Willamette University is happy to announce our newest assistant professor of laptop or computer science, Friday (Fred) Agbo, a Nigerian educator and researcher at the College of Jap Finland in Joensuu.
An impressive computer scientist, software package developer and academic technologist, Agbo at the moment supervises and teaches graduate students by means of his university’s edTech research team. His educational spots of aim involve laptop science education, computer software engineering, game-based mostly studying, virtual and augmented reality know-how, and he has co-intended digital actuality mini-games with learners as portion of his doctoral exploration.
On the verge of completing his PhD in laptop or computer science at Jap Finland, Agbo will formally sign up for Willamette on Aug. 1.
More than the past ten years, Agbo has been involved in a number of educating, research and collaborative initiatives, some of which have dedicated to strengthening the life of his local community and outside of.
An aggregation instrument he designed in Nigeria improved facilitated microfinance financial loans for low-profits residents and cooperatives for a state social financial commitment method, while his Lokoja-based mostly startup, Agfri Technologies, established a big-scale economic administration software currently in use by 3 federal and point out businesses. In 2020, he contributed to the growth of an instructional system as a result of Jap Finland University, the Clever Ecosystem for Finding out and Inclusion, that supports the tutorial development of students with disabilities by means of analytic dashboards and the use of blockchain technological know-how. Eight other South American universities have been tests the system.
Agbo earned his M.S. in laptop or computer science at the College of Ilorin, Nigeria, in 2017 and his B.S. in laptop science at the University of Jos, Nigeria, in 2013.
As a youthful researcher, his vocation target is to “teach and mentor pupils even though conducting high-good quality investigation in institutions that harness expertise from academia, providers, and the general public sector with the function of making ready learners to solve true-environment issues,” he said.
Agbo’s experienced history as a pc programmer, program developer and techniques analyst, as properly as his capacity for global collaboration, complement Willamette’s expanding data science application. He’s thrilled about the synergy of the school, the enthusiasm of college students and the new possibilities developed by the university’s merger with the Pacific Northwest School of Artwork.
“I’m fascinated by Willamette’s motto, and I glance ahead to producing powerful teaching and scholarship that is university student-centered, will influence the local community and contribute to making Willamette’s studies in info, laptop, and information and facts science,” he explained.
