Weka
Oyeniyi Akeem Alimi
Data Scientist/ Educator
Villa Barcelona, Albertville, Johannesburg
Summary
Highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher that conducts research in cybersecurity and intrusion detection systems, with deep experience in big data analysis using Python. Published research findings through peer-reviewed articles and analysis tailored to possible future applications. Recent PhD in data analytical modelling applications, heuristic algorithms, optimization algorithms for power system security. Effective verbal and written communication skills to deliver excellent presentations and prepare scientific reports. Currently exploring research in the area of cybersecurity using data analytic models, solar photovoltaic performance reliability and degradation analysis using deep learning and data analytic approach.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Conducting research that focus on improving the resilience and dependability of Critical Infrastructures by the automatic detection of cyber-threats and the sharing of real-time information about attacks.
- Conducting high level research using data analytical approaches for intrusion detection systems, maturity assessment frameworks, etc.
- Mentoring graduate students on advanced topics in cyber threat intelligence, advanced research topics in cyber-technology, SCADA systems, etc.
- Co-supervising graduate students' projects relevant to machine learning and cybersecurity
Lecturer, Engineering Physics (Part-Time)
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Teach and assess first year students Engineering Physics 1A using blended learning approach.
- Evaluated and revised lesson plans and course content to achieve student-centered learning.
- Develop module materials and contents which include study guide and practical guide, set assessment papers and publish results after marking
- Coordinate tutors with regards to their duties and facilitating tutorial and practical sessions
- Developing and using early identification and prevention interventions strategies for first year students facing academic challenges with Engineering Physics module.
- Moderator for Signal Processing 4A
- Active participation and facilitation of various departmental administrative activities, as delegated by the Head of Department, line managers and section heads
- Supervising postgraduate students’ research projects, including Honours level research
- External examiner for postgraduate thesis and reviewing top quality journal and peer-reviewed conference articles
- Active participation and management of skills training and assessments
- Provide leadership and mentorship to students (undergrad and postgrads).
Assistant Lecturer (Part-Time)
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg
01.2022 - 06.2022
- Teach and assess final year students contents including probability theory, temporal characteristics and spectral characteristics of random processes, linear systems with random inputs, estimation theory, detection theory, recursive state estimation filter.
- Teach and assess final year students the modelling and application of machine learning algorithms including shallow neural networks and deep learning to solve basic classification problems.
- Develop module materials and contents which include curriculum review, study guide and practical guide, assessment and results.
- Coordinate and facilitating project presentations
- Conduct research in a highly productive manner and publish research articles in high impact factor journals and conference proceedings.
- Supervising postgraduate students’ research projects, including honours level research.
- Provide general administrative assistance.
Lecturer, Microwave Engineering (Part-Time)
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations on advanced level Microwave Engineering including the theoretical basis of electromagnetic theory principles, transmission lines, impedance matching, microwave filters as well as the design and implementation of amplifier and filter using blended learning approach
- Module coordination including course content, revising study guide and setting assessments.
- Participate in academic leadership and related administrative duties.
Assistant Lecturer/ Senior Tutor
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg
11.2015 - 11.2021
- Teaching students modules including Engineering physics, Electrotechnics, Modelling, etc.
- Used variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate learning process and accentuate presentations.
- Preparing module materials including curriculum development/innovation
- Marking tests and other assessments
- Performing assigned administrative duties by the line manager and other hierarchy
- Perform leadership role by facilitating tutorial sessions and related administrative duties (as chief tutor)
- Coordinating tutor group meetings.
Lecturer
Osun State University
Osogbo
08.2012 - 01.2015
- Teaching third year students modules including Electric circuits including the theoretical and practical aspects of electric circuits, circuit theorem, Kirchhoff's Law, Thevenin's, Norton's, Superposition theorems, etc, Control systems, maintaining discipline in classes and mentoring the students
- Coordinate module responsibilities which include, preparing learning and teaching support materials, setting and grading assessments, submitting mark spreadsheet to head of department etc
- Performing other administrative responsibilities and duties assigned by the head of department.
Education
Ph.D. - Electrical And Electronic Engineering Science
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 02.2018 - 10.2021
Master of Technology - Electrical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa 02.2015 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Technology (Honours) - Electronic And Electrical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Ogbomoso, Nigeria 08.2006 - 11.2011
Skills
Experience in blended learning through combination of contact teaching and interactive teaching technologies including Blackboard Learn, Canvas, mytutor, etc
undefinedAccomplishments
- Best doctoral researcher, Elect & Elect Engineering Science Dept, Uni of Johannesburg, RSA, 2021
- 2nd place prize award for the Postgraduate student context at IEEE AFRICON Conference, 2021
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Scholarship for Doctoral research work) 2018
- Best paper award, IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology conference. 2018
- Most Outstanding Corps Member, 2012 Batch B, Anglican Grammar School, Ibadan. 2012
- Best Graduating Student, Ayedaade Local Government, Osun state Primary schools 1998
Affiliations
Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
Candidate Eng. Technologist (Reg. No: 2019401507)
South African Institute of Electrical Engineers (SAIEE)
Graduate Member (No: 120444)
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineer (IEEE)
Graduate Member (No: 94454094)
Additional Information
1. O.A Alimi, E.L. Meyer, O.I. Olayiwola, ‘Solar Photovoltaic Modules’ Performance Reliability and Degradation Analysis – A Review’, MDPI Energies, 15(16), p.5964. 2022.
2. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, S. Rimer, K.O Adefemi Alimi, `Supervised learning based intrusion detection for SCADA systems', IEEE Nigeria 4th International Conference on Disruptive Technologies for Sustainable Development (NIGERCON), pp. 1-5, 2022.
3. K.O.A. Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, S. Rimer, O. A. Alimi, ‘Refined LSTM Based Intrusion Detection for Denial-of-Service Attack in Internet of Things’, MDPI Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 11, (3), 32, 2022.
4. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, S. Rimer, K.O Adefemi Alimi, `A review of research works on supervised learning algorithms for SCADA intrusion detection and classification', MDPI Sustainability Journal, 13(17), 2021.
5. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, S. Rimer, K.O Adefemi Alimi, `Intrusion detection for water distribution systems based on a hybrid particle swarm optimization with back propagation neural network', IEEE AFRICON, pp. 1-5, 2021.
6. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, ‘Power system events classification using genetic algorithm based feature weighting technique for support vector machine’, Heliyon Elsevier, 7(1), p.e 05936, 2020.
7. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, ‘A Review of Machine Learning Approaches to Power Systems Security and Stability, IEEE Access, 8, pp.113512-113531, 2020.
8. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, K.O Adefemi ‘Empirical Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms for Mitigating Power Systems Intrusion Attacks, IEEE International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC 2020), Montreal, Canada, 2020.
9. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, ‘Intrusion Prediction and Detection for Power Systems using a Refined Feedforward Neural Network Model (RFNN)’, Inter-disciplinary Research and Innovation Conference, Durban University of Technology, South Africa 2019. (Oral Presentation).
10. O.A Alimi, Ouahada K., Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, ‘Real Time Security Assessment of the Power System using a Hybrid Support Vector Machine and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network Algorithms’, MDPI Sustainability Journal, 11(13), 2019.
11. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada, "Security Assessment of the Smart Grid: A Review focusing on the NAN Architecture”, IEEE 7th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2018.
12. O.A Alimi, K. Ouahada,” Smart Home Appliances Scheduling to Manage Energy Usage,” IEEE 7th International Conference on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2018.
O A. Alimi, M.K. Joseph, and A.O. Akinlabi,” Network Congestion Management Using Call Admission Control”, International Conference on Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICLTET'2015), pp. 199-203, 2015.
Software
Orange
Microsoft office suite
Linus OS
Certification
International Conference on Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
Hobbies: Teaching/Tutoring, reading, travelling, meeting new people and learning new things.
Teaching/Tutoring, reading, travelling, meeting new people and learning new things.
References
1. Prof. Aletta Prinsloo
Department of Physics,
University of Johannesburg, APK Campus
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email: alettap@uj.ac.za
Tel: +27 11 559 2346
2. Prof. Dr. Eng. Khmaies Ouahada
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Science,
University of Johannesburg, APK Campus
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email: kouahada@uj.ac.za
Tel: +27 11 559 2147
3. Prof. Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),
Pretoria, South Africa.
Email: a.abumahfouz@ieee.org
Tel: +27 12 841 2283
4. Dr. Leke Collins
Department of Accountancy,
University of Johannesburg,
Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email: collinsl@uj.ac.za
Tel: +27 11 559 3154
Timeline
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Johannesburg
10.2022 - 09.2023
Lecturer, Engineering Physics (Part-Time)
University of Johannesburg
03.2022 - 07.2022
Assistant Lecturer (Part-Time)
University of Johannesburg
01.2022 - 06.2022
Lecturer, Microwave Engineering (Part-Time)
Tshwane University of Technology
10.2021 - 01.2022
DUT Global Trends and Challenges in Research and Innovation, Durban
09-2019
Ph.D. - Electrical And Electronic Engineering Science
University of Johannesburg
02.2018 - 10.2021
Smart Grid Conference, Eskom Conference Centre, Johannesburg
08-2017
University of Johannesburg Academic Development Centre (ADC) Tutor Training,
11-2016
Assistant Lecturer/ Senior Tutor
University of Johannesburg
11.2015 - 11.2021
International Conference on Latest Trends in Engineering and Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
07-2015
Master of Technology - Electrical Engineering
University of Johannesburg
02.2015 - 06.2017
Lecturer
Osun State University
08.2012 - 01.2015
Bachelor of Technology (Honours) - Electronic And Electrical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
08.2006 - 11.2011
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