SODIYA Adesina Simon is a Professor of Computer Science and Information Security, currently in the Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, Nigeria. He completed his Ph.D in Computer Science in 2004 with a focus on Information Security. He has taught courses in Information Security and other areas of Computer Science at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
As a pioneer researcher in the field of Information Security in Nigeria, he has over twenty-five years’ experience in conducting high impact research in Cyber Security, Attack/Intrusion Detection, Authentication Systems, Cryptography, Systems’ Security, Privacy Protection, and Security of Distributed Systems. He has supervised six Ph.D. and twenty Masters Students in different areas of Information Security and Computer Science. He is presently serving as Postgraduate External Examiner/Assessor in about five universities locally and internationally. He has published over seventy (80) scholarly articles in local and international journals. He has also presented papers at both local and international conferences, resulting in about twenty papers in referred conference proceedings.
In FUNAAB, he served as Departmental Postgraduate Coordinator between 2008 and 2013 and Acting Head of Department, Computer Science between 2013 and 2015. He is a member of the University Senate and also currently serving many other university academic committees such as Curriculum Committee, College Promotion Assessment Promotion Panel etc. He was the Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Computer Science and Its Applications between 2011 to 2013 and the Editor-In-Chief of Journal of Information Security, Privacy and Digital Forensic between 2015 to 2018.
In 2010, he won TWAS-AAS-MICROSFT Award for Outstanding Computer Science Researcher living and working in Africa. He has also won several leadership, excellence in Research and professional awards.
As he is a core professional, Sodiya A. S. is a fellow of Nigeria Computer Society and served as Vice-President/Vice Chairman of Computer Professional (Registration council) of Nigeria –CPN between 2015 and 2017. Prof. A. S. Sodiya has been serving as a member of National Executive Council (NEC) of Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) since 2011. He is the immediate past President of Information Technology Systems and Security Professionals (ITSSP). He is a member of International Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE). He is also a member of two technical committees of International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) – ICT and Education TC-3 and Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems (TC-11). He is a member of Global Commission for the Stability of Cyberspace. He is the current Ogun State Technical Adviser for Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB). Sodiya A.S. is the current President of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS).
Prof. Sodiya is a member of Computer Professionals (Registration Council of Nigeria)–CPN and member of the Governing board of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). He is currently representing Nigeria Computer Society in the Broadband Implementation committee of the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy.
Prof. Sodiya is married to Prof. (Mrs.) Comfort I. Sodiya and the marriage is blessed with children.
(a) Ph.D. (Computer Science) – April, 2004
(b) M.Sc. (Computer Science) – March, 1999
(c) MBA (Accounting & Finance) – Sept., 1997
(d) B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Sc./Stat. – Sept., 1992
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