All is now set for Professor  Sunday Olusanya Olatunji (Aadam), a renowned scholar in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, to deliver the institution’s 53rd inaugural lecture.

The lecture, titled “Symbiosis of Mind and Machine: Harnessing AI for National Development,” will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at the University Multipurpose Hall. The event is scheduled to commence at 2 pm, with guests expected to be seated by 1.30 pm.

Prof.  Olatunji of the Department of Computing will deliver the lecture under the chairmanship of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Adebisi Daramola. The Vice Chancellor, Prof.  Olugbenga Ige, will preside.

A distinguished academic and researcher who has carved an enviable niche in computing and artificial intelligence, Prof. Olatunji began his academic journey in 1998 with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the former Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti. He obtained an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Ibadan in 2002, a second master’s in Information and Computer Science from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, in 2008, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2012.

He commenced his academic career as a Graduate Assistant in the Department of Computer Science at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, in 2001. Rising through the ranks after a distinguished scholarly career abroad, he was appointed to a professorship in 2024.

Beyond his academic pursuits, Prof.  Olatunji has held several key administrative positions, including serving as the pioneer Dean of the Faculty of Computing. His expertise spans a wide range of digital fields: artificial intelligence and its applications, machine learning, data mining, forensic science and biometrics, bioinformatics and computational biology, pattern recognition, expert systems, hybrid intelligent systems, software engineering, and data science and analytics.

He is a member of numerous professional bodies, including the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the International Association of Engineers (IAENG).

Prof. Olatunji’s prolific research output includes 5 authored books and 107 journal papers. He has presented papers at conferences across the globe, including in Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Kuwait, Egypt, Malaysia, Cyprus, Japan, and China. He also serves as an Academic Editor for the International Journal of Intelligent Information Processing (IJIIP) and an Associate Editor for journals such as the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE).

His scholarly excellence has been recognised with 43 awards and honours. Notably, he was ranked as Nigeria’s No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Researcher in 2025 by the Nigeria University Commission (NUC) and has been consistently listed among the Top 2% of World Scientists by Elsevier and Stanford University for five consecutive years (2021–2025).

He is also a multiple recipient of Research Excellence Awards from the College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, for highest citations and top-tier publications.