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6th DS-I Africa Consortium Meeting

  • Benjamin Aribisala

    Prof Benjamin Aribisala - Speaker

    Data Science and Medical Image Analysis Training for Improved Health Care Delivery in Nigeria (Contact-PI)

    Professor Aribisala Benjamin Segun is a Professor of Computer Science and a Fulbright Scholar. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham, U.K. He became a professor of computer science in 2013. He has over 30 years of work experience as an academic staff and he has served at several leadership positions in the University, such as the Head of the Department of Computer Science, the Dean of the Faculty of Science, the Director of ICT, a member of the Governing Council in Lagos State University and Vice Chancellor of Oduduwa University. He is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Computing in Lagos State University. He has worked as an academic staff in the UK, USA and Nigeria. For example, Newcastle University (England, U.K.), the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, U.K.) and The University of Chicago (Illinois, USA) as a Fulbright Visiting Professor of Computer Science. In June 2024, he was appointed by the Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu as a member of the Lagos State Research and Innovation Council. His research interests cut across data science, medical image analysis, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence. .