About
A passionate researcher with experience mentoring and tutoring peers, undergraduate and postgraduate students. A software engineer with over 5 years of industrial experience in programming and best software practices. A cloud engineer with experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). My research interests is in the intersection of AI and Bioinformatics and the application of Deep Learning (DL) and ML to Healthcare.
AI/ML Researcher & Software Engineer.
I am a self-motivated and progress-driven Software Engineer with an extensive background in the Academia & industry.
- Phone: +91 798 605 0254
- City: Punjab, India
- Birthday: 12 October
- Email: tesoewu@gmail.com
- Nationality: Nigerian
- Highest Qualification:Masters
Throughout the course of my career, I have honed my innovative and critical thinking abilities. I am an astute problem-solver capable of prioritizing and managing complex projects with proficiency. I exercise leadership, collaboration, and teamwork towards organizational improvements. I am open-minded and focused on new developments in my field. I have proven to be effective and motivational, with proficiency in problem-solving and collaborative work. I enjoy brainstorming and coordinating efforts to achieve a common goal.
Education
MTech. Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
2021 - 2023
Lovely Professional University (LPU), Punjab, India
Thesis: Automated brain tumor detection using transfer learning and feature fusion.
Supervisors: Dr. Ashish Soni & Dr. Harpreet Kaur
BSc. Computer Engineering (First Class)
2012 - 2017
Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria
Final Year Project: Design and development of a responsive university research group website.
CGPA: 4.78/5.00
Professional Experience
Fullstack PHP Developer (Remote)
05/2022 - 10/2022
Innovate Global, London
- Worked on the backend of a crypto project using microservices-based architecture.
- Engaged in code reviews with peers.
- Worked with Docker and AWS cloud
Software Development Team Lead
12/2020 - 04/2022
Intelligence Technologies Limited, Lagos
- Led and supervised a team of 5 junior software engineers during the design and development of an upgraded version of some of the company’s software applications which resulted in improved user experience and increase in sales.
- Translated client’s specific needs into easy-to-understand software solutions which led to more business sales.
- Troubleshot simple and complex technological issues for different assigned projects proficiently.
- Effectively fixed bugs and optimized overall performance, reliability, and efficiency of software applications by enhancing their features.
- Utilized standard software engineering practices to develop products starting from ideation, and requirements definition through to development and successful deployment.
- Provided materials for and engaged in presentation/training for some products after deployment.
- Provided prompt solutions and proactive troubleshooting support to swiftly resolve subtle and complex issues as the software development team lead.
Software Engineer
11/2017 - 11/2020
Doorstep Technologies Limited, Lagos
- Coding, testing, and debugging of windows and web applications.
- Deployment of application to sites and management of such applications.
- Modified HTML, JavaScript, and CSS web pages to optimize the page’s performance for faster loading and browsing.
- Converted some classes/functions from visual basic to C# and developed other classes/functions from scratch.
- Engaged in project discussion with clients starting from requirements description to deployment.
- Involved in presentation to and training of clients on deployed software applications.
- Documented all supported systems and applications to effectively train the new and existing team members.
- Established and utilized strategic methodologies to efficiently backup the client’s database.
Projects
- A Conversational Chatbot (Rasa, Python)
- Bible APP (React native, NodeJs, Python)
- School management system (Php, Laravel)
- E-Commerce Websites (VueJs, Laravel, Wordpress)
- Development of low latency APIs (Postman, C#, Laravel, Python, NodeJs)
- Memo/Proposal Approval App (C#, ReactJs, ASP.NET MVC Core)
- Nigerian Health Insurance Management app (ReactJs, NodeJs)
- Corporate Intelligent Payment Management Application (ReactJs, NodeJs)
- Ultainfinity – A crypto project (Php, Lumen)
- Other websites and software applications
Skills
Publications
Journal
1 Submitted
Conference Papers
6 Published
Book Chapters
1 In-press, 1 Submitted
Citations
Since 2021
Journal
- T. Soewu, H. Kaur, and A. Soni, “TDF2Net: Transferred Deep Features Fusion Network for Brain Tumor Classification” in Neural Computing and Applications, 2023, (Submitted)
Conference
- T. Soewu, A. Soni and H. Kaur, "Brain Tumor Segmentation using Deep Learning Techniques: Comparative Analysis," 2023 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Signal Processing (AISP), VIJAYAWADA, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/AISP57993.2023.10134872
- T. Soewu, S. V. Uday Kalyan, M. Rakhra and D. Singh, "Lung Cancer Detection using Image Processing," 2022 5th International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022, pp. 1206-1211, doi: 10.1109/IC3I56241.2022.10072589
- T. Soewu, Hemant, M. Rakhra and D. Singh, "Analysis of Data Mining-Based Approach for Intrusion Detection System," 2022 5th International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022, pp. 908-912, doi: 10.1109/IC3I56241.2022.10072828
- T. Soewu, J. Gupta, S. Kumar, Shruti and B. Kaur, "IoT and Machine Learning Based Food Recognition System," 2022 5th International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022, pp. 1308-1311, doi: 10.1109/IC3I56241.2022.10073315
- T. Soewu, M. A. Hanif, M. Rakhra, H. Kaur and D. Singh, "Data Plane Layer Modification of SDN Architecture with The Help of Blockchain," 2022 5th International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022, pp. 881- 887, doi: 10.1109/IC3I56241.2022.10073119
- T. Soewu, D. Singh, M. Rakhra, G. S. Chakraborty and A. Singh, "Convolutional Neural Networks for MRI-Based Brain Tumor Classification," 2022 3rd International Conference on Computation, Automation and Knowledge Management (ICCAKM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2022, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICCAKM54721.2022.9990173
Book Chapter
- T. Soewu, H. Kaur, R. Sandhu, A. Soni, D. Ghai, K. Dhir and S. Tripathi, “Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Cancer Diagnosis” in Rehabilitation Robotics and Healthcare Devices, 2023 (In-press)
- T. Soewu, H. Kaur, and Ramandeep Sandhu, “Machine Learning for Text and Image Processing" in Machine Learning Models and Architectures for Biomedical Signal Processing 2023, (Submitted)
Others
Awards, Honors and Certifications
- Graduate Student Member: Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineer (IEEE), November 2022.
- Study In India Scholarship Award, August 2021.
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, March 2021.
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, February 2021.
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure Developer Associate, February 2021.
- Saint Louis University Global Graduate Scholarship Award, November 2020.
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate, September 2020.
- Scientific Computing and Python for Data Science by WorldQuant University, March 2020.
- Graduate Member: Nigerian Society of Engineers, June 2020.
- Member: International Association of Engineers, July 2020.
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate, November 2019.
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, September 2019.
- Best Graduating Student for the class of 2017, College of Engineering and Environmental Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, January 2018.
Volunteering and Extracurricular Activities
- Community Project Phase Supervisor: Google Africa Developer Scholarship, October 2022.
- Member: Google Developer Students Club (GDSC, LPU), 2022.
- MWS Mentor: Google Africa Developer Scholarship, July 2021.
- Mentor: ALC-Microsoft 4Afrika Skillslab, January 2021.
- Microsoft Azure Trainer: ALCwithMicrosoft, June 2020.
- Member: Computer Engineering Students Association (COESA, OOU), 2017.