Ekpe Okorafor

Ekpe Apia Okorafor
Born	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.