Work place: Faculty of Computing, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria
E-mail: oolajide4174@stu.ui.edu.ng
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Biography
Oluwole B. Olajide is a scholar, researcher, and technology mentor specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, with applications in medical imaging and Natural Language Processing. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where his research focuses on AI-driven frameworks for the detection and severity classification of Sickle Cell Anemia using imaging techniques, as well as Named Entity Recognition for under-resourced languages. As a DATICAN Scholar, he is passionate about advancing AI for social good, particularly in healthcare and education. His doctoral research employs deep convolutional neural networks to analyze chest X-rays in pediatric Sickle Cell patients, supporting evidence-based clinical decisions and addressing diagnostic challenges in low-resource settings. His work also covers hemoglobin classification, pneumonia detection in Sickle Cell Anemia, and the development of NLP models to support African languages. Oluwole earned an MSc in Information Technology from Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom, where he gained expertise in computing, systems analysis, and applied research. He also holds Microsoft certifications including Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Technology Associate, and Microsoft Certified Educator, which strengthen his technical expertise. With more than eight years of professional experience, he has held senior roles such as Senior Executive Assistant, showcasing leadership, organizational, and project management skills. As a Tech Mentor at Wecncode, he trains and guides youths and early-career professionals in data science, programming, and AI. He has presented his work at the LASU Research Fair and serves as a Science Journey Ambassador, promoting innovation and the transformative power of scientific research in Africa.
By Yetunde D. Otun Abosede O. Oguntunde Samson A. Arekete Oluwole B. Olajide Benjamin S. Aribisala
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijeme.2026.03.05, Pub. Date: 8 Jun. 2026
Alzheimer disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder and the primary cause of dementia among the population, which has a huge burden to the patients, their caregivers and the health care system. Timely intervention is necessary to reduce disease progression, facilitate timely intervention and improve the quality of life. But the traditional forms of diagnostic are frequently costly and non-available especially in resource-deficient environments. The research paper proposes an interpretable and cost-efficient machine-learning model that can be used to identify the presence of Alzheimer disease at its early stages based on clinical and demographic metrics based on the Open Access Series of Imaging Studies cross-sectional dataset, which contains 436 participants. The data consists of seven numeric and two categorical variables, whereas the Clinical Dementia Rating was changed into two categories namely demented and non-demented. An extensive preprocessing pipeline was used, which entailed missing value imputation, categorical encoding and elimination of irrelevant variables, as well as class balancing with the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique. A number of machine learning models were tested, which comprise Logistic Regression, Support Vector Machine, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting, and Extreme Gradient Boosting. The results show that the highest accuracy of 92% was attained using the model implemented by the ensemble and the tree, with the most accuracy being returned by the Random Forest and the ensemble model. Random Forest, too, had a sensitivity of 95%, whereas Gradient Boosting and Extreme Gradient Boosting had the highest area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 98%. The models were implemented as a lightweight web application on the Flask framework, which can make real-time predictions and color coded. The system illustrates the possibility of combining interpretable machine learning with web technologies to make it possible to conduct easy and effective early screening of Alzheimer disease under resource-limited healthcare conditions.
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