TITLE (PROF/DR/): PROF.

NAME: ASAOLU, OLUMUYIWA SUNDAY

POSITION: Professor

SPECIALISATION: Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Analysis, Systems Modelling

EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with Bachelor’s degree or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and residency training if applicable. Add/delete rows as necessary.)

1. Personal Statement

I am an engineer, educator, researcher and ICT consultant. My interests and expertise covers developing and deploying innovative technologies for societal impact. I mentor young scientists and engineers across the globe and promote tech-preneurship.

1. Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Member of Lagos State University Intellectual Property Committee LASU, Ojo, Lagos; Feb 8, 2024
• Member, Expert Consultation Forum of NEPAD’s Workshops on Artificial Intelligence held in several African countries, under the auspices of the African Union. March 2019 to date.
• Member, expert forum on Artificial Intelligence of the Nigerian Academy of Science. April 2019, 2024.
• 1st Vice President, Institute for Operational Research and Management Science of Nigeria (IORMS), Nov 2015 to Sep 2023. (Served as the Acting President between July 8, 2017 and March 16, 2018)
• Member, Editorial Board of UNILAG Journal of Medicine, Science and Technology, April 2021 to date
• Advisory Board Member – Data Science Nigeria (2018), KJK Africa (2019), R Ecosystem (Researcher.Life) (2021)
• Member, Nigeria Computer Society. June 2001
• Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers, USA. Dec 2004
• Member/Alumnus, Global Young Academy. Feb 2010/2013
• Fellow, Institute for Operations Research of Nigeria. May 2010
• Member/Fellow, Nigerian Young Academy. Aug 2010, Jun 2016
• Member, Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers. Sep 2012
• Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers. Sep 2012
• Registered Engr. COREN. Sept 2013
• Member/Fellow, Institute for Operational Research and Management Science of Nigeria. Nov 2014/Mar 2018
• Member, Society for Automation, Control and Instrumentation of Nigeria. June 2018
• Best Researcher / Engineering Presentation at the UNILAG Research Conference & Fair [Came 2nd in 2017, 3rd in 2011, 1st in 2007]
• NYA Award for immense contributions/support for young scientists/researchers in Nigeria, May 2015
• Inter-Academy Panel (IAP) / The World Academy of Sciences “Young Scientist Award for 2009”, Feb. 2010
• “Best Software Developer” (Researcher Category) March 2001. [At 5th Nigerian Software Exhibition, by Computer Association of Nigeria (now Nigeria Computer Society). My product – Paradigm Lingua [the first multi-lingual word-processor and translator for Nigerian languages] was awarded “Most Commercially Viable Software.”]
• E.E. Okon Prize July 1987. “Distinguished Performance & Best Student in 100 Level Engineering Pure Mathematics with A Score Not Less Than Ninety Percent,” at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos.
• Best Science and Overall Best Year IV Student, also appointed the Senior Prefect (Head Boy). June 1985

1. Selected Most Recent Publications / Contributions to Knowledge (five (5) maximum)

• Olanubi, O. O., Akano, T. T. and Asaolu, O. S., (2024), ‘Design and development of an IoT-based intelligent water quality management system for aquaculture.’ Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology, 11(1):1-23. [Publisher is SpringerOpen, website: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s43067-024-00139-z ]
• Fashanu T. A., Adetoro L. M., Ayorinde A. A., & Asaolu O. S., Ogundero M. A. (2024) “A Synthetic Pid Gain Tuning Framework for Robust Pitch Attitude Control of Slender Airframes.” Nigerian Journal of Technology, 43(3):11-25. [Publisher is Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. website: https://nijotech.com]
• Professor Olumuyiwa Sunday ASAOLU, Automata and Intelligent Agents: Engineered Systems That Make Life Easier. University of Lagos Inaugural Lecture Series 2023. 18th Inaugural Lecture of 2021/2022 Academic Session, delivered at Ade-Ajayi Hall on May 17, 2023. [Publisher is UNILAG Press, Lagos, Nigeria]
• Adedeji Bodunde Badiru and Olumuyiwa Sunday Asaolu (2023),Handbook of Mathematical and Digital Engineering Foundations for Artificial Intelligence: A Systems Methodology.  [Publisher is Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. FL, USA.]
• Olumuyiwa S. Asaolu, Temitope G. Jaiyeola, Mojisola R. Usikalu, Ezra Gayawan, Olubunmi Atolani, Oluyomi S. Adeyemi (2022), “U-index: A new Universal metric as unique indicator of researcher’s contributions to academic knowledge,” Scientific African, Volume 16, e01231, ISSN 2468-2276 [Publisher is Elsevier B.V. on behalf of African Institute of Mathematical Sciences / Next Einstein Initiative, website: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01231]

1. Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive, five (5) maximum)

1. Adedeji Bodunde BADIRU, Dean Emeritus of Graduate School of Engineering, AFIT Ohio, USA
2. Fellows of the Nigerian Young Academy

• Members of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, Nigeria