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Alpha Diallo

PhD · Information Systems

Alpha Diallo

Software engineer & researcher working on Indoor Positioning, Human Mobility and Distributed Systems — from collecting and modeling location data to delivering IT projects end to end.

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Executive summary

I am an IT professional with more than ten years of experience in consulting, software engineering and project management. I recently completed a PhD in Information Systems at the Distributed Object Programming Lab of HEC Lausanne (University of Lausanne — Switzerland). My area of research was related to Indoor Positioning, Human Mobility, and Distributed Systems.

During my master's in Information Systems, I worked on indoor tracking systems by implementing a system that balanced ubiquity, accuracy, and cost. Prior to this experience, I led the development of the national portal of Investment for the Republic of Guinea and, along with a team, made a mapping of the Guinean private sector as a consultant for a World Bank Project (IDA H 8670 – GN).

My area of expertise ranges from collecting, analyzing and modeling location data as well as managing IT projects.

Interests

  • Robotics
  • Human Mobility
  • Distributed Systems
  • Indoor Positioning
  • Information Security & Privacy

Certifications

  • Real-Time Bluetooth Networks, The University of Texas System, Issued Nov 2021
  • Prince 2 Foundation, AXELOS Global Best Practice, Issued Dec 2019

Experience

  • Integration Engineer | Product Owner Middleware Romande Energie, Switzerland · March 2025 – Now
  • Doctoral Researcher & Graduate Teaching Assistant HEC Lausanne, Switzerland · March 2020 – February 2025
  • Student Teaching Assistant HEC Lausanne, Switzerland · November 2018 – February 2020
  • IT Business Analyst Matchmore, Lausanne, Switzerland · June 2018 – October 2018
  • IT Support (40%) Infomaniak, Geneva, Switzerland · March 2018 – August 2018
  • Co-founder & Lead Developer Techevox, Conakry, Guinea · December 2015 – January 2017
  • Consultant & Head of the IT Department World Bank IDA H 8670 / Private Investment Promotion Agency, Conakry, Guinea · June 2014 – November 2016

Teaching

Algorithms and Computational Thinking
Bachelor in Forensic Science · 08/2025 - 02/2026 · Lecturer

Teaching assistantships


Thesis supervision

  • Stergios Konstantinidis (2024)
    Enhancing the Mobixim Framework: Interface Adjustments and Feature Implementations for Collaborative Indoor Tracking Systems.
  • Shahzeb Ahmed (2022)
    Privacy risks related to Indoor Positioning Systems.
  • Sarah Büchner (2021)
    Parky, an Attempt to make Cities Smarter.

Selected publications

  • A. Diallo, Classifying, Improving and Evaluating Indoor Tracking Systems, Doctoral Thesis, Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne, 2025.
    serval.unil.ch
  • A. Diallo and B. Garbinato, “A Framework for Devising, Evaluating and Fine-tuning Indoor Tracking Algorithms,” in Proc. Int. Conf. on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems, Springer Nature, 2024.
  • A. Diallo and B. Garbinato, “Drift Correction of Inertial Indoor Tracking using Peer Collaboration and Strategic Beacons Placement,” in Proc. 14th Int. Conf. on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN), IEEE, 2024, pp. 1–6.
    ieeexplore.ieee.org
  • A. Diallo, S. Konstantinidis, and B. Garbinato, “A Pragmatic Trade-Off Between Deployment Cost and Location Accuracy for Indoor Tracking in Real-Life Environments,” in Proc. Int. Conf. on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS), Antwerp, 2024, pp. 1–7.
    doi:10.1109/ICL-GNSS60721.2024.10578486
  • A. Diallo and B. Garbinato, “Decentralized Collaborative Inertial Tracking,” in Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems (MobiQuitous 2023), LNICST vol. 593, Springer, 2024, pp. 21–37.
    doi:10.1007/978-3-031-63989-0_2
  • A. Diallo and B. Garbinato, “Mobixim: A Framework for Devising Collaborative Algorithms,” in Proc. WiP of the 13th IPIN (IPIN-WiP 2023), CEUR Workshop Proc., vol. 3581, 2023.
    ceur-ws.org

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