Idy Diop

Dr. Idy Diop is a full professor of signal processing, image processing, and digital communication (error correcting codes) at the École Supérieure Polytechnique (ESP) of Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD Dakar, Senegal). A member of the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee (CSP), he is the Scientific Secretary of the Doctoral School of Mathematics and Computer Science (EDMI) at UCAD and was a member of the technical committee that oversaw the design and construction of Senegal's first satellite (GaindeSat). His research topics focus on image processing, IoT, artificial intelligence, security, error correcting, and applications. His areas of study include the application of information and communication technologies in the medical field (secure e-health systems, medical diagnostic assistance systems in dermatologys, ophthalmology using AI, etc.), the use of AI in agriculture (crop diseases, production estimates for mangoes, onions, etc.)  water management, particularly with AI, IoT, etc., and security (stenography, steganography, critical infrastructure protection, physical security, digital investigation, etc.).

He leads several research projects on the use of AI in the health sector, agriculture, etc. He is a consultant and evaluator for several research projects focusing on AI in the medical field, notably with ACTS (Nairobi, Kenya) and Lacuna Fund. 

Prof. Idy DIOP is a member of several research associations at both the national (Association of Computer Science and Applications Researchers of Senegal) and international levels (AI4D research network set up as part of the AI4D scholarship program coordinated by ACTS). He is an associate researcher at several research organizations at both the national and international levels, including the Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Complex Systems Unit (UMMISCO UCAD), where he is the head of the Fablab set up in Dakar.