Supervisors
University of Rwanda
Dr. Peace Bamurigire
Lecturer
Dr. Peace Bamurigire is a lecturer with eleven years of experience working at the University of Rwanda. Peace specializes in embedded computing systems and is responsible for lecturing and researcher’s other researchers’ employees on using progressive systems and applications, including ICT software, and designing and programming IoT devices. Peace is a powerful force in the workplace and (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr. Twahirwa Evariste
Lecturer
Dr. Twahirwa Evariste is a faculty staff in the department of computer science at the University of Rwanda. He holds a Ph.D in Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks from the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things and Master of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology from University of Rwanda and Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology respectively. His (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr. Munyampundu Jean Pierre
Dr Jean-Pierre Munyampundu holds a PhD degree in Molecular Plant Pathology from Zhejiang University, China, a Master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Xiamen University, China, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Chemistry with Education from the University of Rwanda. He also undertook a short post-doctoral training in Professor Jacob Souopgui’s Laboratory at the (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr. Rwigema James
Senior Lecturer
Dr.James Rwigema is the Head of Master’s Program at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) and a Lecture 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 (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr GATARE Ignace
Principal
Dr. Ignace GATARE, currently serves as the Principal of the College of Science and Technology of the University of Rwanda. Prior to his appointment as Princiapl, Dr. GATARE served as the Director General of the Rwanda National Commission of Science and Technology (NSTC), a public institution serving as think-tank and advisory board to the Rwanda Government on issues pertaining to the (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr. Nkurikiyeyezu Kizito
Lecturer
Dr. Kizito Nkurikiyeyezu is a researcher at the University of Rwanda’s Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and e-Health and a lecturer at the Africa Center of Excellence in Internet of Things. He completed his Ph.D. (Engineering, Intelligence & information) in 2020 at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan with a thesis on affect-aware intelligent thermal comfort. He (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr. Gerard Rushingabigwi
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Gerard Rushingabigwi is a Senior Lecturer in different Departments of the University of Rwanda College of Science and Technology (UR CST); most notably, he is a Senior Lecturer of ECS6261 Ultra-Low Power Design Techniques for IoT Devices to MSc. Degree Students in ACE IoT, and a CEBE’s Biomedical Engineering Master’s Program Coordinator. With a Training Certificate to supervise PhD (...)

Dr Nsengiyumva Philbert
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Philibert Nsengiyumva graduated with a B.Sc. in Physics from the National University of Rwanda in 1987, Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada) in 1992, and D.Tech, in Electrical Engineering from the Central University of Technology, Free State (South Africa) in 2015. He worked as Senior Lecturer at the National University of Rwanda (...)

Dr KABANDANA Innocent
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INILAK ,Rwanda
Dr NYESHEJA Enani
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University of Rwanda
Dr NZANYWAYINGOMA Frederick
Senior Lecturer
Frederic Nzanywayingoma received his BS in Electronic and Communication Systems Engineering from National University of Rwanda in 2010. He holds a Master of Science degree in Information and Telecommunication Engineering from University of Science and Technology Beijing, China in 2013 and his PhD studies in Communication and Information Systems at the same university. He is currently a (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr MBANZABUGABO J. Baptiste
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DR. MBANZABUGABO Jean Baptiste has almost 13 years working in academic environment, His professional experience has been a blend of managerial as senior academic staff, researcher and teaching staff; all the three aspects combined offered him a distinguished career earmarked in education service, teaching, curriculum development, review and academic research in particular. He holds Bachelor (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr Omar Gatera
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Omar Gatera is the head of Ph.D Studies and Research at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) and lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda. From 2008 to 2020, Dr. Gatera was working for Rwanda Standards Board (RSB), where he gained a sound expertise in (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr BAKUNZIBAKE Jean Pierre
Lecturer
Pierre Bakunzibake is an e-Government expert in the use of ICT in public administration to streamline and integrate government processes, to enhance public service delivery, to manage data and information effectively, to expand communication channels for engaging and empowering people and to improve relationships between government, citizens, businesses, other arms of government. He is (...)

NCST, Rwanda
Dr SIBOMANA Louis
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Louis Sibomana is the Head of the Science, Technology Development and Outreach (STDO) Department, and holds A PhD degree in Telecommunication systems. Before joining NCST, he was a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda, and served as head of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department. Louis is a researcher with (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr TWIZERE Celetin
Associate Professor
He received the BSc. degree in Physics from the National University of Rwanda in 2001, the MSc degrees in Complex Electronics Engineering from University of Roma Tre, Italy, in 2005 and the PhD degree in Engineering of Biomedical Electronics, Electromagnetism and Telecommunication from the University of Roma Tre, Italy in 2011. In 2002, he joined the Department of Physics in the Faculty (...)

Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Dr NIYIZAMWIYITIRA Christine
Lecturer
Christine Niyizamwiyitira has more than 11 years of teaching and research experience, including as a lecturer at the University of Rwanda. She has also led the Department of ICT in Education at Rwanda Basic Education Board for nearly five years. Niyizamwiyitira led the ICT in education policy implementation in alignment with the competency-based curriculum for basic education. She led the (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr NGENZI Alexender
Lecturer
Alexander Ngenzi, PhD received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Master of Science in Operational Communications from former Kigali Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) which is now the College of Science and Technology(CST), University of Rwanda (UR) in 2007 and 2011 respectively.He holds PhD in Computer Science and Engineering obtained from (...)

NCST, Rwanda
Dr MUKANYIRIGIRA Didacienne
Lecturer
Dr. Didacienne Mukanyiligira has received a BSc in Electromechanical Engineering from Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), currently University of Rwanda (UR). She holds a Master of Science Degree in Information and Communication Systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China. She completed her PhD studies in Electrical Engineering, research field of (...)

CMU - Africa
Dr Eric Umuhoza
Scholar-in-residence
Eric Umuhoza is a scholar-in-residence at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. Prior joining CMU-Africa, Umuhoza held different academic positions in European universities, including postdoctoral researcher and teaching assistant at the Department of Electronics, Informatics and Bioengineering - Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy); senior postdoctoral researcher at the Department of (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr UWITONZE Alfred
Senior Lecturer
Dr UWITONZE Alfred is a Senior Lecturer at University of Rwanda

Carnegie Mellon University Africa
Dr Emmanuel NDASHIMYE
Assistant Teaching Professor
Emmanuel Ndashimye is an assistant teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. He received the Bachelor of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering degree from University of Rwanda (UR), College of Science and Technology, Rwanda in 2005 and MSc degree in Communication and Information Systems (with Distinction) from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr MASABO Emmanuel
Senior Lecturer
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 (...)

Rwanda Information Society Authority (RISA)
Said Rutabayiro Ngoga
Visiting Lecturer
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 (...)

Rwanda Polytechnic
Prof Richard Musabe
Associate professor
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 (...)

University of Rwanda
Prof. Charles Kabiri
Associate Professor
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, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, Wuhan, China. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Telecommunication Systems in April 2015 from (...)

SBAB Bank, 17104 Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
András Valkó

University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof Ryosuke Shibasaki
Full Professor
Prof.Dr. Shibasaki’s research interest covers mobile big data analysis for development, satellite/aerial imagery and sensor data analysis including automated mapping with deep learning, human behavior understanding and modeling and data assimilation of discrete moving objects. He has published around 280 academic journal papers and 900 proceeding papers. He is also promoting use of (...)

2GuiZ SPRL, Belgium
Dr. Jimmy Nsenga
Associate Professor
F ormore info visit the following link: https://be.linkedin.com/in/jimmynsenga

WAZIUP, Trento (Italy)
Dr Abdur Rahim

COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY
Prof Santhi Kumaran
Associate Professor
Santhi Kumaran, associate professor in The Copperbelt University · Department of Computer Engineering. Prof. Santhi Kumaran was the Director of the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) which is a World Bank Initiative at University of Rwanda. She has over 25 years of experience in teaching and research and has 40+ international publications. She received the IBM Faulty (...)

SUZA ,Zanzibar-Tanzinia
Prof Idris Rai
Full Professor
Professor of communication networks, Former VC/Rector - State University of Zanzibar (SUZA)

University of Bremen
Prof. ANNA Förster
Full Professor
My research interests lie in the design and implementation of self-organising networks, such as wireless sensor networks or opportunistic networks. In such networks, the surrounding environment plays a critical role in the achieved performance and quality of service. Exploring and learning the properties of the environment significantly improves the quality of these networks and expands (...)

Rochester Institute of Technology-RIT
Prof. Anthony Vodacek
Full Professor
Anthony Vodacek is a Full Professor of Imaging Science at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He received his B.S. (Chemistry) in 1981 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.S. and Ph.D. (Environmental Engineering) in 1985 and 1990 from Cornell University. His areas of research lie broadly in multi-modal remote sensing with a focus on the coupling of imaging with modeling (...)

SUZA ,Zanzibar-Tanzinia
Dr Abubakar Diwani
Senior lecturer
Abubakar Diwani Bakari was born in 1977 in Zanzibar, Tanzania. He received BSc in Computing Science from University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania 2004, MSc in computer science from University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania in 2010 and PhD in software engineering from University Putra Malaysia (UPM) in 2016. He has more than 14 years of experience in Higher Learning Institution (...)

ICTP, ITALY
Dr. Marco Zennaro
Research Scientist
My research interests are in the area of ICT4D. More specifically, I focus on IoT, wireless sensor networks and their applications in Developing Countries. The use of wireless sensor networks in developing regions has a great role to play not only to expedite novel solutions that help mitigate development problems, but also to facilitate research activities in crucial scientific areas such (...)

Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Prof Valentina Emilia Balas
Full Professor
Valentina E. Balas is currently Full Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is author of more than 350 research papers. Her research interests are in Intelligent Systems, Fuzzy Control, Soft Computing. She is the Editor-in Chief (...)

IIT Kharagpur ,INDIA
Prof. Raja Datta

Science, Technology and Innovation ,Malawi
Dr. Chomora Mikeka
Associate Professor
Associate Professor Chomora Mikeka holds a PhD from the Division of Physics, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Yokohama National University, Japan. His PhD research was about power autonomous sensor radio based on cellular and digital TV RF energy harvesting. He is an inventor and holds a Malawi patent number MW/P/2015/00003 on a multi-functional antenna for DTV, TVWS Internet and DTT (...)

University of Arts, London
Prof Kayalvizhi Jayavel
Associate Professor
Mrs. Kayalvizhi Jayavel started her career as a teacher in the year 2001. She has 22 years of expertise in the art of teaching, research and administration. She did her under graduation with specialization in electronics and communication engineering from Sai Ram engineering College and Post graduation with Embedded Systems as specialization from College of Engineering, Guindy. She (...)

University of Rwanda
Dr Hanyurwimfura Damien
Associate Professor
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 (...)
