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Dr. Matthew Iwada Ekum is a statistician and lecturer at Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Nigeria, where he also serves as Assistant Director in the Directorate of Academic Planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Lagos and is a 2025 TWAS-DFG Visiting Research Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich), Germany. His research spans probability distributions, biostatistics, machine learning, data analysis, and computational statistics, with applications in gene expression, public health, disease modelling, sustainable tourism, fisheries, engineering, environmental, and econometrics. He has published more than 50 research artcicles widely in journals such as Scientific African, Journal of Probability and Statistics, Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Mathematics and Statistics, International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications, Research in Globalization, Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, and the Journal of Indian Society for Probability and Statistics. He is proficient in statistical programming R, Python, Stata, SAS, and SPSS. Proficient in Visualization tools Power BI, Tableau, MS Excel. He has project management and database management skills. A member of several professional associations, including the Chartered Institute of Statisticians of Nigeria (CISON), the International Statistical Engineering Association (ISEA), etc. Dr. Ekum is passionate about advancing data-driven insights for public health, sustainable development, and technological innovation.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Machine Learning
• ☆ Text Mining & Analytics
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Neural Networks
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Business Analytics
• ☆ Financial Modeling
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Theory
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Social Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Quantum Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Mathematical Statistics
• ☆ Survey Design
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Spatial Statistics
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Trend Analysis
• ☆ Risk Assessment & Actuarial Science

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Market Research, Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Concept Development, Prototyping

Work Experience

TWAS-DFG Visiting Research Fellow, Statistics.

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen

July 2025 - Present

Lecturer

Lagos State University of Science and Technology

February 2022 - Present

Lecturer III

Lagos State Polytechnic

December 2021 - February 2022

Technologist I

Lagos State Polytechnic

March 2020 - December 2021

Technologist II

Lagos State Polytechnic

April 2017 - March 2020

Technologist II (Part-Time)

Lagos State Polytechnic

April 2010 - April 2017

Senior Data Analyst

Sigma Alliance Solutions Ltd

December 2005 - April 2010

Mathematics/Further Mathematics Teacher & UNICEF/NYSC Adolescent Reproductive Health/HIV/AIDS Prevention

Government Technical College

September 2004 - August 2005

Industrial Trainee

Federal Office of Statistics (FOS)

January 2000 - January 2001

Students Industrial Work Scheme (SIWES)

National Electric Power Authority (NEPA)

July 1999 - December 1999

Education

PhD (Statistics)

University of Lagos

February 2018 - October 2023

MSc. Statistics (Mathematics)

University of Lagos

December 2014 - December 2015

BSc. Statistics (Statistics)

University of Ibadan

October 2010 - December 2013

HND Statistics (Mathematics and Statistics)

Yaba College of Technology

January 2002 - March 2004

ND Statistics (Mathematics and Statistics)

Yaba College of Technology

January 1999 - December 2000

Certifications

• Creating TinyMCE Plugins for Moodle

  Moodle Academy

  November 2024 - Present

• Introduction to Moodle for Educators

  Moodle Academy

  October 2024 - Present

• Artificial Intelligence and Education

  Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics (IMSP), Dangbo, Republic of Benin.

  November 2023 - Present

• Models, Statistics, and Genetics: Understanding Epidemics

  Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM)

  March 2023 - Present

• Foundation Postgraduate Course in Statistical Inference (Non-parametric, Parametric and Bayesian)

  National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Kwali, Abuja

  October 2019 - Present

• Handling and Analyzing Spatio-Temporal Data using ARCGIS and R software

  Royal Statistical Society Nigeria Local Group

  April 2019 - Present

• The 1st Data Science School, From Data to Value and Knowledge

  Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics (IMSP), Dangbo, Republic of Benin

  December 2018 - Present

• Classification and Regression Tree Using R: A Simulation approach

  Nigeria Statistical Society (NSS)

  April 2018 - Present

• Practical Guide to Logistic Regression Modelling

  University of Ibadan Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (UI-LISA)

  January 2016 - Present

• Advanced Digital Appreciation Programme for Tertiary Institutions

  Digital Bridge Institute (DBI)

  November 2014 - Present

• Lean Six Sigma (White Belt)

  Dela Leverage

  December 2012 - Present

• The American Project Management

  Dela Leverage

  November 2012 - Present

• Campaign on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Adolescence Reproductive Health

  UNICEF

  October 2004 - Present

• DATA Analysis

  Data Smith

  September 2002 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Arowolo, O.T., Arowolo, O.T., Arowolo, O.T., Ogunsanya, A.S., Ogunsanya, A.S., Oguntola, T.O., Oguntola, T.O., et al. (2023). Exponentiated Weibull Inverse Rayleigh Distribution . International Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Optimization: Theory and Applications.

M.I. Ekum, E.E.E. Akarawak, M.O. Adamu (2023). Optimization of Gamma–Power–Log–logistic distribution and its applications in modelling volume of oil spillage . Scientific African.

Olumide Metilelu, Matthew Ekum, Ebenezer Toki(2023). Modelling the non-linear effects of tourism development on emerging market economies using normal-power model . Scientific African. 20. p. e01731. Elsevier {BV}

Metilelu, O.O., Omodehin, A. O., Salako, O. F., Salako, O. F., Ekum, M.I. (2023). Unveiling the Dilemma of Sustainable Tourism Development in Nigeria: A Study of Agbowa, Ikorodu, Lagos State . American Journal of Tourism Management.

Metilelu, O., Ekum, M., Toki, E.(2023). Modelling the non-linear effects of tourism development on emerging market economies using normal-power model . Scientific African. 20.

Adeniyi, M.O., Aderele, O.R., Oludoun, O.Y., Ekum, M.I., Matadi, M.B., Oke, S.I., Ntiamoah, D.(2023). A mathematical and exploratory data analysis of malaria disease transmission through blood transfusion . Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 9.

Ekum, M.I., Adamu, M.O., Akarawak, E.E.E.(2023). Normal-Power-Logistic Distribution: Properties and Application in Generalized Linear Model . Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics. 24. (1). p. 23-54.

Oke, S.I., Ekum, M.I., Akintande, O.J., Adeniyi, M.O., Adekiya, T.A., Achadu, O.J., Matadi, M.B., Iyiola, O.S., Salawu, S.O.(2023). Optimal control of the coronavirus pandemic with both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions . International Journal of Dynamics and Control.

Matthew Iwada Ekum, Eno E. E. Akarawak, Sheriffdeen Taiwo Oyeyemi(2022). On the Estimation of Stress Strength Reliability Parameter of Weibull-Rayleigh Distribution . Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics. p. 1--21. Sciencedomain International

Olumide O. Metilelu, Michael O. Adeniyi, Matthew I. Ekum(2022). Modelling the Dynamic Effect of Environmental Pollution on Coastal Tourism . Scientific African. 17. p. e01364. Elsevier {BV}

Arowolo, O. T., Akinade, T. A., Akinade, T. A., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ogunsanya, A. S., Ogunsanya, A. S., Oguntola, T. O., Oguntola, T. O. (2022). ARIMA Model and its Application to Budget Performance . Ilorin Journal of Science.

Akarawak, E.E.E., , Adeleke, I.A., , Adeleke, I.A., Olalude, G. A., Olalude, G. A., Olalude, G. A., Olalude, G. A., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., et al. (2022). Weibull-Logistic with Exponential Quantile Function Distribution . Unilag Journal of Mathematics and Applications.

Metilelu, O.O., Adeniyi, M.O., Ekum, M.I.(2022). Modelling the Dynamic Effect of Environmental Pollution on Coastal Tourism . Scientific African. 17.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Adamu, M.O., Adeleke, I.A., Adeleke, I.A., Akarawak, E.E., et al. (2021). Class of Generalized Power Function Distributions: Properties and Applications . Journal of Nigeria Statistical Association.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Job, O., Taylor, J. I., Amalare, A. A., Khaleel, M. A., Khaleel, M. A., et al. (2021). Normal-Power Function Distribution with Logistic Quantile Function: Properties and Application . American Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics.

Adeyinka S. Ogunsanya, Eno E. Akarawak, Matthew I. Ekum (2021). On some properties of Rayleigh-Cauchy distribution . Journal of Statistics and Management Systems.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Adamu, M. O., Adamu, M. O., Akarawak, E. E., Akarawak, E. E. (2021). A class of power function distributions: its properties and applications . Unilag Journal of Mathematics and Applications.

I. A. Hassan, M. I. Ekum, A.S. Ogunsanya (2021). Antibacterial activity of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) juice extract on selected bacteria . African Journal of Microbiology Research.

Metilelu, O.O., Metilelu, O.O., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Adedini, A.J., Adedini, A.J., Adedini, A.J., Olasokan, O.O., Olasokan, O.O., et al. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic: Parks Responses to Social Distancing Location in Nigeria . European Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research.

Ogunsanya, A.S., Yahya, W.B., Adegoke, T.M., Iluno, C., Aderele, O.R., Ekum, M.I.(2021). A new three-parameter weibull inverse rayleigh distribution: Theoretical development and applications . Mathematics and Statistics. 9. (3). p. 249-272.

Iluno, C., Taylor, J., Akinmoladun, O., Aderele, O., Ekum, M.(2021). Modelling the effect of Covid-19 mortality on the economy of Nigeria . Research in Globalization. 3.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Amalare, A.A., Amalare, A.A., Sogunro, O.I., Sogunro, O.I., Sogunro, O.I. (2020). Impact of Tourism Development on Employment in South West Nigeria . Developing Economy Journal.

Matthew Iwada Ekum, Stephen Olusegun Are(2020). COVID-19 Pandemic Data Visualization with Moment about Midpoint: Exploratory and Expository Analyses . Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics. p. 15--37. Sciencedomain International

Ekum Matthew, Ogunsanya Adeyinka (2020). Application of Hierarchical Polynomial Regression Models to Predict Transmission of COVID-19 at Global Level . International Journal of Clinical Biostatistics and Biometrics.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Akinmoladun, O.M., Akinmoladun, O.M., Ogunsanya, A.S., Ogunsanya, A.S. (2020). Stochastic Modelling of COVID-19 Closed Cases in Nigeria . Transactions of the Nigerian Association of Mathematical Physics.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Adeleke, I.A., Adeleke, I.A., Adeleke, I.A., Akarawak, E.E.E., Akarawak, E.E.E. (2020). Lambda Upper Bound Distribution: Some Properties and Applications . Benin Journal of Statistics.

Amalare, A.A., Amalare, A.A., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ogunsanya, A.S., Ogunsanya, A.S., Owolabi, T.O., Owolabi, T.O. (2020). Lomax-Cauchy {Uniform} Distribution: Properties and Application to Exceedances of Flood Peaks of Wheaton River . Benin Journal of Statistics.

Amalare, A.A., Amalare, A.A., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ogunsanya, A.S., Ogunsanya, A.S. (2020). On Econometric Approach to Modelling Economic Growth. Benin Journal of Statistics.

Adeniyi, M.O., Ekum, M.I., Christiana, I., S, O.A., A, A.J., Oke, S.I., B, M.M.(2020). Dynamic model of COVID-19 disease with exploratory data analysis . Scientific African. 9.

Matthew Iwada Ekum, Olatunji Taofik Arowolo(2020). Generalized Regression Control Chart for Monitoring Crop Production . American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics. 9. (4). p. 90. Science Publishing Group

Ekum, M.I., Adamu, M.O., Akarawak, E.E.(2020). T-Dagum: A Way of Generalizing Dagum Distribution Using Lomax Quantile Function . Journal of Probability and Statistics. 2020.

Arowolo, O.T., Arowolo, O.T., Nurudeen, T.S., Nurudeen, T.S., Akinyemi, J.A., Akinyemi, J.A., Ogunsanya, A. S., Ogunsanya, A. S., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., et al. (2019). Reduced Skewed Beta Laplace Distribution with Application in Time to Failure of Electricity Component . Annals of Statistical Theory and Application.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Owolabi, T.O. , Owolabi, T.O. , Alakija, T., Alakija, T. (2018). Modeling Volatility in Selected Nigerian Stock Market . International Journal of Economics and Financial Management.

Felix Famoye, Eno Akarawak, Matthew Ekum(2018). Weibull-Normal Distribution and its Applications . Journal of Statistical Theory and Applications. 17. (4). p. 719. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Mustapha Abiodun Okunnu, Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Aderele, O.R. (2017). The Effects of Macroeconomic Indicators on Economic Growth of Nigeria (1970-2015) . American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics.

Akinmoladun, O.M., Akinmoladun, O.M., Kareem, R., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I. (2017). Criteria for Selecting Prospective Students into Higher Institutions Using Discriminant and Artificial Neural Network Analysis. IOSR Journal of Mathematics.

Arowolo, O.T., Arowolo, O.T., Aribike, E., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I. (2017). Panel Predictive Modeling of Agricultural Production among States in Nigeria . IOSR Journal of Mathematics.

Odetunde, S.K., Saheed, O.W., Saheed, O.W., Shofoluwe, A.S., Ekum, M.I. (2016). Effect of Fungi and Fungi Secondary Metabollite (Mycotoxin) On Blood Parameters and Liver Function of an Albino Rat . Advances in Multidisciplinary & Scientific Research (AIMS).

(2015). Application of Multivariate Analysis on the Effects of World Development Indicators on GDP Per Capita of Nigeria (1981-2013) . International Journal of Science and Technology.

(2015). Panel Data Modelling of Food Production and Export in West Africa (1990-2013) .

(2015). Analyzing the Distribution of Crimes in Oyo State (Nigeria) using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) . IOSR Journal of Mathematics (IOSR-JM).

(2014). Application of Panel Data to the Effect of Five (5) World Development Indicators (WDI) on GDP Per Capita of Twenty (20) African Union (AU) Countries (1981-2011) . Developing Country Studies.

Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I., Farinde, D. A., Ayoola, F. J. (2013). Panel Data: The Effects of Some World Development Indicator (WDI) on GDP Per Capita of Selected African Union (AU) Countries (1981-2011) . International Journal of Science and Technology.

BOOK

Adeniyi, M.O., Oke, S.I., Ekum, M.I., Benson, T., Adewole, M.O.(2022). Assessing the Impact of Public Compliance on the Use of Non-pharmaceutical Intervention with Cost-Effectiveness Analysis on the Transmission Dynamics of COVID-19: Insight from Mathematical Modeling . Studies in Systems, Decision and Control. 366. p. 579-618.

Arowolo, O.T., Lawal, G.O., Ekum, M.I., Ekum, M.I. (2016). Operations Research. Jimsalaam Limited.

(2015). Panel Predictive Model of Food Production and Exports in West Africa . Lambert Academic Publishing.

MANUAL

(2015). Operations Research - Mathematical Programming Practical Manual. Jimsalaam Ltd.

CONFERENCE PAPER

(2014). Application of Multiple Linear Regression on the Effects of World Development Indicators (WDI) on GDP Per Capita of Nigeria (1981-2011). Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN).