Intelligent Computing and Consumer Support Applications

Pierre F. Tiako is a Full Professor of Computer Science (CS), Director of the Center for IT R&D, and President of Tiako University, a small campus under establishment in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. Oklahoma State University brought Dr. Tiako to the US (in 2001) as a CS Faculty before serving as founding Director of the Center for IT Research and CS Professor at Langston University (until 2016). In the US, his research and educational programs were funded under programs such as MSEIP (Department of Education), DEPSCoR (DoD), DURIP (DoD), and GENI (BBN-NSF). Before coming to the US, Dr. Tiako taught CS and researched in France, respectively, at the University of Lorraine, University Rennes, and INRIA (the French National Institute for Research in Information Technology).

In France, he participated in research and educational projects such as NATO PCIS II (US Navy and French DoD), SIMES (European Union INCO), and SCRATCHY (Texas Instruments & INRIA). Dr. Tiako received a Ph.D. in Software Engineering in 1999 from the University of Lorraine (INPL), France. His research includes Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Systems, Software Process Modeling, E-Commerce, Social Networks, and Distributed Software Development. Dr. Tiako has authored over 80 technical papers and edited 5 books.  He began supervising Undergraduate students in 1992, advising Graduate and Doctoral students since 1999, and hiring and mentoring Postdoctoral fellows since 2006. He chaired or served on the Program Committee of more than 100 International Conferences/Workshops since 1999 and sat on the editorial or review board of over 20 Journals. Dr. Tiako is IEEE Senior Member and a Past Chair for IEEE Oklahoma City Section.