George Okeyo
Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Academics, CMU-Africa
George Okeyo comes to Carnegie Mellon with more than 16 years of experience in teaching, academic leadership, and research in higher education institutions in Kenya and the United Kingdom. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Ulster and researched on the application of semantic web technologies in activity recognition in smart environments.
He most recently served as lecturer and senior lecturer at the De Montfort University in Leicester, United Kingdom. Prior to joining De Montfort University, he was a lecturer at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, where he was also the head of the Department of Computing. Okeyo has teaching interests and experience in programming, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and Internet of Things, among others. Overall, he has successfully supervised five Ph.D. students to completion as well as several MSc projects.
Education
2013 Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Ulster
2007 M.Sc., Information Systems, University of Nairobi
2001 B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science, Jomo Kenyatta
Media mentions
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Breaking barriers together
In partnership with the Women in Tech Club, CMU-Africa hosted an AnitaB.org leadership event, themed "Breaking Barriers Together: Leadership Development for Tech Professionals."
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Responsible research and innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
A team from the Upanzi Network at CMU-Africa seeks to transform the practice of responsible research and innovation in the Global South.
CMU Engineering
2024 Dean’s Early Career Fellowships awarded
The College of Engineering congratulates Eni Halilaj, Coty Jen, and George Okeyo, the 2024 recipients of the Engineering Dean's Early Career Fellowships.
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Carnegie Mellon celebrates CMU-Africa Week 2024
In its second year running, CMU-Africa Week welcomed students from the land of a thousand hills to the city of bridges.
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Career ready
The master’s practicum, a required component of the MSIT degree program, is a valuable opportunity for students to work directly with companies on complex industry problems.