Chinecherem UMEZURUIKE

Assistant PROFESSOR

college of Computing and Communication STUDIES (COCCS)

Software Engineering Programme

An academia that upholds the thought that “African problems, should be solved by Africans, with African solutions that integrates trending technology as basis for creativity”. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Babcock University Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 
As a Computer Science professional with academic and industrial experiences, his passion for food sustainability, adequate healthcare for all have driven him into researches that focuses on achieving the sustainable developmental goals 2 and 3. He has collaborated with researches within and outside Nigeria in many research works. He is very versatile in using current electronic learning tools for teaching, and inspiring students to fulfill their dreams by providing an in-depth understanding of various Computing concepts. Also, he is a strong team player with significant experience in student mentoring and conducting independent research. transformative.

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Education

• Ph.D. Computer Science (2018) Babcock University Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
• M.Sc. Information Technology (2012) National Open University of Nigeria
• B.Sc. Computer Education (2006) University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• Nigerian Certificate in Education (Computer Mathematics) 1999

Research

 Health Informatics, Data Science

Institutional Service

• Programme Coordinator 2023 to date
• Member College Postgraduate Committee
• Teaching and Student mentoring
• Member Curriculum Review College of Computing and Communication

Professional Service

• Journal Reviews PeerJ Journals 
• Journal Review Journal of Applied Science, Information and Computing https://jasic.kiu.ac.ug/
• Chairman to International Conference Panel
• Professional Member Association of Computing Machinery
• Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Selected Publications

1. Enhancing Skin Cancer Detection and Classification in Dermoscopic Images through Concatenated MobileNetV2 and Xception Models https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10080979
2. Sector-Independent Integrated System Architecture for Profiling Hazardous Industrial Wastes https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36118-0_65
3. Application of Support Vector Machine to Lassa Fever Diagnosis 10.1007/978-3-031-36115-9_16