Curriculum Vitae
Hubert Misonia
Download CV (PDF)§1 Education
MSc Computer Science Engineering
CIC-IPN, Mexico City
Thesis: Graph neural networks for extensive air shower core reconstruction in the SWGO experiment. Lab: Modeling & Simulation. Focus: geometric deep learning, physics-informed ML.
BSc Mathematics & Computer Science
UPN, Kinshasa, DR Congo
Specialization: Information Systems Design. Coursework in discrete mathematics, algorithm design, database theory, and software architecture.
Undergraduate Mathematics
UPN, Kinshasa, DR Congo
Foundation in analysis, linear algebra, probability, and numerical methods.
§2 Research Experience
MSc Thesis Researcher
CIC-IPN, Mexico City
Designed BiLayerEdgeConv, a dual-branch GNN architecture with cross-attention fusion for EAS core position reconstruction in the SWGO experiment. Trained on HAWCSim-generated Monte Carlo events (10⁵+ simulated showers). Achieved 45 m MAE, a −20% reduction over single-branch baselines. Funded by CONACYT and BEIFI scholarships.
Student Member
SWGO & HAWC Collaborations
Active contributor to the ML & Reconstruction working group within SWGO. Developing graph-based methods for Water Cherenkov Detector event reconstruction in gamma-ray astronomy.
Lead Engineer (Volunteer)
Yekola
Technical lead for an audio-first language preservation platform targeting low-resource Congolese languages. Architecting the ML pipeline: ASR with cross-lingual transfer learning (wav2vec 2.0), TTS synthesis, and language identification.
§3 Industry Experience
Lead Developer
Kadea Software, Kinshasa
Led a team of 5–8 developers. Key projects: GoLegal (law firm financial management), Finasucre/Kwilu-Ngongo (industrial audit implementation), Entreprendre pour Apprendre (educational platform), USAID/FABS (wildlife crime awareness), Pavillon Noir (international creative agency website), SID (fiscal management for SMEs). Organized workshops on project management, QA, and development security.
Full-Stack Developer / Analyst Developer
Freelance & K-Soft, Kinshasa
Delivered 15+ production systems: Clinique Marie Yvette (hospital IT), Leon Hotel (operations optimization), Ensemble pour la République (national identification system), Philia, Kuuza, Mwasi NFT. Stack: React, Vue.js, Laravel, Spring Boot, Flask, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Docker.
§4 Scholarships & Awards
CONACYT Scholarship
National competitive scholarship by Mexico's Council of Science and Technology for full-time MSc studies.
BEIFI Scholarship (IPN)
Institutional Research Incentive for graduate students demonstrating measurable research output.
§5 Skills
§6 Languages
French (native), Swahili (native), Lingala (advanced), English (B2), Spanish (A2)