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Olufemi Deborah NINAN

Assistant Professor
college of Computing and Communication STUDIES (COCCS)
Information Technology Programme

O. D. Ninan holds a Bachelor of Science honours degree in Applied Physics (Electronics) from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Her present employment is teaching and research as an academic staff at the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Her area of interest is in intelligent systems, Natural language processing, knowledge engineering, knowledge representation, and reasoning, using machine-learning techniques for automatic extraction of structured information from text. Focusing on the formal specification and computational modeling of Narratives texts of local languages and deploying them in the development of new ideas and artifacts for learning resources.

She is a registered Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), Association for Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria (APPN), Association for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN).

Education
  • University of Lagos, 1986-1991.
  • University of Ibadan, 1996-1998.
  • Obafemi Awolowo University, 1997-1999.
  • Obafemi Awolowo University, 2003 – 2005.
  • Obafemi Awolowo University, 2011 – 2015.
Research

An Investigation of Flood Risks and Vulnerabilities Associated with Intense Precipitation Events in Nigeria.

Development of Indigenous Multiplatform/Multilingual Digital Animation System for Nigerian Children.

Development of a Multilingual Electronic Point of Sale System for Small Medium Enterprises in Nigeria.

Development of a 3D visualisation interface that can give users functionalities for making dynamic access to and querying a 3D database over a computer network. A mobile game-based learning system for Yorùbá diacritics that provides an interesting means of learning its diacritics insertion procedure for effective reading and writing in the language has been developed. Furthermore, a bilingual electronic dictionary (ED) for automatic translation of English text to equivalent Bassa language text alongside its corresponding audio pronunciation on an Android-based mobile device was also developed. Production of Indigenous Animated Cartoons for Children. Etc.

Institutional Service
  • Member, Faculty Board of Technology 2005-date.
  • Member, Programme/Publicity Committee. 2016-date
  • Part Adviser undergraduate students till graduation 2006-2012
  • Member Postgraduate committee. 2016-date
  • Member Accreditation Committee. 2016-2020
  • Member Board of Examiner. 2000-date
  • Member Student Advisory Committee. 2016-date
  • Part Adviser set of undergraduate students. 2017-date
Professional Service
  • Member, Local Organizing Committee for International Workshop on the Theory and Applications of Constraint-Based Modelling, (with Human-Computer Interaction) 2011
  • Rapporteur, Faculty of Technology Conference, OAU Ile-Ife, 2019-date.
  • Reviewer, Application of Information and Communication Technologies to Teaching Research and Administrations. AICTTRA, OAU Ile-Ife, 2014-date. 
  • Rapporteur, Application of Information and Communication Technologies to Teaching Research and Administrations. AICTTRA, OAU Ile-Ife, 2016-date.
  • Secretary, Local Organising Committee. Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria. An International Conference on Pronunciations 2021
  • Treasurer, Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria. An International Conference on Pronunciations 2020 – date.
  • Member, Local Organizing Committee for International Workshop on The Ineluctable Entanglement of Human and Artificial Intelligence 2014
  • Member, Local Organizing Committee for Human Language Technology: A Major Computing Frontier Symposium 2016
  • Coordinator, Executive Masters in Information Technology (EMIT) 2019-2023
  • Member, Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). Membership No. 02788. 1999
  • Member, Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World. (OWSD). 2016
  • Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Membership No. 94296188. 2016
  • Member, Association of Phoneticians and Phonologists in Nigeria. APPN/071/R. 2019
  • Member, Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria Citp MCPN 07095/2021
Selected Publications

Contribution to books:

  1. Ninan, O. D., Aládé, S. M., Olúfokùnbí, K. C., Afọlábí, A. O., Ẹlẹ́sẹ̀moyo, I. O., Ọdẹ́jọbí, Ọ. A. (2022). Digital Animation of African Folktales: A Perspective from Yorùbá Experiments. In: Ekpenyong, M. E., Udoh, I. I. (eds) Current Issues in Descriptive Linguistics and Digital Humanities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2932-8_41.
  2. Olajubu E. A., Awoyelu I. O., Kumolalo F. O. and Ninan O. D. (2005). A Framework for Penetration of Information Communications Technology into Developing Countries for Manpower and Economic Development, Information Technology Journal. 5 (1): 30 – 34 Pakistan. 
  3. Ajayi A. O., Olajubu E. A., Ninan O. D., Akinboro S. A. and Soriyan H. A. (2010): Development and Testing of a Graphical FOTRAN Learning Tool for Novice Programmers Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management 5 (19): 277-291. USA
  4. Olajubu E. A., Ajayi A. O., Ninan O. D., Bello S. A., Olofin B. O. and Omodunbi T. O. (2010). E-Management Framework for Teaching Hospital Complexes in Developing Countries. International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering. 2 (6): 937-943. Singapore.
  5. Iyanda A. R. and Ninan O. D. (2017). Development of a Yorùbá Text-to-Speech System using Festival. Innovative Systems Design and Engineering. 8(5):1-9. USA.
  6. Ninan, O. D., Iyanda A. R. and Osoba A. (2017). Development of a Mobile Tourist Assistance for a Local Language. American Journal of Tourism Management. 6(1): 5-9. USA.
  7. Ninan O. D., Iyanda A. R., Elesemoyo I. O., and OBASA E. O. (2017). Computational Analysis of Igbo Numerals in a Number-to-text Conversion System. Journal of Computer and Education Research, 5 (10): 272-285. Turkey.
  8. Iyanda A. R., Ninan O. D., Ajayi A. O. and Anyabolu O. G. (2018). Predicting Student Academic Performance in Computer Science Courses: A Comparison of Neural Network Models. International Journal of Modern Education and Computer Science, 10(6):1– 9. Hong Kong.
  9. Iyanda A. R., Ninan O. D. and Odejimi D. J. (2018). Students Conversation Management System. International Journal of Education and Management Engineering. 8(4):1-9. Hong Kong.
  10. Olufokunbi, K. C., Ninan, O. D., & Odejobi, O. A. (2019). The character and evolution of E-waste in Nigeria. Journal of Computer Science and Its Application, 26(1):118-131. Nigeria.
  11. Ninan, O.D., Iyanda, A.R. and Akinde, A.E. (2019) A Mobile Game-based Learning System for Diacritic Insertion, Int. Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, 1 (4): 344–360. Geneva Switzerland.
  12. Alade, S. M., Ninan, O. D., & Odejobi, O. A. (2019). Issues in Knowledge Representation in Yorùbá Narratives. Annals. Computer Science Series, 17(2): 344-350. Romania.
  13. Olufokunbi K. C., Ninan O. D. and O. A. Odejobi (2019). Computational Modelling of Selected E-Waste Recycling Processes. The Journal of Computer Science and Its Applications. 26(1):188-198. Nigeria.
  14. Abegunde O., Iyanda A. R. and Ninan, O. D. (2019). Design Issues in Sentiment Analysis for Yorùbá Written Text. Ife Journal of Science and Technology. 3(1): 12–25. Nigeria.
  15. Soclo, M. I., Ninan, O. D. and Olufokunbi, K. C. (2022) ‘Mobile game-based learning system for a local language’, Int. J. Mobile Learning and Organisation, 16(1): 52–73.
  16. Alade, S. M., & Ninan, O. D. (2023). Development of a Computational Model for Cassava Food Processing Using Coloured Petri Nets. I.J. Intelligent Systems and Applications, 2023, 1, 48-62

Edited and Referred Conference Proceedings: 

  1. Oluwaranti, A. I., Kehinde, L. O., Ninan, O. D., and Onyung A. E. (2007). Development of a Multi-Microcontroller Configuration System for Fingerprint Matching. Proceedings of the Application of Information and Communication Technologies to Teaching, Research and Administrations Conference, (AICTTRA) pp. 74-81, OAU Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
  2. Kumolalo, F. O., Ninan, O. D., Olajubu, E. A. and Awoyelu, I. O. (2007) Open Source Software as a Catalyst to ICT Development in Nigeria. Proceedings of the Application of Information and Communication Technologies to Teaching, Research and Administrations (AICTTRA) Conference, 114-120, OAU Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 
  3. Ninan O. D. and Odejobi O. A. (2012). Towards a Digital Resource for African Folktales. Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. (CMN’12). Turkey.
  4. Ninan O. D. and Odetunji A. Odejobi (2013). Theoretical Issues in the Computational Modeling of Yorùbá Narratives. 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. (CMN’13) 153-157. Universität Hamburg. Hamburg, Germany.
  5. Ninan O. D., George O. Ajíbádé, and Odéjobí O. A. (2016). Appraisal of Computational Model for Yorùbá Folktale Narrative. 7th Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative. (CMN 2016), Kraków, Poland. 
  6. A.R. Iyanda, A.O. Afolabi, Ninan O. D. and M. O. Ilori (2022). Development of a Multilingual Electronic Point of Sale System in Nigeria. Proceedings of the Obafemi Awolowo University Faculty of Technology Conference (OAUTEKCONF 2022), Nigeria.
  7. Odejobi, O. A., Eludiora, S. I., Iyanda, A. R., Ninan, O. D., Asahiah, F. O., and Olufokunbi, K. C. (2022). Deploying Nigerian Indigenous Languages Based Technology for Education in Sustainable Development. Proceedings of the Obafemi Awolowo University Faculty of Technology Conference (OAUTEKCONF 2022), Nigeria.