Ekpe Okorafor

Ekpe Apia Okorafor
Born (1971-09-26) 26 September 1971
Nationality Nigerian, American
Occupation Professor & Technology Consulting
Years active 2001-present
Known for Accenture, African University of Science & Technology, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Radicube Technologies

Ekpe Okorafor, Ph.D (born 1971) is a Nigerian American Academic in Computer Science and Technology Expert in Big Data & Analytics. He is a deep Subject Matter Expert & Principal in Accenture Digital, providing thought leadership. In 2010, he established the High Performance Computing Centers for Excellence in Africa (Nigeria & Ethiopia) that focuses on leveraging massively parallel computing platforms to solve regional problems through simulation and modeling funded by the Nelson Mandela Institution Research grant. He is a visiting Professor in Computer Science at the African University of Science & Technology (AUST) Abuja[1][2] and the Addis Ababa University (AAU). He also has been a visiting Scholar at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP),[3] Trieste in Italy.

Education

Okorafor holds a Ph.D. and a Master of Science Degree both in Computer Engineering from Texas A & M University. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electronic & Computer Engineering from University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Career

He is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas and is the founder of Radicube Technologies, a research consulting firm.

Selected Published Works

  • Availability of JobTracker Machine in Hadoop/MapReduce Zookeeper Coordinated Clusters [4]
  • Percolation routing in a three-dimensional multicomputer network topology using optical interconnection [5]
  • A Fault-Tolerant High Performance Cloud Strategy for Scientific Computing [6]
  • Integrated hybrid optical node using dynamic reconfiguration and routing algorithms for bimodal traffic [7]
  • Design and analysis of a 3-dimensional cluster multicomputer architecture using optical interconnection for petaFLOP computing [8]

Awards and recognition

  • Invited Speaker Computer Science Graduate Seminar [9]
  • Advisory Board for mHealth Africa Conference [10]
  • Speaker at AUST International Conference on Technology, October 2015[11]
  • Member, Research Data Alliance [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr Ekpe Okorafor — AUST". aust.edu.ng.
  2. ↑ "Nigeria: AUST Takes STEM to Schools". allafrica.com.
  3. ↑ "Speakers - Indico [Home] - ICTP". ictp.it.
  4. ↑ "Availability of JobTracker Machine in Hadoop/MapReduce Zookeeper Coordinated Clusters" (PDF). airccse.org.
  5. ↑ "Percolation routing in a three-dimensional multicomputer network topology using optical interconnection". osapublishing.org.
  6. ↑ "A Fault-Tolerant High Performance Cloud Strategy for Scientific Computing". ieeexplore.ieee.org.
  7. ↑ "Integrated hybrid optical node using dynamic reconfiguration and routing algorithms for bimodal traffic". osapublishing.org.
  8. ↑ "Design and analysis of a 3-dimensional cluster multicomputer architecture using optical interconnection for petaFLOP computing". tamu.edu.
  9. ↑ "Open Graduate Seminar with Dr. Ekpe Okorafor". tamu.edu.
  10. ↑ "Anadach Group LLC :: e-Health Africa Conference Speakers". anadach.com.
  11. ↑ "Computer Science Speakers AUSTECH Abuja". aust.edu.ng.
  12. ↑ "Ekpe Okorafor". rd-alliance.org.


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