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THE NIKKI WIKI

“All the Insights Fit to Print”

VOL. IV - NO. 26 JIBRIL NIKKI GHIFFARI, DATA SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT SINGLE COPY: FREE

Headline News

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Photo of correspondent's Thesis Defense. Taken by his academic supervisor: Dr. Fitriyani, S.Si., M.T. More can be found on the Research Assistant section.

Exclusive Profile

Local Data Scientist Turns Spreadsheets Into Front-Page News

By Jibril Nikki Ghiffari · Those Who Claims the title of Correspondent (and writer)

A Data Science graduate with a strong background in transforming data into meaningful insights and practical solutions. He enjoys applying his skills to real‑world challenges while continuing to expand his knowledge and technical expertise, a habit that taken him far yet not limited to data-related area.

Curiosity brought him to the world of Research, Software Engineering, IoT, design, and even business development. Though he got many cards up his sleeves, his trump card would be in Data field since it's the focus he's been pursuing throughout university.

This edition of the Wiki traces back to writer's origin story: his academic years, his late-night projects, his surroundings, and the stories collected along the way. Readers in a hurry may check the Classifieds of skills, or expected to see the summary of each experience along the way. While at it, reader may check out writer's old rusty website before this wiki was made: here.

Education

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Undergraduate of Data Science

BANDUNG, Telkom University

Sep 2022 – Nov 2026

Bachelor in Data Science of Informatics Faculty.

Enrolled at Telkom University's Data Science program in September 2022, with graduation on November 2026. Maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.77 out of 4.00, awarded with honor, while concurrently holding a research assistantship, a lecturing apprenticeship , and multiple industry placements.

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The Working Desk

Reports from employment

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Writer with his fellow IT, IoT, and Field Engineer friends

THE WORKING DESK · SEP 2025 – MAR 2026

Software Engineer, Ferbos Kreasi Digital

Jakarta

Rebuilt the ERP systems behind different company platforms, contributted the data side of a household energy survey from the World Bank project, and migrated company emails.

  • Built and maintained custom Odoo ERP modules for company platforms: hijau.co.id, and wakafenergi.id, ferbos.co.id.
  • Contributed in the data side of a large research project with the World Bank, covering real-time energy-use data from 400 households.
  • Moved the company's email system for tedes.id from Hostinger and Outlook over to Google Workspace.
  • Worked closely with engineering and business teams across the company to keep it all moving together.
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End of intern photo with Head of IPDS BPS

THE WORKING DESK · JUN 2025 – AUG 2025

Data Engineer, Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS)

Bandung

Helped prepare Indonesia's national economic census and built a live map dashboard to track fieldwork progress in West Java.

  • Used web scraping to pull in economic data needed for Sensus Ekonomi 2026 across all region in West Java.
  • Built an interactive map dashboard used to track progress on the Wilkerstat Program.
  • Cleaned and organized large government datasets so they were ready for reporting.
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Field Reports

Research, teaching, and technical assignments

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Writer with his professor researching on opinion mapping and hate speech for the paper publication.

FIELD REPORTS · MAR 2025 – AUG 2026

Research Assistant & Assistant Lecturer, Telkom University

Bandung

Co-author two research papers on social media, sentiment, and hate speech which one of it using an AI language model called IndoBERT while also teaching part of a university course.

  • “Mapping Political Sentiment and Hate Speech on Social Media during Indonesia's 2024 Election using IndoBERT-based Spatiotemporal Analysis.” Accepted for publication in JUTIF (SINTA 2 accredited).
  • Second paper published in the IEEE ICDSG 2026 conference proceedings, indexed in IEEE Xplore and Scopus.
  • Helped prepare data, build models, and study large sets of social media posts. Also started new research on Graph Networks.
  • Worked as Assistant Lecturer for the ICT Global Insight course from March to June 2025, helping teach the class and grade student work.
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Working through a capstone project during the cohort.

FIELD REPORTS · JAN 2025 – JUL 2025

Machine Learning Engineer Cohort, Coding Camp by DBS Foundation

Bandung

Built three capstone machine learning projects and dozens of individual projects from start to finish during a six-month internsive program.

  • Built complete machine learning projects: cleaning data, exploring it, training models, and checking how well they worked. Covered classification, regression, and data visualization.
  • Measured model performance using accuracy, precision, recall, and F1 score, and looked at how machine learning could help with financial literacy.
  • Practiced good coding habits with Git, GitHub, SQL, and Python so the work stayed organized and easy to share.
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Agreement and acceptance letter, remotely.

FIELD REPORTS · JUL 2025 – OCT 2025

Technical Writer, GAOTek Inc.

Manhattan, NY (Remote)

Wrote technical articles and product guides for a test-and-measurement and IoT technology company.

  • Researched and wrote articles and product guides about test-and-measurement, IoT, and embedded systems, for a business audience.
  • Worked with engineering and product teams to turn technical details into a report that's easy to understand.
  • Edited and formatted documents so they stayed accurate, consistent, and on-brand.

Editor's note: duties from the company all done remotely with consistent bi-weekly progress report.

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The Project Desk

Selected case files, pulled from the archive.

Society Page

Overheard around campus committees and organization

Volunteer Dispatches

A postcard, sent home from Thailand

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Dear reader, spent this summer (as of summer of 2024) teaching English at three schools, from elementary to high school, in Bangkok and Sisaket. Built lessons and workshops to help students speak up and think critically that engages english exercises, worked with local teachers on community events for the 4th SDG (Quality Education) as well as highly anticipated 'English Day', and even joined an international conference in Bangkok. Wish you were here. Or at least have a taste of Sisaket's local Pad Thai.

Nikki, Outgoing Global Volunteer, AIESEC, Jul–Sep 2024

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The Honor Roll

Prizes, finals, and other notable mentions

First Prize

Best Impact Business Plan

ADIKARA Business Case Competition 2025, Telkom University ·

Built a business model, projection plan, PESTLE and SWOT based proposal for a computer vision app venture named EduMotion.

Finalist

Satria Data

Satria Data Kaggle Competition 2025, Telkom University

Reached the finals of Telkom University's flagship data competition, held on Kaggle.

Finalist

BDC Data Mining Competition

Telkom University

Reached the finals of the BDC Data Mining Competition.

Finalist

EDU-Impact

Technical Capstone Poster Competition 2026, Telkom University

Advanced to the finals with a technical capstone poster submission for the Bandung Floodguard Project.

Classifieds

Skills, tools, and certifications. Browse or search below

SKILLS OFFERED: TECHNICAL

Python, SQL, Machine Learning, API, Business Analysis, Natural Language Processing, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Web Scraping, Java, C++, Golang, Web Development, Database Management, ERP Development, Design.

SKILLS OFFERED: TOOLS

IDE, GitHub, Docker Containers, AI, Google Workspace, Figma, Colaboratory Notebook, Virtual Machine, PowerBI, Tableau, Streamlit, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Canva, ProjectLibre, Odoo, Android Studio, Ubuntu.

SKILLS OFFERED: SOFTSKILL

Teamwork, Adaptability, Flexibility, Learning Agility, Work Ethic, Communication, Integrity, Discipline, Motivation, Delegation, Project Management, Critical Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Data-Driven Decision Making.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN

Indonesian (Native). English (Professional Working Proficiency). Mandarin (Beginner)

CERTIFICATE ON FILE

Generative AI Professional Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

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SQL for Data Analysis.

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Data Science Fundamentals.

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Python Fundamentals.

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Artificial Intelligence Essentials.

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Data Science and Data Analysis Path: MySkill.

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Data Analytics and Machine Learning: Dicoding Bangun Negeri.

Letters to the Editor

Reader is welcomed and permitted to send their regards.

Post: Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia

Telephone: +62 811-8103-804

Telegraph (email): jibrilnikki.g@gmail.com

Also Found At: linkedin.com/in/jibrilnikkighiffari

Correspondence sealed and delivered with care.

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