Franck Kalala Mutombo
Franck Kalala Mutombo is a Professor of Mathematics at Lubumbashi University and former Academic Director of AIMS-Senegal. He previously worked in a research position at Strathclyde University and at AIMS-South Africa in a joint appointment with the University of Cape Town. He holds a Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. He is an expert in the study and analysis of complex networks structure and applications. The most recent study considers the impact of network structure on long-range interactions applied to epidemics, diffusion, and object clustering. His research interest includes Differential Geometry of Manifolds, Finite Element Methods for PDEs, Networks, and Data Science.
Sessions
In this talk, we will introduce network science and demonstrate its usefulness in mining different types of data, including social network data, time series data, and spatiotemporal data. Our talk will include practical, hands-on examples of real-world problems we've solved in the developing world with tools from network science--including epidemic forecasting, stock market crash prediction, and food pricing trend analysis across regions. Python code will be available for those who want to run the analysis themselves.