President Faure meets Washington DC-based Seychellois Professor

President Faure meets Washington DC-based Seychellois Professor

President Danny Faure met Seychellois Professor, Dr Ralph Etienne-Cummings, at State House this morning.

Based in Washington DC, Dr Etienne-Cummings is a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Johns Hopkins. He was also the founding director of the Institute of Neuromorphic Engineering.

During the meeting at State House, President Faure congratulated Dr Etienne-Cummings on his achievements and for setting an example to the younger generations. “As a country we take pride in our fellow Seychellois’ achievements and we celebrate your success in your chosen profession. We hope that you will continue to be an inspiration and role model for our Seychellois youth,” said President Faure.

During the meeting, the President and Dr Etienne-Cummings discussed enhancing the interest and exposure of Seychellois children and youth to fields of technology and science, primarily now with the creation of the National Institute of Science Technology and Innovation (NISTI). They also talked about the possible avenues of collaboration between NISTI and the University of Seychelles through Dr Etienne-Cummings’ vast expertise.

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http://www.statehouse.gov.sc/news.php?news_id=3544

Sir James Mancham warned us as we get older would become grumpier - forget the Bill Gate issues, this Seychelles we want to throw a question at him and his learned associate 1987/88 not just president FA Rene, President R Reagan and many others who embraced that SIROP program some of the major scientific issues involved and part of that program - had we not/they not joined to conceived that SIROP program the way we did where mankind and humanity would be - with our forests of social media we take it all for granted and have become super wise. "Ralph Etienne-Cummings received his B.Sc. in physics in 1988 from Lincoln University, "
https://engineering.jhu.edu/.../etienne-cummings-ralph/

https://engineering.jhu.edu/news/2017/05/30/johns-hopkins-professor-chair-iscas-symposium/#.WYSpoJLyvs0

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7515159/?reload=true