Oluwafemi Osho

Oluwafemi is a Yoruba word for God Loves Me (Indeed, He does!). I am a Ph.D. Human-Centered Computing student at Clemson University, SC, advised by Dr. Bart Knijnenburg. Formerly, I was a lecturer of cyber security science at the Federal University of Technology, Minna. Before I became a faculty member, I headed the IT department at one of Nigeria's foremost primary mortgage institutions.

As a member of HATLAB at the School of Computing, Clemson University, I am currently part of two NSF-funded research projects on (i.) characterizing inclusive strategies that retain black students in computer science to graduation and beyond and (ii.) AI-related Cybersecurity Education. Generally, my research focuses on understanding how users experience, exploit, and are affected by technology, particularly in the contexts of security, privacy, and offline wellbeing. One of the goals is to enable users to manage their relationships with technologies more effectively.

I have a master’s degree in Technical Communication from Missouri University of Science and Technology, a master’s degree in Mathematics, and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics/Computer Science, both from the Federal University of Technology, Minna. In addition, I am a certified ethical hacker (CEH).

I am married to an adorable wife who is also a Ph.D. student at Clemson University, and we are blessed with four wonderful kids.

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2023-3: Our poster titled Societal Factors that Impact Retention and Graduation of Underrepresented Computer Science Undergraduates was presented at the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
2023-02: I successfully progressed to the final round of consideration for the prestigious 2023 C|EH Hall of Fame.
2022-12: I led the Cybersecurity Experts Association of Nigeria's project on the National Cyber Threat Forecast 2023.
2022-09: Our paper titled Trust the teachers! Conducting school-based research in a rural middle school when building relationships face-to-face is not possible was published in Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue
2022-06: I served as a member of the Conference Organizing Committee, Cyber Secure Nigeria 2020, Abuja, Nigeria.
2022-04: I participated at the CHI 2022 workshop on Transparent Practices for Quantitative Empirical Research.
2022-04: I presented an online seminar on Building Your Profile for Graduate Scholarship at an online event organized by The Headstone Foundation.
2022-03: I attended the CRA-WP Grad Cohort Workshop for IDEALS. Thanks to CRA for the travel and registration award.
2022-03: I accepted an official offer of an RA position from Dr. Eileen Kraemer to work on a research project titled Characterizing Inclusive Strategies that Retain Black Students in Computer Science to Graduation and Beyond.
2022-03: I became a student member of the ACM.
2022-03: I delivered an online presentation titled After School, What Next? Opportunities Abroad in Your Field of Study at an event organized by IET, FUT Minna Chapter.
2021-12: I delivered an online presentation titled Funding Opportunities for Graduate Study at an event organized by Ignite Research Academy.
2021-07: I founded and incorporated Flauritip Limited as an education technology company.
2021-07: I delivered a presentation titled Pathways to Graduate Study in the US to a group of final-year undergraduate student members of the Deeper Life Campus Fellowship, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria.
2021-05: I graduated summa cum laude with an M.S. degree in Technical Communication from Missouri S&T.
2021-02: I got admitted to the Ph.D. Human-Centered Computing program at Clemson University.
2020-12: I resigned my position as Lecturer I from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria.
2020-11: I gave a guest presentation titled Digital Identity as a Key Element of a Digital Economic Framework at the NIALS Webinar on Nigeria’s Single Digital Identity Roadmap: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects.
2020-11: I pariticipated as a member of the Conference Organizing Committee, 3rd International Conference on Information Communication Technology and Its Applications (ICTA 2020), Minna, Nigeria.
2020-10: I was recertified as a Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) by the EC-Council until September 30, 2023.
2020-06: I served as a member of the Conference Organizing Committee of Cyber Secure Nigeria 2020, Abuja, Nigeria.
2019-11: Our paper titled Comparative evaluation of techniques for detection of phishing URLs was presented at ICAI 2019.
2019-10: Our paper titled AbsoluteSecure: A Tri-Layered Data Security System was presented at ICIST 2019.
2019-07: Our paper titled Forensic Analysis of Mobile Banking Apps was presented at ICSSA 2019.
2019-07: I became a Fellow of the Nigerian School on Internet Governance.
2019-07: I attended the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), Lagos, Nigeria.
2019-06: I served as a panelist on EmTech and National Security at CyFy 2019 Africa, Tangier, Morocco.
2019-06: Our paper titled Forensic analysis of mobile banking applications in Nigeria was published in i-manager's Journal on Mobile Applications and Technologies.
2019-05: Our paper titled Whale optimization algorithm-based email spam feature selection method using rotation forest algorithm for classification was published in SN Applied Sciences.
2019-04: I co-edited the Proceedings of the Cyber Secure Nigeria 2019 Conference.
2019-04: Our paper titled Beware of that Email Attachment, It Could Be a Death Trap! was presented at Cyber Secure Nigera 2019 Conference.
2019-04: I served as a member of the Conference Organizing Committee of Cyber Secure Nigeria 2019 Conference Organizing Committee.
2018-12: Our paper titled Market Dealers or Perpetrators of Cybercrimes? Investigating Cybercriminal Activities in Information Technology Markets in Nigeria was published in i-Manager's Journal on Information Technology.
2018-10: I gave a guest presentation titled Cyber-State of Nigeria: Challenges and Recommendations at Cyber Security Challenge Nigeria (CYSEC NG), Abuja, FCT.
2018-09: Our paper titled Evaluation of classification algorithms for phishing URL detection was published in i-Manager's Journal on Computer Science.
2018-09: I chaired the Technical/Editorial Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Information Communication Technology and Its Applications (ICTA 2018).
2018-07: I served as a member of the rapporteurs at the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), Abuja, Nigeria.
2018-05: I moderated the panel session on Digital Pickpockets: A New Cyber-Crime Wave at CyFy 2018 Africa, Tangier, Morocco.
2018-03: Our paper titled Secure Electronic Medical Records Transmission in Audio using NTRU Cryptosystem with Least Significant Bit Steganographic Technique was presented at the 2nd IEEE International Rural and Elderly Health Informatics Conference.
2008-01: Our paper titled Application of geo-location-based access control in an enterprise environment was published in IJCNIS.
2017-11: I presented the research findings of the GCSC-funded research titled Protecting the Core as a briefing to the GCSC for the full commission meeting.
2017-10: I delivered a spotlight presentation titled Dancing Naked in the Market Square: Internet Surveillance’s View of Privacy at CyFy 2017, New Delhi, India.
2017-10: Our paper titled Forensic analysis of kik messenger on android devices was presented at the 2nd International Engineering Conference, Federal University of Technology Minna, Nigeria.
2017-08: I was awarded a €3,000 grant as the PI by the Global Commission on the Stability of the Cyberspace (GCSC) for a research project on Protecting the core (of the Internet).
2017-07: I served as a member of the rapporteurs at the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF), Kaduna, Nigeria.
2017-05: I gave some lectures on Information Management Security Systems at MET Institute, Minna, Nigeria.
2017-02: Our paper titled A review on mobile SMS spam filtering techniques was published in IEEE Access.

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