{"id":9118,"date":"2026-06-03T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/?post_type=person&#038;p=9118"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:37:25","slug":"assoc-prof-paulin-melatagia-yonta","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/person\/assoc-prof-paulin-melatagia-yonta\/","title":{"rendered":"Assoc. Prof. Paulin Melatagia Yonta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover profile-banner bg-alt\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:none\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n\n\n<a href=\"javascript:history.back()\"> <div class=\"profiles-btn\"> \n\n<div class=\"btn-left-sq bg-primary\"> <i class=\"fa fa-caret-left white-text\"> <\/i> <\/div>\n<div class=\"btn-text title-bold white-text\">Retour aux profils<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n\n<h2 class=\"profile-name\">Assoc. Prof. Paulin Melatagia Yonta<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"profile-list prof-pos\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><li class=\"profile-position\">Associate Professor in Computer Science \u00b7 University of Yaound\u00e9 I | Head<\/li><li class=\"profile-position\"> IDASCO Research Team<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"profile-info profile-tagline primary-bold prof-pos\"><span class=\"primary-text is-bold\"><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-group pad-5 profile-body\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2026\/06\/Portrait_Paulin_Melatagia_Transparent.png\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"profile-bio-text\">Paulin Melatagia Yonta, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in Computer Science at the University of Yaounde I. His teaching expertise covers artificial intelligence domains such as machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) and data mining. 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