Computer Scientists From Nigeria

"I'm here to speak on health promotion and disease prevention."

"They are based on the assumption that humans are rational beings and will always act to maximize benefit and reduce risk."

"They are not cost effective and therefore face the problem of long-term sustainability."

"They are not well integrated into people's daily lives and therefore face the problems of adoption and maintenance."

"How behaviours are formed and how they can be altered."

"I was awarded a Canadian government Vanier scholarship to conduct research on the design of persuasive technologies for healthy lifestyle change with a specific focus on obesity prevention."

"My primary research focus is on the influence of persuasive technology in the prevention of chronic metabolic diseases through lifestyle change, particularly the prevention of obesity."

"I am under the mentorship of Dr. Julita Vassileva and Dr. Regan Mandryk."

"I am a Nigerian and a doctorate student in the department of computer science in the University of Saskatchewan."

"So I want to beg the people of Ajegunle, don’t allow people use you to stop good projects."

"The truth in life is that if you are somebody that has not seen money before if you see money you’ll start shaking."

"I was so curious about the inspiration behind it, that I reached out to Dr. Rojas-Molina to get to know more about what motivated her to illustrate and start her blog."

"One of the first things that caught my attention on the blog was the name itself."

"The objective of computing is to make life easier for users so they can save time and devote efforts to some other things."