This is an initiative first of its kind within the
university system and this is being done in collaboration with Huawei, a
foremost global technology company, and its indigenous partner, Weevil Company.
This development is coming to the university at a time when
Nigeria’s security system is being challenged, hence the need for the
university to improve its campus safety for its students, staff and other
employees of the university.
The project is intelligent video surveillance built on
advanced AI functionality to cope with the increasing demand for analytical-based
surveillance on campus.
The components of the technology include an AI Video
Analytics solution that will deliver full-fledged intelligent surveillance
based on high definition Software Define Cameras (SDC) and a robust storage
platform built with AI capabilities to provide surveillance monitoring within
the campus while enhancing the efficiency of the security personnel with the
right tool to become predictive and proactive.
It also comes with a robust data analytics component that
gives real-time statistics of various activities within the campus while also
leveraging on AI functionalities to track the movement of students, staff and
visitors and also detect incidents like smoke, fire, Intrusion, crowd gathering
within the campus environment.
Afe Babalola University and the Lagos State Government are
the only entities in Nigeria with this latest smart surveillance technology.
According to the DMD at Huawei Technologies Nigeria, Dong
Guangqiang Jim, “We are highly honoured to be part of the initiative to
implement a robust state-of-the-art campus surveillance technology based on AI
Video Analytics led by the visionary himself, the Founder Afe Babalola
University, Aare Afe Babalola.
“This is a laudable project and Huawei Technologies, the
leading ICT solutions provider, is highly elated to partner with ABUAD on
implementing an Intelligent Video Surveillance built on advanced AI
functionality to cope with the increasing demand for analytical-based
surveillance in the campus.”
The Head of Vertical Solutions Architect at Huawei
Technologies, Olayemi Joseph, said: “We make bold to say ABUAD, as one of
Nigeria’s foremost university, has taken the lead to pioneer this deployment
and thereby become a pace-setter in the use of the AI Video Analytics
surveillance systems in academic campus scenario.
“We do not doubt that this will rapidly increase the rating
of ABUAD as a leader in utilizing the use of latest technology to drive digital
transformation within Nigeria’s educational system, as well as across the
globe. Once again, we made bold to say we are proud to be associated with this
innovative vision and we hope other universities can give consideration to such
initiative.”
Speaking on the innovation, the Chief Executive Officer of
Weevil Company, Hansel Ndu Okeke, said that the priority of ABUAD is to ensure
safety for its students, staff and employees using the Smart Campus
Surveillance project.
His words: “We always want to use our technology to
transform organizations and make them achieve better outcomes and run at their
best. The university’s priority is safety for its students, staff and employees
because an unsafe environment cannot only affect students’ mental and physical
health, but also endanger learning. With our technologies, the university would
be a fantastic environment for learning and living.”
Similarly, the Chief Information Officer of Weevil Company,
Germain Ndu Okeke, explained that the technology fosters a sense of trust and
confidence within the university.
“With our AI technology, the university would be able to
differentiate between university students, employees and visitors using the
technology’s facial recognition feature.
Thereby providing the university security team with
real-time insights into visitors’ behaviours, movements within the campus, what
type of vehicle or motorcycle they came in with, their last location within the
campus and so much more which would in return give them all the necessary
information needed to monitor and secure the campus. These will foster a sense
of trust and confidence within the university,” Okeke said.
With this initiative, the university will become the safest and most secure academic environment in Nigeria, as it will afford the lecturers, students and other members of the community a high sense of alertness, while the general well-being of the campus will be serene.
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