Eminent Researchers and Scientists from the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and Centre for Atmospheric Research (CAR), were at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye from Thursday, 11th to Friday, 15th November, 2019 to train some selected staff of the University on MATLAB & Magnetic Data Analysis.
The team was led by Professor Babatunde Rabiu, the Director, Centre for Atmospheric Research. Other members of the team included Dr. Daniel Okoh, Assistant Chief Scientist, NASRDA and Dr. E. O. Faluyi, a British trained space scientist.
Explaining the purpose of the training, Professor Babatunde Rabiu said the school on MATLAB and Magnetic Data Analysis was designed to develop capacity building in the usage of MATLAB programming tools, as well as analysis of geomagnetic data, for social-economic development.
Professor Rabiu stated further that this programme was customized for the relevant academic staff, graduate and post-doctoral students of OOU Community. The Director disclosed that about 30 participants were drawn across Colleges and Faculties in Engineering, Science, Agriculture and Social Sciences.
Shedding more light on the concept of MATLAB, Professor Rabiu described it as a contemporary computing technical language, which has wide application in all forms of data analysis, scientific and engineering applications. According to him, it has usage in modern visualization, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence research. Eminent Researchers and Scientists from the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and Centre for Atmospheric Research (CAR), were at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye from Thursday, 11th to Friday, 15th November, 2019 to train some selected staff of the University on MATLAB & Magnetic Data Analysis.
The team was led by Professor Babatunde Rabiu, the Director, Centre for Atmospheric Research. Other members of the team included Dr. Daniel Okoh, Assistant Chief Scientist, NASRDA and Dr. E. O. Faluyi, a British trained space scientist.
Explaining the purpose of the training, Professor Babatunde Rabiu said the school on MATLAB and Magnetic Data Analysis was designed to develop capacity building in the usage of MATLAB programming tools, as well as analysis of geomagnetic data, for social-economic development.
Professor Rabiu stated further that this programme was customized for the relevant academic staff, graduate and post-doctoral students of OOU Community. The Director disclosed that about 30 participants were drawn across Colleges and Faculties in Engineering, Science, Agriculture and Social Sciences.
Shedding more light on the concept of MATLAB, Professor
Rabiu described it as a contemporary computing technical
language, which has wide application in all forms of data
analysis, scientific and engineering applications.
According to him, it has usage in modern visualization,
robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
research.
Professor Rabiu added that the “MATLAB training is a
hands-on training that covered introduction to MATLAB
& Building Matrices, file processing &
MATLAB/Matrix Operations, loops, batch processing of
multiple data files and data visualization. He
explained further that the capacity building also covered
the usage of geomagnetic data for scientific research that
borders on geophysical exploration, space weather and
monitoring tectonic motion. According to Professor
Rabiu, “this training on the use of geomagnetic data was
necessary because OOU is now a custodian of a Space
Weather and Earth Movement Monitoring Magnetometer
installed last year by the Centre for Atmospheric
Research”. He revealed that at the end of the
capacity building training, participants were expected to
become users of MATLAB and geomagnetic data in their
individual research endeavour for national development.
Earlier on Wednesday, 10th November 2019, the NASRDA team paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor in his office. The Head, Department of Physics, Dr. Kunle Alausa with the members of his Department, led the NASRDA team to a warm reception by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ganiyu Olatunde. The Vice-Chancellor appreciated them for bringing good things to the University and most especially, in selecting OOU for the capacity building. Professor Olatunde sought for more partnership with NASRDA and CAR.
He also acknowledged the previous assistance rendered by NASRDA, especially in the area of donation of equipment. The Vice-Chancellor emphasized that by deploying modern tools and equipment to OOU, it will, in conjunction with NASRDA, contribute to the nation’s research activities and national development. He assured Professor Babatunde Rabiu and his team of the readiness of the University to make their stay comfortable and memorable.
In his response, Professor Rabiu expressed the pleasure of
his team to be in the University. He disclosed that
the Capacity Building Programme was jointly organized by
the Centre for Atmospheric Research and Development Agency
and the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.
Professor Rabiu praised the Vice-Chancellor and the
Management for turning the Main Campus into a beautiful
environment with good road network, green lawns and serene
atmosphere, which he said, gave the University a superb
look when compared with other institutions. He said
that NASRDA was one of the Research and Development
Centres established by the Federal Government, with a
focus on Satellite Meteorology to study atmospheric and
weather sciences using satellite data to facilitate the
effective management of its environment. Professor
Rabiu promised that NASRDA would continue to facilitate
capacity building, deployment of equipment and explore
more opportunities through the collaborative efforts of
both institutions.
He, therefore, congratulated the University for being a
beneficiary of the Centre’s gesture, which
undoubtedly, would promote teaching and research
activities in OOU.
