Ugo Eze

Ugo Eze is an engineer, automobile enthusiast, software architect and developer, and founder of Atlantis Research Center, Enugu, Nigeria. He began programming in Sinclair BASIC and Zeus Zilog Z80 Assembler with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K, and in Turbo C, Borland C++, and Java afterwards. Ugo grew up in a family of Christians and in the world of an Artist with roots in the Nsibidi and Ikenga in the Igbo tradition and worldviews, which has heavily influenced his dual approach to research and scientific knowledge. His current work focuses on African Cosmology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Ugo is the author of the book, Python and the Rainmaker, which explores how to design and build more innovative products and technologies by harvesting ideas from outside of conventional zones and by embracing pluriversal paradigms such as African cosmology. He is a part-time househusband of three children, a public speaker, and provides technical support and training in Mathematics, AI design and Programming Techniques to software engineers and his local Enugu-based Google Developers Group.