Prof. Ogechukwu N. Iloanusi (Ph.D)

Professor of Electronic Engineering
Department of Electronic Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Nigeria Nsukka
410001, Enugu State. Nigeria.
Email: ogechukwu.iloanusi@unn.edu.ng

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ABOUT OGECHUKWU N. ILOANUSI

Ogechukwu N. Iloanusi (Ph.D) is a Full Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka Campus. She joined the Faculty in October 2005.
She holds a B.Eng (1999) and M.Eng (2003) in Electronic Engineering; Ph.D (2011) in Digital Electronics, Computer and Biometrics from the Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Nigeria.

Her research interests include biometrics signal processing, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, computer vision and machine/deep learning, She is a member of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and Women in Engineering (WIE). She is a Commonwealth Fellow.

Since 2006, She has completed supervision of 42 projects of at least 120 undergraduate students and 23 postgraduate students. She currently supervises 8 Ph.D. and 2 Masters students. She is also the Director of research in the Biometrics Vision and Computing Laboratory (BVCLab).

She is currently the Head of Department of Electronic Engineering and is serving as the first female Head of Department. She is the first female Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria since its inception in 1961.

She also authored the book titled -fundamentals of Biometrics (2016) with tow other co-authors. She has over 50 journal and conference publications and has attended over 20 conferences and workshops internationally in countries in Africa, North America, Europe and the Middle East.

Prof. Ogechukwu Iloanusi was twice a Visiting Scholar at the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, where she carried out pre-doctoral research for a total of ten months from August 2009 to November 2009 and April 2010 to November 2010.

She was also granted a Commonwealth Academic Fellowship Award by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK where she was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK from September 2012 to December 2012.

She also participated in a Teaching Fellowship for Nigerian University Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she collaborated with the Faculty at MIT in the development of new curriculum and teaching methods that were adapted to her home university from September to December 2013.

She has also served as an Assistant Guest Professor in a one-year contract with the University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN, USA, from a period of August 2016 to August 2017.

DESIGNATION

Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria Nsukka.
Current Appointment: Professor October 2019 – Present
Previous Appointments: Senior Lecturer October 2012 – September 2019
Lecturer I October 2008 – September 2012
Lecturer II October 2005 – September 2008

CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lecturer to undergraduate and post graduate students of the department of electronic engineering.
2. Research
3. Head of Department (August 2020 – Date)
4. Supervisor of undergraduate projects for seventeen (17) years
5. Supervisor of post graduate research for eleven (11) years

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUITIONS ATTENDED

  • University of Nigeria Nsukka 2007 – 2011
    Ph.D. Eng. Electronic Engineering (Obtained February 2011)
    Field of study: Digital Electronics and Computer
    Area of study: Biometrics and pattern recognition
    Title of thesis: Fingerprint indexing using minutiae quadruplets
    Area: Fingerprint biometrics
  • University of Nigeria Nsukka 2001 – 2003
    M. Eng. Electronic Engineering (Obtained October 2003)
    Graduated Distinction
    Field of study: Digital Electronics and computer
    Title of dissertation: A dynamic website for the university of Nigeria
  • University of Nigeria Nsukka 1994 – 1999
    B. Eng. Electronic Engineering (Obtained December 1999)
    Graduated Second Class Honors (Upper division)
    Area of Study: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics
    Title of project: A review of techniques for teaching robots to learn

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biometrics, Artificial intelligence, computer vision and Machine / Deep learning, Pattern analysis and Signal processing, Digital and embedded systems design, Web applications.

  • Face, fingerprint, Iris, voice and soft and multi-modal Biometrics
  • Machine and Deep Learning
  • Estimation and Classification algorithms from hard and soft biometrics
  • Image analysis and segmentation
  • COIVD-19 prediction and Medical Image processing, segmentation and classification

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATION

Visiting Guest Assistant Professor
Institution: Computer Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Position: Guest Assistant Professor
Purpose: Collaboration in Research in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
Date: August 26, 2016 – August 28, 2017

Teaching Fellowship
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Position: Visiting Fellow (Teaching Fellowship for Nigerian University Professors)
Purpose: Collaboration with the Faculty at the MIT in the development of new curriculum and teaching methods that were adapted to my home university.
Sponsors: MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives / TOTAL Nigeria
Date: September 3, 2013 – December 16, 2013

Post-doctoral Fellowship
Institution: University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, U.K.
Position: Visiting Fellow
Purpose: Commonwealth Academic Fellowship
Field of study: Biometrics
Sponsors: Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK
Date: September 3, 2012 – December 2, 2012

Pre-doctoral Fellowship (two terms)
Institution: Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6109, USA
Position: Visiting Scholar
Purpose: Pre-doctoral Fellowship
Field of study: Fingerprint Biometrics
Dates: April 19, 2010 – October 19, 2010
August 27, 2009 – November 20, 2009

COURSES CURRENTLY TEACHING

First Semester
Advanced Security Systems – ECE715 [Graduate course]
Technical Writing – ECE492 [Undergraduate course]
Control Theory – ECE451 [Undergraduate course]

Second Semester
Advanced Signal Processing – ECE716 (2015 – date) [Graduate course]
Digital Signal Processing – ECE626 (2011 – date) [Graduate course]
Biometrics and Image Processing – ECE628 (2015 – date) [Graduate course]
Digital Signal Processing – ECE574 (2011 – date) [Undergraduate course]

COURSES TAUGHT PREVIOUSLY

First Semester
Digital Systems Design – ECE620 (2011- date) [Graduate course]
Advanced Circuit Techniques – ECE521 (2011– 2014)
Digital Logic Theory – ECE472 (2005 – 2012)

Second Semester
Industrial Electronics – ECE523 (2007 – 2008, 2011)
Solid State Electronics – ECE522 (2006 – 2009, 2011, 2015 – 2016) [Undergraduate course]
Applied Electronics I – ECE322 (2006 – 2008, 2011 – 2016) [Undergraduate course]
Engineering Computer Programming – ECE271 (2005 – 2009)

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  1. 8th IEEE International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology (ICAST), Accra, Ghana, November 25-26, 2021
  2. 2020 Int. E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), Iasi, Romania, October 29 – 30, 2020.
  3. 18th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), 2019, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, December 16 – 19, 2019
  4. 6th IEEE International Conference on Soft Computing & Machine Intelligence (ISCMI), Johannesburg, South Africa, November 19-20, 2019
  5. 1st IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics, Automation and Cyber-Physical Computer System (MAC-2019), FUTO, Owerri, March 7-8, 2019.
  6. The 3rd African International Conference/Workshop on Applications of Nanotechnology to Energy, Health and Environment, University of Nigeria, July 15 – 21, 2018
  7. The 1st International Conference of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. Nigeria. April 25-28th, 2018
  8. 2nd Int. Conf. on Information & Communication Technology & its Applications, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria (2018)
  9. The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Electro-Technology for National Development (NIGERCON), November 7 – 10, 2017
  10. 7th IEEE International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS), Arlington, Virginia, USA, September 8 – 11, 2015.
  11. 5th Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from Developing Countries. The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste – Italy. 31 March – 4 April 2014
  12. Three (3) months course on Teaching and Learning Laboratory (Teaching College – Level Science and Engineering) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Sept 10 to Dec 2, 2013
  13. Teaching Workshop for International Faculty Fellows at the Sloan School of Management, in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Friday, Oct 4 – Oct 6, 2013
  14. Empowering the Teachers (ETT) Seminars at the MIT International Science and Technology Initiative building E40, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fridays in the Fall Semester, Sept 6 to Dec 13, 2013
  15. The 4th National Engineering Conference “Energy Sources for Power Generation” held at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria (ES4PG-2013), July 21 – 23, 2013.
  16. The 2nd Workshop on Open Source and the Internet for Building Scientific Global Communities, The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34014 Trieste – Italy. November 28 to December 16, 2011.
  17. The IEEE Computer Society Workshop on Biometrics at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Conference, (Colorado Springs, USA), June 20-25, 2011.
  18. The V International Conference of MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) 2010 on Technology Enabled Education, in MIT Cambridge, MA, USA, May 23rd to 26th 2010.
  19. The 6th International Summer School on Biometrics for Secure Authentication: Multimodal Systems and Identity Management. Hotel Capo Caccia, 07041, Alghero, Sardinia, Italy. 8 – 12 June 2009.
  20. The V International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education. Lisbon, Portugal. 22nd to 24th April 2009.
  21. The Fourth Annual Conference of Learning International Networks consortium (MIT LINC 2007) in Dead Sea, Jordan. October 27th to 31st, 2007.
  22. Biometric Consortium Conference 2007 in Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. September 11th to 13th, 2007.
  23. Train-the-Trainer Workshop on E-Learning. Computer Communications Center, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. July 31 – August 4, 2006.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
A. Establishment: Computer Science and Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Post: Guest Assistant Professor
Date: August 26, 2016 – August 28, 2017
Responsibilities: Collaboration in Research in Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

B. Establishment: General Data Engineering Services Nig. Ltd (SKANNET) Ibadan, Oyo State. Nigeria
Post: Web Designer/Manager
Date: February 2005 – October 2005
Responsibilities

  1. Designed and updated websites and databases for clients.
  2. Registered and set up domain names in the servers
  3. Conducted trainings in web design and other applications

C. Establishment: Educational Cooperative Society (ECS)/Women’s Board. Ibadan, Oyo State
Post: Computer Engineer
Date: October 2003 to February 2005
Responsibilities:

  • Implemented training course for second year Engineering students
  • Maintained the computers in the laboratory

D. Establishment: Computer Communication Center, University of Nigeria Nsukka Enugu State.
Post: Computer Course facilitator
Date: October 2000 – May 2003
Responsibilities:

  1. Implemented training course for second year Engineering students
  2. Maintained the computers in the laboratory

PUBLICATIONS
Link to all publications
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9q7IHY8AAAAJ&hl=en

REVIEWER IN JOURNALS
A. Nigerian Journal of Technology (2012 – date)
B. International Journal of Electronics (2012 – date)
C. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security (2015 – date)
D. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems (2017 – date)
E. IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behaviour and Identity Science (2019 – date)
F. IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2019 – date)
G. IEEE Access (2017 – date)
H. IET Biometrics (2016 – date)
I. Elsevier Pattern Recognition (2017 – date)
J. Machine Vision and Applications (2019 – date)
K. The Imaging Science Journal (2019 – date)