ATAYERO, Aderemi Aaron Anthony
Head, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Office: A209, CST Building
Phone: +234-805-256-7491
e-mail: atayero@ieee.org
url: http://www.atayero.com,net,org,biz,us

Dr. Atayero, Aderemi Aaron Anthony holds a B.Sc. degree (summa cum laude) in Radio Engineering and M.Sc. in Satellite Communication Systems (1992, 1994 respectively) both from the Moscow Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences (Speech Processing / Satcom, 2000) from the Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation, Moscow, Russia.

His sojourn of a dozen years in Russia was as a result of the Bureau of External Aid (BEA) Scholarship he won in 1988 to pursue a Masters Degree in the then Soviet Union (now Commonwealth of Independent States). For his Master’s thesis, he investigated the possibilty of adapting Mobile Satellite Stations (Inmarsat Standard-M Antenna) for use on trains, and as a result of the successful completion of this project, Inmarsat Standard-M Antenna systems (built for Maritime deployment) were deployed for use on railroads for the first time. The project was carried out in collaboration with Marisat – the Russian subsidiary of the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat). A pilot installation was executed on the Nijny-Novgorod railroad in the summer of 1994. Dr. Atayero’s Ph.D. research culminated in a successful defence on the 20th of January 2000, with an unanimous 21– 0 vote in a secret ballot held by the Dissertation Committee, he presented for defense and successfully defended a number of scientific novelties.

On his return from Moscow and before joining the pioneer team of faculty at Covenant University in the fall of 2002, Dr. Atayero served as a satcom engineer at the African Independent Television (AIT), Alagbado, Lagos. In this capacity, he mentored students on Industrial Training (IT) from various Universities and Polytechnics in addition to his main duties.

Dr. Atayero is a member of Senate and the incumbent Head of the department of Electrical and Information Engineering of Covenant University, he was the Coordinator of the School of Engineering. He serves in a number of committees as: Chairman, CST Research & Endowment Drive Group; Chairman, EIE Board of Examiners; Member, College Board of Studies; Member, College Research Committee; Chairperson, Technical Sub-committee, 1st CU Convocation Planning Committee; Covenant University representative on the National Organising Committee of Nigerian Association of Inventors 2nd Inventors & Innovators Summit June, 2006 and as Chairperson, Exhibition Sub-committee, NAI 2nd Inventors & Innovators Summit June, 2006.

His current area of research interest is as follows: Speech Processing. FPGA Design, Architecture, and Applications: FPGA – Implementation of Digital Speech Processors. FPGA – Implementation of Digital Filters. FPGA System–on–Programmable Chip Design.

He is a member of a number of academic and professional organisations including the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Nigerian Association of Inventors (NAI), and the Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN). He has a number of publications in learned journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Atayero’s vision for Higher Education in Nigeria and Africa is succintly captured in the following sentence: Total emancipation of the black race from her state of mental servitude through the impartation of sound knowledge culminating in a continent of free Spirits.

He is currently the Executive Secretary of Africa Exchange Programme (AEP) – a Non Commercial NGO with a vision for the eradication of poverty in Africa, and was a member of the Shiloh Satellite implementation Committee, and a pilot in Canaan Land Mass Transit Service Group.

SELECTED ARTICLES THAT HAVE ALREADY APPEARED IN LEARNED JOURNALS & CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. A.A. Atayero, O.O. Olugbara, C.K. Ayo, and N.A. Ikhu-Omoregbe, “Design, Development, and Deployment of an Automated Speech-Controlled Customer Care Service System”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Signal Processing (GSPx 2004), Santa Clara, California, USA. Sept. 27 – 30, 2004. Paper #1276. Available at: www.gspx.com

2. Ikhu-Omoregbe N.A., Atayero A.A., Ayo C.K., and Olugbara O.O.,: “Design and Deployment of Hybrid-Telemedicine Application”, proceedings SPIE (Int’l Society for Optical Engineering). Vol.5670. pp.191-196, Internet Imaging VI, San Jose, CA, USA, Jan. 2005.

3. Charles Ayo, Aaron Atayero, Nicholas Ikhu-Omoregbe, and Oludayo Olugbara: “Designing a Robust e-Policing System for Developing Nations of the World”, proceedings of the 5th European Conference on E-Government, University of Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 27-32, ISBN: 1-905305-01-X, Copyright © Charles Ayo, Aaron Atayero et. al, 2005. Available at: http://www.academic-conferences.org/eceg2005/eceg2005-abstracts.htm

4. Ayo C.K., Olugbara O.O., Atayero A.A., and Ikhu-Omoregbe N.A.,: “An Approach to A Secured National e-Payment Architecture”, proceedings of The International Conference on New Developments in the Mathematical & Computer Sciences: Theory and Applications, International Centre for Mathematical and Computer Sciences. Feb. 2005. Available at: www.icmcs.org .

5. Ayo, C.K., Olugbara O.O., Ikhu-Omoregbe N.A., Atayero, A.A. “A Framework for M-Commerce Implementation in Nigeria”, Journal of Computer Science and its Applications, Vol.10, No.1, pp.21-29, June 2004.

6. C.K. Ayo, A.A. Atayero, and N. Ikhu-Omoregbe,: An Approach to a Secure National E-payment Architecture, Publications of the ICMCS © 2005: International Centre for Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Lagos, Nigeria. Vol.2, pp.1-9, ISBN: 978-37246-0-6

7. Atayero A.A., (1999): Digital Speech Interpolation in Satellite Communication Systems, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 74 – 75, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, ISBN 5-85124-133-0.

8. Atayero A.A., (1999): A Comparative Analysis of the Mean Statistical Characteristics of Speech Signal, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 69 – 73, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, ISBN 5-85124-133-0.

9. Sheluhin O.I., Atayero A.A., Lukiantsev N.F., (1999): Noise Immunity in Digital Transmission of Signals with Corrective Coding on Satellite Communication Channels, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 29 – 35, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, ISBN 5-85124-133-0.

10. Ledniov A.B., Atayero A.A., (1999): An Assessment of the Digtal Transmission of Speech Signal on Radio Channels, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 102 – 105, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, ISBN 5-85124-133-0.

11. Sheluhin O.I., Atayero A.A., Efimov S.N., (1999): Statistical Model of Interference in Satellite Communication Channels, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 17 – 21, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, Moscow.

12. Sheluhin O.I., Chivilev S.V., Atayero A.A., (1999): Noise Immunity of Discrete Signal Detection Algorithms in Non-Gaussian Noise: A Comparative Analysis, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 17 – 21, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, Moscow.

13. Ledniov A.B., Atayero A.A., (1999): Short- time- Analysis Derivation of Statistical Characteristics of Speech, Radio Electronics & Informatics, pp. 124 – 133, YDK 621.391.1, Kvadrat C, ISBN 5-85124-133-0.