John's bio

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2024- Research Logistician, Department of Mathematical Engineering (INMA), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium -- AI, deep learning and optimization for engineering and industrial problems
2024- External Lecturer and Teaching Collaborator, IFRI/University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
2023 Post-doctoral researcher, CyberExcellence project, UCLouvain, Belgium -- ML, data mining and optimization for network protocol verification
2020-2023 Contract Lecturer, National Universities of Benin
2020-2022 Senior content writer/Data analyst, Dataquest, San Francisco, USA
2019-2020 Post-doctoral researcher, European project GLOBMIG, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2015-2019 Scientific staff, ICTEAM/UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2013-2014 Technical Coordinator, Internet Quality Measurement Project in West Africa, IMDEA Networks Institute

2026 Air quality project funding (as co-PI) in Benin from EPIC Air Quality Fund
2025 Co-chair and organizer of the ACP Summer School 2025 in Benin
2024 Innovation funding for the AVC-Killer project from UNSTIM
2024 Innovation funding for the AVC-Killer project from CEA-SMA/IMSP
2024 WatAIR project funding by AI Movement (UM6P)
2023-2024 Walloon Post-doctoral Fellowship for the CyberExcellence project
2019-2020 Post-Doctoral Fellowship of the European Project GLOBMIG
2016-2019 Belgian Excellence Research Scholarship (FRIA/FRS-FNRS)
2015-2016 Fellow of the Benin-Belgium Development Cooperation - International Action (CAI)/UCLouvain - Belgium
2011 Winner of the ACM national programming contest (Lexcenter team)
2010 Knight of the CERADEI-GIT Order of Merit (highest distinction)

2026- Co-PI of Benin Air Quality Monitoring and Mitigation project
2026- Co-founder of "Sustainable Sanitation Facilities" (SSaFe)
2025-2026 Co-founder of "NEXOR Optimization" (NEXOROPT)
2023- Member (and co-founder) of the "Natural Language Processing Crew" (NLP Crew)
2018 Regular member of the "AAAI Benin Chapter"
2017-2023 Co-founder of the "Machine Intelligence For You" (MIFY SARL)
2016- Regular member of the "Association Française pour la Programmation par Contraintes" (AFPC)
2016- Member of the "Association for Constraint Programming" (ACP)

2015-2019 Ph.D. in Science of engineering and technology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2013-2014 Master of Science in computer science, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
2007-2012 Civil Engineer in computer science, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

2023- Chairman of "DJAKA DJAKA Handball Club/Social" -- Addressing youth's social vulnerabilities and issue through sport and appropriate education, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
2021- Co-organizer and promotor of "Noel des Enfants" -- A yearly event to help children, especially the most disadvantaged, at Christmas, Abomey-Calavi, Benin