Presented

  1. Keynote Speaker: I gave a keynote talk on \Inspiring Diversity in STEM" at the Diversity in STEM Conference at Western University, Canada. Attended virtually-zoom. March 13, 2022.
  2. Panelist: I was a panelist on a conversation on a panel discussion on "How to Inspiring Diversity in STEM"  at the Diversity in STEM Conference at Western University, Canada. attended virtually-zoom. March 13, 2022.
  3. Moderator. I moderated a panel conversation on Careers in Mathematical modelling at York University. Driving discussion between colleagues from the industry and students on careers in mathematical modelling, and what employees look for when hiring mathematicians. Attended virtually-zoom. March 11, 2022.
  4. Keynote Speaker. I gave a keynote talk to more than 1000 middle and high school students across Canada on the principles of mathematical modelling. Attended virtually-zoom. March 08, 2022.
  5. Keynote Speaker: I gave a keynote talk on "The Principles of Mathematical Modelling" at the University of Toronto, St George Branch STEM Fellowship Workshop. Attended virtually-zoom. March 02, 2022
  6. Moderator. I moderated a panel conversation on STEM and Black Wellness in Canada at a conference that I organized on "STEM and Black Wellness in Canada". Attended virtually-zoom. February 28, 2022.
  7. Invited Speaker. I gave a presentation in the Mathematics Department, University of Alberta entitled: "comparing public sentiments toward COVID-19 vaccines across Canadian cities: analysis of comments on Reddit". Attended virtually-zoom. February 14, 2022
  8. Moderator. I moderated a panel conversation at a conference that I organized on Discovering COVID-19 Inequalities and Systemic Vulnerabilities: the role of Artificial Intelligence. Attended virtually-zoom. February 03, 2022.
  9. Moderator. I moderated a panel Session at the BE-STEMM 2022 conference on Building Micro-Mentorship Communities for Black Students across Canadian Universities`. Attended virtually-zoom. February 01, 2022.
  10. Keynote Speaker: I gave a keynote talk on "How Mathematicians Model Infectious Diseases" at the Black Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Medicine/Health (BE-STEMM 2022) conference in Canada. Attended virtually-zoom January 31, 2022
  11. Keynote Speaker: I gave a keynote talk on the impact of social economics and environmental factors on the dynamics of COVID-19 at the Artificial Intelligence for Pandemics Centered, University of Queensland, Australia. Attended virtually-zoom. January 19, 2022.
  12. Keynote Speaker. I gave a keynote talk to Spirit of Math middle and high school students across Canada on How do we design a mathematical model of an infectious disease outbreak? Attended virtually-zoom. January 08, 2022.
  13. Keynote Speaker. I gave a keynote talk to High School students across Peel District School Board, on inspiring students to think about mathematics in the right way. Attended virtually- zoom. December 07, 2021.
  14.  Panelist. Panelist at the second Nigerian Stakeholder forum on a Pan-Nigerian strategy and policies for AI. Attended virtually-zoom. November 30, 2021.
  15. Invited Speaker. I gave a presentation to grade 9 students at Bell High School, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board aimed at inspiring students to think about mathematics in the right way. This is under the Ask a Mathematician program organized by the Field Institute. Attended virtually-zoom. November 23, 2021.
  16. Invited Speaker. I gave a presentation to grade 8 students at St. Andrew Elementary School, Oakville today. The main objective is to inspire students to think about mathematics in the right way. This is under the Ask a Mathematician program organized by the Fields Institute. Attended virtually-zoom. November 09, 2021.
  17. Panelist. I was a panelist at a virtual hackathon on emerging technologies hosted by BrainSTEM Alliance. Attended virtually-zoom. November 07, 2021.
  18. Invited Speaker. Canadian Centre for Disease Modelling 2021 China-Canada Symposium on Modelling, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. Talk title The impact of social, economic, environmental factors and public health measures on the dynamics of COVID-19.Attended virtually-zoom. September 16, 2021.
  19. Panelist. Canadian Centre for Disease Modelling 2021 China-Canada Symposium on Modelling, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. Attended virtually-zoom. September 17, 2021.
  20. Panelist. Artificial Intelligence Virtual Stakeholders Forums: A Rights-Respecting Artificial Intelligence Policy for Nigeria. Attended virtually-zoom. October 20, 2021.
  21. Invited Speaker. Mathematics for Public Health Colloquium http://www.fields. utoronto.ca/activities/ 21-22/public-health-colloquium . Talk title: Early Warning Tools for Emerging Infectious Diseases Outbreak. Attended virtually-zoom. October 12, 2021.
  22. Plenary Speaker. Ghana Science Association 2021 Conference https://www. ghanascience.org.gh . Theme: Mitigating COVID-19 Pandemic. Talk title: The power of Collaboration, Artificial Intelligence & Big Data in the Fight Against COVID-19 in Africa. Attended virtually-zoom. October 07, 2021.
  23. Invited Speaker Black Heroes of Mathematics 2021 conference https://www. lms.ac.uk/events/ black-heroes-mathematics . Talk title: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Techniques to Monitor Manage and Forecast an Epidemic: the Case of COVID-19. Attended virtually-zoom. October 05, 2021.
  24. Panelist. Black Heroes of Mathematics 2021 conference  https://www.lms.ac.uk/ events/black-heroes-mathematics . Panel conversation on increasing the number of Blacks in research and STEMM programs . Attended virtually-zoom. September 13, 2021.
  25. Invited Speaker Data for policy 2021 conference: lessons for policy-data interactions after COVID-19 https://dataforpolicy.org . Attended virtually-zoom. September 13, 2021.
  26. Panelist. Data for policy 2021Conference: lessons for policy-data interactions after COVID-19 https://dataforpolicy.org . Attended virtually-zoom. September 14, 2021. Data for Policy is a premier global forum for interdisciplinary and cross-sector discussions around the impact and potentials of the digital revolution in the government sector. I equally gave a presentation in this conference. Attended virtually-zoom. September 14, 2021.
  27. Panelist. Fields Institute Webinar on Let's Talk About Grad School: Special  representing Canada, Europe and the USA will provide insight and advice about applying to mathematics graduate school programs. Attended virtually-zoom. August 27, 2021.
  28. Invited Speaker. Several presentations to elementary and high school students on the applications of Elementary School, Junior High School and High School Mathematics in real life (organized by the Fields Institute). Attended virtually-zoom. Every week since 2020.
  29. Plenary Speaker. Red Raider Mini-Symposium. Phytoplankton competition for nutrients and light in a stratified lake: a mathematical model connecting epilimnion and hypolimnion. Attended virtually-zoom. August 20, 2021.
  30.  Invited Speaker. Earth Observatory of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University-Singapore seminar series. The impact of social, economic, environmental factors and public health measures on the dynamics of COVID-19. Attended virtually-zoom. August 17, 2021.
  31. Invited Speaker. University of British Columbia Mathematical Biology Lecture series. The impact of social, economic, environmental factors and public health measures on the dynamics of COVID-19. Attended virtually-zoom. June 02, 2021.
  32. Panelist. African Institute of Mathematical Sciences( AIMS), South Africa. Panelist at a webinar on Challenging realities experienced by Mathematical graduates and career opportunities. Attended virtually-zoom. April 22, 2021.
  33. Panelist. Dalhousie University. Panelist at a webinar on Black Excellence in STEM and Health Research Symposium. Attended virtually-zoom. March 27, 2021.
  34. Panelist. York Circle. Panelist at a webinar on racism during the pandemic. Attended virtually-zoom. February 28, 2021.
  35. Invited Speaker. York University. Scholars' Hub talk on solutions to overcome math anxiety. Attended virtually-zoom. February 17, 2021.
  36. Panelist. York University. Panelist at York University's Symposium on Building Momentum for Transformative Disaster Risk Governance. Attended virtually-zoom. February 12, 2021.
  37. Invited Speaker. Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Presentation on our IDRC project on predictive modeling and forecasting the transmission of COVID-19 in Africa using Artificial Intelligence. Attended virtually-zoom. January 27, 2021.
  38. Invited Speaker. Trent University Mathematics Lecture series on Cost and social distancing dynamics in a mathematical model of COVID-19 with application to Ontario, Canada. Attended virtually-zoom. November 23, 2020.
  39. Invited Speaker. University of Alberta Mathematical Biology Lecture series. The impact of social, demographic and climatic variable on the growth rate of COVID-19 across countries. Attended virtually-zoom. November 16, 2020.
  40. Invited Speaker. SIAM LS 20 Minisymposium: Mathematics of Infectious Diseases and our Planet. Attended virtually-zoom. June 30, 2020.
  41. Invited Speaker. Special Seminar talk on Indirectly Transmitted Infectious Diseases. At Arizona State University. April 12, 2019.
  42. Invited Speaker. Special Seminar talk on Modelling Microbial Dynamics: Effects on Environmental Health at The College of William and Mary. At The College of William and Mary. March 29, 2019.
  43. Invited Speaker. The inverse method for a childhood infectious disease model with its application to pre-vaccination and post-vaccination measles data. "Mathematical Investigations of Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology" at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Baltimore. January 16-19, 2019.
  44. Invited Speaker. A stoichiometric organic matter decomposition model in a chemostat culture. The Sixth G. J. Butler International Conference on Differential Equations and Population Biology at the University of Alberta July 23-27, 2018.
  45. Invited Speaker. Dynamics of a cholera transmission model with immunological threshold and natural phage control in reservoir. MBI Workshop on Population Models the 21st Century at the Ohio State University. November 14-18, 2016.
  46. Invited Speaker. A stoichiometric organic matter decomposition model. First conference on biological stoichiometry at Trent University and gave a poster presentation. June 23-26, 2015.
  47. Invited Speaker. Indirectly transmitted infectious disease: from microscopic to Macroscopic cycles. BIRS Workshop 13w5151: Current Challenges for Mathematical Modelling of Cyclic Populations. November 10 to November 15, 2013.
  48. Invited Speaker. DDE models of the glucose-insulin system: A useful tool for the artificial pancreas. The PIMS International Graduate Training Centre (IGTC) Submit at Naramata. October 12-14.