Assistant Coordinator of the Healthcare in the AI4D

Principal Investigator of AI Early Career Award

International society of Pesticidal plants

Dr. Judith

Dr. Judith Leo

PhD in information and communication science and engineering (artificial intelligence),MSC in information and communication science and engineering,
BEng, ELECTRONICS and ICT.

  • School: Computational and Communication Sciences and Engineering (CoCSE)
  • Department: Information and Communication Science and Engineering (ICSE).

Bio Data

Ing. Judith Leo (PhD) is a Tanzanian female Data Scientist. Currently, working as a Lecturer at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NMAIST). Her interest is in the data science and data-driven solutions, use of Mobile App and Internet of Things (IoTs) for solving society and industry’s challenges, area of optical fibre installation, bandwidth and energy optimization, advanced network configuration, system development and modelling. She has experience in working with multidisciplinary research action which integrates diverse areas in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Gender inclusion and policies, leadership in STEMI, environment, health, social and business areas. She has won several grants, awards and scholarships. One of the grants is the Data for Local Impact (DLi) Innovation Challenge also known as DREAMS WINDOW which was funded by The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) through Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge at CoSTECH in Tanzania. In this award she developed an innovative tool called Early Warning-Dropout Visualisation Tool (EDV-Tool) and an NGO (BintiShule) whose aim is to empower, encourage and educate girls on the importance of getting education, measures to take during menstruation and to follow in order to avoid early pregnancies, HIV/AIDS-risk-behaviour and bad-cultural practices. Dr. Leo’s Master’s research title was, “An Interactive Remote Doctor Consultation Registration system for Acquisition of Geo-Information in order to Enhance Epidemiological Analysis: A Case of Tanzania”. It involved the integration of Geographic Information System (GIS), (GPS), System Development and Integration using both health and environmental data. Whereas, the PhD research area has focused on modelling health and environmental data with a title of “ARPM: Adaptive Reference Machine Learning (ML) Model for Prediction of Cholera Epidemics based-on Seasonal Weather Changes Linkages in Tanzania.

Research & Achievements

Outreach Activity

Outreach Activity in Public Schools in Tanzania - Empowering girls to fulfil their education goals! Future Scientists and Engineers in the making

AI for mental health

The AI for mental health project, funded by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH)

STEDPEA

Japanese institutions (WeathernewsInc, LINE Corporation, and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience) has implemented a project on STRENGTHENING DISASTER PREVENTION APPROACHES IN EASTERN AFRICA (STEDPEA), with support and funding from the Government of Japan.

Academic & Research

Inspiring women in AI research and development

Societal Transformation and Climate Change

Societal Transformation and Climate Change" ~ Thanks to the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship "https://lnkd.in/daQhFPWB"~ who supported my Ph.D Studies at Carleton University in Canada!Link: https://lnkd.in/dN5U2t4d

AI4D Africa

Attending the Scientific Conference Organised by the AI4D Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as one among the 10 Early Career Academicians.