The Research grant which was awarded by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) was won through a competitive bidding by various tertiary instituti ons in the country.
The Institution Research project titled: Guardian of Academic Integrity; A case study of Al-Powered Cheating Detection and Prevention in Nigeria Polytechnics.
The Research is to be conducted by a team of researchers led by Dr. Olalekan Araoye, Principal Researcher and a Chief Lecturer who has a Ph.D in Artificial I ntelligence and the Director of the Institution's Directorate of Students Industri al Work Experience Scheme.
Other members of the team are Engr. Adeola Abiola Adebayo, a Chief Lecture r in Electronics and Communication Engineering and the Director, Centre for E ntrepreneurship, Development and Vocational Studies (CEDVS) and Mr. Olowo jebutu Olanrewaju, of the Department of Computer Studies and a specialist in Natural Language Processing (NLP).
Other Co-researchers are Dr. Balogun Temitayo Elijah, a specialist in Artificial I ntelligence, Biometrics Authentication and signal Processing, Professor Olabo de Olatunbosun, a specialist in Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Co mputer Biometrics and Mrs. Akinyede Adedamola lyioluwa, a Product Develop ment Specialist.
The Research Project according to the Principal Researcher, Dr. Araoye was m otivated by the shortfall in man-power deployment during examinations and t he need to curb examination malpractices.
The Research is expected to last 24 months from the date of the payment of t he first tranche with the Researchers submitting periodic progress reports on t he research to Tetfund.
The Researcher is expected to deploy the use of Artificial Intelligence, Machin e Learning algorithm and Computer Vision, aimed at protecting academic inte grity and curb cheating especially during examinations using Artificial Intellige nce.
It will be recalled that Dr. Aderemi Akinyemi, Deputy Rector Academics led at eam of Researchers to win a National Research Fund for the Institution in the year 2021.
e-signed Kayode Adebusuyi
Head, Protocol, Information and Public Relations