Taiwo Soewu

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

HTML 100%
CSS (SCSS, SASS, Bootstrap) 90%
JavaScript (ReactJs, VueJs, NodeJs) 90%
PHP (Laravel) 90%
WordPress/CMS 80%
C# 90%
Python 85%
Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) 80%
Tensorflow 75%
Keras 75%

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

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.

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