Blessing Alice Alao-Olatunji

Blessing Alice Alao-Olatunji, a Nigerian researcher, was part of the team honoured with the Best Paper Award at ACSCON-2026 in Bengaluru, India, in May 2026, for research combining federated learning and differential privacy to protect IoT networks from cyberattacks. Her collaborative work addresses the critical tension between data utility and privacy preservation in distributed learning systems. This recent award recognition showcases her active contribution to advancing AI research in cybersecurity.