Biography

Olutayo (Tayo) Oyeyemi Oyerinde is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Olutayo received B.Sc. (Honors) and MSc Degrees in 2000 and 2004 respectively, from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. In 2007 Olutayo secured a DAAD Scholarship to pursue his Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. He completed the program in July 2010 and graduated in April 2011.

Olutayo joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria, in June 2003 as a Graduate Assistant, and ascended to the position of Lecturer 1 before resigning his appointment in January 2011. Between January 2011 and December 2013, he was a postdoctoral fellow with the School of Engineering, University of the KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. In December 2013, Prof Oyerinde joined the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa as a member of the academic staff.

Prof Oyerinde is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C2 rated scientist, registered professional engineer (Pr Eng) with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA), registered engineer (R. Eng) with COREN, Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (SMIEEE), Corporate Member of NSE amongst others. Prof Oyerinde is a recipient of the following funds: NRF incentive fund (2021-2026), NRF Competitive program for rated researchers (2019-2021), South Africa NRF/ Poland NCBR 2018 Joint Science Technology Research Collaboration fund (2019-2021), NRF incentive fund (2015-2020), NRF Knowledge, Interchange and Collaboration (KIC) 2018, and research development grants for NRF rated researchers (2017-2019).

Olutayo is an Associate Editor for the IEEE Access journal and an editorial board member of the International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications & Control (Scopus indexed). In 2021, Prof Oyerinde got appointed as the General Chair of the 15th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS'2021) and Co-Chair, of the technical program committee for the 2021 IEEE AFRICON Conference, Tanzania. He has served as a member of technical program committees for various conferences, including IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2021)-Fall, IEEE 93rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-2021) –Spring, IEEE Wireless Communication and Networking Conference (WCNC-2020), International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS, Australia, 2018-present), IEEE Wireless Africa conference (2019), South Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC, 2013-Present) and IEEE AFRICON Conference (2013-Present).

Prof Oyerinde has authored/co-authored about 103 articles in both conference proceedings and journals, one book, and one book chapter. He has also supervised/co-supervised three Ph.D. students, seven MSc students, four MEng students, and 27 Honors students to completion of their degrees.