Nationality Nigerian, American | Years active 2001-present | |
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Born 26 September 1971 (age 45) ( 1971-09-026 ) Occupation Professor & Technology Consulting Known for Accenture, African University of Science & Technology, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Radicube Technologies Books Design and Analysis of a 3-dimensional Cluster Multicomputer Architecture Using Optical Interconnection for PetaFLOP Computing | ||
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 and the Addis Ababa University (AAU). He also has been a visiting Scholar at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste in Italy.
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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.