The Secret to Academic Research Excellence

The Research and Consultancy Committee of the Information Technology Department conducted a webinar titled “The Secret to Academic Research Excellence” on 14 November 2021 through MS Teams. The webinar was delivered by invited speaker Dr Celestine Iwendi, distinguished ACM Speaker and senior lecturer at the University of Bolton, United Kingdom. 

Dr Celestine has authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles. He has served as a chair at top conferences and workshops and has delivered over 25 invited and keynotes talks in several countries. Therefore, he was invited to deliver a talk on how to improve the research performance in the department. 

The guest speaker shared valuable information and tips on writing and publishing research articles throughout the session. Moreover, he emphasised the impact of citation indexing on research excellence and the quality of the research. 

The talk lasted for one and a half hours, with a QA session at the end. Fifty-seven participants attended the session and rated it at 4.22/5.