Ayorkor Korsah
Ayorkor Korsah | |
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| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Occupation(s) | Computer engineer and Lecturer |
G. Ayorkor Korsah (formerly G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey) is the head of the department of Computer Science at Ashesi University in Ghana.[2]
Early life and education
Korsah majored in engineering at Dartmouth College, graduating Summa Cum Laude in June 2003. She attended Carnegie Mellon University for her doctoral work in computer science,[3] obtaining a PhD in 2011 for her thesis, "Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies".[4]
Career
- 2003 – August 2004
Visiting Lecturer, Computer Science; Ashesi University Computer Science Department, Accra, Ghana
- June – September 2006
Visiting Lecturer, Ashesi University Computer Science Department, Accra, Ghana
- September – December 2006
Teaching Assistant; Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Achievements
Korsah and Ken Goldberg, co-founders of African Robotics Network (AFRON),[5] were awarded the 2013 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award for their work in founding the network and the "$10 Robot Design” challenge.[6][7]
Selected publications
- G. Ayorkor Korsah, Anthony Stentz, and M. Bernardine Dias, “A comprehensive taxonomy for multi-robot task allocation”, The International Journal of Robotics Research, October 2013 Vol 32, Issue 12: pp. 1495-1512.
- G. Ayorkor Korsah, Balajee Kannan, Brett Browning, Anthony Stentz and M. Bernardine Dias, “xBots: An Approach to Generating and Executing Optimal Multi-Robot Plans with Cross-Schedule Dependencies,” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2012.
- G. Ayorkor Korsah, Jack Mostow, M. Bernardine Dias, Tracy Morrison Sweet, Sarah M. Belousov, M. Frederick Dias, Haijun Gong, “Improving Child Literacy in Africa: Experiments with an Automated Reading Tutor,” Information Technologies & International Development, vol 6 no. 2, 2010.
See also
- Notable current and previous administrators at Ashesi University
References
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae, G. Ayorkor Korsah" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Department Head: Korsah, G. Ayorkor (PhD)". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae: G. Ayorkor Korsah (G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ Korsah, G. Ayorkor (January 2011). "Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies". The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Founders". African Robotics Network. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "The African Robotics Network". Disruptor Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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