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Staff Profile

Kwabena Adu-Duodu

Research Software Technician

Background

EXPERIENCES

1. Research Software Technician (EPSRC Research Project)

School of Computing, Newcastle University

March 2020 – Present UK

  • Responsible for supporting the delivery of software, helping to develop and support collaborating researchers by determining new/modified systems to support the project aims.
  • Contribute to the selection and use of software infrastructure, including technologies for version control, continuous integration, deployment and code review.
  • Testing and correcting software where applicable.
  • Collaborate with other researchers to develop appropriate technical solutions to research problems.
  • Present work and provide updates, including the effective communication of complex or technical information, at project meetings and events.
  • Write operational documentation and provide training and support for team members and researchers to ensure effective use of relevant technologies.
  • Developed a well structured data storage mechanism for IoT Big Data collected in university’s Smart Building and provide API endpoints with a web interface for enhanced data queries and analysis.


2. Customer Support Engineer/ Onsite Engineer

Huawei Technologies

August 2014 – August 2018 Ghana

    • Software delivery: Successfully deployed a cloud payment system (CPS).

    • Integration of CPS platform with oracle database and other third-party client systems (e.g. SMSC, USSD, STK, Bank)

    • Troubleshooting found issues; Issue resolution within given timelines.

    • Onsite maintenance and technical support thus ensuring minimal downtime for customer’s CPS operations team.

    • Carried out quarterly patch installations and periodic hardware expansions.

    • Worked in the role of a solution analyst (SA); Effectively collaborating with customers to develop appropriate technical solutions to their requirements.

    • Worked in the role of project manager for a number of small projects.

Research

Experience of Research Projects:

  • Implemented a privacy-aware cloud ecosystem to enhance GDPR and privacy compliance in the multiple cloud systems. (PACE: EPSRC – EP/R033293/1 in collaboration with Cardiff University & UCL)
  • Developed the live feed panel on the dashboard to monitor Twitter streams. (Landslide: NERC– NE/P000681/1).
  • Developed and implemented an algorithm for the coordination (load balancing) of edge resources in a three-tiered (IOT/edge/cloud) network model with inter-layer communications. (Osmotic MindSphere: Research England- P35792/BH192113)
  • Developed a system to reorganise the immense data collected (over 10000 sensors) in the Newcastle University Urban Science Building and providing API endpoints and a web interface to allow data queries and analysis of the building data. (Smart Building Project, Urban Sciences Building, School of Computing, Newcastle University)

Publications