Yetunde Folajimi

About Yetunde Folajimi

Associate Professor at Wentworth. Research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Serious Games, eLearning and applications in health and safety education, adult education, Child Education, youth empowerment and women empowerment. Awards:The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award (2009) Commonwealth Professional Fellowship award (2012). Institute of International Education (IIE) Women Enhancing Technology Seed fund Award (2014)IIE WeTech Round 2 Seed fund Award (2014)Schnumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Award (2015)Visiting Researcher; Laboratory for Computational Intelligence, University of British Columbia, Canada (2009)Visiting Researcher; Personalized Adaptive Webs Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh, USA (2010) Research Fellow; Center for Computational Intelligence, De Montfort University, UK (2012). Research Fellow, Northeastern University, USA (2015, 2016)Executive Member; Nigeria Computer Society (NCS)(20••••11), Council member; Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN)(2011), Member; Association of Computer Machinery (ACM), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Association of Learning Technology (ALT) and American Association of Computing in Education (AACE). PC member: 19th international conference of the Association for Learning Technology, Manchester, UK, 11-13 September 2012.Founder, Geek Girls CollaborativeFounder: Expanding PotentialsPC Chair, Research Consortium on Information Technology Innovations (RECITI), International liaison: International Conference on e-Commerce, e- Administration, e-Society, and e-Education (e-CASE).

Experience

1. Leadership Council Member

   Women Enhancing Technology Wetech

   Mar 2015 — Present

   To keep the WeTech network active beyond the grant period and coordinate WeTech activities in Africa

Education

• University of Ado Ekiti

  B. Sc., Computer Science

  1992 — 1997

• University of Benin

  PhD, Computer Science

  2005 — 2010

• Nnamdi Azikiwe University

  M. Sc., computer Science

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Software Development
• Artificial Intelligence
• Web Design
• Statistics
• Java
• Human Computer Interaction
• Web Development
• Mysql
• Theory
• Programming
• E-Learning
• Research
• Computer Science
• Data Analysis
• Photography
• Html
• Printing Technology
• Lecturing
• University Teaching
• Game-Based Learning
• Analysis
• Teaching
• Php
• Public Speaking
• Higher Education