Ovide Kuichua

Experience

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  Freelance

  Jan 2016 - now

  I'm working on different artificial intelligence models to respond to the specific problems of the Cameroonian climate in particular and the African climate in general. This involves :* The elimination of bias introduced in traditional models because the data relating to African populations and features are under-stocked. This logically leads to performance bias and false or inferior results compared with those of other racial groups.* The design and training of new models on data specific to Cameroonian populations and their traits.* Definition of a policy and strategy for data acquisition and collection.* Definition of ethical and security policies to guarantee the integrity of the models and their uses.* Advising and coaching companies and individuals.I have worked on a number of projects in different sectors, such as security and data protection, medicine, justice and identification systems. Show less

  • Python Engineer

    Oct 2021 - now

  • Machine Learning Specialist

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Hadware, software and embedded system Engineer

    Jan 2016 - Nov 2021
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  Computer Science Research Laboratory - Université des Montagnes

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2017

  Assistant Web Developer

  • Getting started with LDAP directories;• Built a part of registration form of the University web site;• Participation in the upgrading of the university's website;• Design and development of login and registration pages for the university service providing internet connection to students with HTML5, CSS3, PHP, and JavaScript.

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  BEEMo. Lab.

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Assistant Biomedical Engineer . Intern

  • Maintenance of defective electronic devices and equipment within the laboratory (insulator, inverter, computer, speaker…).• Assistant for student interns in the lab (realization of subtasks and exchange of ideas);• Destruction of paperwork.• Reorganization of equipment, workstations, and offices.

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  Université des Montagnes

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Call Center Agent

  The role of the call-center is to inform prospective students by making or receiving calls from them. This is done by: • To provide information regarding the constitution of application files.• Inform future students about the choice of field of study and the opportunities available in each field. • Provide information on student life. • Reassure parents about the easy integration of their children into student life. • To answer all types of questions from future students and their families. Show less

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  Freelancer.com

  May 2019 - Jan 2024

  I have worked on about 30 projects with both companies and individuals. This has ranged from scripting to software development to cyber security.- Automation: Writing automation scripts to extract data from documents and save them in other documents, in particular Excel documents.- Website scraping: Develop bots that will scrape websites in real time and save the data. These bots are controllable via a specially developed firmware.- Cryptographic attack: Write scripts to attack other people's programs to expose simple vulnerabilities.- Project study :- Study specifications in depth;- Identify the different functions and features;- Break down the project into modules and sub-modules;- Choose the most efficient development approach. - Website development: Developing websites for people. These include presentation websites, dashboards and blogs. Many of its sites use new technologies such as image processing, data science, natural language processing and biometric authentication.- Software development: Developing business software. For example, stock management software for supermarkets and mini-markets. Medical records management software for medical clinics.- Video game development: Developing small 2D games using Python libraries. Hardware developer: Designing printed circuit boards, bringing my experience in manufacturing devices. Show less

  • Software and mobile application developer

    Feb 2020 - Jan 2024

  • Embedded Software Engineer

    May 2019 - Feb 2020
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  BEEMo. Lab.

  Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  Technical Research Assistant

  This was an opportunity to work on totally innovative subjects and to participate in the making of medical technology jewels. The elements that served as teamwork and intended to pass before a jury were:1. Multiparametric monitor (#Innovation)Designed and built from scratch a multiparametric monitor to assist in the diagnosis and monitoring of patients. Among other things, it is capable of:• Measuring diastolic and systolic blood pressure, blood pressure, heart rate. • Measure electrical signal, blood pressure signal and display electrocardiogram and photopletismogram. • To be controlled remotely in a secure way by a GSM or Wifi. • To integrate a hospital network.• Provide the data measured via the serial port following a secure protocol defined. • …2. Intelligent medical assistant (#Innovation) Design and construction of an intelligent medical assistant. It integrates Google Assistant and extends some of its functionality to be applied to a hospital environment. It is able to:• Emit alerts in case of a problem with a patient it monitors.• Emit alerts in case of malfunction of a medical device on its network.• Listen and respond to patient requests.• Integrate with the hospital network.• Take control of network devices.• Assist medical staff during diagnosis.• …Other (Just assistance here)- Design and realization of an orbital shaker.- Design and realization of a pedometer.- Design and realization of a thermal cycler (PCR). Show less

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  TOUPESU

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2020

  Lead Tester

  Toupesu is a start-up with a fintech application of the same name. It allows users to make group contributions (tontines) and raise funds. My work with them over three weeks consisted of two things:• Finding interesting and available profiles in my address book to test their web applications.• Leading the test teams and analysing the test results with them.My work went as follows:• User experience (UX) testing- Set up 02 test teams with different profiles- Leading 02 test sessions with two test teams in order to get as many different opinions as possible- Analyse the test results and make a comprehensive report with suggestions for improvements for the production teams.• Application performance testingAssemble a team of testers consisting of developers and analysts to perform tests on the client side of the application. The tests focused on :- Response times of endpoints (server) to client requests in browsers- Rendering time (display in the browser) of widgets (UI components)- CPU, RAM and storage usage of different parts of the web application.• Penetration testing- Build a team of cyber security engineers- Leading the testing team to perform penetration tests to find vulnerabilities exploitable by malicious hackers. Show less

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  GENERAL BIOTECH

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  In a team of 03 freelancers, we developed in 03 months the frontend of a large e-learning application for higher education institutions. The platform included the following functionalities:• Video conferencing + Chat• Streaming of video courses• Management of weekly course calendars• Student management• Management of teaching staff• Grade management• Online examsIn order to develop such a project from scratch in such a short period of time and with such a small team, one had to :• Be able to be autonomous• Be able to work in a team• Be able to work under pressure and keep your cool• Be resourceful• Have a good understanding and command of web languages, especially JavaScript• Be able to work long hours without restTo carry out this project, we used the following tools• React.Js for the views• WebRTC for video conferencing• Websocket for chat and streaming• GitLab for Continuous Development and Integration (CI/CD)We developed the web application in an agile approach. Show less

  • Biomedical Engineer

    May 2020 - Jun 2020

  • Frontend Web Developer

    Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
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  BEEMo. Lab.

  Jul 2021 - Dec 2022

  Research And Development Specialist

  I have worked on three models of automatic natural language processing.* The first two performing continuous translation from Cameroonian sign language to English* The second one translates English into Cameroonian sign language.To carry out this project, it was necessary to do :* The collection and cleaning of data from Internet sources* The collection of data collected locally* Filter the data according to a medical corpus* Training the models for translation from signs to glosses and then from glosses to English* Training the model for translation from English into glosses and from glosses into signs* Write mapping algorithms for 3D character animation* Write an algorithm to manage the transitions between signs of the 3D character* Write scripts to translate English tests into French and vice versa* Develop a software and a mobile application to make the translator accessibleThe biggest difficulty was to find viable data, which pushed me to be extremely creative. To select the right data via different techniques.This project has been awarded the distinction of best master for the academic year 2020-2021 with a distinction of excellence never before obtained in the whole Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of the Mountains. Show less

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  Université des Montagnes

  Dec 2023 - now

  Lecturer

  My job is to give courses in* Introduction to extended reality* Extended reality as communication tool I* Extended reality as communication tool II* Artificial Intelligence and neural networkThis includes but is not limited to:* Preparing courses* Leading class sessions and workshops for discussion and practical work* Assessing and grading student work.

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  Eduplan Solutions

  Jan 2024 - now

  PhD student in research and development

  * Data processing* Data enhancement : Adding context, improving readability and overall text quality* Development of artificial intelligence systems for recommending intervention plans (objectives to be reached and means to achieve them)*Prototype web application development for user testing of AI systems