Background
Background
Jospin Cabrel FOSSO TIOFOUET
Two degrees, physics first and then computer science, and one common thread: explaining things.
Experience
since December 2025
Full-stack developer (intern)
Mo’ock, Cameroon
- Front-end and back-end development of web applications with Next.js, React and Node.js.
- UI integration and database model design.
- Teamwork across the whole pipeline: Git, GitHub, GitLab, deployment on Render.
- Mentoring junior developers.
October 2025 – July 2026
Master’s research in explainable AI
University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
- Designed SEATTS, an explainability module attached to the output of Transformer models, and trained those models in PyTorch for time-series forecasting.
- Benchmarked against reference architectures: PatchTST, Informer, Autoformer and TFT.
- Explained forecasts through four original concepts (level, trend, context and calendar), using SHAP and attention maps.
- Paper in preparation.
since December 2020
Physics teacher (PLEG)
Lycée Bilingue de ZENMEH, Dschang, Cameroon
in Cameroon’s public service since December 2020, at the school since January 2021
- Physics lessons and lab work; also teaching chemistry, technology and mathematics.
- Form tutor: individual follow-up of students, class councils, report cards.
- Head of the school’s science club.
- Invigilating and marking national exams.
since the 2024–25 academic year
Computer science tutoring
POLYGÉNIE community, co-founder, Dschang, Cameroon
- Tutoring computer science students from first to third year.
Education
2024 – 2026
Master’s in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence track
University of Dschang
Grade: Bien (A-), top five of the cohort
2021 – 2024
Bachelor’s in Computer Science
University of Dschang
Ranked first in the cohort, grade: Bien (B+)
2018 – 2020
DIPES II in Physics
Cameroon’s teaching qualification for upper secondary school
École normale supérieure de Yaoundé
Grade: Bien (B)
2017 – 2018
Bachelor’s in Physics, mechanics option
University of Yaoundé I
2015 – 2018
DIPES I in Physics
Teaching qualification for lower secondary school
École normale supérieure de Yaoundé
Grade: Assez Bien (B-)
July 2025 – November 2025
Full-stack development training (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
Mo’ock Academy, Dschang
Online courses
Certificates of completion for online courses.
September 2026
Deep Learning with TensorFlow and Keras
Udemy
December 2025
Data Science and Machine Learning
Udemy
August 2025
Python backend basics with FastAPI and PostgreSQL
Udemy
Skills
Languages
- Python
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- C
Machine learning
- PyTorch
- TensorFlow
- Scikit-learn
- Transformers (Hugging Face)
- Pandas
- NumPy
Interpretability
- SHAP
- attention maps
Web development
- Next.js
- React
- Node.js
- MySQL
Tools
- Git
- Docker
- Linux
- JupyterLab
- LaTeX
Transferable skills
Academic writing, teaching and science communication, independent research, teamwork.
Languages
French: native language and language of instruction. English: intermediate, comfortable reading scientific literature.
Volunteering
Volunteering with Smile For All Youths (2024) and the CIBAEEVA orphanage (2023).
Interests
Chess, football, billiards, popular science reading.