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This paper describes the process of automating the faculty evaluation procedure in a private higher institution of learning. This is done with the aim of achieving two of the goals outlined by the United Nations in their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The study was conducted by first gathering requirements from the stakeholders involved in the evaluation process. This formed the basis for the design specification as well as its implementation using open source tools and an application-programming interface. The findings from the study showed that it was feasible to automate the faculty evaluation process especially as regards the research outputs of academic staff. However, it would still require human input especially in evaluating subjective aspects like teaching quality and community impact. The initial proof of concept developed in this study can be used as starting point to incrementally develop the application into a useful resource for both private and public higher institutions. It leverages the SCOPUS application-programming interface to evaluate the research output of an academic staff using the Appointment and Promotion Criteria of the institution that was used as case study.
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Adewumi, A., Laleye, O., Misra, S., Maskeliūnas, R., Damaševičius, R., Ahuja, R. (2021). Automating the Process of Faculty Evaluation in a Private Higher Institution. In: Abraham, A., Siarry, P., Ma, K., Kaklauskas, A. (eds) Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. ISDA 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1181. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49342-4_56
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