Ayorkor Korsah

Ayorkor Korsah
Nationality	Ghanaian
Education	BA, Dartmouth College BE, MS, Thayer School of Engineering PhD, Carnegie Mellon University [1]
Occupation(s)	Computer engineer and Lecturer

G. Ayorkor Korsah (formerly G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey) is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Robotics at Ashesi University in Ghana. ^[2]

Early life and education

Korsah grew up in Ghana and Nigeria, and as a child, she wanted to be an astronaut and an engineer. ^{[3] [4]}

Korsah majored in engineering at Dartmouth College, graduating summa cum laude in June 2003. She attended Carnegie Mellon University for her doctoral work in computer science, ^[1] obtaining a PhD in 2011 for her thesis: "Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies". ^[5]

Career

Korsah is a senior lecturer in computer science and robotics at Ashesi University, a private university in Ghana, where she teaches courses in artificial intelligence, robotics, algorithms, and programming. ^[6]

To expand robotics education in Africa, Korsah co-founded the African Robotics Network (AFRON) in 2012 with Ken Goldberg, a robotics professor at the University of California, Berkeley. ^[7] The purpose of AFRON is to enhance robotics education and encourage members of robotics communities in Africa to collaborate. ^[3] One of AFRON's first endeavors was a $10 robot design challenge which it co-sponsored with the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. ^[8] Korsah and Goldberg were awarded the 2013 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award for their work in founding the network and the "$10 Robot Design” challenge. ^{[9] [10]}

Korsah has been featured on BBC News discussing how humans and machines can collaborate and combine their strengths in the future. ^[11]

Selected publications

• G. Ayorkor Korsah, Anthony Stentz, and M. Bernardine Dias, “A comprehensive taxonomy for multi-robot task allocation”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, October 2013, vol. 32, no.12, pp. 1495-1512.
• G. Ayorkor Korsah, Balajee Kannan, Brett Browning, Anthony Stentz and M. Bernardine Dias, “xBots: An Approach to Generating and Executing Optimal Multi-Robot Plans with Cross-Schedule Dependencies,” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2012.
• G. Ayorkor Korsah, Jack Mostow, M. Bernardine Dias, Tracy Morrison Sweet, Sarah M. Belousov, M. Frederick Dias, Haijun Gong, “Improving Child Literacy in Africa: Experiments with an Automated Reading Tutor,” Information Technologies & International Development, 2010, vol. 6, no. 2, 2010.

See also

• Ashesi University
• African women in engineering

References

1. "Curriculum Vitae: G. Ayorkor Korsah (G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
2. ""G. Ayorkor Korsah"". Ashesi University. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
3. "African Project Aims To Innovate in Educational Robotics - IEEE Spectrum". IEEE . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
4. "Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah – Developers in Vogue" . Retrieved 12 April 2023.
5. Korsah, G. Ayorkor (January 2011). "Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies". The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
6. "Ashesi University". www.ashesi.edu.gh. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
7. Court, Alex (19 January 2015). "Young minds, bright future: Robotics revolution hits Ugandan classrooms | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
8. Hurst, Nathan. "These $10 Robots Will Change Robotics Education". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 11 April 2023.
9. "The African Robotics Network". Disruptor Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
10. "Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah" . Retrieved 20 January 2018.
11. "The Real Story - Will Your Children Have A Job? - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.