College of Science and Technology

Dr UWITONZE Alfred

2022-10-25T15:53:58Z

Dr UWITONZE Alfred is a Senior Lecturer at University of Rwanda

Dr. Emmanuel Masabo

2022-10-25T15:53:09Z

Dr. Emmanuel Masabo is a Senior Lecturer in the computer and Software Engineering department, School of ICT, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda. He has mainly worked as academic staff since 2005. He also has two years' experience in public institutions outside academia. He holds a PhD of Software Engineering from Makerere University, Uganda. He got a master's of Engineering in Computer Application Technology from Central South University, Changsha-China in 2009. He also received a BSc in Computer Engineering and Information Technology from Kigali Institute of Science and technology (KIST). He published various papers in leading and international journals and conferences. His main research interests are Machine learning, Cyber-security, Big Data, Software Engineering, and IoT.

Dr Said Rutabayiro Ngoga

2022-10-25T15:52:15Z

Dr Said Rutabayiro Ngoga,He is Division Head, Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA).He got his PhD at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH-Sweden) in 2014 within the main area of Telecommunication Systems. Special emphasis was on dynamic spectrum access as an enabling technology for increasing the efficiency of wireless communications by using cognitive radio networking. He is a Visiting Lecturer in the School of Engineering, College of Science and Technology and University of Rwanda and the Postgraduate Coordinator in the School of ICT. Dr Ngoga research interests are within the main areas of wireless networks, cognitive radio networks, and recent developmental applications of ICT such as e-government and IoT. Dr Ngoga has published several works in peer reviewed journals. Malaria still continues to impose a substantial burden on global public health. In Rwanda, there is a serious problem of the disease resurgence since 2012. The resurgence has been attributed to different factors including inappropriate use of insecticide-treated nets, spread of insecticide resistance in mosquito vectors, and drug-resistant Plasmodium among others. Therefore, coordinated endeavors have been stepped up in Rwanda in response to malaria resurgence. These include proper use of the insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), the plan to introduce the G2 and PBO nets to overcome pyrethroid resistance and establishment of a research centre to monitor the emergence and prevalence of Anopheles mosquitoes resistant to insecticides used for malaria control. Other efforts focused on strengthening surveillance systems. However, malaria resurgence is a complex phenomenon that requires a multi-disciplinary approach to contribute the disease effective treatment and management of the disease. The present study will integrate diagnostics of mixed species malaria infection and real time malaria surveillance. Dr Ngoga will focus of the following objectives: (i) to evaluate the existence of non-P. falciparum malaria and potential for mixed-species infections in Rwanda; (ii) to assess a diagnostic test suitable for accurately detect different Plasmodium species in clinical samples for ultimate use in low- resource settings; (iii) to analyze transcriptome (RNA-seq) of whole blood samples infected with mixed parasite species to gain insight into inter-species interactions of parasites, (iv) to develop a model that allow to represent malaria data in a format knowledgeable to policy makers, (v) to develop a query language based on the underlying data model (vi) to deploy a surveillance tool that implement the underlying query language allowing health professionals/policy makers to formulate a wide range of queries and retrieve feedbacks within a reasonable amount of time and minimum efforts.

Prof Richard Musabe

2022-10-25T15:49:36Z

Prof Richard Musabe is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in Charge of Training, Institutional Development, and Research (DVC-TIDR) at Rwanda Polytechnic. He is a professional and dedicated person with a solid education background. He is an Associate professor in Computer Networks and Software Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and Information Technology from Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Rwanda in 2006. In 2009, he obtained a master's degree in Network Security from Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, and received a Ph.D degree from the same university in 2013. Before his appointment as DVC-TIDR at RP, he was serving as the dean of the school of ICT at the University of Rwanda, college of science and Technology. He has contributed immensely to the education sector in different aspects, as a university professor and supervisor of both masters and PhD students, education policy reviews and development, curriculum reviews and development. He has published papers in different peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His research interests include Cellular communication, VoIP, Cross-layer scheduling schemes, Performance evaluation of computer systems and networks, Computer network simulation, Network Security, IoT, e-Health, and Big data.
For More Information regarding his research work can be found in the links below:
?https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UR46oaMAAAAJ&hl=en
?ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7451-4977
?http://www.researcherid.com/rid/P-5165-2016

Prof. Charles Kabiri

2022-10-25T15:47:47Z

Charles Kabiri received his B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National University of Rwanda in 2006, and his M.S. degree in Information and Communication Systems in 2010 from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Telecommunication Systems in April 2015 from Blekinge Institute of Technology, Faculty of Computing, Karlskrona, Sweden. He worked at CIMERWA Ltd as an electrical and maintenance engineer since 2007, before joining the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the National University of Rwanda in August 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor of Telecommunication Systems at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, Rwanda. Further, he is Acting Director of the African Center of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development. His research interests are in the areas of telecommunications systems and renewable energy.

Dr Damien Hanyurwimfura

2022-10-25T15:39:31Z

Dr Damien Hanyurwimfura is an Associate Professor and the Acting Director of the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT), College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda.
He received his Bachelor degree of Engineering in Computer Engineering and Information Technology from University of Rwanda (Former KIST) in 2005. He obtained his Master degree of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Technology from Hunan University, China in 2010 and 2015 respectively.
He served as the Head of PhD studies and Research in the ACEIoT for 4 years
He has published and co-authored more than 30 research papers in leading international journals and conferences.
He has participated in many AI workshops as a speaker.
He has secured 4 research grants at national and regional levels as Principal Investigator or Co-PI.
His research interests covers most aspect of data mining, machine learning, Computer security, watermarking, Internet of Things, hate speech detection and recommender systems. More Details can be found on https://aceiot.ur.ac.rw/?Acting-Director

Publication link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gdclYFsAAAAJ&hl=en
https://publons.com/researcher/1731457/damien-hanyurwimfura/
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36442253000

Dr. Gatera Omar

2022-10-25T15:37:45Z

Dr. Omar Gatera is lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Science and Technology and head of Ph.D Studies and Research in the African Centre of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT), University of Rwanda.
Before joining the University of Rwanda, Dr. Gatera was working for Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) from 2008 to 2020, where he gained a sound expertise in standardization and conformity assessment of electrotechnical systems. Dr. Gatera is also chairperson of the Regulatory Board of RURA and Chairperson of the Technical Committee 57 on Power Management Systems and associated information exchange of the African Electrotechnical Commission (AFSEC).

Dr. Gatera obtained various recognitions and professional certificates such as IEC Recognitions of Achievement for IECEE, IECQ IECEx and IECRE, and successfully completed the Intertek CQI-IRCA Certified ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems and ISO 50001 Energy Management Systems Auditor /Lead Auditor Training Courses, and attended the trainings on Research & Development and Innovation measurement instruments for evidence-based science, Technology and Innovation Policy Implementation under both the African Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (ASTII) and the Science Granting Councils (SGCs) Initiatives, and participated in grant writing workshop on ERASMUS + Programmes at ICIPE, Nairobi.
Dr. Gatera holds a BSc. Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Systems and MSc Degree in Information, Communication Technology (ICT) both from the University of Rwanda in 2006 and 2008, respectively. He received his Ph.D in Telecommunication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. Dr Gatera is a recipient of various grants and a number of publications in Scopus and SCI index. Dr. Gatera is lecturer of Mobile communications, Telecommunication networks and Wireless Sensor Networks. His research interests include telecommunication systems, Wireless Sensor Networks & Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), digital health, smart grid systems and Quality management systems.

Dr.James Rwigema

2022-10-25T15:35:27Z

Dr.James Rwigema is the Head of Master's Program at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) and a Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems , School of ICT , College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda.
Dr. James received a Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering and Information Technology from University of Rwanda college of Science and Technology (Former KIST) in 2008, He obtained a Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from University of Rwanda (former National University of Rwanda “NUR”) in 2013, Dr. James Also has an Advanced Diploma in Mobile Computing from India.
Dr. James obtained a Ph.D Degree in Image Processing using Artificial intelligence and Machine learning Techniques (AI&ML) from Chung-Ang University , Seoul , South Korea in 2020.
Dr. James has published and co-authored a good number of research papers in leading international journals and conferences. His research interests cover most aspects of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Edge and Cloud Computing, internet of things, Intelligent systems , AI in Health(Image Processing) and other related fields.