Kayode Owa

Focus areas

Research pillars

Interdisciplinary work spanning learning, control, optimisation, and deployment-conscious engineering.

Research

Optimisation & intelligent control

Model predictive control, metaheuristics, and hybrid methods for nonlinear, constrained, and multi-objective systems — robotics, scheduling, and resource allocation under uncertainty.

Applied machine learning & LLMs

Deep learning for forecasting and anomaly detection; language-model approaches for structured triage and decision support, with emphasis on validation and governance.

Energy, tariffs & infrastructure AI

Microgrids and renewable integration; optimisation of energy prices and tariffs; smart energy modelling linking simulation, control, and learning.

Trustworthy & secure computing

Security-relevant ML, ethical AI assessment as a global IEEE ethics assessor (IEEE Global AI Ethics Assessor programme), and governance-aware design for high-stakes environments.