Babatunde Adetokunbo Sofoluwe Explained

Babatunde Adetokunbo Sofoluwe
Office1:10th Vice chancellor of the University of Lagos
Term Start1:31 January 2010
Term End1:12 May 2012
Predecessor1:Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi
Successor1:Rahmon Ade Bello
Birth Date:15 April 1950
Birth Place:Nigeria
Death Date:[1]
Party:Non-partisan

Babatunde Adetokunbo Sofoluwe (15 April 1950 – 12 May 2012)[2] was a Nigerian professor of Computer science, educational administrator and former vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, Nigeria.[3] [4] He was appointed vice chancellor of the University of Lagos on 31 January 2010, to succeed professor Tolu Olukayode Odugbemi.[5]

Education

He obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in mathematics from the University of Lagos in 1973. He obtained the Commonwealth Scholarship award to study at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland where he graduated with a Master of Science (MSc) degree in 1975 and a doctorate in 1981.

Life and career

Sofoluwe began his career in 1976 as a Graduate Assistant in the University of Lagos where he later became a full Professor in October 1996. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Science for two consecutive terms. Before he became the vice chancellor of the University of Lagos, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the university.[6] He had also served as the Director of Academics Planning Unit of the University of Lagos before his appointment as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management). He has authored and co-authored numerous academic books and articles in several reputable local and international journals before his death in 2012.[7] [8]

Membership of professional bodies

He was a member of several professional bodies, few of which includes:

Selected works

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNILAG VC, Prof. Babatunde Sofoluwe buried. 31 May 2012.
  2. Web site: Jonathan mourns UNILAG's vice chancellor « The Eagle Online - The Nigerian Online Newspaper. 13 May 2012.
  3. Web site: Prof. Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe: 1950-2012 (TRIBUTE). Vanguard News. 14 May 2012.
  4. Web site: UNILAG VC, Prof. Tokunbo Sofoluwe, dies after heart attack. The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017180855/http://www.punchng.com/news/unilag-vice-chancellor-professor-tokunbo-sofoluwe-died-of-cardiac-arrest-details-later/. 17 October 2014. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: UNILAG bows to protesting students.
  6. Web site: Gov Amosun mourns the exist of Unilag VC - www.channelstv.com. Channels Television.
  7. Web site: Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe.
  8. Book: Studies of a Structural Form Forunderwater Structures. Sofoluwe. Adetokunbo Babatunde. 1981.
  9. Web site: Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe « Nigeria Computers.
  10. Friday Thomas. Ibharalu. Adetokunbo Babatunde. Sofoluwe. Adio Taofiki. Akinwale. 2011-03-31. A Reliable Protection Architecture for Mobile Agents in Open Network Systems. International Journal of Computer Applications. 17. 7. 6–14. 10.5120/2234-2854. 2011IJCA...17g...6F . 0975-8887. free.
  11. Book: Eyo. Jude Peter. Sofoluwe. Adetokunbo Babatunde. Oladeji. Florence. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Granular Computing . Towards a Granular Computing framework for Program Analysis . 2011. IEEE. 825–828. 10.1109/grc.2011.6122705. 978-1-4577-0371-3. 22779340.
  12. Friday Thomas. Ibharalu. Adetokunbo Babatunde. Sofoluwe. Adio Taofiki. Akinwale. 2011-03-31. A Reliable Protection Architecture for Mobile Agents in Open Network Systems. International Journal of Computer Applications. 17. 7. 6–14. 10.5120/2234-2854. 2011IJCA...17g...6F . 0975-8887. free.
  13. Book: Sofoluwe, A. B.. Studies of a structural form for underwater structures.. 1980. University of Edinburgh. 556367799.

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