Staff Members CV

The Center has more than 45 senior-level faculty from national, regional, and international institutions. ACEWM affiliated 38 faculty who are engaged in teaching, research, joint supervision of students, and offering short courses.

Shibru Temesgen

Associate Professor of Statistics, Statistics Department, Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa University
Personal Information
  1. Full Name: Shibru Temesgen WAKWEYA
  2. Title: Associate Professor of Statistics, Statistics Department, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Professional Preparation/Educational Background
  1. PhD in Statistics in 2013 at Andhra University, India
  2. MSC in Statistics in 2006 at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  3. BSC in Statistics in 2003 at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Experiences and Appointments Experiences
  1. Associate Professor at Addis Ababa University from 2018 – present
  2. Assistant Professor at Addis Ababa University Assistant Professor from 2013 – 2018
  3. Lecturer at Addis Ababa University from 2012 - 2013
  4. Assistant Lecturer at Addis Ababa University from 2004 – 2006
  5. Graduate Assistant at Addis Ababa University from 2003 – 2004
Appointments
  1. Dean, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University (Dec 01, 2015 up to Present)
  2. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Addis Ababa University (December 09, 2013 up December 01, 2015)
  3. Advisory Board Member, Ethiopian Statistical Association (June 27,2015 up to present)
  4. Board Member, Gullele Botanic Garden, Dec 01, 2015 up to present
  5. President, Ethiopian Statistical Association (June 29, 2013 up to June 27,2015)
  6. Deputy Registrar, Addis Ababa University (August20, 2007 up to August 20, 2009)
  Selected Publications/Conference Participation/Pertinent
  1. Abebe Argaw Wogi, Shibru Temesgen Wakweya and Yohannes Yebabe Tesfay (2018): Determinants of Time-to-Under-Five Mortality in Ethiopia: Comparison of Parametric Shared Frailty Models, International Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Engineering, Vol 7, issue 1, 1-24
  2. Ayalew Debebe, Shibru Temesgen, Mesfin Redi-Abshiro1 and Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi1 (2017): Partial Least Squares−Near Infrared Spectrometric Determination of Ethanol in Distilled Alcoholic Beverages, Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop, 31(2), 201-209.
  3. Dufera Tejjeba, Shibru Temesgen and Girma Teshome(2017): Determinants of rural households’ savings: the case of Gindeberet wereda, West Shoa, Oromiya, Ethiopia, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 17, No. 1, 111-126
  4. Belete Adelo and Shibru Temesgen (2015): Undernutritional status of children in Ethiopia: application of partial proportional odds, Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Biostatistics, Vol 7, No 2, 77-89
  5. Dereje Tesfaye, Shibru Temesgen, Zinabu Teka (2015): Analysis of Determinants of Birth Interval in Four Disadvantaged Regions of Ethiopia, Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Biostatistics, Vol 7, No 2, 63-76
  6. Kidane Aragaw and Shibru Temesgen (2014). Vaccination Incompletion of Children Aged 12 to 59 Months in Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Statistical Association; Vol 23, 1-16
  7. Shibru Temesgen Wakweya and B. Punyavathi (2013) Size and power of goodness-of-fit tests for logistic regression model with missing interaction terms. International Journal of Mathematical Archive 4 (7), 66-73
  8. Shibru Temesgen and B.Muniswamy (2012). Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Misspecified Link Functions in Logistic Regression Model, International Journal of Mathematics and Applied Statistics-ISSN: 0973-5739, Vol.3, No. 1, 9 – 20
  9. Shibru Temesgen and B.Muniswamy (2011). Asymptotic Properties of Estimates for the Parameters in the Logistic Regression Model. Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 11, No. 1, 165-174
  10. Shibru Temesgen and Eshetu Wencheko (2006). Determinants of Work Status: The Case of Oromia Region. Journal of Ethiopian Statistical Association, Vol 15,
Participation In Research Projects And Community Engagement
  1. Member, Addis Ababa University Senate
  2. Member, Strategic planning committee of the Department of Statistics, CNCS
  3. Member, Curriculum review committee of the Department of Statistics, CNCS
  4. Member, Department Academic Committee of the Department of Statistics, CNCS
  5. Coordinator, Graduate Program, Department of Statistics, CNCS
  6. Member, Department Graduate Committee of the Department of Statistics, CNCS
  7. Member, Graduation Committee, AAU
  8. Member, Student Affairs Committee, CNCS
  9. Member, Research in Science Exposition organizing Committee, CNCS
  10. Member, Research output marketing Exposition organizing Committee, CNCS
  11. Meritorious Award Selection Committee, CNCS
Training and Professional Development
  1. SPSS Training for Young Researchers from Social Science Disciplines
  2. Different Statistical Software (mainly R and SAS) training for Postgraduate (MA, MSC and PhD) Students at various Units in Addis Ababa University
  3. Data Management and Analysis
  4. Quantitative Research Methodology
  5. Data Analysis using Microsoft Excel
Main Research Activities/Interts
  • Analysis of Categorical data
  • Model Diagnosis
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Statistical inference
  • Multivariate Statistics