NS-Fast: A Non-Stationary Transformer Using Flexible Probabilistic Sparse Attention for Aviation Weather Forecasting
Mohamad Anwar Syaefudin
Senior Meteorological Systems Engineer & AI Researcher
BMKG Stasiun Meteorologi Kelas I Juanda Sidoarjo
Executive Profile
Dedicated Meteorological Instrumentation Specialist and AI/ML Researcher with over 16 years of operational experience at the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG). Proven mastery in managing, calibrating, and troubleshooting critical meteorological observation infrastructure (Weather Radar, AWOS, AWS, and Radiosonde) to ensure 24/7 mission-critical aviation safety and early warning readiness. Holding a Master's degree in Informatics from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), with leading research contributions in time-series forecasting, Non-Stationary Transformers for aviation weather, sensor fault diagnostics, and meteorological natural language processing.
Education
Master of Informatics (M.Kom)
2025 – 2026
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya
Focus on Deep Learning for Time-Series, Non-Stationary Transformers (NS-Fast), Sparse Attention Mechanisms for Aviation Weather Forecasting, and Sensor Anomaly Detection.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (S.T.)
2010 – 2012
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya
Study Program: Computer and Telematics Engineering. Comprehensive foundation in digital signal processing, computing architecture, and telemetry communications.
Associate Degree / Diploma 3 in Electrical Engineering (A.Md.)
2003 – 2006
Politeknik Negeri Semarang (POLINES), Semarang
Study Program: Telecommunication Engineering. Hardware-level electronics, RF communications, antenna systems, and network infrastructure.
Professional Experience
Senior Meteorological Systems Engineer (Teknisi Aloptama)
2008 – Present
BMKG — Stasiun Meteorologi Kelas I Juanda Sidoarjo, Surabaya
- Lead the end-to-end operation, preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, and continuous 24/7 monitoring of BMKG Primary Operational Equipment (Aloptama).
- Manage Doppler Weather Radar systems, dual-polarization signal acquisition, and radar data pipelines for real-time storm tracking and aviation warnings.
- Oversee runway Automatic Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) at Juanda International Airport to guarantee stringent ICAO/WMO compliance for flight safety.
- Administer Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), upper-air Radiosonde sounding equipment, Linux servers, high-availability communication networks, and sensor telemetry.
Software Developer / Programmer
2006 – 2007
National Banking Corporation (Perusahaan Perbankan Nasional), Indonesia
- Engineered internal software applications, database transaction queries, and business logic automation with high data reliability standards.
Academic Publications & Research
Detecting anomalies in temperature sensors for fault diagnosis in aviation meteorology
SentiBERT and Enhanced Bi-GRU for Weather-related Text Classification Using Lexical Features
Implementation of Rainfall Monitoring through an Information System Based on Radar and Satellite Image Data using the Kalman Filter Method
Weather Forecasting for Aviation Safety Using Non-stationary Transformer
Detecting Computer Network Attacks in Time Series Network Data Using Transformer-Based Models
Weather Event Classification based on Microblog Data using Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformer Models
Sistem Informasi Monitoring Intensitas Hujan Berdasarkan Citra Radar Cuaca
Science Communication & Popular Writings
Climateon.id
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Medium Publication
In-depth essays on AI, time-series forecasting, meteorology instruments, and technology trends.
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