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Prosper Ablordeppey

Field Data Systems, Statistical Modeling, and Computational Agriculture

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Research Publications

01

Statistical Estimation of Onion Seedling Density (Pwalugu Study)

A statistical sampling framework for estimating onion seedling density in data-scarce smallholder farming systems in Pwalugu, Upper East Region of Ghana. Using field observations from a two-acre farm and the Central Limit Theorem, the work estimates mean planting density and quantifies variability in manual transplanting practices — providing a practical, low-cost planning model for seedling requirements based on effective bed area.

TypeResearch Article (Published)
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Co-authored Peer-Reviewed Publication (2024)

A peer-reviewed research article published in an academic journal indexed in NASA ADS. Contribution forms part of a collaborative research effort spanning data analysis and computational modeling within the study domain.

PublicationView on NASA ADS
TypePeer-Reviewed Journal Article (Co-authored)
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Web Platforms & Sites

01

2KAP — Wallet Contribution Platform

A mobile-first group contribution wallet platform built for communities, churches, committees, and individuals who need a simple, trusted way to collect and manage contributions. Supports mobile money payments via USSD and QR, transparent contribution tracking, and public or access-code-protected wallets — eliminating spreadsheets and manual tracking.

Live Sitewallet-contribution.github.io/2kapUnder Development
RoleCo-Founder & Lead Developer
StackHTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript — GitHub Pages (Web); mobile app in development
Target UsersChurches, community groups, associations, committees, and individuals
02

Dataset Foundry

A synthetic data generation platform for researchers, students, and analysts who need documented, defensible datasets when real data is scarce, restricted, or doesn’t exist yet. Each domain is its own "line family" with a documented rationale behind every field, its own hypothesis table, and its own methodology page. Every dataset is fully deterministic — seed, config, and generator version always reproduce the same output byte-for-byte — and ships with a manifest, checksum, data dictionary, and a ready-made citation block (APA/MLA/Chicago/BibTeX).

RoleFounder, CEO & Lead Developer
StackDjango REST Framework backend, Astro
Target UsersResearchers, students, and analysts who need synthetic data for work that would otherwise stall on missing real data
FeaturesFour live line families — Insurance, Finance, Health, and Agriculture — each with its own generator, methodology page, and hypothesis table; Ghana is the current default with country selectable per generation on most lines; every download includes a manifest, checksum, data dictionary, and citation block
03

Reigneth Company Limited

A business website built for Reigneth Company Limited, a Cash-in-Transit (CIT) solutions provider, general merchant, and office equipment supplier serving banks and businesses across Ghana. Presents the company’s product lines — shrink wrap machines, banknote banding machines, and coin counting machines — alongside their installation, repair, and maintenance services, company info, and downloadable equipment spec sheets.

Live Sitereigneth.org
RoleDeveloper (not affiliated with the company)
StackAstro
04

Tim Supply

A newly developed business platform for Tim Supply. Designed to present the company’s products and services with a clean, professional web presence.

Live Sitetimsupplyenterprise.github.ioNewly launched
StackHTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript — GitHub Pages
05

Timothy Azirigo — Personal Portfolio Site

A clean, professional personal portfolio and CV site built for Timothy Azirigo, a logistics and transport management professional based in Accra, Ghana. Presents his career profile, work history spanning operations management, logistics, and procurement, educational background including an MBA from GIMPA, professional certificates, and a downloadable CV.

RoleDesigner & Developer
StackHTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript — GitHub Pages
FeaturesDownloadable CV, certificate carousel, embedded Google Maps, WhatsApp & LinkedIn contact integration
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Renoval Solutions

A professional business website designed and developed for Renoval Solutions. Built as a static site and hosted on GitHub Pages, showcasing the company’s services, portfolio, and contact information.

Live Siterenovelsolutions.github.ioDomain pending
StackHTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript — GitHub Pages
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Yenko WiFi

Platform site for Yenko WiFi, an internet service provider project. Designed to communicate service offerings, coverage, and subscription details to prospective customers.

Live SiteComing soonGitHub profile pending
StackHTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript — GitHub Pages
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Published Software Packages

01

Simuclustfactor

Implements the T3Clus and 3FKMeans iterative techniques for simultaneously clustering objects and reducing the dimensionality of variables and occasions on three-mode datasets (Vichi et al., 2007), plus a convex combination of the two — CT3Clus — governed by a hyperparameter α ∈ [0,1] (3FKMeans at α=0, T3Clus at α=1). Also implements the traditional tandem procedures TWCFTA and TWFCTA (Arabie & Hubert, 1996) for sequential clustering-factorial decomposition.

02

Browser Extensions / Addons

As the creator of The Addon Forge, high-performance browser extensions focused on web automation, productivity enhancement, and media extraction — emphasizing clean engineering, user-centered design, and seamless cross-browser compatibility.

Live Sitetheaddonforge.github.io— current lineup of extensions, live status, and store links
RoleFounder & Lead Developer
StackNative WebExtension APIs (Chrome, Firefox, Edge), modern JavaScript
04

Data Analytics

Timeseries Analysis

Components Decomposition

Forecasting

  • US Ice-cream Production
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Thesis Summaries

01

Bachelors Thesis — Willingness To Pay With Social Interactions: A Case Study of Ghana’s NHIS (2019)

A case study on improving National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) coverage in the Sunyani municipality, using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to estimate individuals’ Willingness To Pay (WTP) for extended coverage. Binary Logit Regression, including a social interaction term, identified factors influencing the decision to pay. Findings showed most NHIS holders who purchase additional drugs were willing to pay for extended coverage — most notably for rehabilitation, cancer, and heart-related conditions, averaging up to GH₵30.00/year — and recommended policymakers weigh income, gender, and education in coverage decisions.

02

Masters Dissertation — Simultaneous Factorial Reduction and Clustering Models for Three-Mode Datasets (2022)

Developed and implemented five models — TWCFTA, TWFCTA, T3Clus, 3FKMeans, and CT3Clus — in the simuclustfactor packages (Python and R) for analyzing three-mode datasets, proposed by Vichi et al. (2007) as an alternative to traditional tandem models. Tested on synthetic and real datasets, the simultaneous models produced more well-separated, higher-cohesion clusters and better recovered object-cluster and variable/occasion-factor associations than tandem models, with the best results obtained when factorial analysis was prioritized.

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Education

  1. August 2021 – Sept. 2022

    MSc. Mathematics & Applications

    University of Aveiro · Aveiro, Portugal

    Advanced Algorithms · Mathematical Techniques For Big Data · Exploratory Data Analytics · Seminar In Mathematics & Applications

    supervisor: Prof. Adelaide Freitas

  2. July 2020 – July 2021

    MSc. Mathematical Engineering

    University of L’Aquila · L’Aquila, Italy

    Data Analytics · Machine Learning & Neural Networks · Cryptography · Differential Equations · Numerical Methods · Optimization · Parallel Computing

    supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Giovannelli

  3. August 2019 – September 2020

    BSc. Actuarial Science

    University of Energy and Natural Resources · Sunyani, Ghana

    Computing · Descriptive & Inferential Statistics · Credibility & Loss Theory · Insurance & Risk Management · Stochastic Processes · Differential Equations · Multivariate Calculus · Vectors & Mechanics

    supervisor: Dr. Alex A. Opoku

  4. August 2011 – September 2014

    General Science

    Achimota Senior High · Accra, Ghana

    Physics · Biology · Chemistry · Mathematics

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Experience

  1. 2025 – Present

    Project Manager

    Commercial Farm Development · Begoro, Ghana

    • Coordinated participatory field data collection across forest-zone agricultural systems.
    • Supported deployment planning for post-harvest drying and storage infrastructure.
  2. 2024 – Present

    Technical Project Lead

    AgricScope Initiative · Ghana

    • Directed multi-sensor precision agriculture diagnostics integrating soil, atmospheric, water, and Brix measurements.
    • Conducted systems-oriented analysis of production instability in tomato value chains under climatic and infrastructural constraints in Northern Ghana.
  3. March 2023 – March 2025

    Python Developer / Internal Tools Engineer

    BNP Paribas (PF Cetelem) – Marketing Data Analytics Hub · Porto, Portugal

    • Tech Lead for internal tools, managing development workflows and code reviews.
    • Developed internal platforms using Python, Node.js, TypeScript, and Angular.
    • Maintained Confluence spaces (structure, templates, permissions, documentation).
    • Supported team SharePoint usage (content organization, lists, libraries, navigation).
    • Created onboarding guides and technical documentation for internal systems.
    • Worked with CI/CD and deployment tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Helm).
  4. 2020 – 2022

    Data Scientist

    Xtratek Automation · Douala, Cameroon

    • Designed and maintained data pipelines for machine operations.
    • Developed ML models to detect anomalies and predict equipment failures.
    • Cleaned, validated, and structured large operational datasets.
    • Delivered dashboards and insights to engineering and management teams.
    • Collaborated across functions to optimize automation workflows.
  5. June 2019 – 2021

    Team Lead

    Python Software Foundation (PSF) · Sunyani, Ghana

    • Web2py and Django.
    • TKinter desktop app development.
    • Data Analytics (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn).
    • Neural Nets (TensorFlow, Keras).
    • Front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap).
  6. September 2019 – September 2020

    Teaching Assistant

    University of Energy & Natural Resources — National Service · Sunyani, Ghana

    • Provided general assistance and support for my lecturer.
    • Assisted in assessments of students, invigilation of quizzes and mid-semester exams.
  7. 2014 – 2015

    Pupils Tutor

    New Fountain International School · Tema, Ghana

    • Class teacher of primary 3.
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Workshops & Conferences

01

17th Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS 2022)

OrganizerUniversity of Porto, Porto, Portugal
DateJuly 2022
RoleContributed session
02

Workshop of Machine Learning in Science

OrganizerUniversity of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
DateJune 2022
RoleParticipant
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Skills

Programming & Data Tools

  • Python
  • R
  • SQL
  • LaTeX

Scientific Computing & Machine Learning

  • NumPy
  • Pandas
  • SciPy
  • scikit-learn
  • TensorFlow
  • Tensorly

Research Computing Skills

  • Statistical Modeling
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Cleaning & Field Data Processing
  • Computational Agriculture Applications

Interests

  • Computational Agriculture
  • Applied Statistics
  • Agricultural Systems Modeling
  • Smallholder Farming Systems
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Machine Learning & AI
  • Clustering & Classification
  • Multivariate & Tensor Analysis
  • Data-Scarce Environments
  • Precision Agriculture
  • Food Systems Analytics
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Certificates & Licences

LinkedIn Learning

Conferences & Seminars

  • Machine Learning in ScienceMachine Learning in Science
  • 17th IFCS Abstract Participation17th IFCS Abstract Participation