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Hi, I'm okonp07
I work at EXPLORE Data Science Academy, Graduate Intern
Calabar, Nigeria
Speaks: English, Efik
I am a data scientist with 1.5 years of experience in putting models into production and I’m looking to have fun and learn through competitions.
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Aug 2022–present
EXPLORE Data Science Academy, Graduate Intern
My team is working on a data enrichment project where we take satellite-collected data on precipitation and enrich it through a mix of data enrichment techniques. The project involves the extensive use of Geopandas and Kepler(to determine stations and hotspots for evaluation), Data wrangling and the Python Kriging tool.
Aug 2017–May 2021
Digichive Solutions (ontractors for he dDigitization of the final year projects of the faculty of social sciences, University of Calabar.
● Converted students' projects dating from 1986 -2012 from hard copies to digital copies ● Created and indexed repositories of the projects ● Deployed and managed on-premises server solutions for the client ● Supervised the team that undertook the digitization project
Jul 2014–Aug 2017
Cross River state Geographic information Systems
● Collected and classified geographical data (rainfall, topography, population, maps, etc. ● Organized recorded and archived the collected data ● for reference in the CGIS data center. ● Provided feedback to CGIS on ways of improving the standard process of data collection in my department ● The data collected and collated by my team and I are being used in the CGIS to date.
Jan 2009–Jun 2012
National Population Commision, Calabar, Cross River State
Managed a 25-member enumeration team that relied on the results 2005 National population and housing census to evaluate population change ● my team and I undertook population sampling exercises that were used as the base information to accurately predict the post-census demographic developments without conducting a full-scale census. ● Collated and presented my team's work results to the commission. ● Collaborated with the cartographic department to generate accurate demographical maps of the region covered by the exercises in which we were engaged
Education
Sep 2001–Sep 2006
University of jos, Geography
University
Did a project in Demographic projection using existing population records from the National population commission and a mix of several demographic considerations (Migration records, Birth and death rate, housing and vehicle registration records, school enrollment records, etc.) to predict population change without having to actually carry out a population census.
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