{{short description|Nigerian academic}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Aderemi Atayero | honorific_suffix = FSAN | image = | caption = | office1 = Vice Chancellor of Covenant University | term_start1 = 2016 | term_end1 = 2020 | successor1 = Akan Williams | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = | predecessor1 = Charles Ayo | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|26}} | birth_name = Aderemi Aaron-Anthony Atayero | alma_mater = Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation | death_date = | death_place = | party = }} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
'''Aderemi Aaron-Anthony Atayero''' (born 26 October 1969, in Ikeja)<ref name=":1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/News/Encomiums-Galore-as-Vice-Chancellor-Celebrates-Birthday#.Ws0clojwbIU|title=Encomiums Galore as Vice Chancellor Celebrates Birthday / News / Home - Covenant University|last=University|first=Covenant|website=covenantuniversity.edu.ng|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-10|archive-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412001059/http://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/News/Encomiums-Galore-as-Vice-Chancellor-Celebrates-Birthday#.Ws0clojwbIU|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Nigerian engineer who served as the 4th substantive vice chancellor of Covenant University, Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/04/11/convenant-university-promotes-nigerias-global-relevance-n1b/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Convenant (sic) University promotes Nigeria’s global relevance with N1b |access-date=2018-08-27|newspaper=P.M. News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://thenationonlineng.net/cut-food-prices-reduce-poverty-vc-cu-urges/ |location=Lagos, Nigeria|title=Cut food prices to reduce poverty, VC of CU urges |newspaper=The Nation|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref> He previously served as the first academic deputy vice-chancellor, Coordinator School of Engineering, and twice as head of department of Electrical and Information Engineering of Covenant University.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.pulse.ng/communities/student/covenant-university-institution-gets-new-vc-id5281854.html |title=Institution gets new VC |newspaper=Pulse Nigeria|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.informationng.com/2017/03/covenant-university-becomes-1st-nigerian-varsity-granted-license-pmi.html |title=COVENANT UNIVERSITY BECOMES 1ST NIGERIAN VARSITY TO BE GRANTED LICENSE FOR PMI |website=Information Nigeria |access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref>
Atayero is a senior research fellow of the International Association of Research Scholars and Administrators, and a fellow of the Science Association of Nigeria (FSAN).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/About-Us/The-Vice-Chancellor#.Ws0wL4jwbIX|title=The Vice Chancellor / About Us / Home - Covenant University|last=University|first=Covenant|website=covenantuniversity.edu.ng|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-10|archive-date=11 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811055639/http://covenantuniversity.edu.ng/About-Us/The-Vice-Chancellor#.Ws0wL4jwbIX|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Education and career == Atayero got his first degree a Bachelor of Science in radio engineering, graduating ''summa cum laude'' in 1992 from Moscow Institute of Technology (MIT).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Aderemi Aaron-Anthony Atayero|url=http://nigerianpilot.com/prof-aderemi-aaron-anthony-atayero/|last=Odiakose|first=Mike|date=2019-06-27|website=Nigerian Pilot News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>
In 1994, he proceeded for his masters in satellite communication systems.<ref name=":0" /> He studied in Moscow State Technical University of Civil Aviation (MSTUCA) where he earned his PhD during the year 2000. Atayero is the team lead of the Covenant University Smart City (SmartCU) Project, as well as the head of Covenant University IoT-Enabled Smart & Connected Communities Research Cluster.<ref name=":0" />
Atayero received his first "appreciation Russian Government stipend" as a student from 1988 to 1994. He then was given a scholarship by the ''Federal Government of Nigeria Scholarship'', Bureau for External Aide from 1988 to 1994.<ref name=":0" /> In 2005, he was awarded a Grant for FPGA and VHDL Workshop by the International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy), Kumasi Ghana.<ref name=":0" />
== Early life and family == Atayero was born on 26 October 1969, in Ikeja, Lagos State. He is from ''Ilesa West'' Local Government Area in ''Ijeshaland'', Osun State, Nigeria. Born to a mobile public servant father who served as a Peace Officer and a medical practitioner mother, Atayero was always on the move from one part of Nigeria to the other. He had his primary education at the St. Agnes Primary School, Ikeja, Lagos. Due to his father's traveling, he went to three different schools for his secondary education.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://atayero.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/|title=AAA Atayero|website=atayero.covenantuniversity.edu.ng|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-12}}</ref>
Atayero is married to a Russian wife, Olga, with whom he has three sons: Remi, Femi and Fela Atayero.<ref name=":1" />
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== External links == * [http://tekhnosfera.com/otsenka-kachestva-tsifrovoy-peredachi-analogovoy-informatsii-v-korporativnyh-setyah-sputnikovoy-svyazi Atayero's PhD thesis] {{in lang|ru}}
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