Kayode Owa

Service

Leadership, ethics & peer review

Institutional and professional contributions that shape culture, quality, and responsible practice — including certification as a global IEEE ethics assessor.

Leadership

EDI Champion

Department of Computer Science, NTU

Departmental leadership on inclusion — EDI pulse survey, curriculum decolonisation contributions, and alignment with Athena Swan goals.

Internationalisation Lead

Department of Computer Science, NTU

International academic partnerships across Europe, India, and Nigeria — visits, collaboration, and transnational education development.

Chair, BCS Leicester Branch

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Current Chair of the Leicester branch, serving Loughborough University, De Montfort University, and the University of Leicester — convening events that connect students, professionals, and researchers around computing and AI.

BCS Leicester branch

IEEE Global AI Ethics Assessor

IEEE — global AI ethics programme

Certified global IEEE ethics assessor: independent ethical evaluation of AI initiatives under IEEE’s international Global AI Ethics Assessor framework — part of the first UK-certified cohort.

Industrial Advisory Board member

University of Leicester

Advises on curriculum and graduate skills in line with emerging trends in computing and AI.

Journal reviewing (examples)

  • IEEE Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • International Journal of Automation and Computing
  • Journal of Systems and Control Engineering (IMechE Part I)
  • Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (Separation Technologies section)
  • MDPI journals (including Sensors)