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Ghanaian professor of computer science and robotics

Ayorkor Korsah
NationalityGhanaian
EducationBA, Dartmouth College
BE, MS, Thayer School of Engineering
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation(s)Computer engineer and Lecturer

G. Ayorkor Korsah (formerly G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey) is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science and Robotics at Ashesi University in Ghana.

Early life and education

Korsah grew up in Ghana and Nigeria, and as a child, she wanted to be an astronaut and an engineer.

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, obtaining a PhD in 2011 for her thesis, "Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies".

Career

Korsah is a senior lecturer in computer science and robotics at Ashesi University, a private university in Ghana, where she teaches courses in artificial intelligence, robotics, algorithms, and programming.

To expand robotics education in Africa, Korsah co-founded the African Robotics Network (AFRON) in 2012 with Ken Goldberg, a robotics professor at the University of California, Berkeley. The purpose of AFRON is to enhance robotics education and encourage members of robotics communities in Africa to collaborate. One of AFRON's first endeavors was a $10 robot design challenge which it co-sponsored with the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Korsah and Goldberg were awarded the 2013 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award for their work in founding the network and the "$10 Robot Design” challenge.

Korsah has been featured on BBC News discussing how humans and machines can collaborate and combine their strengths in the future.

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, no.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, 2010, vol. 6, no. 2, 2010.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae: G. Ayorkor Korsah (G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey)" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ""G. Ayorkor Korsah"". Ashesi University. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ "African Project Aims To Innovate in Educational Robotics - IEEE Spectrum". IEEE. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. "Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah – Developers in Vogue". Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  5. 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.
  6. "Ashesi University". www.ashesi.edu.gh. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  7. Court, Alex (19 January 2015). "Young minds, bright future: Robotics revolution hits Ugandan classrooms | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. Hurst, Nathan. "These $10 Robots Will Change Robotics Education". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. "The African Robotics Network". Disruptor Awards. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  10. "Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  11. "The Real Story - Will Your Children Have A Job? - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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