Ekpe Apia Okorafor | |
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| 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. He is an expert in big data and analytics.
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.
Okorafor is a deep subject matter expert and principal in Accenture Digital, providing thought leadership.[ clarification needed ]
In 2010, he established the High Performance Computing Centers for Excellence in Africa (Nigeria and 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 Abuja [1] [2] and the Addis Ababa University. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Center for Theoretical Physics [3] in Trieste, Italy. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.
He is the founder of Radicube Technologies, a research consulting firm.
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