Aaron- Anthony Atayero

Name

Aderemi A. Atayero

Qualification(s)

PhD (Communication Engineering, Moscow 2000)
MSc (Satellite Communication, Moscow 1994)
BSc (RadioEngineering, Moscow 1992)

Membership

Position

5th VC | Head, IoT-Enabled Smart and Connected Communities Research

College

Engineering

Department

Electrical and Information Engineering

Award & Honours

National Research and Education Network Ambassador, West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN)
Fellow, Science Association of Nigeria (FSAN)
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Administration (FCIA)
Fellow, The Institute of Management Consultants (FIMC)
The Chattered Institute of Management Accountants’(CIMA) Award of Excellence in Good Leadership and Innovative Research
Senior Research Fellow, Int’l Association of Research Scholars and Administrators (IARSA)
Distinguished Communications Engineer’s Award of Excellence, Nigerian IEEE (NIEEE)
Recipient, CEO of The Year #IAMBRANDNIGERIA Award, In Collaboration with Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON)
IEOM Society Distinguished Leadership Award
IEOM Society Outstanding Educator Award
Award for Excellence and Leadership, by African Entrepreneurs Foundation, Abuja,
Nigerian Society of Engineers’ (NSE, Ikeja) Award for Excellence
Host Professor, Carnegie Africa Diaspora Fellowship
Ford Foundation Teaching Innovation Award, 2009/2010
Recipient, International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy) Grant for Workshop on Low-Cost Wireless Networking, AUST, Abuja, October 2010
Recipient, International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy) Grant for FPGA and VHDL Workshop, Kumasi Ghana, 2005
Recipient, Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship: Bureau for External Aide, 1988–1994
Recipient, Russian Government Scholarship: 1988–1994.

Teaching Areas

Postgraduate Courses

Digital Communication & Network Management
Satellite Communications
Advanced Information Theory & Coding
Numerical Analysis with Matlab/Scilab
Transmission of Information
Special Topics in Information Communication Engineering

Undergraduate Courses

History & Philosophy of Science
Analogue | Digital | Physical Electronics
Electric Circuit Theory
Use of Engineering Software Packages
Digital Signal | Speech Processing
Satellite Communications
Information Theory & Coding Techniques
Internet Technology & Programming
Cryptography Principles & Applications
Digital System Design with VHDL

Collaboration/Linkages

Participant, THE Emerging Economies Summit, Dubai, UAE, 18-20 October 2021
Track Chair, The 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC2021, 27-30 Sep 2021.
Speaker, Forum for Innovation in African Universities (FIAU), Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, July 2021.
Resource Person, 20th Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NES#20): Transforming Education Through Partnership for Global Competitiveness, Design Workshop IV: Tertiary Education – Competitiveness and Employability, 18–20 Mar., 2014, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Nigeria.
Member, Special Advisory Team, Times Higher Education Ranking of African Universities, THE Emerging Economies Summit, December 2016, University of Johannesburg, RSA.
Invited Delegate, Times Higher Education™ Young Universities Summit and Inaugural 100 Under 50 Rankings, 28th April 2014, Fountainbleau, Miami Beach, FL. USA.
Discussant, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Coding4Employment all-female cohort launch, Covenant University, Ota.
Keynote Speaker, 1st African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Pretoria/Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct.2018
Panelist, The African Society of Cambridge University 5th Africa Together Conference: Pathways to a New Africa, Cambridge Union, University of Cambridge, Jun.2018, Cambridge, U.K.
Member, King Baudouin Foundation, US, Select group of 30 executives from African universities to “The Art & Science of Fundraising”, New York, Apr.2018.
Member, MIT J-WEL, Group of global leaders in education for World Education Lab, themed “Learning Communities of the Future”, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, Mar.2018.
Member, Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Round Table on: “The role of faith-based universities in promoting respect”, Liverpool Hope University, Jan 2017, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Co-Chair (Africa IoT Roadmap) Africa Workgroup, 2016 IEEE 3rd World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) 12-14 Dec. 2016, Reston, USA
Member Program Committee, 27th Int’l Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, Milan, Italy 4th – 5th May 2016. http://www.ibima.org.
Member Editorial Board of Engineering & Technology, International Institute of Engineer
Member Program Committee, International Conference on Internet of Things and Big Data, 23-25 April 2016, Rome, Italy.
Session Chair, International Conference on Communications Systems and Technologies (ICCST-2015), 21st –23rd October 2015, San Francisco, USA.
Member Program Committee, 26th Int’l Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, Madrid, Spain 11th–12th November 2015. http://www.ibima.org.
Delegate, British Council Going Global 2014: The Conference for Leaders of International Education, Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, USA.
Reviewer, Elsevier Editorial System| Hindawi MDPI
Reviewer, IEEE: Access; Transaction-on-Reliability; Sensors Letters

Conferences Attended

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Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies Summit, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Jan. 2019
1st African Int’l Conf. on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM), Pretoria/Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 2018,
3rd Industrial Engineering & Operations Mgt. (IEOM) Society Conference, The University of The District of Columbia, Sep. 2018
THE World Academic Summit, National University of Singapore, Sep. 2018
AWARD Leadership Course & Grant Proposal Writing Course, CU, Ota Sep. 2018
The African Society of Cambridge University 5th Africa Together Conference: Pathways to a New Africa, Cambridge Union, University of Cambridge, UK. Jun. 2018
THE Emerging economies Summit, Mohammed 5th University, Rabat, Morocco. May 2018,
King Baudouin Foundation US, ‘The Art and Science of Fundraising’, Rockefeller Center, Greater New York, NY, USA. Apr. 2018
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Gender Workshop 2018, Theme: Mainstreaming Gender in Higher Education: Implications for National Growth and Development, Mar. 2018, Covenant University, Nigeria.
MIT J-WEL, Group of global leaders in education for World Education Lab, themed “Learning Communities of the future”, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Mar. 2018
Int’l Association of Engineers (IAENG), World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS), San Francisco, USA. Oct. 2017
THE World Academic Summit, King’s College-IET Savoy Place, London, U.K. Sep. 2017
IAENG World Congress on Engineering (WCE), Univ. of Cambridge, London, U.K. Jul. 2017
Inaugural THE Innovation Summit, Hong Kong Poly. University, Hong Kong. May 2017
ACU, Round Table on: “The role of faith-based universities in promoting respect”, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK. Jan 2017
THE Emerging Economies Summit, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec 2016
3rd Covenant University International Conference on African Development Issues. May 2016
NIST-USIgnite Global City Teams Challenge/IoT-Enabled Smart City Framework, NIST Campus, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, Mar. 2016
IAENG World Congress on Engineering 2015, San Fransisco, USA, Oct. 2015
3rd Int’l. Conf. on Advances in Computing, Electronics & Communication ACEC 2015, Zurich, Switzerland, Oct 2015
Inaugural THE Africa Universities Summit, Univ of J’burg, SA. Jul. 2015
7th Int’l Conf. on Education and New Learning Technologies EDULEARN 2015, Barcelona, Spain, Jul. 2015
The Int’l Conf. on Web & Open Access to Learning, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, UAE, Nov. 2014
7th Int’l Conf. on Education, Research and Innovation ICERI 2014, Seville, Spain Nov. 2014
6th Int’l Conf. on Education and New Learning Technologies Edulearn July 2014
British Council Going Global Conference ‘Global Education: Knowledge-based economies for 21st Century Nations’, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Florida USA. Apr. 2014
Inaugural THE Young Universities’ Summit, Fontainebleau, Miami, Florida, USA. Apr. 2014
20th Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NES#20): Transforming Education Through Partnership for Global Competitiveness, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Nigeria, Mar 2014
Int’l Conf. on Computer Science and Applications, World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science (WCECS) San Francisco (SF), USA Oct. 2011
Int’l Conf. on Signal Processing and Imaging Engineering, WCECS, SF, USA Oct. 2011
Int’l Conf. on Communications Systems and Technologies WCECS, SF, USA Oct. 2011
IEEE 2nd International Workshop on Recent Advances in Broadband Access Networks RABAN 2011, co-located with IEEE 11th Int’l Conf. on ITS Telecommunication, St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 2011.
2nd IEEE Int’l Conf. on Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), Accra, Ghana, Dec. 2009
IEEE ComSoc 16th Telecommunication Forum, Belgrade, Serbia, Nov. 2008.
Southern African Telecommunications and Applications Conference, Sugar Beach Resort, Mauritius, Sep. 2007.
Int’l Conf. and Workshop on 3G GSM and Mobile Computing: An Emerging Growth Engine for National Development, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, 2007.
Int’l Conf. on New Trends in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, CU, Ota, Nigeria, 2006.
IEEE ComSoc Continuing Education for Communication Professionals Course, Title: Wireless for the Internet of Things, (CEUs = 0.3), Online, Oct. 2015
IEEE1309 NextGen Service Overlay Network (NGSON) Work Group Meeting, IEEE Globecom, Atlanta, GA, USA, [on-line] Dec. 2013
IEEE ComSoc Continuing Education for Communication Professionals Course, Title: VoLTE – Convergence of IMS-Based Voice and LTE, (CEUs = 0.6), Jul. 2013.
NUC Workshop for Nigerian Universities on The World Bank-Supported African Centres of Excellence (ACE) Project, NUC HQ, Abuja, Nigeria, Jul. 2013.
COREN Workshop on Review of Accreditation Scoring Criteria and Benchmark Minimum Academic Standard (BMAS), Rockview Royal, Abuja, May 2013.
Int’l Center for Mathematical and Computer Sciences (ICMCS) National Conference on Teaching and Research Innovation in Nigerian Universities, Apr. 2012.
Int’l Center for Theoretical Physics (Italy)–African University of Science and Technology–NUC Workshop on Low-Cost Wireless Networking, AUST, Abuja, Oct. 2010.
Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Workshop, Abuja, 2009.
NUC Workshop for Deans and HODs of Electrical Engineering, Abuja, 2008.
Int’l Federation of Inventors Association (IFIA), 4th Int’l Exhibition of Young Inventors, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 2007.
IFIA, World Cup of Computer-Implemented Inventions (CII), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep. 2007.
Nigeria Association of Inventors’ 2nd National Young Inventors & Innovators Summit, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, 2006.
Int’l Center for Theoretical Physics (Italy)–Kwame Nkruma University of Science and Technology ICTP-KNUST Regional Microelectronic Workshop on FPGA and VHDL for research and Training in Africa, Kumasi, Ghana, 2005.

Biographical Info

Atayero is a passionate educationist at the vanguard of the transformation in African Higher Education. He is recognised for contemporary multidisciplinary academic research with special focus on wireless/mobile communications, the Internet of Things (loT) and smart cities. Progressive academia leadership experience developing team members and collaborating regionally and globally to maintain the competitive edge in world-class education. He served as the 5th Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University – The leading Private University in Nigeria. He was the pioneer Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Coordinator School of Engineering, and twice as HoD of Electrical and Information Engineering of the University.