Ayorkor Korsah Explained

Ayorkor Korsah
Nationality:	Ghanaian
Education:	BA, Dartmouth College BE, MS, Thayer School of Engineering PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
Occupation:	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.^[1]

Early life and education

Korsah grew up in Ghana and Nigeria, and as a child, she wanted to be an astronaut and an engineer.^{[2] [3]}

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,^[4] obtaining a PhD in 2011 for her thesis, "Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies".^[5]

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. ^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] Korsah and Goldberg were awarded the 2013 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Award for their work in founding the network and the "$10 Robot Design” challenge.^{[9] [10]}

Korsah has been featured on BBC News discussing how humans and machines can collaborate and combine their strengths in the future.^[11]

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

• Ashesi University
• African women in engineering

Notes and References

1. Web site: "G. Ayorkor Korsah" . March 9, 2023 . Ashesi University.
2. Web site: African Project Aims To Innovate in Educational Robotics - IEEE Spectrum . 2023-04-11 . . en.
3. Web site: Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah – Developers in Vogue . 2023-04-12 . en-US.
4. Web site: Curriculum Vitae: G. Ayorkor Korsah (G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey). 20 January 2018.
5. Web site: Exploring bounded optimal coordination for heterogeneous teams with cross-schedule dependencies. Korsah. G. Ayorkor. January 2011. The Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University. en-US. 2018-01-30.
6. Web site: Ashesi University . 2023-04-11 . www.ashesi.edu.gh.
7. Web site: Court . Alex . 2015-01-19 . Young minds, bright future: Robotics revolution hits Ugandan classrooms CNN Business . 2023-04-11 . CNN . en.
8. News: Hurst . Nathan . These $10 Robots Will Change Robotics Education . en-US . Wired . 2023-04-11 . 1059-1028.
9. Web site: The African Robotics Network. Disruptor Awards. 29 January 2018.
10. Web site: Computer Scientists Are The Magicians Of Tomorrow – Dr. Ayorkor Korsah. 20 January 2018.
11. Web site: The Real Story - Will Your Children Have A Job? - BBC Sounds . 2023-04-11 . www.bbc.co.uk . en-GB.