Project Coordinator
Dr. Yetunde Folajimi is a Research Fellow at Northeastern University USA. and a Computer Science lecturer at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She is also the Leader of University of Ibadan Intelligent Systems Group and Co-Founder of Discovery Game Lab, a vision to create educational opportunities for under represented under served girls age 11-17 across Africa. With specialization in Artificial Intelligence, Dr. Folajimi’s research is predominantly directed at Serious Games and E-Learning with a special interest in their applications for health and safety education, adult education, Child Education, youth empowerment and women empowerment.
Dr. Folajimi is a recipient of many international awards including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award (2009), the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship award (2012), the Institute of International Education (IIE) Women Enhancing Technology (WeTech) Award (twice in 2014), the WeTech Leadership Council Award (2015) and the Schlumberger Fellowship Award (2015). She has been a Research Fellow at University of British Columbia, Canada (2009), University of Pittsburgh USA (2010), De Montfort University UK (2012) and Northeastern University USA (2015-2016) and has delivered papers at various conferences/workshops and events; having over 30 referred publications to her credit. She is a Fellow of British Computer Society (BCS), the Chair of Ibadan Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Chapter and belongs to many national and international Organizations including Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) - past Executive Council Member, Computing Professionals Reg. Council of Nigeria (CPN), Association for Learning Technology (ALT)- Membership Services Committee member, IEEE Computer Society etc.
By leveraging on her professional experience and global network, Dr Folajimi uses novel perspectives in Computer Science and Game Artificial Intelligence to solve prevailing challenges among vulnerable groups in Africa, especially the youth, women and children. Driven by a special passion to give back to the society, what she herself benefited through mentoring, she co-founded the Global Center for IT Empowerment & Education (iTEE), a nonprofit that is very passionate about bridging digital divide through training, workshops, conferences, community outreach etc. Through this platform, she coordinates the Nigeria Geek Girls Collaborative, a network of girls and women with the objective of mentoring and boosting their confidence and interests in technology through summer camps, hackathons, meet-ups, creativity and fun activities. So far, she has been a source of inspiration to thousands of vulnerable groups, especially youths, girls, women and children annually,
Dr. Folajimi is a recipient of many international awards including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Award (2009), the Commonwealth Professional Fellowship award (2012), the Institute of International Education (IIE) Women Enhancing Technology (WeTech) Award (twice in 2014), the WeTech Leadership Council Award (2015) and the Schlumberger Fellowship Award (2015). She has been a Research Fellow at University of British Columbia, Canada (2009), University of Pittsburgh USA (2010), De Montfort University UK (2012) and Northeastern University USA (2015-2016) and has delivered papers at various conferences/workshops and events; having over 30 referred publications to her credit. She is a Fellow of British Computer Society (BCS), the Chair of Ibadan Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Chapter and belongs to many national and international Organizations including Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) - past Executive Council Member, Computing Professionals Reg. Council of Nigeria (CPN), Association for Learning Technology (ALT)- Membership Services Committee member, IEEE Computer Society etc.
By leveraging on her professional experience and global network, Dr Folajimi uses novel perspectives in Computer Science and Game Artificial Intelligence to solve prevailing challenges among vulnerable groups in Africa, especially the youth, women and children. Driven by a special passion to give back to the society, what she herself benefited through mentoring, she co-founded the Global Center for IT Empowerment & Education (iTEE), a nonprofit that is very passionate about bridging digital divide through training, workshops, conferences, community outreach etc. Through this platform, she coordinates the Nigeria Geek Girls Collaborative, a network of girls and women with the objective of mentoring and boosting their confidence and interests in technology through summer camps, hackathons, meet-ups, creativity and fun activities. So far, she has been a source of inspiration to thousands of vulnerable groups, especially youths, girls, women and children annually,