Shiva Ramoudith

Patrick attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he obtained five degrees including a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He has worked at Bose Corporation, Bell Laboratories, AT&T Laboratories, Ericsson and Huawei. He has published extensively with over 150 refereed journal and conference publications. He holds 41 granted patents in the areas of telecommunications and wireless technologies. He was nominated for the Ericsson Inventor of the Year award in 2004, was the Huawei US Wireless Research Employee of the year for 2007 and is a 2015 Anthony Sabga Caribbean Laureate for Science and Technology. Patrick is presently the administrative and technical contact for the TT top level domain, CEO of the TTNIC and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of the West Indies. His present areas of research include Applied Data Science, Operations Research and Performance and Pricing Optimization for Cellular Networks

Letetia completed her Doctorate in Mathematics at the University of the West Indies (UWI), in which she investigated the dynamics of prey-predator and epidemic models, applied to investments. Previously, she studied approximations of functions using statistical ideas, which formed the basis of her M.Phil. Statistics. Her passion for both Mathematics and Statistics led her to produce various publications in both fields. She has over ten years’ experience lecturing a variety of tertiary level courses in Mathematics, Probability and Statistics, and also served as coordinator of the Mathematics Help Centre at the UWI. Letetia is involved in various Statistical Consulting Projects and is currently a Project Officer at the University of the West Indies.

Kris Manohar is passionate about research, teaching, and student development. He has received a B.S. degree in Computer Science and a M.S. Computer Science with distinction from the University of the West Indies. Since 2010, he has been with the Department of Computing and Information Technology (DCIT). During his time at DICT he has taught several undergraduate courses in computer science and mathematics, and has been involved with the organization of several local and international contests, and training activities. A few examples are the ACM-ICPC national contests (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019), AMC-ICPC national training camps (2013, 2018), Open Data conference and code sprint (2013, 2015), Computing Fourm (2012, 2013), DICT Runtime competition (2012, 2013) and DCIT Bootcamp (2011, 2012, 2017, 2018). Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the UWI. His research interests include information hiding, stegoanogrpahy, data compression, and image processing.

Daniel obtained his Bachelors in Electrical and Computer Engineering with honors from the University of the West Indies. During the earlier part of his degree, he interned at Teleios and Digicel working on various projects. During his third year he interned at IBM TJ Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights in New York, USA. There he worked on projects involving AI and augmented reality. Upon completion of his internship, he published and presented his research project at the 2019 International Conference on AI and Mobile Services in San Diego, USA. Daniel has participated in a few competitions including Teleios Code Jam where his team won and the Bmobile Connect Coding Competition where his team placed second. After graduation Daniel worked at a startup on projects involving facial recognition, text extraction and facial comparison. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Data Science at the University of the West Indies and has hobbies including photography, traveling, and reading.

Mercedes has more than 8 years’ experience in research. A two-time national scholarship awardee, she completed her BSc. in Economics with a double major in Psychology at the University of South Florida in Tampa and her MSc. in Psychology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. During her studies, she conducted research in the areas of executive function and self-control as well as in refugee integration. Currently, she is a student of the MSc. in Data Science programme. She also works as an Educational Research Officer at the Ministry of Education where she analyses student performance data and conducts studies to identify factors contributing to student success. Her research interests include behavioural data science, decision-making, and the application of data science to human and social development. Apart from research, she speaks fluent Spanish and enjoys travelling and doing yoga in her spare time.

Johnny Tiu obtained his BSc & M.Phil in Mechanical Engineering at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine with a focus on structural vibration and rotor-dynamic faults. As a Research Assistant at UWI he formally outlined and developed the methodologies that undergraduate students & fellow researchers use to collect vibration data and a tool to semi-automate vibration testing. Under mentorship from Professor Hosein, he placed second in the University category for Shell.ai’s Hackathon for Sustainable and Affordable Energy, which was to optimally place EV charging stations such that the configuration is robust to demographic changes. His research interests are Data Analysis, Vibration Control, and Acoustics. His hobbies include 3D printing & prototyping, musical instruments (guitar, violin, piano, etc.), and cooking.

Akshay is a final year student pursuing his BSc. Electrical & Computer Engineering, focusing on Communication Systems and Computer Systems. He is a National Open Scholarship recipient and has gained experience working with Data Analytics in Telecoms through both his degree and internship. Akshay also has a keen interest in exploring additional areas, such as Data Science, and aspires to build a career that allows him to apply and expand his skillset across various disciplines. His strengths include analytical skills such as critical thinking as well as attention to detail and impartial judgement. In his free time, Akshay enjoys learning new skills, exploring fantasy games, chess and reading philosophy.