Udanor Collins

I have our 24 years of professional experience in university teaching, research and administration.

a. TEACHING:

Teaches Bachelors and Graduate students in a wide variety of courses. Teaches the following courses: Machine Learning (Post Graduate), Embedded Systems & Robotics (Post Graduate), Intelligent Systems Design (Post Graduate), Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Laboratory for Digital Design, Advanced Digital Laboratory (Undergraduates).

B. RESEARCH

My research interests include:

Artificial Intelligence: (Robotics, Deep learning, Machine learning activities in natural language processing on social-networking platforms).

Health Informatics – predicting and modelling diseases and providing early warning systems

Agro Informatics – modelling of physicochemical parameters in aquaculture systems to predict fish yield using IoT sensor datasets.

Design and development of Intelligent Systems using multi-agents for mobile learning.

C. ADMINISTRATION

1. Director, Education Innovation Centre:

Manages the day-to-day activities of the Centre.

2. Technical Director, Centre of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE)

In charge of the technical specification, configuration and management of the IT and digital infrastructures for the implementation of the C-CoDE project in the University.

3. SUPERVISION OF JUNIOR RESEARCHERS

PG Supervisor, Research Group Lead of High Performance and Intelligence Computing (HiPIC) research group. Have successfully supervised more than 15 Masters Degree students and currently supervising 5 Ph.D students at various stages of their research works.

PRIZES AND AWARDS

Nvidia Applied Research Accelerator Program (2022) – Principal Investigator. Worth: 12 - Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kits and 8 - Deep Learning Institute Course Credits

Lacuna Fund Agriculture Award 2020 (2020-2021) – Principal Investigator. Worth: USD 110,000.00

Tertiary Fund National Research Fund (TETFund – 2020-Date). – Co-Investigator. Worth: USD 86,000.00

Oracle Academy (Nigeria) Prize Winner in Artificial Intelligence, 2019.

Deployment of Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Academic Research – Principal Investigator. Research funded by the Tertiary Institution Fund (TETFund – 2015/2016). Worth: USD 12,500.00

Google Android Program for EMEA 2011 Award winner (equipment grant for the development of Android applications for mobile devices).

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Training AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Training, Unichrone (Issued Feb 2024 Credential ID U11332680)
• Deep Learing A-Z 2024: Neural Networks AI & ChatGPT PrizeDeep Learing A-Z 2024: Neural Networks AI & ChatGPT Prize, SuperDataScience Team & Ligency Team on Udemy (Feb 2024)
• Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS)Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist (CEHRS), Udemy (Dec 2023Issued Dec 2023Credential ID 004)
• IBM Skills Academy - IBM IoT Cloud Developer (Explorer Award, 2020)
• IBM COUSERA - Introduction to Data Science (Certificate of Completion, June 2019).
• African Centre for Excellence in Sciences, Universite D’Abomey Calavi Institute De Mathematiques et De Sciences Physiues (IMSP), Benin Republic (Internet of Things (IoT)

Certificate of Participation, 2019)

African Centre for Excellence in Sciences, Universite D’Abomey Calavi Institute De Mathematiques et De Sciences Physiues (IMSP), Benin Republic (Data Science School

(Edge, Fog computing, IoT, Big data, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Tensor flow,

Spark, Anaconda,NoSQL) (Certificate of Participation, 2018)

• UNN and State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego Productivity Software for

Lecturers, Grant Writing and Online Instructional Delivery (Certificate of Completion, 2018)

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

1. Nigeria Computer Society (NCS, No: 11828)

2. Computer Professionals of Nigeria (CPN, No: 007359/2021)

1. Lead, Labour and Employment Cluster of the Volunteer Expert Group (VEG) for the formulation of Nigeria’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy (2022-2023) 8 

2. Reviewer for several top Web of Science/ISI international journals including: Algorithms, Emerald Data Technologies and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, Scientometrics, MDPI, Springer Nature, etc. 

3. UNN Google Students Ambassadors Staff Adviser (2011-2016)

A. JOURNAL Publications 

1. A.H. Eneh, C.N. Udanor, N.I. Ossai, S.O. Aneke, P.O. Ugwoke, A.A. Obayi, C.H. Ugwuishiwu, G.E. Okereke (2023), Towards an improved internet of things sensors data quality for a smart aquaponics system yield prediction, MethodsX, Volume 11, 2023, 102436, ISSN 2215-0161, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102436. (Thomson Reuters: 1.9, Clarivate Analytics, 2023) (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016123004326) 

2. C.N. Udanor, N.I. Ossai, E.O. Nweke, B.O. Ogbuokiri, A.H. Eneh, C.H. Ugwuishiwu, S.O. Aneke, A.O. Ezuwgu, P.O. Ugwoke, Arua Christiana (2022). An internet of things labelled dataset for aquaponics fish pond water quality monitoring system, Data in Brief, Volume 43, 108400, ISSN 2352-3409, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2022.108400. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340922005972) - (Thomson Reuters: 1.2, Clarivate Analytics, 2023) 

3. Ugwoke, P. O., Bakpo, F. S., Udanor, C. N., & Okoronkwo, M. C. (2022). A framework for monitoring movements of pandemic disease patients based on GPS trajectory datasets. Wireless Networks, 28(1), 1-28. (Thomson Reuters: 2.602) 

4. Collins N. Udanor, and Chinatu Anyanwu (2019). Combating the challenges of Social Media Hate Speech in a Polarized Society: A Twitter Ego Lexalytics Approach (Emerald Data Technologies and Applications Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 501-527 (Thomson Reuters: 2018 Impact Factor of 0.868 and a 2018 CiteScore of 1.38. 

5. Udanor C.N, Aneke S.O and Ogbuokiri B.O. (2016). Determining Social Media Influences on the Politics of Developing Countries using Social Network Analytics. EmeraldInsight Program: electronic library and information systems, Volume 50 (4): pp.  9 481 - 507. (Thomson Reuters: 2016 Impact Factor of 0.568 and a 2018 CiteScore of 1.5.) 6. Collins N. Udanor and O.U. Oparaku (2016). Performance Analysis of a multi-agent Mlearning system: Testing and evaluation results. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies. Vol. 10. Issue 2. Pp. 10-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v10i2.4873 (SJR 0.21, 2017) 

7. Collins N. Udanor and Chinedu I. Nwoye (2016). Motivation for the Design and Implementation of a SMS Slang Converter for Android Devices, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies. Vol. 10. Issue 1, 2016. Pp.4- 12.http://dx.doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v10i1.4492 (SJR 0.21, 2017) 

8. Ugwuishiwu C.H, Bakpo F.S, Udanor C.N (2019) A Hybrid Model of a Collaborative Crime Information System, International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), ISSN 0974-3154, Volume 12, Number 8 (2019), pp. 1146-1156 – SJR 2018, 0.16 

9. C.N. Udanor, A.H. Eneh, D. Goji (2023). A 1-Gram Sentiment Analysis Algorithm for Detecting Cyberbullying in Online Social, Int. J. Advanced Networking and Applications Volume: 14 Issue: 06 (Pages: 5734 – 5733) ISSN: 0975-0290 5734 

10. Mary Kama, Elmissaoui Taoufik, Collins Udanor, D.U. Ebem, Emenike Chukwu G., Elija N. (2022). Automated Temperature Control System for Chemistry Laboratory using MQTT IoT. International Journal of Mechatronics, Electrical and Computer Technology (IJMEC) ISSN: 2305-0543 (Online), ISSN: 2411-6173 (Print)Vol. 12 (44), Apr. 2022, pp. 5195-52015195. 

11. C.N. Udanor, N.I. Ossai, B.O. Ogbuokiri, O.E. Nweke, P.O. Ugwoke, U.K. Ome (2021). A Pilot Implementation of a Remote IoT Sensors for Aquaponics System Datasets Acquisition, The Journal of Computer Science and it’s Applications (JCSA), Vol. 28, Iss. 2. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jcsia.v28i2.1 

12. Umar, Z., Bakpo, F. S., Udanor, C. N., & Kamba, M. I. (2021). A Digital Forensic Approach for Diverse Cloud Computing System. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) http://www.ijert.org ISSN: 2278-0181 Vol. 10 Issue 06, June-2021 

13. N. V. Ugwu., C. N. Udanor (2021), Achieving Effective Customer Relationship using Frequent Pattern-Growth Algorithm Association Rule Learning Technique, Nigerian Journal of Technology. Vol. 40, No. 2, 2021, 2021, pp. 329–339. www.nijotech.com Print ISSN: 0331-8443, Electronic ISSN: 2467-8821. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njt.v40i2.19 

14. Collins N. Udanor, Florence I Akaneme, Emmanuel Ukekwe (2021). Deploying Plant Tissue Culture Simulation Use Case for E-Infrastructures. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology Vol 7. Issue 3, pp. 1475-1480. 

15. Uzoh B.C, Udanor C.N. (2021). Towards an Efficient Machine Learning Algorithm for Graduate Study Elective Course Recommender System. The International Journal of Engineering and Science (IJES). Vol 10. Issue 6. Pages 12-20. 

16. S. O Aneke, E.O Nweke, C.N Udanor, I.A Ogbodo, A.O Ezugwu, C.H Uguwishiwu, M.E Ezema (2020), Towards Determining Cybercrime Technology Evolution in Nigeria, International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied  10 Science (IJLTEMAS) Volume IX, Issue IV, April 2020 | ISSN 2278-2540 

17. C. Anyanwu, and C. N. Udanor (2020), An N-Gram Determination of Twitter User Sentiments, International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering, Management & Applied Science (IJLTEMAS) Volume IX, Issue II, February 2020 | ISSN 2278-2540 

18. C. N. Udanor, F. I. Akaneme, C. H Ugwuishiwu, S. O Aneke, O.A. Ezugwu, O. E. Nweke, M. E. Ezema, I. A. Ogbodo (2019), Deploying an Open-Source Cloud Computing Infrastructure for Academic Research. IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE), Volume 21, Issue 3, Ser. IV (May - June 2019), PP 61-74 

19. Chijioke Amaka, Agozie Eneh , Collins Udanor, Onyesolu M.O, Nduka U.C (2019). Determining the adoption of e-transaction authentication frameworks in Nigerian Commercial Banks, International Journal of Engineering and Technology, IJET, 11(4):1108–1115, 2019 

20. Ukekwe Emmanuel, Udanor Collins (2018). A Theoretical Framework for an Intelligent Result Processing Expert System in Nigerian Universities. IOSR Journal of Mobile Computing & Application (IOSR-JMCA), e- ISSN: 2394-0050, P-ISSN: 2394-0042.Volume 5, Issue 1 (Jan-Feb. 2018), PP 09-16. Available at: www.iosrjournals.org 21. Udanor C.N, Aneke S.O and Ogbuokiri B.O. (2016). Social Media Impact on the Politics of Developing Countries: An Insight from Big Data Analytics. Transylvanian Review. Vol. 25, No. 5, Special Issue, 2016. Pages 432-448. 

22. Jonathan N. Chimah, Collins N. Udanor and Chinwe C. Akpom. (2016). Functionalities of Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Information Scientist’ Comparative Analysis. Transylvanian Review. Vol. 25, No. 5, Special Issue, 2016. Pages 257-268. 

23. Ogbuokiri, B.O., Udanor C.N., Agu, M.N. (2015). Implementing bigdata analytics for small and medium enterprise (SME) regional growth. IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering (IOSR-JCE) e-ISSN: 2278-0661,p-ISSN: 2278-8727, Volume 17, Issue 6, Ver. IV (Nov – Dec. 2015), PP 35-43 

24. Collins N. Udanor and O.U. Oparaku (2014). An Agent Driven M-learning Application. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Information Technology (IJACSIT) Vol. 3, No. 3, 2014, Page: 263-272, ISSN: 2296-1739. (IF=0.53). Website: www.http://elvedit.com/journals/IJACSIT/ 

25. Akaneme, F. I., Udanor, C. N., Nwachukwu, J., Ugwuoke, C., Okezie, C. E. A. and Ogwo, B. (2014). A Grid-enabled Application for the Simulation of Plant Tissue Culture Experiments. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Information Technology 3, (3), 227 – 242. (IF=0.53) Website: www.http://elvedit.com/journals/IJACSIT/ 

26. Ugwuishiwu C.H, Udanor C., Ugwuishiwu B.O (2012). Application of ICT in Crop Production. International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE)ISSN: 2231- 2307, Volume-2, Issue-4, September 2012. Pages 227-231. Website: www.ijsce.org/ 11 

27. Collins N. Udanor (2011). An Agent-based Model of Intelligent M-learning System. International Journal of Science and Advanced Technology. Volume 1 Number 5. Pages 65-73. website: www.ijsat.com 

28. Collins N. Udanor and T.A. Nwodo (2010). A Review of M-learning Models. India Journal of Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE). Volume 1 Number 4. Page 426- 435. Website: www.ijcse.com 

B. CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PAPERS 

1. Nzeh, R., Collins Udanor, I. U., Ezeora, N. J., Ogbene, N. E., Asogwa, C., & Ezugwu, A. O. A KNN Classification Advisory System for Higher Institution Students’ Performance. Accra Bespoke Multidisciplinary Innovations Conference (ABMIC), December, 2021. 

2. Udanor, C. N., Eneh, A. H., & Orim, S. M. I. (2020, July). An Evaluation of the Frameworks for Predicting COVID-19 in Nigeria Using Time Series Data Analytics Model. InThe International Conference on Emerging Applications and Technologies for Industry 4.0(pp. 109- 123). Springer, Cham. 

3. Udanor, C.N, I.A. Ogbodo, O.A. Ezugwu, C.H. Ugwuishiwu, A Logistic Predictive Model for Determining the Prevalent Mode of Financial Cybercrime in Sub-Saharan Africa. InThe International Conference on Emerging Applications and Technologies for Industry 4.0(pp. 109- 123). Springer, Cham. 

4. Udanor C.N., Eneh A.H., Oparaku O.U. (2021) Poster: Determining a Network and Pedagogical Efficient Approach to Learning in Disruptive Environments. In: Auer M.E., Tsiatsos T. (eds) Internet of Things, Infrastructures and Mobile Applications. IMCL 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1192. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49932-7_61 

5. Collins N.Udanor, John C Ngwoke, Stephen O. Aneke, Assumpta O Ezugwu & Chikodili H Ugwuishiwu Implementing Cloud based IoT GSM RF Signal Monitoring for Quality of Service Determination. Proceedings of the 15th iSTEAMS Research Nexus Conference 2019, Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Nigeria - www.isteams.net 

6. Collins N.Udanor, Stephen O Aneke & Cynthia U Obillo. Implementing Cloud Computing Storage In Nigerian Tertiary Institutions, Proceedings of the iSTEAMS Multidisciplinary Cross-Border Conference University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana - October, 2018 

7. E.C. Ukekwe, C.N. Udanor. A Framework for Fabric Outlook Design Using Latin Squares, 11th iSTEAMS Conference, YABATECH, June, 2018. 

8. Collins N. Udanor, Florence I Akaneme, Emmanuel Ukekwe. Deploying Plant Tissue Culture Simulation Use Case for E-Infrastructures. Conference of the Sci-GaIA User Forum, 23 March 2017, Pretoria (South Africa). (in press). Available at: http://www.sci-gaia.eu/publications

9 . C.N. Udanor, F.I. Akaneme, Okezie, CEA, Ogwo B, Aneke S, Ogbuokiri B.O, Ezugwu A.O, Ugwuishiwu C.H. Deployment of an e-Infrastructure for Academic Research. The 7th EAI International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (AFRICOMM 2015). Springer Lecture Notes of the Institute of Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Volume 171. 

10. C.N. Udanor, F.I. Akaneme. Building Virtual Research Environments: The Lion grid Experience. (Presentation at the conference on Building Next Generation e-Infrastructures through Communities, EGI Community Forum – Bari 2015) on 9th -13th November, 2015. 11. Collins Udanor. Training experiences using NgRENIdP for faculties and researchers across Nigerian universities. E-Infrastructure for Africa conferenc