Erick Okuto is an Associate Professor of Computational Statistics at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), with a PhD in Applied Statistics. He has over a decade of academic and research experience, having served as Director of both the TVET Centre and Resource Mobilization at JOOUST. A data science expert, Prof. Okuto is currently spearheading the establishment of a Data Centre to advance big data analytics, AI, and deep learning for regional decision-making.

He has extensive experience in statistical programming (R, Python, STATA, SPSS, SAS), data visualization (Power BI, Tableau), cloud computing, and machine learning. His previous roles include Research Fellow and Data Scientist at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), where he worked on climate and satellite data analytics. He has also consulted for international organizations in data-driven climate adaptation and public health projects.

Prof. Okuto has supervised numerous postgraduate theses, published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, and been involved in multi-million grant proposals. He is a certified full-stack data scientist and continues to explore innovative technologies like ChartGPT in data science applications.