Agent-based modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Dynamical Systems, Biological Systems, Evolutionary Algorithms, Gene Regulatory Networks, Artificial Life, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Generative AI.

Education, development, Use of STEM and AI with Social impact.

Personal information

Nationality: Senegalese

Status: Married, two children

Home address: 12, Cité Millionnaire Derklé. Dakar/Sénégal

Professional address: UFR SAT, Gaston Berger University. Saint-Louis, Sénégal. BP 234

Current position

Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis/Sénégal. www.ugb.sn

Research interests 

Agent-based modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Dynamical Systems, Biological Systems, Evolutionary Algorithms, Gene Regulatory Networks, Artificial Life, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Generative AI.

  Other interests

Education, development, Use of STEM and AI with Social impact.

Teaching, supervising and research

Teaching

-        Algorithmic and programming (Pascal and C). Algorithmic and advanced data structures. Object Oriented Programming (Java). 

-        Computer Architecture. Information coding. Combinatory and sequential logics. 

-        Artificial Intelligence (First order Logic, Inferences, Experts systems, Neural Networks, Game algorithms, Genetic Algorithms).

-        Agent-based modeling and simulation.

Supervising Master degree thesis

-        Parallel programming (multi-CPU vs. GPGPU) 

-        Modeling microbiological dynamics and complex systems.

-        Machine Learning and teledetection

-        Machine Learning and prediction in environment

Co-supervising PhD

-        Agent-based modeling of dynamical systems described by Ordinary Differential Equations (Case of Bilharzia spread) - defended

-        Agent-based modeling of dynamical systems described by Partial Differential Equations (Microbiological and cells dynamics) – defended

Supervising PhD (in progress)

-        Agent based modeling of the propagation and transmission of zoonoses.

-        Design of an intelligent network of scanners for the acquisition of standardized images and agro-climatic data for crop monitoring and decision-making. 

-        Evolutionary hyper neuro networks to improve deepLearning.

On-Going funded Research Projects

-        Principal Investigator of an ACEPARTNER Project, www.ird.fr/acepartner (USD 100,000/3 years)

Deeplearning for environmental monitoring; illegal landfills. 

Terminated funded Research Projects

-        Spread and transmission of zoonotic diseases caused by rodents in rural areas of northern Senegal

-        Control and prevention of the spread of meningitis in Burkina Faso

 Administrative and pedagogical responsibilities

Dean of Applied Science and Technology faculty of Gaston Berger University (since April 2018)

CAMES (The African Council for Education Quality) Expert for program evaluation

Head of Computer Science Department of Gaston Berger University (2015-2017)

Expert for content development at the AVU (African Virtual University). 

Coordinator at the Polytechnic Institute of Saint-Louis, 2013 - 2015 

Coordinator of E-Learning at the Applied Science and Technology faculty of Gaston Berger University. 

Responsible for monitoring and enforcing cooperation with ENSIIE in EVRY, France. 2012-2013. 

Education

Ph.D in Computer Science                                                Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar/Sénégal)        2009

Topic: Agent-based modeling of dynamical systems described  by partial differential equations.

Master’s Degree in Computer Science                             Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar/Sénégal)        2004

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science                 Gaston Berger University (Saint-Louis/Sénégal)         2001

First degree in Applied Mathematics                         Gaston Berger University (Saint-Louis/Sénégal)          2000

and Computer Science

Baccalaureate in Science                                                     Lycée Lamine Gueye (Dakar/Sénégal)               1998

Summer Schools and other formations

MOOC Bioinformatic : algorithms and genomes
proposed par Inria
on the plateform FUN. 2015

Second Annual French Complex Systems Summer School. Lyon and Paris. France. 15th July-10th August, 2008.

Formation in e-learning, Transfer 3.3. AUF (Francophone Agency). Dakar/Sénégal. 2006.

CISCO Networks CCNA, CCNA modules validated. Cheikh Anta Diop University. Dakar/Sénégal. 2003.

Mini-biography

PhD in computer science since 2009, I conducted my thesis work into an international unit: Ummisco (http://www.ummisco.ird.fr) that is specialized in modeling and simulation of complex dynamical systems and gathers scientists from different countries (France, Morocco, Senegal, Cameroun, Vietnam). In that environment, I first got interested in applied mathematical and classical methodology used so far to understand such systems. I then reviewed existing computer science formalisms before providing new tools and objects for modeling any system that integrates a large number of heterogeneous entities interacting in a spatial environment. Multi-agent systems (MAS), broadly used now in both academic and industrial contexts, allowed me to specify the conceptual framework for implementing and understanding diverse phenomena ranging from physical (convection-diffusion, erosion,…) to biological systems (cellular dynamics, aggregation and self-organization), including even social systems (disease spread). Recently, I got interested by machine learning and teledetection.

Post-docs stays

Visiting Scholar at AI-Lab and Sunbird AI,                                                                                                      Kampala, Ouganda May 2023  US-AFRICA Frontiers Grantee from US National Academies of Sciences/African Academy of Science.

Visiting Teacher at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement                                                                                                   Paris, France. Oct 2021

International Doctoral Program Modeling and complex systems. 

Visiting Teacher at Toulouse 1 Capitole University                                                                                                                     Toulouse, France. Feb 2019

Vortex lab (IRIT): with Yves Duthen. Modeling and simulation of proliferation processes with a genetic regulation network. 

Visiting Scholar à Binghamton University                                                                                                                             New-York Sate, USA. Sept 2015

Au laboratoire Coco (Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems) avec Hiroki Sayama (bingweb.binghamton.edu/~sayama/‎) : Modélisation et simulation de l’agrégation et de l’auto-organisation cellulaire. Animation d’un séminaire de laboratoire. coco.binghamton.edu/faculty.html

Visiting Teacher at Toulouse 1 Capitole University                                                                                                             Toulouse, France. Oct/Nov 2014

Vortex lab (IRIT): with Yves Duthen. Modeling and simulation of proliferation processes with a genetic regulation network. 

Visiting Scholar at Binghamton University                                                                                                                     New-York Sate, USA. Nov/Dec 2012

At Coco lab (Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems) with Hiroki Sayama (bingweb.binghamton.edu/~sayama/‎) : Modeling cells aggregation and self-organization. coco.binghamton.edu/faculty.html‎

Visiting Scholar at IULM (Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione).                                                                                       Milan, Italie. Sept/Oct 2010

At General Psychology Chair with Marco Villamira and Pietro Cipresso (iulm.it): Modeling and simulating social phenomena (information diffusion) in economic context. 

Scientific committees (Member)

NATURE SCIENTIFIC DATA https://www.nature.com/sdata/

ISCRAM-MED : Second International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response And Management - Mediterranean Countries. 

ICIT 2015 : 3rd ScienceOne International Conference on Information Technology

MINDCARE 2014 : 4th International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health.

CNRIA : Colloque National sur la Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications

Some attended conferences, workshops and symposiums…

Speaker First U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medecine Symposium. Nairobi, Kenya, 12-14. October 2022. 

US National Academies of Sciences/African Academy of Science.

Speaker UN Science Policy Business Forum on the Environment (UN-SPBF). Nature-positive Food Systems for a Healthy Planet and Healthy People Session.      Online session. February 2021

Expert participant RSIF Scoping Workshop and Partnership. Nairobi, Kenya. October 2019.

Speaker Complex adaptive systems. Chicago, Illinois, USA November 2017.

Expert participant KIST-PASET partnership workshop. Séoul, KOREA, September 2017.

Speaker Vietnamese-French Joint Conference on Applications of Mathematics to Ecology, Bio-economics, Epidemiology and Healthcare. Hanoi, Vietnam, December 2016.

Speaker Workshop on Health research. Nouna, Burkina Faso. July 2015.

Expert participant Workshop on e-learning content development for African Virtual University (AVU). Nairobi,  Kenya. Aout 2014.

Speaker Workshop on Bilharzia modeling. Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Avril 2014.

Teacher and supervisor Summer school PDI/MSC IRD, UPMC, Paris, France. Novembre 2013

Expert participant Computer Science Curriculum design for African Virtual University (AVU). Nairobi, Kenya. May 2013.

Speaker IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence 2013. IEEE SSCI. Singapore 2013.

Speaker International Conference on Computational Science. ICCS. Omaha, Nebraska. United States. June  2012.

Speaker International Conference on Complex Systems ICCS’07, NECSI. Boston. United States. November 2007.

Speaker African Conference on Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics. CARI’06, Cotonou. Bénin. November 2006.

Speaker Multi-agents francophone days. JFSMA, Annecy. France. October 2006.

Participant First LIP6-NII Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Distributed Systems. UPMC. Paris. France. October  2006.

Speaker Conference SMAGET. Bourg St-Maurice/France. May 2005.

Other skills in computer science

·   Systems (excellent): Architecture and Administration of MAC OS X, Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows 7/2000/XP.

·   Networks (excellent): Architecture and Administration of TCP/IP networks. CISCO CCNA.

·   Programming (excellent): Netlogo, Swarm, Repast, AgentSheets, Gama, Java (Eclipse), Python (and libraries), Pascal, Visual Basic and C, ASP, PHP (with MySql or PostgreSQL).

·   E-Learning (Excellent) : Moodle, Claroline.

·   Mathematics (very good): Mathematica, FreeFem++, Matlab…

·   Editions and printing (excellent): Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.

·   Graphics (good): Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia Freehand. 

·   Web (very good): Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash Pro, iWeb. 

Languages

·   French: Excellent (official language)

·   English: Fluent (scientific language for research and publications).

·   Wolof and Sérère : Excellent (native languages)

  Music

Saxophone Alto: beginner