Vice Chancellor

Prof. Francisca Onaolapo Oladipo

Vice Chancellor

Email

[email protected]

Phone No

+2348034725167

Address

VC's Chalet, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko-Irese Kwara State

Prior to her appointment as Vice-Chancellor of Thomas Adewumi University, Francisca served as the pioneer Director, Quality Assurance and Head of Computer Science and at Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria. She also served in the 2nd Governing Council of the university between 2018 and 2020 the first female to hold that position. She previously worked as the pioneer Director Research, Innovations and International Relations at Kampala International University, Uganda. Prof. Francisca was also a member of the University Governing Council at Federal University Lokoja -. She was appointed the Executive Coordinator of the Virus Outbreak Data Africa and Asia Network (VODAN Africa& Asia) in March 2020 and currently leads the team implementing machine-actionable Fair Data Points on the observational health data for Africa, Asia and Europe, covering Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Liberia, Tunisia, Somalia, Tanzania, Indonesia, China, Kazakhstan and the Netherlands.  She is a Consultant at Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences of Tilburg University, Netherlands and the International Projects Synergy and Support Lead, for the NUFFIC Regional and Ethiopia Projects for KIU, and Dutch Partners. A project of the Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry.

Francisca is an inaugural Fellow of the Pan-Africa Scientific Research Council. She obtained a PhD in Computer Science in 2010 and was a 2014 Spring Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Electronics and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA under the TOTAL-MIT Empowering the Teachers Initiative. She is a Grace Hopper Faculty Scholar and a fellowship alumna of several International Programs including the Heidelberg Laureate Foundation Germany, United States Department of State Exchange Program (TechWomen), Internet Engineering Task Force, the Women of Color in Computing, Widening Natural Language Processing, Women in Machine Learning, Black in Artificial Intelligence, German Scholars Organization, etc. She is a two-time recipient of the PyCon USA Grant, a recipient of the ACM FAT Fellowship in 2019, 2020, and 2021 and the 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship of the ICML. In addition, she is a Fellow of the Africa Scientific Institute and the Nigeria Computer Society. She is also a member of several local and international professional and scientific associations including the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, European Alliance for Innovation, British Computer Society, Computer Professionals (Registration Council) of Nigeria, the Global Internet Governance Academic Network, International Association Of Computer Science and Information Technology, the Internet Society, Diplo Internet Governance Community, The Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering.

She is an alumna of the prestigious Machine Learning Summer School and has been trained in Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics and Data Science at the Institute of Analytics and Data Science, University of Essex, UK, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and the University of Oxford.

In addition to developing innovative curriculum for multidisciplinary research, Francisca is bridging the gaps between research and practice in the areas of Theoretical Computer Science, and she has published numerous papers detailing her research experiences in both local and international journals and presented research papers in several international conferences. She is also a reviewer and editorial board member of many international scientific publications.

Outside of daily work, she designs programs to increase the participation of females in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

  • Francisca O. Oladipo, Sunday P. Afolabi and Ezendu Ariwa (2021). A dataset of abusive comments on the Nigerian web.. Int. J. Comput. Artif. Intell. 174(23):15-19

  • Francisca O Oladipo and Abdulaziz Baba-Ali Ohiani (2021). Text Summarization System: An Extractive Approach using Hierarchical Text Clustering.. International Journal of Computer Applications. 2021; 2(1): 01-05

  • Francisca Onaolapo Oladipo, Ogunsanya Funmilayo Blessing, Ezendu Ariwa (2020). A Model for Automatic Resume Summarization. Journal of Information SystemInternational Journal of Computer Science and Engineering- IJCSE, Volume 7, Issue 12, pp 47-63, E-ISSN 2348 - 8387 & Operations Management, Al-Nahrain Nano-Renewable Energy Research Center, Al-Nahrain University, Baghdad, Iraq

  • F. O. Oladipo, A.A. Ajiboye (2020). A Model for Automatic Resume Summarization.. The Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management The Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management, Vol.14 No.2 - 2020, ISSN: 1843-4711, pp. 147-159. School of Computer Science for Business Management. The Romanian-American University, Bucharest - Romania.

  • Ogundepo, E, Folorunso, S, Adekanmbi, O., Akinsande, O. Banjo, O. Ogbuju, E. , Oladipo, F., Abimbola, O., Oseghale, E. & Babajide, O. (2020). An Exploratory Assessment of a Multidimensional Healthcare and Economic Data on COVID-19 in Nigeria. Data in Brief, Vol 32,. Elsevier

  • Ogbuju, E., Folorunso, S., Oladipo, O. F. (2020). Artificial Intelligence and the Control of Covid-19: A Review of Machine and Deep Learning Approaches. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC). Springer

  • Oladipo, F., Umezuruike, C. (2020). The Science of COVID-19.. Journal of Science, Pharma Intelligence

  • Ogbuju, E., Oladipo, F., Yemi-Peters, V., Rufai, M., Olowolafe, T., & Aliyu, A. (2020). Sentiment Analysis of the Nigerian Nationwide Lockdown Due to COVID19 Outbreak. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3665975

  • Oladipo, F. O (2020). (2020). Reviewing the Multidisciplinary Lessons of the Covid-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development,. ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5

  • 10. Oladipo, F. O., Ogunsanya, F. B., Musa, A. E., Ogbuju, E. E., Ariwa, E. (2020). Reviewing Sentiment Analysis at the Microblog End. Transactions on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. SSN: 2054-7390, Volume 8, Number 4, July 2020, pp 47-63

  • Ogbuju, E, Okonkowo, O & Oladipo F. (2019). Integrated Social Analytics for e-Governance. International Conference On Applied Information Technology.. Nigeria Computer Society, Ogun State Nigeria

  • Oladipo, F. O., Jokotoye, M. D. (2019). Implementing Data Mining Tool for Students’ Academic Performance Prediction. Confluence Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences (CJPAS). Faculty of Science, Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. Vol. 3, No. 1, June 2019

  • Oladipo, O. F., Adeiza, M, R. (2019). Implementing a Multi-lingual Chatbot for Positive Reinforcement in Young Learners.. Workshop on Widening Natural Language Processing, 28 July 2019, Florence, Italy

  • Oladipo, O.F. (2019). Implementing a Python Chatbot for Positive Re-enforcement in Young Learners.. PyCon 2019, May 5 Cleveland Ohio.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Adeiza, M, R (2019). Leveraging on Internet Engineering for Positive Reinforcement in Islamic Education.. 3rd Islamic International Conference on ‘Integrating Islamic Studies with Science, Technical and Social Sciences’ jointly organized by SUMAIT University and International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), August 2nd – 5th, 2019

  • Oladipo, O. F., Adeiza, M, R. (2019). The Range of Possibilities in Machine Learning and Data Science in the Paradigm of Multidisciplinary Research.. 1st AICESSS 2019: Islamic University in Uganda, Females’ Campus, Kabojja, Uganda

  • Uchenna D. Ani, Nneka Daniel, Francisca Oladipo, Sunday E. Adewumi (2018). Securing industrial control system environments: the missing piece.. Journal of Cyber Security Technology, October 2018, Taylor & Francis. DOI: 10.1080/23742917.2018.1554985

  • Oladipo, F. O., Akinbami, D. Z., Abraham, G. (2018). Annotation Toolkit for Collaborative Document Editing.. Journal of Applied Computer Science & Mathematics, Faculty of Economics and Public Administration, Dept. of Informatics, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania. Issue 2/2018, vol.12, No. 26.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Abdu, H., Obansa, A. (2018). Integrated Subscriber Identification Module Registration.. International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations 7(75), April 2018.

  • Oladipo, F. O., Akinbami, D. Z., Ozovehe, A. (2018). A Software Prototype for Leak Detection along Petroleum Pipeline Distribution Channels.. 16. Oladipo, F. O., Akinbami, D. Z., Ozovehe, A. (2018). A Software Prototype for Leak Detection along Petroleum Pipeline Distribution Channels. Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, 3(5), pp 1-7, July 2018

  • Oladipo, F. O., Ibrahim, M. A. (2018). The CodeEazee Tool Support for Computational Thinking in Python. European Journal of Engineering Research and Science 3(3), March 2018

  • Oladipo, O. F., Adeiza, M, R. (2018). Leveraging Open Source Software Development to Reposition Computer Education in Nigeria. In Proceeding of Digital Inclusion 2018.. . National Conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, 17-19 July 2018, University of Ibadan. Nigeria

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2018). Unique Named Entity Recognition with Specific Application to the Hausa Language.. PostDoc Poster Session, Machine Learning Summer School, 27 August-7 September 2018, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

  • Oladipo, O. F, Abdu, H. (2018). Using Machine Learning to Detect Potential Child Suicide Bombers.. Workshop on Widening Natural Language Processing, 1-6 June 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  • Oladipo, F. O., Anawo, V. U. (2017). Simplifying Scientific Programming with Streak©.. International Journal of Computer and Information Technology, 6(6), pp 300-318.

  • Oladipo, F. O., Ibrahim, M. A., Obansa, A. U., Jatto, A. A. (2017). FULangS: A Capstone Scripting Tool.. International Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 4(9), pp 44-50

  • Abdu H. M. Oladipo, F. O, Ariwa, E. (2017). User mobility and resource scheduling and management in fog computing to support IoT devices.. In Proceedings: the 7th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology, July 12-13, Porto, Portugal,

  • Oladipo, F. O. (2017). Internet Governance, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.. International Conference on Technology, Science and Society, University of Toronto, Canada: 25-28 May 2017

  • Oladipo, O. F, Abdu, H. (2017). Deploying Machine Learning Algorithms to Detect Potential Child Suicide Bombers.. 1st Black in AI Workshop, Long Beach California: 8 December, 2017

  • Oladipo, O. F, Abdu, H. (2017). Using Machine Learning to Detect Potential Child Suicide Bombers. 12th Annual Women in Machine Learning Workshop. 12th Annual Women in Machine Learning Workshop, Long Beach California: 4 December, 2017

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2017). Effects of the choice of programming languages on coding efficiencies and design thinking among female CS students.. Tenth International Conference on e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies and the e-Learning and Innovative Pedagogies

  • Oladipo, O. F (2017). Thirteenth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society. the Technology, Knowledge, and Society

  • Oladipo, F. O (2016). Beyond the Hype: Issues and Perspectives in the Software Paradigm for Internet Computing.. Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, 3(12), Berlin, Germany

  • Oladipo, F. O., Anigbogu, G. N (2016). Re-factory Load Balancing in a Cloud Computing Environment.. American Journal of Engineering Research, 5(11). .American Society of Scientific Research, Stamford, CT, USA

  • Oladipo, F. O. (2016). Girls Who Code: Assessing Programming Language Preferences Among Female Undergraduate CS Students.. Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science Studies, 2(12), Berlin, Germany

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O. (2016). Developing Egoless Programming Culture: Making Learning Assembly Language Programming Fun. . In Proceedings: 10th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia Spain 7-9 March

  • Oladipo, F. O., Raiyetumbi, O. J. (2015). Re-engineering Legacy Data Migration Methodologies in Critical Sensitive Systems.. Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, 6 (11)

  • Oladipo, F. O., Madu, C. C. and Okoro C. C (2015). On Re-engineering Discarded Computers, Eliminating e-wastes and Open Source Software. and Open Source SoftwareAmerican Journal of Computing Research Repository, 3(1): 1-4. doi: 10.12691/ajcrr-3-1-1

  • Oladipo, F. O., Madu, C. C. and Okoro C. C. (2015). Re-Engineering Campus-Wide Internet Telephony Using Voice over Internet Protocol.. International Journal of Networks and Communications 5(2): 23-30 DOI: 10.5923/j.ijnc.20150502.01

  • Oladipo, O.F., Ugoh, G. (2014). Automated Visual Software Inspection System: Re- making the Fagan Methodology. Software Engineering, 4(1), 19-24.. Rosemead, California, USA e-ISSN: 2162-8408, doi:10.5923/j.se.20140401.03

  • Oladipo, O.F. (2013). On audit of Object-oriented Software Reverse Engineering Models Using Extended Semantic Dimensions.. International Journal of Auditing Technology, Inderscience Publishers Olney, Bucks, England. Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.26–33.

  • Oladipo, O. F. & Anigbogu, G. N (2013). The Privacy Implications of Cloud Computing in the Context of Software Reverse Engineering.. Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, Middlesex, London, England. Volume 17, Issue 1, January 2013. Pp 16-22.

  • Ejiofor, V. E. & Oladipo, O. F. (2013). . Microcontroller based Automatic Water Level Control System.. International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering. India. Volume 1, Issue 6. August 2013. Pp 1390-1396

  • Oladipo, O. F. Onyesolu, M. O., Amadi, C. F. (2012). Implementing a Model of Virtual Collaborative Planning System.. International Journal of Science and Technology, Berkeley, Carlifonia, USA, ISSN 2224-3577. Volume 2, No. 8. August 2012. Pp 551- 555.

  • Oladipo, O. F. Inyiama, H. C., Mbanusi, C. E. (2012). Leveraging on the Affordance of Mobile Phones in Nigeria for mLearning Modeling.. International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, USA. ISSN 2223-4985. Volume 2 No. 7, July 2012. Pp 573-578.

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2012). Reverse Engineering Web pages for User-Centric Ubiquitous Learning.. Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Science, Computer Science Department Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. ISSN 2218-6301. Vol. 3 No. 7. July 2012. pp 1078-1081.

  • Onyesolu, M. O., Oladipo, O. F, Ezeani, M. I. (2012). Simulation Desktop Virtual Reality for Higher Education.. International Journal of Ubiquitous Science, Boston, MA, USA. ISSN: 2200-8802. Vol. 1 Issue. 1. June 2012. Pp 1-6.

  • Odoh, M. O., Oladipo, O. F., Okonkwo, O. R. (2012). Data Conversion: The linkage of Attribution style to the outcomes of Information Systems Change Process.. International Journal of Science and Technology, Berkeley, Carlifonia, USA. Volume 2, No. 4. April 2012. Pp 192-199.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Odoh, M. O., Onyesolu, M. O. (2012). Exploring the two faces of Software Reverse Engineering. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, India. Volume 2, Issue 4. April 2012. ISSN: 2277-128X. Pp 367-370.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Ejiofor, V. E., Onyemaobi, C. B. (2012). Implementing an Aerospace Information System for a Developing Economy.. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, Florida, USA. ISSN 2277-3754. Volume 1, Issue 3. March 2012. Pp. 240-247.

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2012). Re-tooling Code Structure Based Analysis with Model-Driven Program Slicing for Software Maintenance.. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA). A publication of the Science and Information Organization, (THESAI), New York, USA. ISSN : 2156-5570. Volume 3, Issue 1. February 1 2012.

  • Okonkwo, O. R., Oladipo, O. F., Okechukwu, C. (2012). . E-Learning Information System Implementation for Remote Areas using 3.5G Technology.. Global Journal of Computer Applications and Technology (GJCAT), India. ISSN 2249-1945 Volume 2, Issue 1, December 2011. Pp 822-825.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Osigwe, U. (2012). ). Implementing a Hybrid Methodology for the Design of an Embedded System.. International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology, Florida, USA. ISSN 2277-3754. Volume 1, Issue 1. January 2012. Pp. 36-39.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O, (2012). Preserving Legacy Software Investments in Developing Economies: Industrial Software Engineering Re-tooling.. 8th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, University of California, Los Angeles, USA from 16-18 January 2012

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O, (2012). Preserving Legacy Software Investments in Developing Economies: Industrial Software Engineering Re-tooling.. 8th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, University of California, Los Angeles, USA from 16-18 January 2012

  • Oladipo, O. F (2012). A Model to Support National Planning with Information Technology.. Fourth International Conference on Science in Society

  • Oladipo, O. F., Onyemaobi, C. B. (2011). Impact and risk analysis of aerospace information system.. International Organization of Scientific Research Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN), India. ISSN: 2250-3021. Volume 2, Issue 1. Pp. 038-041.

  • Anigbogu, S. O., Oladipo, O. F., Usman, K. (2011). An Intelligent Model for Sales and Inventory Management.. International Journal of Computer Science and Applications. India. ISSN 0976-5166, Volume 2, Issue 5, October 2011. Pp 785-791.

  • Osigwe, U. C., Oladipo, O. F., Onibere, E. A. (2011). Design and Simulation of an intelligent Traffic Control System.. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, India. ISSN 2231-1963, Volume 1, Issue 5. Pp 47-57. November 1, 2011.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O. (2011). A software reverse engineering methodology for Legacy Modernization.. International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology, India. ISSN 2231-1963, Volume 1, Issue 4, Pages 244-248. September, 2011.

  • Oladipo, O. F., (2011). A Framework to re-factory object-oriented software systems.. Journal of Computer Science and its Applications: An International Publication of the Nigeria Computer Society. ISSN: 2006-5523. Volume 18, No 1, June 2011.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O., Ezeani, M. I. (2011). Managing Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Low Bandwidth Environments.. A paper presented at the 6th International Conference on eLearning, eLA 2011. 25-27 May, .Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

  • 99. Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O., Ezeani, M. I. (2011). Managing Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Low Bandwidth Environments. Book of Abstracts, International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions (ICWE), Germany May, 2011. ISBN-978-3-941055-09-4

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O. (2010). A design recovery methodology for program comprehension.. Journal of Computer Science and its Applications: An International Publication of the Nigeria Computer Society, ISSN: 2006-5523. Volume 17, No 1, June 2010

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olawale, R., Awoleye, M. O. (2010). Harnessing the resources of the Internet for Youth Empowerment in Nigeria.. Presented at the Oxford Internet Institute, Internet Policy and Politics, 16-17 September, 2010, University of Oxford, UK

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O., Ezeani, M. I. (2010). Deploying Mobile Agents Technology to improve the performance of Mobile Learning Environments.. A paper presented at the 5th International Conference on ICT for Education and Development (eLearning Africa 2010). 26-28 May, 2010. Lusaka, Zambia

  • Oladipo, O. F., Shittu, A. R. (2010). Reducing the Total Cost of Locally-Assembled PCs in Nigeria through Effective E-Waste Management. Technology Conference 2010 - Free University Berlin, Germany 15-17 January 2010

  • Oladipo, O. F., Shittu, A. R. (2010). Reducing the Total Cost of Locally-Assembled PCs in Nigeria through Effective E-Waste Management.. Technology Conference 2010 - Free University Berlin, Germany 15-17 January 2010

  • Oladipo, O. F., Adagunodo, E. R., Anigbogu, S. O. (2010). Deploying Mobile Agents Technology to improve the performance of Mobile Learning Environments.. Book of Abstracts, Ubiquitous Learning: An International Conference 2010

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O. (2010). Industrial Software Engineering Re-tooling for a Developing Economy: the Reverse Engineering Option.. Information Systems and Technology Management Research Lab, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. ISBN 978-85- 99693-06-3. May 2010.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O., Ezeani, M. I. (2010). Deploying Mobile Agents Technology to improve the performance of Mobile Learning Environments. Book of Abstracts, International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions (ICWE), Germany May, 2010. ISBN-978-3-941055-09-4

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). Telecommuting and Virtual Office- Information Technology Tools for Nigeria’s Industrial Advancement.. Journal of Applied Sciences, Awka Nigeria. ISSN 1119-0965. Volume 12 Number 2, June, 2009

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). Adopting a Medical mCommerce System for Healthcare Delivery in Nigeria: Trends, Techniques and Tools.. Journal of Applied Sciences, Awka, Nigeria. ISSN 1119-0965. Volume 12 Number 2, June, 2009

  • Oladipo, O. F., Alade, T.A. I. (2009). Computer Assisted Living (CAL) for the Elderly.. Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology, JSET, Awka. ISSN 1117-4196. Volume 16 Number 2, June 2009.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O. (2009). Industrial Software Engineering Re-tooling for a Developing Economy: the Reverse Engineering Option.. A paper presented at the 7th CONTECSI, 19-21 May, 2010. University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). Software Security and the two faces of Reverse Engineering.. International Conference of the Nigeria Computer Society. Abuja Nigeria. July 21-24, 2009

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). Implementing Mobile Commerce in Healthcare in Nigeria.. ITU/BDT Seminar on Telemedicine and eHealth, Moscow, Russian Federation. 8- 10 July 2009

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). A Nigerian University's Experience with Virtual Classrooms. World Congress in Computer Science and Applied Computing.. Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegaz Nevada, USA. July 13-16

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). Nigerian Experience with Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.. A paper presented at the 4th International Conference on eLearning, eLA 2009. 27-29 May, 2009. Dakar, Senegal

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2009). Evolution of a Campus-Wide Intranet Virtual Classroom: The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Experience.. A paper presented at the 16th International Conference on Learning. University of Barcelona Spain June 1-4 July 2009

  • Oladipo, O. F., Alade, T.A. (2009). Classrooms with Electronic Walls: A collaborative Teaching and Learning System.. 16th International Conference on Learning. University of Barcelona Spain June 1-4 July 2009

  • 101. Oladipo, O. F., Anigbogu, S. O. (2009). Nigerian Experience with Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Book of Abstracts, International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions (ICWE), Germany May, 2009. ISBN-978-3-941055-09-4

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2008). High Performance Computing on Linux Clusters.. Journal of Applied Sciences, Awka. ISSN 1119-0965. Volume 11 Number 2, June, 2008

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2008). Evolution of an Off-Peak Distributed Computing On The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Campus Network.. Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology, JSET, Awka. ISSN 1117-4196. Volume 15 Number 2. June 2008

  • Oladipo, O. F. (2008). Framework for Online Teaching for Academic Staff Member, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka- A Review.. Journal of Applied Science, Awka. ISSN 1119-0965 Volume 11 Number 3. October, 2008

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olorunfemi, T. (2008). Adapting Tertiary Education Learning Environment to Mobile Devices.. Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology JSET, Awka. ISSN 1117-4196. Volume 15 Number 3, October 2008

  • Awoleye, M. O, Siyanbola, W. O., Oladipo, O. F. (2008). Adoption Assessment of Internet Usage Amongst Undergraduates In Nigeria Universities: A Case Study Approach.. Journal of Technology Management & Innovation, ISSN 0718-2724, Volume 3, Number 1, Universidad Alberto Hurtado - Facultad de Economía y Negocios Erasmo Escala 1835 - Santiago, Chile. March 2008.

  • Oladipo, O. F., Yinka-Banjo, C (2008). Deploying Software Reverse Engineering as a tool for converting Critical Sensitive Systems for Nigerian Industries.. National Conference of the Nigerian Computer Society, Abeokuta Nigeria. June 24- 27 2008

  • Oladipo, O. F., Awoleye, M. O., Ajilogba, A. A. (2008). Issues and Challenges in Implementing Mobile Commerce in HealthCare in Nigeria.. National Conference of the Nigerian Computer Society, Abeokuta Nigeria. June 24-27 2008

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olorunfemi, T. (2008). Adapting Tertiary Education Learning Environment to Mobile Devices.. A paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on eLearning. 28-30th May, 2008. Accra Ghana

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olorunfemi, T. (2008). A Distributed Learning System for Solving the Educational Problems of the Nigeria Niger Delta Region.. A paper presented at the 15th International Conference on Learning. University of Illinois, Chicago USA June 3- 6 2008

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olorunfemi, T. (2008). The Impact of IT on Women Empowerment in Nigeria.. A paper presented at the 15th International Conference on Learning. University of Illinois, Chicago USA June 3-6 2008

  • Olorunfemi, T., Oladipo, O. F. (2008). ICT as a Tool for Economic Development in the 21st Century: The University as an Important Player.. A paper presented at the ICT Africa Conference, Feb 13-15 2008, UN Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olorunfemi, T. (2008). Adapting Tertiary Education Learning Environment to Mobile Devices.. Book of Abstracts, International Conferences, Workshops and Exhibitions (ICWE), Germany May, 2008. ISBN-978-3-941055-09-4

  • Olorunfemi, T., Onaolapo, O.F. (2006). Critical Appraisal of Open Source Software Security. Trends in Applied Sciences Research 1 (6): 597-604, 2006, Academic Journals Inc. USA

  • Olorunfemi, T., Alese, B. K., Oladipo, O. F. (2006). Mobile Internet Cryptography. International Colloquium on 3GSM & Mobile Computing: An Emerging Growth Engine for National Development.. Covenant University, Otta, Nigeria Feb 2006

  • Oladipo, O. F, Adeyemo, O. B. (2005). CGI Programming on the World Wide Web.. Presented at the 8th International conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, Port- Harcourt and published in the Conference Proceedings, Vol 16. June 2005

  • Oladipo, O. F., Olorunfemi, T. (2005). Open Source Software Security: A critical Analysis.. Presented at the 8th International conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, Port-Harcourt and published in the Conference Proceedings, Vol 16. June 2005

  • Oladipo, O. F, Adeyemo, O. B. (2004). Open Source Vs Proprietary Software: Ethical economic and Quantitative Issues in choosing open source as an alternative.. Presented at the 19th National conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, Sheraton Hotels, Abuja and published in the Conference Proceedings, July 2004

  • Oladipo, O. F, Adeyemo, O. B. (2004). Open Source and Proprietary Software: What’s at Stake.. Presented at the 19th National conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, Sheraton Hotels, Abuja and published in the Conference Proceedings, July 2004

  • Oladipo, O. F, Ojeyinka, T. O. (2004). VLSI Design and Alliance CAD System.. Presented at the 19th National conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, Sheraton Hotels, Abuja and published in the Conference Proceedings, July 2004

  • Oladipo, O. F, Alade, A. I., Ibraheem, A. I. (2003). Picocells: A wireless Network Solution for flexible Small Scale Industries in Nigeria.. Presented at the 7th International conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, International Conference Centre, Abuja and Published in the Conference Proceedings, June 2003

  • Oladipo, O. F, Alade, A. I., Ibraheem, A. I. (2003). E-government and electronic Democracy: An Issue in IT applications in Nigeria.. Presented at the 7th International conference of the Nigeria Computer Society, International Conference Centre, Abuja and published in the Conference Proceedings, June 2003

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software (Reverse) Engineering
  • Machine Learning
  • Software Metrics and Quality Assurance
  • Legacy Data Transformation
  • Engineering of Programming Languages
  • Cloud Load Balancing
  • IT Project Management
  1. 2021 ACM FAccT Internet Bandwidth Grant
  2. 2020 Grant to 14th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems
  3. 2020 Fellowship of the Women of Color in Computing to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
  4. 2020 Black in AI Grant to the AAAI, New York, USA
  5. 2020 ACM Fellowship, ACM-FAT, Barcelona Spain
  6. 2019 WiNLP Grant to ACL 2019, Florence, Italy
  7. 2019 Grant to the Future of Science Conference, Kigali, Rwanda
  8. 2019 Travel Grant to PyCon USA, Cleveland, Ohio
  9. 2019 Fly-in Fellowship, Women in Analytics, Ohio, USA
  10. 2019 ACM Fellowship, ACM-FAT, Atlanta Georgia
  11. 2018 Women TechWomen Fellowship to the Chrome Developers Summit, San Francisca, California
  12. 2018 Fellowship of the Women of Color in Computing to The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Houston, USA
  13. 2018 Python Software Foundation Grant Recipient to PyCon USA, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  14. 2018 Fellowship of the Widening Natural Language Processing to the 2018 Conference of the North American Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Human Language Technologies, New Orleans, USA
  15. 2018 Scholarship recipient to Machine Learning Summer School in Madrid, Escuela Polotécnica Superior de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  16. 2018 Scholarship recipient to the IADS Summer School, Institute of Analytics and Data Science, University of Essex, UK
  17. 2017 Grant Recipient, Women in Machine Learning, Long Beach California
  18. 2017 Fellow to NIPS, Black in AI, Long Beach California
  19. 2017 Heidelberg Laureate Fellow, Heidelberg University, Germany
  20. 2017 Emerging Scholar Award, University of Toronto, Canada
  21. 2016 Faculty Scholar, 2016 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Houston, USA
  22. 2014 Internet Society Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF91) November 2014
  23. 2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MISTI Africa ETT Fellowship Spring 2014
  24. 2014 Internet Society Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF91) Honolulu, Hawaii USA
  25. 2014 PostDoctoral Research Fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT) Cambridge Massachusetts, USA, Spring 2014
  26. 2013 ICWE Germany Scholarship to the eLearning Africa Conferences: Namibia
  27. 2012 ICWE Germany Scholarship to the eLearning Africa Conferences: Benin Republic
  28. 2011 ICWE Germany Scholarship to the eLearning Africa Conferences: Tanzania
  29. 2010 ICWE Germany Scholarship to the eLearning Africa Conferences: Zambia
  30. 2009 Diversity and Inclusion Grant to the ICML, Long Beach, California
  31. 2009 ICWE Germany Scholarship to the eLearning Africa Conferences:Senegal
  32. 2008 United States Department of State TechWomen Emerging Leader at Google, MTV, California
  33. 2008 Teaching Assistant Fellowship to the 5th International Conference on Learning, University of Illinois at Chicago, June 2008
  34. 2008 ICWE Germany Scholarship to the eLearning Africa Conferences: Ghana
  35. 2008 Teaching Assistant Fellowship to the 5th International Conference on Learning, University of Illinois at Chicago, June 2008
  36. Certified Mentor, Mentoring Standard, California, USA
  1. Academia.edu:https://kiu-ug.academia.edu/FranciscaOladipo
  2. Diplointernet Governance:http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/OladipoFranciscaOnaolapo?xg_source=activity
  3. GitHub:https://github.com/cscfrancisca
  4. Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=wtHUbYwAAAAJ
  5. linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisca-cisca-o-oladipo-0b6b0715
  6. ORCID iD:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0584-9145
  7. Others:http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profile/OladipoFranciscaOnaolapo?xg_source=activity
  8. Others:http://www.mentoringstandard.com/honor-roll-of-certified-mentors/
  9. ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francisca_Oladipo
  10. Scopus:https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24173535700
  11. Semantic Scholar:https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Francisca-Onaolapo-Oladipo/28292228
  12. Social Science Research Network:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3670430
  13. Web of Science ResearcherID:https://publons.com/researcher/1394384/francisca-cisca-o-oladipo/

Ten (10) Notable Achievements in the last five years:

  1. Achieved the vision of Federal University Lokoja in 9 months (March 16-December 2021).
  2. Improved the Webometrics Ranking for Kampala International University, Uganda - from the 5th in Uganda to the 2nd and from the 3rd best Private University to the best in East Africa. Improved the Ranking of Federal University Lokoja as follows:
    A. 78th in Nigeria to 35th within 4 months,
    B. 2nd in the North Central and;
    C. best among the 12 newly established Federal Universities in 9 months period
  3. Establishment of new initiatives:
    1. The Directorate of Quality Assurance at Federal University Lokoja and midwifed the development of the Quality Assurance Policy for the University.
    2. The Directorate of Research, Innovations and International Relations and the establishment of the Research Structure for Kampala International University, Uganda
    3. The euro-Africa COVID-19 response initiative (VODAN Africa). The in initiative was voted ‘most impactful’ on May 30, 2022, at the Leiden City of Science event beating 4 other European initiatives.
    4. The Kampala International University Data Stewardship Project.
    5. Euro-Africa Data Stewardship Centre in 8 Africa countries and the Leiden University Medical Centre, the Netherlands. Consequently, deploying FAIR observation patient data points in 88 Health Facilities in 8 African Countries.
    6. Three international open-source repositories (the CentOS, Apache and CPAN) at the KIU Library.
    7. The Federal University Lokoja Open Educational Resources.
    8. Special Issue of the Data Intelligence Journal (in press by the MIT Press) with 23 research articles.
  4. Became the first female to be elected to the Governing Council of Federal University Lokoja.
  5. Led the technical development of eLearning project for peace and food security in the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Northern Ethiopia -the Tigray region).
  6. Expanded the Kampala International University’s Institutional Repository through the Digitization of all the students scholarly work between 2001 and 2019.
  7. Facilitated the admission of Kampala International University into the UNESCO International Association of Universities.
  8. Developed the most impactful website in Uganda for Kampala International University.
  9. Increased Kampala International University‘s enrollment of  International Students through Innovative Digital Marketing Campaign strategies
  10. Grants: Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship, Google COVID-19 Research Grant (USD 100,000), Dutch Development Bank (FMO) Grant of euros 300,000.

Coordinated the authoring of the proposal that won a grant of Part of EURO 1,835,031.00 for implementing eLearning to strengthen food security and the rule of law in the Horn of Africa

Working or learning at Thomas Adewumi University will be fun and rewarding as we boast of:

  • Beautiful, Serene and Peaceful Campus Environment
  • World Class Environment Conducive for Learning, Creativity, Innovation and Ingenuity
  • State – of – the – Art Laboratories, Studios, Teaching and Learning Environment
  • Comfortable and Homely Halls of Residence
  • Entrepreneurial, Skill Acquisition and Community Based Experience and Development
  • Well-rounded, Current and Robust Academic and Sporting Curricula for Producing a Total Man
  • Student – Centred Leadership Programmes
  • Affordable Tuition with Flexible Payment Structure.
  • Endowed, Experienced, Tested, Proven and Caring Staff
  • Excellent Medical and Social Welfare Packages for Staff and Students
  • Cordial Staff- Student Mentoring Programmes

You are welcome to join our TAU staff family or enroll into any of our academic or professional programmes as you take the bold step on the path to self – development, self- determination and share in our ideals and vision for positive change.