UNITED STATE – Professor Oluwasanmi Koyejo was on January 14 named among recipients of the 400 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in the United States.
The prestigious recognition, established by former President Bill Clinton in 1996, is the highest honour bestowed by the United States Government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers.
This year’s awardees, announced by President Joe Biden, are employed or funded by 14 participating United States Government agencies.
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Koyejo and five other Diaspora Nigerians – Azeez Butali, Ijeoma Opara, Oluwatomi Akindele, Eno Ebong and Abidemi Ajiboye – were included on the list.
Recipients receive a plaque, citation and research funding for up to five years.
Below are six things to know about Koyejo:
1. He is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University.
2. Koyejo is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
3. His interests are in developing the principles and practice of trustworthy machine learning. Koyejo also focuses on applications to neuroscience and healthcare.
4. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering (2013) at the University of Texas at Austin.
5. Koyejo has been the recipient of several awards including a Best Paper award from the Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI), a Skip Ellis Early Career Award and a Sloan Fellowship.
6. His work, backed by the US National Science Foundation (NSF), centres on fairness and robustness in artificial intelligence.
By Damilola Adeleke| January 17, 2025
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