ACE 031 OAUICT Driven Knowledge Park Regional Africa

ACE 031 – OAU-ICT Driven Knowledge Park: Regional Africa Center of Excellence (STEM)

DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE Lack of: ü regionally-recognized acknowledged model ü driven by high quality postgraduate education ü for uptake and commercialization of research and technology ü to advance the growth of industry especially in area of ICT. ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report o DLI 1 – Administrative Capacity and Proper Planning. o 2 designated accounts opened. ACE Project account. o Grants and Endowment account. o ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report Contd. o. DLI 2 – Learning Excellence o Review/Develop short-term/Master/Ph. D with Stakeholders o ACE Postgraduate programmes approved by University SENATE on 30 th September, 2015 o M. Sc and Ph. D in Software Engineering o M. Sc and Ph. D in Computer Engineering o M. Sc and Ph. D in Information System o M. Sc and Ph. D in Intelligent System Engineering o Programs advertised for admission o Develop and maintain multilingual website o ace. oauife. edu. ng o Development contents for Online teaching and learning resources in collaboration with INTEL Corporation ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report Contd. o. DLI 2 – Learning Excellence o Students’ Enrolment for Postgraduate program Computer Science) Year of Program No of enrollment enrolled for Students Male Female 1 Ph. D 2 1 1 Masters 10 7 2 Ph. D 10 1 2 Masters 16 11 Category of Students National Regional 3 0 17 0 11 0 27 0 List of students enrolment is as shown in the submitted Data Collection Excel form. ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report Contd. o. DLI 2 – Learning Excellence o Enrol and Train faculty and Students in short-term courses o One week training in Cloud Computing with Open Nebula (95 Participants) (August 25 -29, 2014). o Research Management Sensitization Workshop (48 Participants) (April 14, 2015) o Certificate Training in Geographic Information System (GIS) (66 Participants)(May 11 – 25, 2015) o IBM certification on Cyber Security (App. Scan) for Faculty and graduate students (24 Participants)(May 25 -29, 2015) o Certificate Training in Geographic Information System (GIS) for Regional students and faculty at Universite de Parakou (75 Participants) (October 19 – 30, 2015) o IBM certification on Cyber Security (Qradar) for faculty (28 Participants)(October 19 -23, 2015) o IBM certification on Cyber Security (App. Scan) for students (467 Participants)(November 9 -13, 2015) ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report Contd. o. DLI 2 – Learning Excellence o Laboratory for ACE Courses o Architectural Design and Structural Drawing Completed o Engagement of Project Consultants o Advertisement done o Prospective consultants submitted expression of interest o Analysis is being concluded o Equipment for the Laboratories o IFT done o Contractors submitted bid (12 noon of November 10, 2015) o Bids opening done o Evaluation of bids in progress ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report Contd. ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Progress Report Contd. o. Research Excellence o Externally Generated Revenue from training of faculty and Students in short-term courses ($93, 875). o Support in kind; ARCGIS Software Suite by Sambus co. Ltd, Ghana ($500, 000). o One week training in Cloud Computing with Open Nebula (100 Participants) (August 25 -29, 2014). o Organized Research Management Sensitization Workshop (April 14, 2015) o Organized one week IBM Cyber Security Training (App. Scan) (May 2529, 2015) 11 faculty already IBM certified o Organized two weeks Geographic Information System (GIS) Training at Universite de Parakou (October 19 – 30, 2015) o Organized one week IBM advanced Cyber Security (Qradar) (October 19 -23, 2015) ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

Our Next Activities o o o o Enrolment of Masters and Ph. Ds in the new Postgraduate courses Organize short courses Completion of OAK-Park Labs Furnishing of FIVE Laboratories: Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Intelligent System Engineering, Data Communication and Cloud Computing Labs, and Space Applications & Environmental Science Laboratory. Meeting with our partners Start the faculty and students internship program Publications in reputable journal Facilitating international accreditation o Already contacted ABET( Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. ), ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015

ACE Project Fourth Supervision meeting and Workshop, Cotonou, Benin Republic 17 -19 November 2015