Mamadou Ly II
Orlando
Summary
Applied Data Science and Machine Learning Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Completed advanced coursework in classification, regression, prediction, and recommendation systems, applying concepts through hands-on projects., Gained proficiency in supervised, unsupervised, and deep-learning methods, establishing a strong foundation for developing data-driven solutions., Acquired hands-on experience with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation for large-scale datasets.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Central Florida
08.2025 - Current
- Developed reproducible Databricks + PySpark analysis workflows on large healthcare claims datasets to identify diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and self-management patterns; packaged outputs for research stakeholders.
- Collaborated with faculty/data scientists to refine and validate cohort-identification logic for diabetes populations across multiple claim types, enhancing consistency in downstream analyses.
- Managed data transformation + quality control for millions of records, ensuring repeatable, auditable analytical workflows with clear assumptions, consistent transformations, and thorough documentation.
- Supported publication and policy-driven research by translating pipeline outputs into interpretable results artifacts (tables/figures/notes) and aligning analyses with real-world healthcare decisions.
Customer Service Staff
Publix Super Markets
06.2019 - Current
- Resolved customer complaints and issues promptly, applying problem-solving methodologies to maintain a positive store atmosphere and improve overall customer satisfaction.
- Managed high-volume financial transactions and daily bookkeeping functions, ensuring data accuracy and accountability for cash drawers and store deposits.
- Managed product display and inventory data, ensuring organized shopping environment and supporting effective stock management.
Cyberbullying Detection Capstone Project
University Of Georgia
Athens
- Implemented and evaluated neural NLP baselines (GRU/LSTM) and a transformer model (BERT) for multi-class cyberbullying detection; Fine-tuned pretrained bert-base-uncased using the Hugging Face Transformers training workflow.
- Designed experiment plan (train/val/test split, hyperparameter sweeps, ablation studies) and achieved ~93% accuracy with the optimized BERT configuration on a ~47k-tweet dataset, outperforming RNN baselines.
- Applied SHAP-based interpretability to analyze influential tokens/features driving cyberbullying predictions, improving understanding of model behavior and failure modes.
Lead Conversion Prediction Project
Remote
- Built and compared classical ML models (Decision Tree, Random Forest) for conversion prediction; performed feature engineering and model selection aligned to business decision-making.
- Tuned models with cross-validated grid search (GridSearchCV) and documented key conversion drivers to support resource allocation recommendations.
- Delivered data-driven recommendations that informed resource allocation decisions and improved conversion strategies for the
company.
Education
Ph.D. - Big Data Analytics
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL, United States03-2029
Bachelor of Science - Data Science, Minor in Computer Science
University of Georgia
Athens, GA, United States12-2024
Skills
- NLP
- Data Preprocessing
- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Pandas
- NumPy
- Scikit-learn
- Matplotlib
- Seaborn
- TensorFlow
- PySpark/Spark
- Linear Regression
- Logistic Regression
- Decision Trees
- Random Forest
- LSTM
- Neural Networks
- Recommendation Systems
- Transformers (BERT)
- Agents
- Prompt Engineering
- LLMs
Timeline
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Central Florida
08.2025 - Current
Customer Service Staff
Publix Super Markets
06.2019 - Current
Cyberbullying Detection Capstone Project
University Of Georgia
Lead Conversion Prediction Project
Remote
Ph.D. - Big Data Analytics
University of Central Florida
Bachelor of Science - Data Science, Minor in Computer Science
University of Georgia