course can be found HERE
Google Earth Engiine (Big Geodata)
Certificate in Google Earth Engine for Remote Sensing Master Class
Udemy
January, 2021
Modules
- Javascript
- User Defined Functions(Javascript)
- Cloud Masking of Sentinel and Landsat Images
- Flood Mapping
- Drought Mapping
- Machine Learning for Land-use Land-cover Classification
- Supervised image classification
- Unsupervised image classification
Full content of this course can be found HERE
Publications
1
IntecOpen Journal
2023
2
Location, biophysical and agronomic parameters for croplands in Northern Ghana
Copernicus Publications
2022
Current Research
Survey of Data Fusion Techniques in Earth Observation Remote Sensing.
Research Paper
Towson University
2024
Modelling the relationship between the interannual-variability of Temperature in Ghana and AMO, TNA and TSA Tropical Indices.
Current
Ghana
2023
Projects
Land Use Land Cover Mapping
Ultra High Resolution land use land cover mapping of the Greater Baltimore Area
Baltimore
Current
Land Cover mapping in the Chesapeake Bay Area
Classification of Mold Wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Spring , 2024
Digitalization of Climatological Paper Archives in Ghana
Consultancy Service to support the Ghana Meteorological Agency in
Digitizing Climatological Paper Archives in Ghana
Ghana
May, 2023 - August, 2023
Role
- Junior Scientist (Data Analyst): Responsible for the
profiling of the Rainfall and Temperature climate data archives of Ghana.
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant
Dep’t of Computer and Information Science
Towson University
January, 2024 - Present
Courses
- Introduction to Cyber Security (Spring 2024)
- Operating Systems (Fall 2024)
- Operating Systems Security (Fall 2024)
Research Technologist
Remote Sensing and Climate Center
Ghana Space Science and
Technology Institute
Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
September, 2019 - Present
Roles
- Provide support research at the Remote Sensing and Climate Center
of the Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute through the
analyses of Climate and satellite data
data using Google Earth Engine and QGIS. - Part of the team responsible for training staff and personnel
in data analytics using R in corporate and academic institutions
- Train interns, National service persons and colleagues
in using the R language for Data Science and Analytics
Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of Geography and Regional Planning
University of Cape Coast
September, 2016 - August, 2017
Roles
- Conduct tutorials for undergraduate students on Climatology,
Hydrology and Introduction to Earth Science
- Support researchers at the Department with data collection and
analysis
Conferences
PyCon Ghana
A recurring annual conference of python developers from software engineering, data science and engineering and scientific research.
Kofi Annan ICT Center, Accra
October 13 - October 15, 2022
Ghana Data Science Summit (Indaba X)
A summit of selected Data Science and AI practitioners across the Country irrespective of tools and technologies one may use. The summit showcases research, emerging tools, technologies, and techniques in the field of Data and Artificial Intelligence.
Academic city University College, Accra
September 21 - September 23, 2022
Rstudio Conference 2022
An recurring annual convention of Data Science and AI practitioners worldwide to divulge and discuss current issues and trends in the industry and showcase new developments in the field. Although it is a gathering of R users and enthusiasts, it attracts, users of tools such as python and Julia and any other in the data Space.
Washington D.C
July 25 - July 28, 2022
Honours and Awards
Diversity Scholarship, awarded by POSIT (formerly RStudio)
Received scholarship to attend the 2022 RStudio Conference in Maryland, USA.
Washington D.C
July 25 - July 28, 2022 …