Robinson Dégbègni

Robinson Dégbègni Curriculum Vitae Biostatistician - Programmer Research interests Primary fields Biostatistics, Data cleaning and analysis, Change points detection, Big data, Numerical methods, Pattern recognition, Applied computing, Compartmental modeling Secondary fields Survival analysis, Microeconomics, Social sciences, Economic climate Education- Master of Science in Statistics Applied to Living, International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair), Cotonou (Benin). I have learned a lot of things during this training and have a good knowledge of statistics. I have worked on different topics including biomedical analysis, occupational psychology and renewable energies. In May 2016, I have supervised a team of more than 7 students in my school. My mission was to teach them relevant practices on relational databases. Thus, I have learned to review and edit the work of others persons. During my Master thesis writing, I used to produce reports to show my supervisors the more important results obtained ; this helped me to produce analytical reports. Also, when I was computing wet and dry spells during my Master thesis writing, it wasn’t easy to get the right code for the calculation. I have got it by endurance and learned to persist when faced with difficult problems or challenges. Estate 650 W – Tanto, Cotonou (Benin) • 01 PO Box 2640 Porto-Novo H (- • (- B--Male - Born in January 19th , 1991 (29 years) - Single - Beninese 1/6 - Bachelor in Mathematical Sciences, Faculté des Sciences, Agadir (Morocco). I have attended this training as a scholarship holder of Agence Marocaine de Coopération Internationale (AMCI), the Moroccan agency in charge of the management of scholarships allocated to foreign students, after passing with honors a high school diploma in science in June 2009. During my training, I have assimilated basic concepts of disciplines fitting into a global perspective of applied mathematics such as statistics, numerical analysis and optimization. My Bachelor thesis, whose title is Iterative methods for solving linear systems and written with two Nigerien students, helped me to understand realities of applied mathematics and strengthen my experience. During its writing, I have developed competencies such as exactness when arguing, team spirit and systematic mind, which are very useful when working in applied mathematics field. Master thesis Title Rainfall dynamics in Benin : variability and change points Supervisors Prof. Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou & Dr. Bienvenue Kouwayè Description Recent studies on West Africa showed that climate changed since 1970s. These changes observed on rainfall regime, by past studies based on daily rainfall amount, also affected Benin. In this study, we showed these effects through wet and dry spells computed from rainfall amount data of six synoptic stations in Benin during- period. Recall that a wet spell is a set of consecutive days having daily rainfall amount greater than or equal to a threshold and a dry spell is a set of consecutive days having daily rainfall amount less than or equal to a threshold. Wet spells are computed during great dry season and dry spells during great rainy season. We choose 0 mm for the threshold of daily rainfall amount and two (02) days for the minimal length of a wet or dry spell. The advantage of the wet and dry spells used is that they do not require any measurement instrument of rainfall amount. Experience Since Mathematics Professor, CEG Du Lac, Cotonou (Benin). September I’m in charge of three classes of secondary school : two 3rd grade classes and one scientific 30th , 2019 5th grade class. October 16th , 2018– October 26th , 2018 In charge of “Introduction to Microsoft Excel”, Institut Universitaire MathFinEco, Abomey-Calavi (Benin). Our mission was to teach to first-year students basic concepts about Microsoft Excel. It was achieved using a step-by-step method. September 19th , 2018– January, 2019 Assistant of part-time lecturer of “Data structures and algorithmic” and “Data structures and programming”, Institut Universitaire MathFinEco, Abomey-Calavi (Benin). September 5th , 2018– September 7th , 2018 Statistician in charge of the designing of a survey questionnaire on the evaluation of the World Cultural Camp IYF (International Youth Fellowship) Benin 2018, Cotonou (Benin). I used to alternate the participation of women and men during lectures. Also, I supported creativity and initiative from students. This experience helped me to understand the benefit from observing deadlines. Estate 650 W – Tanto, Cotonou (Benin) • 01 PO Box 2640 Porto-Novo H (- • (- B--Male - Born in January 19th , 1991 (29 years) - Single - Beninese 2/6 March, Assistant of part-time lecturer of “Energies in Telecommunications”, Univer2016–April, sité Polytechnique Internationale du Bénin (UPIB), Porto-Novo (Benin). 2016 The aim of this course is to introduce some concepts useful to telecommunications specialists in charge of the designing of a system for energy supply. February, Assistant of part-time lecturer of “Java and PHP programming”, Université 2016–March, Polytechnique Internationale du Bénin (UPIB), Porto-Novo (Benin). 2016 This is my first experience related to teaching for students. I have learned to be patient with those who can’t get it straight. Since January, Mathematics tutor for scholars in secondary school. 2014 Supervising scholars has not only strengthen my knowledge but also help me to comprehend educational methods. Conferences November 28th , 2016– December 2nd , 2016 Participation to the 2nd edition of the International Conference on “Applied Statistics for Development in Africa”, Institut des Sciences Biomédicales Appliquées (ISBA), Cotonou (Benin). Various topics were disccussed during this conference and were enriching. The one which interested me was Big data which were presented by Prof. Richard De Veaux. To get a better understanding of Big data, I have started to learn Spark which is a tool to lighten large scale data analysis. October 29th , 2016– October 30th , 2016 Participation to the Conference in Honor of Prof. Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou on his 60th birthday, Institut National pour la Formation Sociale Economique et Civique (INFOSEC), Cotonou (Benin). October 24th , 2016– November 2nd , 2016 Participation to the 12th edition of the International School on COntemporary PROblems in MAthematical PHysics (COPROMAPH), International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair), Cotonou (Benin). Mathematical physics was central to the debate. One of the invited speakers showed that the Adomian Decompositional Method (ADM) can be used to solve numerically partial differential equations. I have learned fundamentals on graph theory that were presented by Dr. Remi Avohou. One of them was Dijkstra’s algorithm which helps to find the shortest path in a graph. Also, Prof. Abdes Samed Bernoussi’s introduction to cellular automatons helped me to understand that spatiotemporal systems can be modelled using this mathematical tool. Talks 24th , October 2015– October 30th , 2015 Iterative methods for solving linear systems, 11th edition of the International School on COntemporary PROblems in MAthematical PHysics (COPROMAPH), International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair), Cotonou (Benin). Seminars March 30th , Participation to the 3rd edition of SEMOP (SEmaine du MOnde Profession2015–April nel), Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi (Benin). 3rd , 2015 This was a melting pot where many high schools (public and private) in Benin have been presented. Now, I have an idea of some available trainings in my country and their career prospects. Estate 650 W – Tanto, Cotonou (Benin) • 01 PO Box 2640 Porto-Novo H (- • (- B--Male - Born in January 19th , 1991 (29 years) - Single - Beninese 3/6 Membership in professional societies Since Member of West Africa Young Statisticians Association (WAYSA). December, 2016 Since Member of African Statistical Association (AfSA). December, 2016 Involvements in the academic community November 28th , 2016– December 2nd , 2016 In charge of Computing and Telecommunications section, International Conference on “Applied Statistics for Development in Africa”, Institut des Sciences Biomédicales Appliquées (ISBA), Cotonou (Benin). This position helped me to identify the key issues in a complex situation and to come to the heart of the problem quickly. March 30th , Stall coordinator for the International Chair in Mathematical Physics and 2015–March Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair), 3rd edition of SEMOP (SEmaine du 31st , 2015 MOnde Professionnel), Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi (Benin). I have managed the stall with one colleague. This helped me to speak clearly and effectively, listen to others, correctly interpret messages from others and respond appropriately. I also learned to ask questions to clarify, and to exhibit interest in having two-way communication. Moreover, I learned to share information and to keep people informed. September 2010 – November 2011 Secretary, Association des Stagiaires et Étudiants Béninois au Maroc (ASEBEM), Agadir section, Agadir (Morocco). I accepted this position because I was willing to learn from others. During my mandate, I learned to work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals, to manage projects, to place team agenda before personal agenda, to support and act in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect mine, to be conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments. Also, I learned to share credit for team accomplishments and accept joint responsibility for team shortcomings. Sometimes, due to my responsibility in the organization, I take the initiatives and accurately judge the amount of time and resources needed to accomplish a task and match task to skills. I learned to gather relevant information before making a decision. Now, I consider positive and negative impacts of decisions prior to making them. I understood that decisions should be taken with an eye to the impact on others, and due to these considerations I should make a recommendation based on all available information, and determine if it will satisfy the expressed needs for the decision. Finally, I learned how to make tough decisions when necessary. Skills Statistics • Sample design • Data collection procedures (questionnaires and interviews) design • Data collection forms design • Training of data collectors and data entry personnel • Data collection and entry (survey and experiment) Estate 650 W – Tanto, Cotonou (Benin) • 01 PO Box 2640 Porto-Novo H (- • (- B--Male - Born in January 19th , 1991 (29 years) - Single - Beninese 4/6 • Data cleaning and validation (coherence checking, management of corrections) • Data analysis planning (univariate, bivariate and multivariate) • Data analysis report writing Information systems • Relational database design Computing Basic • • • • • Data cleaning and analysis : SPSS, Microsoft Excel Scientific computing : Mathematica, Scilab Programming language : C, C++, Java Cartography : R Image processing : MATLAB Intermediate • Data cleaning and analysis : R • Scientific computing : Maple, MATLAB, R • Database query language : SQL • Database management system : MySQL • Cartography : ArcGIS • Image processing : Python • Text processing : Microsoft Word • Presentation : Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced • Text processing : LATEX • Presentation : LATEX • Operating systems (installation and support) : Windows, Linux Teaching • Statistics : Mathematical statistics, Multivariate analysis (Principal Component Analysis, Discriminant Analysis, Correspondence Analysis, Multiple Correspondence Analysis), Survival analysis (Nelson-Aalen and Kaplan-Meier estimates, Cox proportional hazards model) • Mathematics : Linear algebra, Real analysis, Numerical analysis • Physics : Mechanics (point and solid), Thermodynamics • Computing : R, Python, C, MATLAB Languages French English Fon and Goun Mina and Adja Listening Reading Speaking Writing- Estate 650 W – Tanto, Cotonou (Benin) • 01 PO Box 2640 Porto-Novo H (- • (- B--Male - Born in January 19th , 1991 (29 years) - Single - Beninese 5/6 Rate on a scale of 0 to 3 : 0 = Poor, 1 = Fair, 2 = Good, 3 = Excellent Interests • • • • • Reading : Personal development Sudoku • Scrabble Folk music, Opera, Reggae, Country Documentaries : Astronomy, Food, Archeology Piano • Cooking References Prof. Abderrahim Bouidi Lecturer and researcher Faculté des Sciences Agadir, Morocco-Mr. Boris S. V. J. Zannou PhD student in Contactless biometrics École Doctorale des Sciences De l’Ingénieur Abomey-Calavi, Benin (-- Dr. Ir. Georges A. Agbahungba Lecturer and researcher International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (ICMPA - UNESCO Chair) Cotonou, Benin (- /--Mr. Romaric Mouftaou Program Support Specialist Public Diplomacy, U. S. Embassy Cotonou, Benin (--Cotonou, October 19, 2020 Estate 650 W – Tanto, Cotonou (Benin) • 01 PO Box 2640 Porto-Novo H (- • (- B--Male - Born in January 19th , 1991 (29 years) - Single - Beninese 6/6