Dr Chika O. Yinka-Banjo

Chika is an experienced Computer Scientist with interests in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Data Science, and Entrepreneurship. Currently, she is the coordinator of the University of Lagos AI & Robotics Laboratory (AiRoL). She is passionate about impacting communities with creative and innovative projects. She has developed several models with machine learning techniques, one of which was to guide robots in a pre-entry safety inspection in underground mines.

She is also a recipient of several grants including the Facebook Africa Grant, TETFund, National Research Fund, and the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) grant to solve health-related problems using technology. She recently won the “Outstanding Performance in Teaching Award” of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Empowering The Teachers (MIT-ETT).

She has been working in the capacity of Lead PI, Co-PI, and Co-I in different research projects. She recently completed research on “Gender Inequality in Healthcare Systems using Natural Language Processing: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa” which was presented at the PyCon US 2024 Conference.