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MAKERERE UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CIT)

Annual Report - 2007

CIT Management

DeanProf. Venansius BaryamureebaTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 409/412, Email: [email protected]

Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs)Dr. Tom WanyamaTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 405, Email: [email protected] Ag. Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies & Research)Dr. Ddembe WilliamsTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 413Email: [email protected]

Ag. Head, Department of Computer ScienceProf. Venansius BaryamureebaTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 409/412Email: [email protected] Ag. Head, Department of Information SystemsDr. Patrick OgaoTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 149,Email: [email protected]

Ag. Head, Department of NetworksMr. Paul BagyendaTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 406Email: [email protected] Ag. Head, Department of Information TechnologyMr. J.M. SsemwogerereTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 301Email: [email protected] Faculty RegistrarMs. Peace TumuhekiTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 303Email: [email protected] Examinations & Academic Programmes CoordinatorMr. Michael Niyitegeka Tel:+256 414540628 / Ext 303Email: [email protected] Faculty AccountantMs. Consolate KomugishaTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 206Email: [email protected] Head, Human Resource and International Relations OfficeMs. Rosette BirungiTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 402, Email: [email protected]

Head, Department of ICT Services /Network AdministratorMr. Johnson MwebazeTel:+256 414540628 / Ext 401Email: [email protected] University General Contact

P.O. Box 7062Kampala, Uganda

Tel: (256-414) 532631-4/540436Telegragh “Makunika”

University Administration The Vice ChancellorTel: (256-414) 542803Fax: (256-414) 541068email: [email protected]

The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Finance & Administration)Tel: (256-414) 532045 Fax: (256-414) 541068email: [email protected] The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs)Tel: (256-414) 542284Fax: (256-414) 554297email: [email protected] The University SecretaryTel: (256-414) 540436email: [email protected] The Academic Registrar Tel: (256-414) 532752Fax: (256-414) 533640email: [email protected]

The Dean of Students Tel: (256-414) 532943email: [email protected] The University Bursar Tel: (256-414) 530872email: [email protected] Public Relations OfficeTel: (256-414) 531202Fax: (256-414) 541068 email: [email protected] Director, Directorate of Human ResourcesEmail: [email protected]

Directorate for ICT Support (DICTS)Tel: (256-414) 531343email: [email protected]: http://makerere.ac.ug/dicts The University LibraryTel: (256-414) 531041/2email: [email protected]

CIT General Contact

Postal Address:Faculty of Computing and Information Technology,

Makerere University,P.O. Box 7062

Kampala, Uganda

Tel:+256 414 540628 Fax: +256 414 540620

Email: [email protected]: www.cit.ac.ug

Physical Address:Plot 56, Makerere University Pool Road,

Wandegeya Kampala

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AVOIR African Virtual Open Initiatives and ResourcesB.Sc. Bachelor of ScienceBIT Bachelor of Information TechnologyCCNA CiscoCertifiedNetworkAssociateCCNP CiscoCertifiedNetworkProfessionalCIT Faculty of Computing and Information TechnologyCRD CIT Registrars Department CS Computer ScienceDCSIT Diploma in Computer Science & Information TechnologyDD (AA) Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs)DD (GSR) Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies and Research)DICTS Department of ICT ServicesDip. CS Diploma in Computer Science DSDI DepartmentofSoftwareDevelopmentandInnovationsEU European UnionHR & IR Human Resources & International RelationsICDL International Computer Driving LicenceICT Information and Communication TechnologyIJCIR International Journal of Computing & ICT ResearchIS Information SystemsIT Information TechnologyM.Sc. Master of ScienceMak MakerereUniversityMCDBA MicrosoftCertifiedDatabaseAdministratorsMCSA MicrosoftCertifiedSystemsAdministratorMCSD MicrosoftCertifiedSolutionsDeveloperMCSE MicrosoftCertifiedSystemsEngineersMIT Master of Information TechnologyMOS MicrosoftOfficeUserSpecialistMUST MbararaUniversityofScienceandTechnologyNL The Netherlands Nuffic TheNetherlandsGovernmentthroughtheNetherlandsOrganizationforInternational CooperationNW NetworksPGD ICT PR Postgraduate Diploma in ICT Policy RegulationsPGDCS Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science PGDDCSE PostgraduateDiplomainDataCommunicationandSoftwareEngineeringPGDIS Postgraduate Diploma in Information SystemsPGDIT Postgraduate Diploma in Information TechnologyPHEA Partnership for Higher Education in AfricaRUG University of Groningen,RUN RadboudUniversityNijmegenTUE Eindhoven University of Technology

List of Acronyms

CIT Annual Report - 2007I

LIST OF ACRONYMS IAPPENDICES IIILIST OF TABLES IIIDEAN’S MESSAGE IV

CIT’S COMMITMENT TO QUALITY 11.1 Introduction 11.2 CIT Development Strategy 11.3 Faculty Management/Committees/Boards 31.4 Future Plans 31.5 Academic Programmes Offered at the Faculty per Department 4

LEARNING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 52.1 StudentNumbersperProgramme 52.2 CITembracestrainingofinternationalcommunity/Students 52.3 CIT Open Day 62.4 2007 Graduation 62.5 StudentsAwards 7

TEACHING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 83.1 Introduction 83.2 NewPhDstaff-holderswhojoinedtheFacultyin2007 83.3 PromotionsandRe-appointments 83.4 Staff Training & Development 83.5 30MembersofstaffscoopPhDScholarshipsin2007 113.6 StaffAwards 11

RESEARCH 134.1 Introduction 134.2 StaffPublications 134.3 3rd Annual International Conference 134.5 The International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR) 144.6 Research Visits 144.7 Consultancy 14

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS 16

FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT 206.1 CIT Buildings 206.2 Newwebsite 216.3 TwoWirelessAccessPointsinstalled 216.4 CIT received 60 Laptops 216.5 Pressing Needs 21

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IICIT Annual Report - 2007

LIST OF TABLESTable1: AcademicProgrammesTaughtatCITaswellasthenewonesProposed

to start in next Academic Year 2008/09 4

Table2: Graduate&UndergraduatestudentsperProgrammeasofOctober2007 5

Table3: Studentswhohavetrainedontheshortcourses 5

Table4: International-UndergraduateStudents 6

Table5: International-GraduateStudents 6

Table6: 2007CITGraduates 6

Table7: PerformanceLevelsofBIT&B.Sc.CSStudents 6

Table8: Numberofstudentstograduateatthe58thMakGraduationceremonies 7

Table9: CITstaffmembersundergoingPhDtrainingindifferentUniversities 9

Table10: CITStaffMembersundergoingBachelor&MastersTrainingindifferentUniversities 10

Table11: StaffselectedforPhDscholarships 11

Table12: ProjectscarriedoutbyICTConsultsLtdin2007. 15

APPENDICESAppendix1: AcademicStaff 22

Appendix2: Part-timeLecturers 23

Appendix3: Part-timestaff(FromotherUnits-withintheUniversityService) 24

Appendix4: StafffromotherInstitutions 25

Appendix5: In-ServiceCourses(CCNA,CCNP,ICDL,CCA)Instructors 26

Appendix6: Administrativestaff 26

Appendix7: SupportStaff 27

Appendix8: ListofPublications2007 28

Appendix9: PhDStudentsRegisteredatMak 31

Appendix10: 2007GraduationList 33

Appendix11: The58th[28thJanuary–1stFebruary2008]GraduationList 36

Appendix12: ProgressontheSecondProject,‘StrengtheningICTTrainingandResearch

CapacityinthefourPublicUniversitiesinUganda’ 37

Appendix13: ImpactoftheProjectBuildingaSustainableICTTrainingCapacityinthe

PublicUniversitiesinUganda 40

III CIT Annual Report - 2007

ItismypleasuretopresenttheannualreportoftheFacultyofComputingandIT[CIT]MakerereUniversityfortheyear2007.AyeardistinguishedwithcontinuedachievementofhighstandardsacrosstheFaculty’sfullrangeofactivitiesandbyongoinggrowthinresourcesandstudentnumbers.CITcontinuestobethefastestgrowingfacultyinMakerereUniversityandthefacultyofpreferencefortheRegional’shigh-achievingsecondaryschoolstudentsandworkingprofessionals,withongoinggrowthindemandforstudentplacesfromcertificateto graduate courses.

The Faculty’s performance in 2007 strengthened and enhanced its existing reputation of international excellence.Thehighqualityofteaching,learning,researchandcommunityoutreachwasrecognizedthroughmajorinternationalandnationalawards.Thenumberofstudentsthatgraduated,researchoutputinformofconferenceproceedings/presentations,journalpublications,newstaffjoiningthefacultyalltestifyto2007asa successful year.

Iampleasedtoinformyouthatthe‘StateoftheArt’12,000sqmetersbuildingisreadyforusebeginningJanuary2008.ThecurrentbuildingandthenewbuildingwillprovidethenecessaryinfrastructureforthelargestCenterofExcellenceinComputingandICTTraining,ResearchandConsultancyservicesinthewholeofAfrica.

The Faculty is also grateful to its corporate, governments, universities and private altruistic donors/part-ners for their support. CIT is pleased to have received overtime a modest increase in local and internation-al partners. Some of the Partners include: Nuffic, EU, African Union, IBM,Microsoft, Cisco Systems Inc.,Google,Rockefeller,UNDP,USAID,FedEX,NetTel@Africa,PartnershipforHigherEducationinAfrica(PHEA),UniversityofGroningen,RadboudUniversityNijmegen,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,HanzeUniversityof Professional Education,University of Bergen, and LondonSouthBankUniversity,GuluUniversity,MUST,KyambogoUniversity,BusitemaUniversity,UgandaPoliceForce,OffshoreBusinessSolutions,amongothers.

Much,however,remainstobedone.FundingtheFaculty’sexpensivemissionpresentschallenges.Itisvitalthatwecontinuetoexpandourresourcesinordertomeetthischallenge.During2008,CITwillcontinuetoseektosupplementitsincomewithfinancialandhumanresourcessupportfromarangeofsourcesincludingcommerceandindustry(CallCentre,softwaredevelopmentetc)andsupportersintheglobalcommunity.

InclosingIwouldliketotaketheopportunitytothanktheUniversityManagement,myfellowUniversityCouncilandSenatemembersfortheircommitmentandsupporttoCITandtheUniversityingeneral.IwouldalsoliketothankCITmanagement,staffandstudentsfortheirpricelesscontributiontotheongoingsuccessofthefaculty over the past year.

‘As we build for the future’

Professor Venansius BaryamureebaDEAN

Dean’s Message

VICIT Annual Report - 2007

CIT Annual Report - 2007

CIT’s Commitment to Quality

1.1 Introduction

MakerereUniversityFacultyofComputingandInformationTechnology(CIT),formerlyInstituteofComputerSciencewasestablishedinFebruary2005.CITisthemainComputingandICTTraining,ResearchandConsul-tancyCentreintheRegion.IthasattainedareputablestatusontheAfricancontinentwiththerecentachieve-mentsattainedbecauseofitscommitmenttodeliveringexcellentserviceintheareaofcomputingandICTeducation,researchandconsultancyservices.Withcompetent,qualifiedandmotivatedstaff,CITispositionedasthefastestgrowingcomputingfacultyonthecontinent.ThenumberofstudentsapplyingtojoinCIT,thesupportfrompartnersintheNorthandthegrowingnumberofcollaborationswithleadingUniversitiesandorganizationsintheworldattesttothisfact.

CITcomprisesoffouracademicdepartments:DepartmentofComputerScience;DepartmentofInformationSystems;DepartmentofNetworks;andDepartmentofInformationTechnology.Theseacademicdepartmentsaresupportedby8service/supportdepartments:DepartmentofICTServices(DICTS);DepartmentofSoft-wareDevelopmentandInnovations(DSDI);FinanceDepartment;CITRegistrarsDepartment(CRD);GraduateStudiesandResearchOffice;HumanResourceOffice;InternationalRelationsOffice;andExaminationsandAcademicProgrammesOffice.CIToffersawiderangeofacademicprogrammesrangingfromPhD,Masters,PostgraduateDiplomas,Bachelors,UndergraduateDiplomatoCertificatesincomputingandICTrelatedfields.AsthecountrymovestowardsICT-ledsocio-economicdevelopment,CITiscommittedtocontributingtotherealizationofthisapproachtodevelopment.CIThasputinplacemechanismsthatenableittoprovidetrain-ingtolargenumberofstudentswithoutcompromisingquality.ThisisintendedtocreateaworkforcethatwillenhanceprovisionofICTenabledservices.

1.2 CIT Development Strategy

The2007developmentsatCITwereguidedby:

Our Value Statement: TheFacultyofComputingandInformationTechnologyisaninnovativeandindustry-orientedFaculty,pursuingexcellence in teaching, learning,cuttingedgevalue-added researchandconsul-tancy,communityoutreach,aswellasprovidingavibrantstudentlife.

Our Vision Statement: TobealeaderinComputingandICTtraining,researchandservicesinternationally.

Our Mission statement: Toprovidefirstclassteaching,researchandservicesincomputingandICTresponsiveto national and international needs.

Strategic Areas CITfocusesonthefollowingseven(7)strategicareas:a. Teaching and Learning, b. Research,c. Extension and Consultancy Services, d. OrganizationandManagement,e. Human Resource Development, fi. DevelopmentofPhysicalInfrastructure,e. Generation and Allocation of Funds. ThesestrategicareasarethedrivingforcebehindalltheinnovativenessintheFacultyandthere are comple-mentary in nature. They are equally important to the smooth running of the Faculty.

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a.TeachingandLearning:CITiscommittedtomaintainingitshighacademicstandardsthrougheffectiveTeachingandLearning.CITisbecom-ingmoreflexibleinadoptinganddeliveringitsacademicprogrammesthroughadoptingvariouswayssuchascreation of digital learning environment among others. The 2007/2008 academic year CIT piloted the online teaching onthediplomaprogramme.Thiswasamajorsuccessalldiplomacoursesinyearoneweredeliveredthroughthee-learningplatform[blackboard].Intheyear2008majorrolloutoftheonlinetrainingisplannedandthiswillenhancethebeliefofCIT’slearningphilosophyofstudentleadlearning.ThefollowingaresomeofthestrategicgoalswhichwillcontinueguidingCITinachievingexcellentTeachingandLearning:

StrategicGoals:• Continualimprovementofacademicstandardsinordertoremaincompetitive;• Developmentofteachingcapacityforincreasedstudentenrolment;• Producinggraduateswhoarerelevantandefficientinthemarket;• Enhancinggendermainstreaminginteachingandlearning;• Reviewthecriteriaandprocedureforadmission.

b.Research:This is a fundamental aspect of any academic institution. CIT is the main Computing and ICT Training and Research CentreinUgandaandworkshardtowardsbeingaRegionalCentreofExcellenceinComputingandICT.Theintro-ductionofvariousgraduateprogrammesisgreatlyimprovingresearchactivitiesintheFaculty.ThefollowingarethestrategicgoalswhichgovernCITinmaintainingandimprovingtheresearchstandards:

Strategic Goals• Strengtheningofresearchcoordinationandevaluation;• Improvementoftheresearchskillsofteachingandnon-teachingstaff;• Increasedutilizationofresearchresults;• Enhancingthequalityandperspectiveofresearch.

c.ExtensionofConsultancyServices:CITiscommittedtocommunitydevelopment.Oneofthewaysofachievingthisisbyinterfacingwiththelocalcom-munitiesthroughcommercialandnon-commercialservicesandtrainingprogrammes. CITsetupaConsultancyCompany–ICTConsultsLtd.whichiscomposedofhighlyqualifiedstafftoprovidefirstclassconsultancyservicestothegrowingdemandintheAfricanregionandbeyond.ThefollowingstrategicgoalswhichguideCITinextendingconsultancyservicestothecommunity:

Strategic Goals• Improvingcommunityaccesstospecializedcompetenciesonacommercialbasis;• Increasingandintensifyingextensionservice.

d.Organization&Management:CITcontinuestoexperiencerapidexpansionintermsofstaffing,studentenrolment,infrastructuraldevelopmentsandnewprogrammes.Thissubsequentlycallsforareviewoftheorganizationandadministrationmechanisms.CIThasthusputinplacethefollowinggoalswhichdrivetheFacultytowardsachievingeffectiveorganizationandmanagement:

Strategic Goals• Improvingtheefficiencyandeffectivenessoftheoverallorganization;• ImprovingtheadministrativeperformanceoftheCIT;• DevelopingICTcapacityandutilization;• Improvingtheconditionsofserviceinordertoattractandretainstaff;• Improvingthewelfareofstudents;• Reinforcinggendermainstreaminginadministrationandmanagement.

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e.HumanResourcesDevelopment: This is important for social and economic development thus, training and retaining of staff is crucial in any institu-tion.CITworkstowardsattractingandmaintaininghighlyqualifiedstaff.Themainstrategicgoalwhichmotivateshuman resource development in CIT is ensuring adequate performance of staff.

f.PhysicalInfrastructure: CITcurrentlyhastwomajorlocations:a2,400squaremetresbuildingandspaceintheformerInstituteofComputerSciencebuildingwhichislocatedintheFacultyofScience(oldsite).InFebruary2006,CITembarkedonconstructionofanother12,000squaremetrescomplexasanextensionofthecurrentbuilding.CIThas also acquired other infrastructure in terms of computing and other equipment to support teaching and learning. ThefollowingarethestrategicgoalsCIThasputinplaceinlinewithphysicalinfrastructure:

Strategic Goals• Settingasidecapitaldevelopmentfundsfrominternallygeneratedfundstobeabletoconstruct, rehabilitateandmaintainphysicalfacilitiestomeetthepresentandfutureneedsoftheCIT, takingintoaccountanassumedincreaseinstudentenrolmentoverthefive-yearplanningperiod;• LiaisingwiththedevelopmentpartnersmainlythedonorcommunityandtheGovernmentof Ugandaforfundingtowardsacquisitionofmorespaceandcomputingfacilities.

g.GenerationandAllocationofFunds:CITisoneoftheunitsinMakerereUniversitywiththepotentialtogenerateincomefromitsacademicprogrammesandothercommercialactivitieslikerefreshercoursesinICTforthewholecountry.Thesefundsgreatly supplementGovernment fundingextended to theUniversity.The followingstrategicgoalsguideCIT ingenerationandallocationoffunds:

Strategic Goals• IncreasinganddiversifyingtheFaculty’sfinancialbase;• RationalizingCITfundallocation;• ImprovingtheCIT’scapacityforresourcegenerationandallocation.

1.3 Faculty Management/Committees/Boards

CITismanagedbyateamofcompetentpersonsineveryrespect.Prof.VenansiusBaryamureeba,TheDean, istheoverallaccountingofficer,assistedbytwoDeputyDeansi.e.Dr.TomWanyama,DeputyDeanAcademicAffairsandDr.DdembeWilliams,DeputyDeanGraduateStudiesandResearch.EachDepartmentisheadedbyaHeadofDepartmentassistedbyanAssistantHeadofDepartment.ToensureexcellentrunningoftheFaculty,CIThasthefollowingcommittees:FacultyManagement,FacultyBoard,FacultyFinance,PlanningandDevelopmentCommittee,Faculty Appointments and Promotions Committee, Faculty Higher Degrees and Research Committee, Faculty Exami-nationsCommittee,FacultyQualityAssuranceCommittee,FacultyStudents’WelfareCommittee,FacultyE-LearningImplementationCommitteeandtheFacultyAnti-SexualHarassmentCommittee.TheFacultyBoardandtheFacultyHigherDegrees&ResearchCommitteearereplicatedatDepartmentallevelandtheyreflectacollectiveresponsibil-ity in the management of the Faculty.

1.4 Future Plans

. Consolidatetheachievementsof2007.CITwillbuildontheachievementsrecordedtoprogressthrough 2008. . TheFacultyplanstoengagevigorouslyinCorporateResearchtowidentheFacultyIncomebase.. Italsoplanstoprovideprofessionalservicessuchastrainingspecificallyinclinedtoworking professionals and consultancy. . TheFacultyalsoplanstoset-upjointdegrees/collaborativedistanceprogrammesamongthepublic universitiesinUganda.Therearemanyopportunitieswhichuniversitiescanexploretocollaborateas universities prepare to handle students from the universal secondary education. . LastbutnotleastCITaimstospearheadICTLeadsocio-economicdevelopmentinUgandaand otherrelatedactivitiesbysupportingareassuchasoutsourcingusingourlabs,softwaredevelopment, e-businessetc.


1.5 Academic Programmes Offered at the Faculty per Department

Theyear2007sawCITconcentratingonconsolidatingtheexistingprogrammes.CITendeavoredtoensurequalityofdeliveryintheprogrammesthatarecurrentlyrunningatCIT.Theacademicdepartmentsareresponsiblefortheadministrationoftheacademicprogrammes.Thatnotwithstanding,CIThavingbeenmandatedbycounciltoprovidetraininginallthecomputingdisciplines,threenewprogrammesarebeingproposedtostartin2008/09academicyear.The faculty comprises of four academic departments.

Theseinclude:1. Department of Computer Science:ThemainobjectiveofthisdepartmentistodevelopprofessionalswiththeoreticalandpracticalskillsinComputerScienceandtobuildamanagementcapacitywithapracticalorientation.ThisdepartmentproducesproductswhicharerequiredtolinkuptheComputerSciencefieldwithindustries.

2. Department of Information Technology: This department’s main objective is to produce skilledprofessionalswithinnovationsandexpertisewhichmakethemunderstandthecomplexandfastchangingITenviron-ment.TheITDepartmentgivesgraduatesconcreteskillsinbusinessandmanagement. 3. Department of Networks:Themainobjectiveofthisdepartmentistobuildhumanresourcecapacity inITinboththepublicandprivatesectorsandtodevelopprofessionalwiththeoreticalandpracticalskillsintheareaof DataCommunicationsEngineering,NetworkAdministration,SystemsAdministrationandSoftwareEngineering.

4. Department of Information Systems:Theobjectiveofthisdepartmentistobuildhumanresource capacityinInformationSystems(IS)discipline,todevelopprofessionalswiththeoreticalandpracticalskillsintheICTsector.


Table 1: Academic Programmes Taught at CIT as well as the New Ones Proposed to start in next Academic Year 2008/09

Department Programmes Offered Short Courses Proposed Programmes

Computer Science

Diploma in Computer Science & IT (DCSIT)B.Sc. Computer Science (B.Sc.CS)PGD Computer Science (PGD CS)M.Sc. Computer Science(M.Sc. CS)PhD Computer Science (PhD.CS)

CertificateinComputerApplications[CCA]International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL)

NONE

Information Technology

Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)PGD Information Technology (PGD IT)Master of Information Technology (MIT)PhD Information Technology (PhD. IT)

Networks PGDinDataCommunication&SoftwareEngineering (PGDDCSE)PGD ICT Policy & Regulations ( PGD ICT PR)M.Sc.DataCommunicationandSoftwareEngineering (M.Sc. DCSE)PhDinSoftwareEngineering

CiscoCertifiedNetworkAssociate[CCNA]CiscoCertifiedNetworkProfessional[CCNP]IT Essentials I & IIMicrosoftITAcademy[MCDBA,MCSE,MCSA,MOS&MCSD]

Fundamentals of Wireless Local Area Networks(WLANS)B.Sc. Computer EngineeringB.Sc.SoftwareEngineering

Information Systems

PGD Information Systems (PGDIS)M.Sc. Information Systems (M.Sc.IS)PhD Information Systems (PhD. IS)

OracleCertifiedAssociate(OCA) Oracle Associate Professional (OCP)Bachelor of Information Systems

NONENONE

Table 2: Graduate & Undergraduate students per Programme as of October 2007

Programme Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Subtotal PhDbyResearchonly 4 2 4 1 11 PhD.CS 1 6 4 - 11 PhD.IT 3 5 - - 8 PhD.SE 1 1 1 - 3 PhD.IS 5 7 7 - 19Subtotals 52

M.Sc.CS 15 9 - - 24MIT 35 28 - - 63M.Sc.IS 35 27 - - 62M.Sc.DCSE 39 25 - - 64Subtotals 213

PGDCS 1 - - - 1PGDIT 5 - - - 5PGDDCSE 3 - - - 3PGDICTPR - - - - -PGDIS 2 - - - 2Subtotal 11

B.Sc.CS 564 303 266 - 1133BIT 1038 774 939 - 2751DCSIT 121 44 - - 165Subtotals 4049

Grand Total 4325

PhDbyCoursework & Research

Course Name TotalCCNA 2,421*CCNP 320IT Essentials (A+, Server+, N+) 312MicrosoftITAcademy[MCDBA,MCSE,MCSA,MOS&MCSD] 21OracleCertifiedAssociate(OCA) 34ICDL 59CCA 2203Total 5,370

Note:Thesenumberdon’tincludeundergraduatestudentsastheyalsodoCCNA

Table 3: Students who have trained on the short courses


Learning to Make a Difference

2.1 Student Numbers per Programme

CIThasatotalof4325students(4049undergraduateand276postgraduate)ofwhich331areinternationalstudents.Thesenumbersexcludethoseonshortcourses.

CITbelieves in trainingstudents fromacross theboarders.Assuch in the recentpastCIThasseena tremendousincreaseinthenumberofstudentsfromothercountries.ThissignifiesthattheprogrammesofferedatCITareofin-ternationalrepute.ByOctober2007,thenumberofinternationalstudentsregisteredattheFacultywasasfollows;undergraduatestudents(419fromKenya,38fromTanzaniaand9fromothercountries)andgraduatestudents(9fromKenya,2fromTanzania,4fromothercountries).ThishoweverdoesnotincludethenumberofstudentsatCITwhoareundertakingtheshortcourses.

Tables4and5showthedistributionofinternationalstudentsbyprogrammes

2.2 CIT embraces training of International Community/Students

Table 4: International -Undergraduate Students Programme Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 SubtotalB.Sc. CS 48 51 11 110BIT 140 107 81 328DCSIT 18 10 - 28Grand Total 466

Table 5: International - Graduate Students

2.3 CIT Open Day

DuringCITOpenDayinAugusttherewerespecialprogrammesforprospectivestudents,parents,guardians,stake-holders in computing and ICT education, prospective graduate employers and the entire University community. On thisday,thefacultysoughttopresentitselftoparticipantsasaplacethatsuitsallpeople,wherepeoplethriveaca-demically,feelcomfortableandenjoyallavailableopportunities.

TheDayattractedanumberofpeopleandorganizations.Suchorganizationsincluded:MinistryofEducation&Sports;majorUgandanschoolslikeGayazaHighSchool,EntebbeS.S,Namily-angoCollege,St.Mary’sKisubi,MengoS.S,&MakerereCollege;TelecommunicationcompanieslikeMTN,UTL;BankslikeStan-bicBank,DFCU,otherorganizationssuchasDMTConsultants,E-Tech(U)Ltd,HWDGroup,TuezeMedia,MengoICTTeam,Octopus,DataFundi,USAIDSKhartoum, ICTConsults;otherMakerereFaculties&Institutions.

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Prof.LSLuboobi,VC-MAK(whitet-shirt)withMr.Niyitekegeka(CITStaff)onOpenDay


2.4 2007 Graduation

In2007,CITpresented590studentsfortheconfermentofdegreesandawardofdiplomasinthedifferentcomput-ingprogrammes.Atthe54th[22ndFebruary2007]and56th[27thSeptember2007]MakerereUniversityGradua-tionceremonies23and567graduatesrespectivelywerepresented.The56thgraduationceremonywasalandmarkgraduationbecausethefacultypresentedthepioneergraduatesfortheBITprogramme.Thislotofgraduateswillcontributesignificantlytothecomputingprofessionalhumanresourcepool.Table5and6showthegraduationsta-tistics and performance respectively

Table 6: 2007 CIT Graduates Programme F M TotalM.Sc. CS 9 12 21MIT 1 - 1M.Sc.DCSE - 2 2Pgd. CS 1 1 2Pgd. IT 4 2 6Pgd.DCSE 1 - 1B.Sc. CS 63 121 184BIT 141 230 371Dip.CS 2 - 2Grand Total 222 368 590Percentage 37.6 63.4 100

Programme 1st Class 2nd Class Upper 2nd Class Lower Pass Total F M F M F M F M B.Sc.CS 9 8 38 55 19 55 - - 184BIT 7 7 63 94 70 128 1 1 371Sub–Total 16 15 101 149 89 183 1 1

Table 7: Performance Levels of BIT & B.Sc. CS Students

Programme Year 1 Year 2 SubtotalM.Sc.CS - 1 1MIT 2 2 4M.Sc.IS 1 - 1M.Sc. DCSE 5 3 8PGDIT 1 - 1Grand Total 9 6 15


CITisalsosettopresent166graduatesatthe58th[28thJan–1stFeb2008]MakerereUniversityGraduationceremo-nies.

Table 8: Number of students to graduate at the 58th Mak Graduation ceremonies

Programme F M TotalM.Sc. CS 6 17 23MIT 1 1 2M.Sc.DCSE - 3 3M.Sc. IS 1 1 2Pgd. IS 1 1 2B.Sc. CS 10 24 34BIT 29 50 79DCSIT 7 13 20Dip.CS - 1 1Grand Total 55 111 166Percentage 33.1 66.9 100

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2.5 Students Awards

Paul SsekagyaaB.Sc.CSreceivedtheconvocationawardafteremergingtheoverallbeststudentwithaCGPAof4.88on a scale of 5.0 for the 56th and 57 graduation ceremonies. This is the second year running that the faculty is produc-ingtheoverallbeststudent. CIT Students excelled at the IEEE ‘ICT & Engineering Students Exhibition 2007’ Exhibition.Theexhibitiontookplacefrom14th-15thSeptember2007inNairobi.Anumberofworldclassinnovationswereamongthe122entriesofwhich57wereinICT,34inElectronicsand31inMobileTechnology-from18institutionsinBulgaria,Kenya,Malawi,SudanandUganda

Innovationswereinspiredbythisyear’stheme“ICTinRuralDevelopment”.Manyoftheinnovativeprojectswerecom-municationandautomationsolutionsbasedonlow-costmobiletelecomtechnology,aswellasmobile-to-webapplica-tions.13CITstudentswith10projectsrepresentedthefaculty.3projectsbyourstudentswereselectedandwonindifferentcategories.Thisgoesalongwaytodemonstratethecompetencesandqualitiesofourstudents.

CIT’s winning projects were as follows:

Name Project Title Category PrizeOmala Evelyn Diana (Ms)

NkanikaMark (Mr) MusinguziEdward(Mr)

Frances Baliza from Makerere University received the ‘Student of the Year’ award. Shewasnamedstudentoftheyearatthe10thanniversaryoftheCiscoNetworkingAcademyProgramcelebrationsheldinTurkey.FrancesbeganhercareerasacleanerattheUniversityandthroughdintofhardworkandcommitmentmanagednotonlytocompleteCCNAbuttofindapositionasanintern,managingthenetworksforoneoftheUniversity’sdepartmentsandiscurrentlyafirstYearBITstudentatCIT.

Online Tuition Transfer System Best International Category Laptop(TopPrize)

Land Management Systems Best Microsoft DevelopmentHP Smart Phone Tool Systems

Decision support systems for Sales&Marketing

2nd Best Microsoft Development

Voucher to study any Microsoftcertificationcourseworth300USD

Teaching to Make a Difference

3.1 Introduction

CIT has a total of 250 teaching staff including 30 visitingandlocalprofessors.Thisnumberincludesfulltime staff, part time staff and staff employed under one yearrenewablecontracts.Thesenumbersaresupplementedby60PhDstudentstrainingindifferentinstitutions at local institutions and other institutions outsideUganda.CITexpects tohaveabout ten (10)staffmemberstocompletetheirPhDtrainingbyJuly2008.Thiswillgreatlycontributetothehumanresource capacity at CIT.

3.2 New PhD staff-holders who joined the Faculty in 2007

Jude T. Lubega (PhDComputerScience,UniversityofReading,UK,2006).He joined the faculty inFebruary2007,wasappointedSeniorLecturerintheDepartmentofITandalsoworksasaResearchAdvisorforGraduateProgrammes in the same department.

Jose Ghislain Quenum(PhDComputerScience,PierreandMarieCurieUniversity,France,2005).HejoinedtheFaculty in June 2007 as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science.

Martin Bagaya (PhDInformationSystems,NovaSoutheasternUniversity,USA,2006).HejoinedtheFacultyinSeptember2007asaLecturerintheDepartmentofInformationSystems.

John Quinn (PhDComputerScience,UniversityofEdinburgh,Scotland,2007).HejoinedtheFacultyinSeptember2007asaLecturerintheDepartmentofComputerScience.

Idris A. Rai(PhDNetworks&ComputerScience,ENST/InstitutEurecom,France,2004).HejoinedtheFacultyinOctober2007asanAssociateProfessorintheDepartmentofNetworks.

3.3 Promotions and Re-appointments

Dr. Tom Wanyama,aSeniorLecturerintheDepartmentofNetworkswasappointedDeputyDean(AcademicAffairs)atCITforfouryearswitheffectfrom1stNovember,2006.

Dr. Williams Willeese Ddembe,aSeniorLecturerintheDepartmentofInformationSystemswasappointedAct-ing Deputy Dean (Graduate Studies & Research) at CIT.

3.4 Staff Training & Development

CITisayoungandfastgrowingFacultyandthusrequireshavingitsstafftrainedintherelevantfieldsandlevelsinordertohavetherightexpertiseontheground.TheFacultyhasthuspromotedahealthytrainingculturebyinvestingalotofresourcesintermsofmoneyandtimetohavethismatterappropriatelyaddressedatbothlocalandinternationallevels.Forinstance:45staffmembersareundergoingPhDtrainingindifferentUniversities;and22 are undergoing either Bachelor & Masters training in different universities in and outside Uganda.

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Table 9: CIT staff members undergoing PhD training in different Universities

S/N Name Sex Employer Rank Training Year of study Institution 1 FlorenceTushabe F Mak AssistantLecturer RUN IV2 IbrahimKaliisa M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak IV3 JohnNgubiri M Mak AssistantLecturer RUN IV4 JosephineNabukenya F Mak AssistantLecturer RUN IV5 JulianneSansaOtim F Mak AssistantLecturer RUG IV6 MosesNiwe M Mak TeachingAssistant StockholmUniversity, IV Sweden7 AgnesFNamulindwa F Mak AssistantLecturer Mak III8 AgnesRSemwanga F Mak AssistantLecturer Mak III9 GilbertMaiga M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak III10 JacksonMuhairwe M CIT Part-timelecturer Mak III11 JamesNKasigwa M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak III12 KanagwaBenjamin M Mak AssistantLecturer RUG III13 MariamSensalire F Mak AssistantLecturer Mak III14 PaulSsemaluulu M CIT Part-timelecturer Mak III15 RehemaBaguma F Mak AssistantLecturer Mak III16 AbdulNsubuga M CIT AssistantLecturer Mak II17 BizimunguOmara M CIT AssistantLecturer Mak II18 CharityBMulenga F Mak AssistantLecturer LoughboroughUniversity,UKII19 GodfreyOnyaitOmoda M CIT ICDLCoordinator/ Mak II Instructor 20 HabibuAtib M Mak AssistantLecturer VictoriaUniversity, Melbourne,Australia II21 IreneNakiyimba F Mak TeachingAssistant Mak II22 KakoozaFredBernard M CIT CCNAInstructor/ ITEssentialsCoordinator Mak II23 MugejjeraEmmanuel M Mak II24 NoredaKiremire F CIT AssistantLecturer Mak II25 PeterNabende M Mak AssistantLecturer RUG II26 RaymondMugwanya M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak II27 RonaldAzairwe M Mak AssistantLecturer UniversitiKebangsaan, Malaysia II28 SylviaSanyuMukwaya F CIT AssistantLecturer Mak II29 StephenYiga M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak II30 AminahZ.Sebagala F Mak AssistantLecturer Mak II31 MercyAmiyo F Mak TeachingAssistant Mak I32 EmilyBagarukayo F Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I33 DaudiJingo M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I34 DrakePatrickMirembe M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I35 ErnestMwebaze M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I36 FredKiwanuka M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I37 JohnKizito M Mak AssistantLecturer RUG I38 MartinG.Mubangizi M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I39 JohnsonMwebaze M Mak AssistantLecturer RUG I40 AgnesNakakawa F Mak TeachingAssistant RUN I41 RoseNakibuule F Mak TeachingAssistant Mak I42 MartinNgobye M Mak Part-Timelecturer RUN I43 PeterKhisaWakholi M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I44 RichardMayanja M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I45 RichardSsekibuule M Mak AssistantLecturer Mak I

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Table 10: CIT Staff Members undergoing Bachelor & Masters Training in different Universities

S/N Name Position Training Course of Study University1 MaureenTwikirize AdministrativeAssistant Mak MastersinLibrary& (Registrar’soffice) InformationScience 2 RuthNandyose AdministrativeAssistant Mak MasterofArtsinPublic (Dept.ofNetworks) Administration&Management3 SusanA.Achola AdministrativeAssistant Mak M.APeaceandConflict (Dept. of IS) 4 HarrietB.Nyakaana SeniorAdministrativeAssistant Mak MasterofArtsinPublic (GraduateStudies&ResearchOffice) Administration& Management5 SimonMuwanga AdministrativeAssistant Mak M.Sc.DCSE (Cisco Academy) 6 EzraJAgaba TeachingAssistant Mak M.Sc.CSC7 DoraBampangana AdministrativeAssistant Mak M.Sc.CSC (Dept. of IT) 8 EngineerBainomugisha TeachingAssistant VrijeUniversiteit,M.Sc.CSC (Dept. of CS) Belgium 9 ArthurKwesiga SystemAdministrator Mak MIT10 PhilipKato SystemAdministrator Mak M.Sc.DCSE11 FredMubeezi CCNAInstructor Mak M.Sc.DCSE12 NyanziAbubaker CCNAInstructor Mak M.Sc.DCSE13 AggreyObbo CCNAInstructor Mak M.Sc.DCSE14 NtambiJoanitaNagujja TeachingAssistant Mak M.Sc.IS15 HoseaN.Makuru CCNAInstructor Mak M.Sc.DCSE16 GraceNanyanzi CCNAInstructor Mak M.Sc.DCSE17 BettyTibesigwa AdministrativeAssistant MUBS BA(HRM) (Deputy Dean Graduate Studies & Research) 18 FrancisEgessa AssistantAccountant Mak BIT19 SusanSheilaAkello FrontOfficeAssistant Mak BIT20 EdinahKyobutungi FrontOfficeAssistant MUBS BachelorofOffice& Information Management 21 PatienceKaitesi FrontOfficeAssistant Mak BachelorofSocialSciences22 MosesMugisa DeputyOfficeAssistant Mak BachelorofLibrary& (Records Management) Information Science 23 CeaserNampindo Technician Mak B.Sc.CS

Note:MUBS(MakerereUniversityBusinessSchool)

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UndertheIBM‘sGlobalInnovationOutlook(GIO)thatfocusesondevelopingICTskillsforcommunitiesinAfrica,aLINUXtrainingCoursewasorganizedandconductedatCITinApril2007.ThetrainingwasconductedbyMr.WarrenBellassistedbyMr.SeanMcleanfromIBManditconsistedofover60participantsof3categories:CITstaffmembers,CITfinalstudentsandMTNUgandaemployees.

UndertheCisco/UNDPWirelessInitiative,CITreceivedsponsorshipfortwoinstructorstoattendtheinstructortraining for the Wireless LANS course in June 2007 at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University CATC in Port Elizabeth,SouthAfrica.TheCITstaffsthatattendedthecoursewere:Mr.FredKakooza,ITEssentialsProgrammeCoordinator&Mr.FredMubeezi,CCNAInstructor.FundamentalsofWirelessLANsisa2monthscoursethatfo-cusesonthedesign,planning,implementation,operationandtroubleshootingofwirelessnetworks.


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3.5 30 Members of staff scoop PhD Scholarships in 2007 Within the framework of the NPT Project ‘Strengthening ICT Training and Research Capacity in the Four PublicUniversitiesinUganda’,MakerereUniversity(Mak),MbararaUniversityofScienceandTechnology(MUST),GuluUniversity(GU)andKyambogoUniversity(KYU);30candidateswereselectedforPhDscholarships.Theselectionwascarried out by The Academic Advisory Board of the three Universities in the Netherlands (NL): University ofGroningen (RUG), RadboudUniversity Nijmegen (RUN) and EindhovenUniversity of Technology (TUE). All the se-lectedcandidatestravelledtotheNetherlandsforaperiodoftwomonthsfromOctobertoDecember2007soastobeputontherightresearchfooting.AttheendofthetwomonthsstudyvisitintheNetherlands,10candidateswereregisteredtostudyintheNetherlandsandthe20wereregisteredtopursuetheirPhDstudiesatMakerereUniversity.

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3.6 Staff Awards

SelectionofawardsofCITstaffmembers:

A. Ms. Florence Tushabereceived“TheBestStudentPaperAward”attheInternationalConferenceonSignalProcessing and Imaging Engineering 2007’(http://www.iaeng.org/CECS2007/),Florencewonthebeststudentpaperawardforherpapertitled:‘ImagePreprocessingforCompression:AttributeFiltering’.SheisastaffmemberintheDepartmentofComputerScience,MakerereUniversity(CIT),andwithsupportfromNufficFlorenceisinherfinalyearof her PhD at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Table 11: Staff selected for PhD Scholarships

SN Name Sex Employer Training (University) University1 JohnKizito M Mak RUG2 JohnsonMwebaze M Mak RUG3 PeterNabende M Mak RUG4 Proscoiva Olango F Gulu RUG5 AgnesNakakawa F Mak RUN6 DenisSsebuggwawo M Kyambogo RUN7 FionaPenlopeTulinayo F Mak RUN8 MartinNgobye M MUST RUN9 JacklineSsanyu F Kyambogo TUE10 JoyceNakatumba F MUST TUE11 AminaZawedde F Mak Mak/RUG12 AnnabellaH.Dorothy F MUST Mak/RUG13 ErnestMwebaze M Mak Mak/RUG14 FredNoahKiwanuka M Mak Mak/RUG15 IreneNakiyimba F Mak Mak/RUG16 RaphaelAregu M Gulu Mak/RUG17 RichardMayanja M Mak Mak/RUG18 RoseNakibuule F Mak Mak/RUG19 DrakePatrickMirembe M Mak Mak/RUN20 EmilyBagarukayo F Mak Mak/RUN21 EstherNamirembe F Mak Mak/RUN22 EvaristNabaasa F MUST Mak/RUN23 GeoffreyTaboOlok M Gulu Mak/RUN24 LoyMuhwezi F Kyambogo Mak/RUN25 MaryKomunte F Mak Mak/RUN26 RichardSsekibuule M Mak Mak/RUN27 JohnBusinge M MUST Mak/TUE28 MercyAmiyo F Mak Mak/TUE29 PeterKhisaWakholi M Mak Mak/TUE30 RaymondMugwanya M Mak Mak/TUE


C. Prof. V. Baryamureeba receivedthe‘TopICTEducator/Academic’AwardinAfricafor2007.Continuingwiththetheme,“MakingtheAfricanCenturyaReality”,the9thAnnualAfricanICTAchieversAwardsfor2007wasjointlyorga-nizedbyForgeAheadandtheSouthAfricanDepartmentofCom-munications, South Africa. The African ICT Achievers Programme hasbuiltastrongfoundationofrecognitionandrewardforthoseICTindividualsandorganizationsthathavemadeadifferencetothe ICT industry in Africa. ICT Achievers have proven achievement inbusinessexcellence, innovation,entrepreneurshipor throughhaving touched the lives of others less fortunate. They have also proventhattheirinteractioncontinuestoleverageICTstomakeadifference across our continent. Formoreinfovisit:www.forgeahead.co.za.

D. CIT Cisco Academy received an International Award. AttheCiscoE&EMAcademyConference2007,coincidingwiththe10thanniversaryoftheCiscoNetworkingAcademyprogramcelebrationsheldinTurkey,MakerereUniversitywashailedasthe“bestRegionalAcademyoftheyear”.Thethemewas“StrengtheningCommunityPartnershipsandTeamwork”.Among the criteria considered in the selection process for the Awardwereoutstandingperformance,highestgrowthanden-rollment plus outstanding student support initiatives.

Tothatend,CITCiscoAcademywassingledoutfromamongstother Academies in over 164 countries as the Regional Acad-emy that has clearly contributed to the development of theprogramfortheentireEuropeandEmergingMarkets(thelat-ter comprising of Middle East and Africa).

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B. Prof. V. BaryamureebahonoredbyIBM.ApressreleasefromIBMdated4thDecember2007inNewYork,statesthatIBMhasmadeagiftinhonorofProf.BaryamureebatotheUnitedNations(UN)Foundationinsupportof‘NothingbutNets’,agrassrootscampaigntosavelivesbypreventingmalaria.ThestatementfurtheraddsthatthroughNothingbutNets,theUNFoundationanditspartnersworkwiththeMeaslesInitiative–oneofthemostsuc-cessfulvaccinationeffortsundertaken—topurchasebednetsanddistributethemincountriesandcommunitiesingreatest need.

E. CIT received the International Quality Crown Award 2007 in recognition of its commitment to Quality,Leadership,TechnologyandInnovation.TheawardsceremonywaspresidedoverbyJoseE.Prieto,thePresidentandCEOofBusiness InitiativeDirections (BID)alongwithoutstandingpersonalities frombusinessworldandthediplomaticcorpsintheUK.TheBIDsymbolhasmadeitspresenceknownin173countriesaroundtheworld,andhascreatedafirmgroundfortheimplementationofanintegralqualityprocessthroughthetech-nology and procedures of the QC 100 Total Quality Management.

F. CIT Cisco Networking Academy received the Regional Academy Excellence Award, Nairobi 2007 in recognition of its consistent maintenance of high student enrolment, consistent high percentage of fe-malestudents(morethan30%),highnumberofCCNA4graduates(over2,700),expandedAcademyProgramCurriculum and Excellent Communication.

Prof.Baryamureeba(left)receivesthecertificateoftheaward

Ms.DeborahNantujuuna(Middle)representedCIT


Research

4.1 Introduction

CITisinvolvedinawiderangeofcutting-edgecomputingandICTresearchactivitieswithlocalandinternationalaca-demiccommunity,Public/Privatesectorandothercollaborations.CITstaffattachesgreatimportancetoteaching,researchandadvisoryactivitiesinareasof:InformationSystems;InformationTechnology;ComputerScience;SoftwareEngineering;ComputerEngineering;DataCommunicationsandComputerNetworks;andICTforSustainableDevelopment.CITiscommittedtobuildingonitsexistingstrengthsandtoencouragethedevelopmentofnewresearchwherepotentialexists.Thefundingofvariousresearchactivitiescomesthroughcollaborationswithvarious universities in Africa, Europe and USA.

4.2 Staff Publications

CIT provides a broad platform for dialogue in the on-going developments in ICTs. CIT academic staff members have a direct input into these national and regional debates. Academic staff members are encouraged to showcase their work in a variety of events, such as seminars, roundtable meetings and conferences. Research has been more visible in and outside the faculty through Conferences, Journals and Websites. Most new publications have thus been presented to a broad audience. A list of the au-thors and Publication titles is in Annex 8.

4.3 3rd Annual International Conference Makerere University successfully organized andhosted the 3rd Annual International Conference in theareaofComputing&ICTthattookplacefrom5th-7th August 2007. The conference theme was“Strengthening the role of ICT in Development”. Itprovided an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss research practices in disciplines of Computing and ICT such as Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Comput-er Science, Information Technology, Data Communica-tions&ComputerNetworks,SoftwareEngineeringandICTforSustainableDevelopment.

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Fromthehumblebeginningin2005whenthefirstConferencewasheld,theconferencehasgrownfromstrengthto strength each year attracting more international and local participants. The conference recorded participants fromEast&SouthAfrica,Asia,Australia,EuropeandNorthAmerica.FountainPublisherspublishedtheacceptedpaperspresentedintheconferenceasbookchapters.Thebooktitled,‘InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment’isnowonsaleatCIT.Preparationsareunderwaytohostthe4thInternationalConferenceonComputing&ICTresearch(SREC08)scheduledfor3rd-6thAugust2008atMakerereUniversity.Formoredetailsvisit:http://srec.cit.ac.ug/srecc08/home/

Hon.KagimuKiwanuka(3rdleft–seated)inagrouppicturewithconference participants

4.5 The International Journal of Computing and ICT Research (IJCIR) [ISSN: 1818-1139 (Print), ISSN: 1996-1065 (Online)]

InJune2007,MakerereUniversitylaunchedabi-annualopen-access journal. It is a peer reviewed international journalhostedbyMakerereUniversitywithanobjectiveofprovidingamediumforacademicstopublishoriginalcuttingedgeresearchinthefieldofcomputingandICT.IJCIRpublishestwoissuesperyear,JuneandDecemberofeachyear.Thejournal’smainaimistohighlightnewresearchdevelopments,experiencesandbestpractices in computing and the use of information communication technologies (ICT) in development.

The maiden issue has a collection of 9 papers and the 2nd Issue comprisesof7papers.BothIssuescoverabroadrangeofinterestsin Computing and ICT issues. These papers are coming from every cornerofAfricaandbeyond,givingthejournalanextendeddomainofresearchersandpractitionerstodrawexpertisefromandtodis-seminateandgrowwithnewideasandtechniques.Thejournalisavailableon-line,pleasevisitwww.ijcir.org.

4.6 Research Visits

ThefollowingpeoplevisitedtheFaculty,conductedworkshops/talksandinteractedwithstudentssincethebeginningoftheyear(2007):

Names University Visit Dates1 Dr.JeanHall UniversityofMelbourne,Australia 30thApril-31stMay20072 Dr.ElwinKoster UniversityofGroningen,NL 3rd-10thMay20073 Dr.GreggGibbon UniversityofNewcastle,Australia 13thMay-25thJuly20074 Prof.JanetAisbett UniversityofNewcastle,Australia 13thMay-25thJuly20075 Dr.JohnNerbonne UniversityofGroningen,NL 11th-15thJune20076 Prof.DipakKhakhar LundUniversity,NL 14thJuly20077 Dr.BarbraGastel TexasA&MUniversity,USA 13th-17thAugust20078 Prof.ErikProper RadboudUniversity,Nijmegen,NL 27th-30thAugust20079 Dr.PremMoorgawa UniversityofMauritius 11th-15thOctober200710 Dr.SyedKamall MemberofTheEuropean 2ndNovember2007 Parliament for London

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4.7 Consultancy

CITprovidesawiderangeofconsultancyservicesthroughitsconsultingarm-ICTConsultsLtd(www.ict.co.ug).ConsultancyServicesofferedinclude:ICTCapacityBuildingandTraining,ICTResearch/ICTNeedsAssessment,ICTPolicyResearch,ICTStrategicPlanningandManagement,SoftwareSolutionsandInformationSystemsDevelopment,InstallationofLocalandWideAreaNetworks,amongothers.Table12showsprojectscarriedoutbyICTConsultsLtdin2007.



Table 12: Projects carried out by ICT Consults Ltd in 2007

Project Client Sponsor1 Analysis| / Auditing of Intermittent internet Hospice Uganda Hospice Uganda andNetworkInfrastructure 2 DesignanddevelopmentofDatabase InstituteofCertifiedPublic BankofUganda Informationwebsite(www.icpau.co.ug) AccountantsofUganda 3 Design and development of Uganda education MES Microsoft Inc supportcentre(www.unesc.go.ug) 4 Installation of Easy server Systems Gulu Primary School UDT5 InstallationofEasyServerSystems CombraUganda CombraUganda6 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards GuluUniversity NUFFIC(NPTProject)7 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards MakerereUniversity CarnegieE-Learning Project8 Installationof10SmartInteractiveBoards MakerereUniversity NUFFIC(NPTProject)9 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards MbararaUniversity NUFFIC(NPTProject)10 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards KyambogoUniversity NUFFIC(NPTProject)11 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards KibuliS.S.S KibuliS.S.S12 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards AgaKhan High School AgaKhan High School13 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards MES Microsoft Inc14 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards Namilyango College Microsoft Inc15 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards NabisunsaGirlsSchool MicrosoftInc16 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards KyambogoCollege MicrosoftInc17 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards GayazaHighSchool MicrosoftInc18 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards BusogaCollegeMwiri MicrosoftInc19 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards St. Henry College Kitovu Microsoft Inc20 InstallationofSmartInteractiveBoards JinjaCollegeSchool MicrosoftInc21 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards Iganga High School Microsoft Inc22 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards National Curriculum Microsoft Inc Dev’t Centre 23 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards Uganda Management Uganda Institute Management Institute24 Installation of Smart Interactive Boards Uganda Christian University Uganda Christian University25 ITNeedsAssessmentandDesigningof BankofUganda BankofUganda IntegratedLibraryandAccessInformationSystem26 ITNeedsAssessmentforMbaleand MinistryofHealth WHO MasakaHospitals 27 IT Needs Assessment for the Birth Ministry of Constitutional Plan Uganda/ USAID and Death Registry system Affairs 28 Training of 200 selected secondary Teachers Ministry of Education and Microsoft Inc onITskillsandIntegrationofITinTeaching Sports and Learning 29 Trainingof90staffofselectedSACCO MinistryofFinance WorldBank InstitutionsinwesternUgandaonBasicIT skills 30 TrainingofTopofficialsofMinistryof MinistryofEducationandSports MicrosoftInc Education and Sports 31 TrainingofWorldVisionStaffonBasicITSkills WorldVision WorldVision

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Global Partnerships

Improving theknowledgeandskillsofstaff isavitalcomponentof institutionalcapacitybuilding.CITrecognizestheneedtobuildComputingandICThumancapacityfortheAfricanregionandbeyond.Thisisachievedthroughitsinvolvementinprojects,partnershipsandcollaborationswithinstitutionsandorganisationsbothatnationalandinternational levels.At the international level, ourpartners include:Nuffic,EuropeanUnion,AfricanUnion, IBM,Microsoft,CiscoSystemsInc.,Google,Rockefeller,FedEx,UNDP,USAID,PartnershipforHigherEducationinAfrica(PHEA),NetTel@Africa,UniversityofGroningen,RadboudUniversityNijmegen,EindhovenUniversityofTechnology,HanzeUniversityofProfessionalEducation,UniversityofBergen,andLondonSouthBankUniversity.Atnationallevelourpartnersinclude:GuluUniversity,MbararaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,KyambogoUniversity,BusitemaUniversity,UgandaPoliceForce,OffshoreBusinessSolutions.OtherLocalPartnershipattheInitialstage include:UgandaWomenEntrepreneursAssociationLtd,DFCUBank,SMSMedia,I-KnowUgandaamongothers.Belowisanelaborationoftheon-goingprojects/partnershipsattheFaculty.

1. NufficsupportsCapacityBuildingattheFourPublicUniversitiesinUganda.TheNetherlandsGovernmentthroughNUFFIChasprovidedsupportintheareaofcapacitybuildingtothefourpublicuniversitiesinUgandathroughtwoprojects.Theseinclude:

a. Strengthening ICT Training and Research Capacity in the Four Public Universities in Uganda’ worth €5.7 million started on 1st June 2007 and will end on 31st May 2011.

ThegrantwasawardedtotheorganizationoftheSouthern&theDutchpartners.TheSouthernpartnerscompriseoffourUgandanPublicUniversities,namelyMakerereUniversity(LeadInstitutionintheSouth),MbararaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,KyambogoUniversityandGuluUniversity.TheDutchpartnerscompriseofUniversityofGroningenLeadas thePartner Institution in theNetherlandsworkingwithRadboudUniversityNijmegenandEindhoven University of Technology. The aim is to strengthen the Capacity of Makerere University Faculty ofComputing & IT (CIT), Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) (Institute of Computer Science),Kyambogo University (Department of Computer Science) and Gulu University (Department of ComputerScience)todevelop,implementandmanagerelevanteducationalandresearchprogrammesinthefieldofICT.Theultimate goal is to enable the recipient institutions to contribute through ICT towards the national struggle forpovertyalleviationaswellasruralandeconomicdevelopmentinUganda.ForNufficIIachievementsseeAppendix12.

b. Building a Sustainable ICT Training Capacity in the Public Universities in Uganda worth 3.4 million Euros started on 1st July 2004 and will end on 30th June 2008.

The project’s aim was to address Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capacity building in thePublic Universities in Uganda, namely Makerere University Faculty of Computing & IT (Lead Institution inthe South), Kyambogo University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and Gulu University. The leadinstitutionintheNorthistheUniversityofGroningen.TheotherNorthernpartnersintheprojectareRadboudUniversityNijmegenandHanzeUniversityofProfessionalEducation.Thetargetgroupisthestaffandstudentsintheaboveinstitutionsandmid-careerICTprofessionals.ThemainactivitiesrequireexpertisefromtheNetherlands,forsupportinCurriculum Development and Implementation, in development of research capacity and to advise in the establishmentofaCentreofExcellenceforICTTrainingandResearch.StaffofallthefouruniversitieswasandsomearestilltrainingatMaster’sandPhDlevelinICTintheNetherlands(NL)andUganda(UG).ForNufficIachievementsseeAppendix13.

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2. Connecting the EU & sub-Saharan Africa for ICT partnerships (EuroAfriCa-ICT)ThisisaEuropeanCommissionsponsoredprojectscheduledtostart2008.ThenewEuropeanStrategyforAfricaadoptedbytheEUCouncilinDecember2005gaveacomprehensivepolicyframeworkthatreflectstheprioritiesoftheEUinitsrelationshipwithAfrica-TowardsadeeperandstrongercooperationbetweenAfrica&theEuropeanUnion.ThedevelopmentofEU-AfricaScienceandTechnologycooperationonICTisofmutualandstrategicinterestasICThasbeenidentifiedasanenablerforasustainableandlong-termdevelopmentoftheAfricancontinent.TheEuroAfriCa-ICTprojectobjectivesthereforeareto:FacilitateandsupportastrengthenedEUAfricadialogue;Identifyanddevelopstrategiccooperationprojectsofcommoninterestandmutualbenefit;Strengthenconcentrationand



developsynergiesbetweenexistinginitiatives,programmesandprojects;PursueawarenessrisinginAfrica;EnsureawiderpromotionofcooperationopportunitiesinEurope;PursueaspecificfocusonSouthAfrica;andDevelop/initiateaspecificactiontowardstheCaribbean.Beneficiariesofthisprojectinclude:Orionis,aDivisionofSigmaConsultants(France),TheMerakaInstituteofCSIR(SouthAfrica),ThePanosInstituteWestAfrica,PIWA(Senegal),TheAcademyofSciencesforthedevelopingWorld,TWAS(Italy),TheAfricaUnitofTheAssociationofCommonwealthUniversities,ACU(UK),MakerereUniversity(Uganda),TheKigaliInstituteofS&T(Rwanda),TheCaribbeanAcademyofSciences(Jamaica), and The Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (Belgium).

3. Pan-African E-network ProjectUndertheRegionalLeadingUniversityforthePan-AfricanE-networkProject,MakerereUniversitywasselectedbytheAfricanUniontobetheICTCentreofexcellenceforEasternAfricaregionandwilloverseeICTAfricanUnionInitiativesin13countriesonTeleEducationproject.MakwasalsoselectedastheHUBamongthe5leadUniversitiesinAfricaonthesameproject.MakisoneofthefiveUniversitiesinAfricaineachofthefiveAfricanregions(Eastern,Western,Northern,SouthernandCentral)selectedtobeaLeadPartner.CITwillmanageandcoordinatethisprojectinUgandaandexpectstoacquirehigh-techinfrastructure.ThiswillbenefittheprojectactivitiesandatthesametimefacilitateteachingintheFaculty.PartoftheprojectwillavailCITwithstateoftheartequipmentsuchasproductionequipment,VSAT Antenna, studio equipment, among others.

4. OMEVACAproposaltitled‘OMEVAC(OpenMobileElectronicVaccineTrials)’,aninterdisciplinaryprojecttoimprovequalityofvaccinetrialsinlow-resourcesettingswasacceptedforfunding.TheprojectPrimaryobjectiveistodevelopOMEVAC,acompletesecure,mobileandelectronicsystemfordatacollectionandmanagementinvaccinetrials,fromsourcetopublication,andusingandcomplyingtointernationalstandardsandrequirements.ThesystemwillbefieldtestedinAfricainongoingtrialsandbeavailableatnocostincludingalldevelopedsourcecodesanddocuments.ItsSecondaryobjectives: a.DevelopagenericdatacollectionandmanagementtoolforvaccinetrialsbasedonEpiHandy. b.Developagenericelectronicstudyprotocoltool. c. Adhere to International standards in clinical trials. d.Developsecureandimprovedmethodsoflinkingastudysubjectwiththedatacollected. e.ImprovedoptionsofdataanalysisattrialsitesthroughRstatisticalpackages. f.ImproveddatapublishingandsharingpossibilitiesinclinicaltrialthroughNesstar. g. Validate and fully test OMEVAC.

Thisisaninterdisciplinaryactionresearchprojectthatcombineshealthandinformationtechnologyexpertisewithfieldstudies in Africa. The partners of this application have already developed several different systems. 1) EpiHandy, a genericelectronicopensourceandfreemobiledatacollectionandmanagementsystem,thatisbeingusedforregularstudiesinlowincomecountries,2)R,awidelyusedandrenownedopensourcestatisticalanalysistooland3)Nesstar,aresearchdatapublishingsystem.TheconsortiumconsistsofNorwegianandinternationalorganizations,universi-ties,softwareandhardwaredevelopmentgroupsandincludesTDR/WHO,HandheldsForHealth.org(LinuxcompanyinBangaloreIndia),MakerereUniversityUganda, INDEPTHNetwork/MalariaClinicalTrialAlliance,NSD(NorwegianSocial Science Data Services), Promise Consortium and 2 faculties at University of Bergen (Centre for International HealthandInfoMedia)–LeadInstitution.Formoreinformationvisit:http://tinyurl.com/243ofl

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5. PHEA Projects and Grants CITstaffmemberswontwocompetitiveresearchgrantsinMay2007fromthePartnershipforHigherEducationinAfrica(PHEA).Theseinclude:a. Theproject‘Survey Data Collection Using Mobile Phones’byMr.P.Bagyendainvolvescarryingoutre-searchonhowmobilephonescanbeusedtocollectinformationthatisvitalinHealthmanagementintheAfrican/ruralsetting.WithmobilephonesfastbecomingthemostimmediatelyaccessibleICTdeviceasaresultofthebenefitsandconveniencetheyofferatlowcost.Byleveragingtheaccessibilityandlow-costofmobilephonesandthebenefitsofelectronicdatacollection,efficienciescanbederived.WiththegrantfromPHEA,researchersareableusemobilephones for data collection.

b. AnotherprojectbyProf.H.N.Muyingi‘Low-class Communities Income-generating e-business: Out-reach Action-driven e-business for Rural and Art-craft Women Communities’, also received a grant from PHEA.Themainobjectiveofthisproject istoharnessICTasadriverofsocio-economicdevelopmentwithin low-incomecommunitiesinUgandabycollaborativelyhelpingtoincreasetheincomegenerationofparticipatinggroupsofwomensellingAfricanartifactsandculturalgoodsaroundKampalaandorganizedincooperativeorsmallormediumenterprises(SMEs),byuseofappropriatewebtechnologies.

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Furthermore,thisprojectwillallowruralcommunitiestohaveaccesstocashmoneyfromanymobiletelecommu-nicationend-pointserviceproviders(TESP)intheirimmediatereachthroughtheuseofmobileairtimevoucher-transfersystemfromtheirrelativeslivingintheintensiveeconomicactivityareaslikeKampala.

6. Makocha Minds Mentorship ProgramIBMhasprovideduniqueopportunitiesforbothstaffandstudentsintherecentpast.ThefacultyhasparticipatedintheIBMDeepDiveDrivewhichbroughttogetherICTacademicfraternityinAfricatodiscusspossibilitiesofanICT-ledtransformationinAfrica.Outofthesemeetings,itwasnotedthattherewasneedtomentorICTgraduatesinpreparationfortheIndustry.Asaresult,IBMhasputtogetheraprogramcalledMakochaMindsMentorsipProgram.CITisamarqueepartneronthisprogramme.FedExandCISCOsystemshavejoinedIBMinthementor-shipprogramme.Morethan20studentshavebeennominatedandthematchingwiththementorsisalreadytakingplace.IBMisprovidingitstopseniorengineersandmanagersasmentors.Thiswillprovideanopportunitytoourstudentsandstafftoworkwithsomeofthetopbrainsintheworld.ItisthroughthisprogrammethatIBMwillbeinpositiontorecruitsomeofthementeestoworkintheregionalestablishments.

IBMhasalsodonatedTheBlueGene/PSuperComputer,thefastestcomputerontheAfricanContinenttobeusedbyallAfricanResearchersandwillbehostedbyoneAfricanUniversity.

7. Imagine Challenge Cup Microsoft Inc is providing computing facilities for the Microsoft Academy at the Faculty. These facilities are intended toprovidespecializedtrainingtostudentsinMicrosoftpackages.Becauseofthecompetenceofourstudents,MicrosofthasinvitedourstudentstoparticipateintheImagineChallengeCupthatiscompetedforbystudentsfromallovertheworld.The2008Theme:TheEnvironment.The2008WorldFinalswillbeheldinParisFrancefromJuly3-8,2008.Thisprovidesanopportunitytoourstudentstotesttheircapabilityandskillsagainsttherestoftheworld.

8. Compete to Build a Gadget GoogleInchasidentifiedCITasapartnerinitsprogrammesforAfrica.ThereareplanstopartnerwithCITinrollingoutGoogleapplications.Googleisorganizingastudents’challengedubbed“CompetetoBuildaGadget”whichistargetingstudentsfromEastAfrica.ThecompetitionissettorunfromFebruary-June2008.ParticipatingcountriesincludeTanzania,Uganda,Kenya,Rwanda,Burundi,andEthiopia.

9. Software Incubation Facility RockefellerFoundationisprovidingaseedgrantfortheestablishmentofthesoftwareincubationfacilityatCIT.ThefacilitywillprovideComputinggraduatesfromalltheuniversitieswithhandsonskills insoftwaredevelop-ment.Thestudentswillbementoredbyprofessionalsfromtheindustry[Uganda]andabroadespeciallyfromIBM,CiscoandFedExwhowilldevelopproblemsinformofprojectsforthestudentstoundertake.Thefacilitywillnotonlyprovidethestudentswithtechnicalskills,butalsowithotherskillslikeentrepreneurship,marketing,productbrandingamongothers.

10. CIT Regional Academy TheCITRegionalAcademyhasbeenrecognizedbyCiscoSystemsInc.inthepastashavingthebestRegionalCiscoNetworkingAcademyinthewholeofAfricabecauseofitsoutstandingstudentsupportandAcademysupportinitia-tives. Being a regional academy, CIT trains and enrolls other local Cisco academies. To date, thirteen academies havebeenenrolledwithCITastheirRegionalAcademy,eightofwhichofferCCNAandfiveofthemofferingITEs-sentials.Theacademiesinclude;the4publicuniversitiesinUganda:GuluUniversity,MbararaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,KyambogoUniversity,MakerereUniversity(DepartmentofWomenandGenderStudies&FacultyofComputing&InformationTechnology),MultitechBusinessSchool,KabaleUniversity,GayazaHighSchool,Is-lamicUniversityinMbaleandKampalaInternationalUniversity.OfthethirteenCiscolocalAcademiesinplace,4secondaryschoolswerespeciallynominatedtocarryoutapilotstudyandexplorethepossibilityofincorporatingone of the Cisco Academy courses (IT Essentials) in the secondary school Computer studies curriculum.

To that end Cisco SystemshassponsoredCITstafftoundertaketraininginSouthAfricatheCiscoAcademyTrain-ingCenteroftheMiddleEastandAfricanregionandsometimesinstructorsreceivein-housetrainingbytheCISCOTechnicalAreaManager.ThishasgreatlyempoweredthemtobeskilledandcertifiedInstructors.Asaregionalacademy, CIT is mandated to oversee the Cisco programmes in the region and ensure that Local Academies operate inlinewiththeCISCOQualityAssuranceplan.



Cisco SystemshasalsoprovidedCiscoLabequipmentincludingCCNAlabbundle,CCNPlabbundle,WLANbundleKits(WirelessAccessPoints,Bridgesandtheiraccessories)tosupportLaboratoryPracticalsattheacademy.CITreceivedaVideoCameraanditsaccessoriestobeabletocaptureandshareitssuccessstoriesandbestpracticeswiththerestoftheglobalNetworkingacademycommunityinEurope,Middle-EastandAfrica.CITasaRegionalCentrefortheCiscoNetworkingAcademyiswellpreparedforthenewcurriculainCCNA,CCNPandITEssentialscourses.CiscoNetworkingAcademyispleasedtoannouncegeneralavailabilityofthenextgenerationofthepopu-larCCNA,CCNPandITessentialscurricula.NewcurriculaweredesignedtoaddressachangingmarketplaceandrespondtoNewTechnologies.TheseproductsaretheresultofNetworkingAcademy’sincreasedfocusonprovidingtheskillsstudentsneedtopursueITnetworkingcareersinacompetitiveglobalmarketplace.

11. Quality of Service Research ItisfundedbyCiscoandfocusedonintegratedanddifferentiatedserviceswithparticularemphasisonhowtheresultscanhelptheInternetserviceproviders,endusersandregulatorybodiesinmeetingtheirgoalsandobjec-tives.Theresearchalsosuggestedheuristicalgorithmsaimedatimprovedqualityofservice.TheresultswereaimedtoshowhowcountriessuchasUgandacanoptimallyutilizethesmallbandwidthwithoutchargingtheendusersmore.

12. MTN Village Phone/Grameen Smartphone Trial MTN/Grameenarecarryingouttrialstoseehowvillagephoneoperatorswouldusesmartphones.Theirideaistousestudentstoassistinconductingthetrials.CIThasagreedtoassistthemidentifygoodstudents.Projectkicksoff January 2008.

13. OpenMRSThisisafree/opensourceclinicaldatacollectionsystem.CIThascarriedoutthepilotimplementationofitatMba-rara,MasakaandMbalehospitals.CITisalsoactivelyinvolvedindevelopingadditionalmodulesforthat.

14. Mobile Handheld Data CollectionCITreceivedagranttoextendoureffortsontheEpihandyproject(epihandy.com),bycreatingamobilephonebasedsurveydatacollectiontool.ThistoolisnowcompleteandfieldtrialsbeginJanuary2008.

15. E-Learning FacilityCIT receivedmulti-milliondollar equipment fromAVOIR fundedbyUSAID to establishE- learning facility. ThisprojectwillprovideSunHardwareDataCenter,SunHardwareandSoftwareclassroomcontaining20SunRaythinclientswithLCDmonitorsandaSunRayServeramongothers.

16. Makerere University Signed an MoU with the Uganda Police ForceTheMoUsignedon21stDecember2007willfostercollaborationamongthetwoparties.TheoverallobjectiveofthisMoUistoenabletheUgandaPoliceForceintegrateICTsinitsservicedelivery.Thetwopartiesshallbere-sponsibleforthedesign,developmentandimplementationofappropriateelectronicinformationandcommunica-tionsolutions/applicationsandtheselectionoftheequipmenttobeusedbasedoncompatibilitywiththeexistingGovernmentstandardsandpolicies.CITshallberesponsibleforofferingtrainingservicestothemembersoftheUgandaPoliceForceinthevariedareasofICTs.ItwillalsoensurethatthetechnologiesdeployedareinlineandcompatiblewithcurrentindustrialstandardsandshallworkwiththeGovernmenttoensurethatusersaretrainedin the use and management of the ICTs.

17. “Directory Service” Call Center CIT is in the process of setting up a US$1million to provide national directory services and in future move to attract offshorework.Thefaculty’sstrategicplanhasacomponentofpreparingthecountry’shumanresourcestoworkintheoutsourcingindustryandsettingupacallcenterisanappropriatefirststepinthatdirection.Formoreinformationonprojects,pleasevisithttp://cit.ac.ug/cit/projects.php

6.1 CIT Buildings

CIT is currently housed in a 2,400 square metres building donated by The Royal Kingdom of Norway worth NOK 13.46 million (approximately 3.6 billion Uganda shillings). This space is supplemented by space hired for teaching purposes from other places in the University. The Faculty also uses space in the former Insti-tute of Computer Science building located in the Faculty of Science (old site). Starting 2008 CIT will not need to hire space as the new building will be ready for use.

In February 2006, exactly one year after transition from Institute to a faculty, CIT embarked on construc-tion of 12,000 square metres complex as extension of the current building to cater for the growing demand for ICT training in the region. The centre is the largest computing and ICT training and research centre in the whole of Africa.

Building summary:• 6 computer laboratories each of 800 square metres (1000 seat capacity)• 6 lecture theatres each of 400 square metres (600seat capacity) • 6 small laboratories of total area 1200 square metres• 6 small lecture theatres of total area 1200 square metres• One canteen of total area 300square metres• 300 square metres of office space• 1800 square metres of circulation space

This Building will improve the investment climate and increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to Uganda in the area of ICT and other related industries by supporting the ICT-lead socio-economic develop-ment. Such areas include: Education - e-tutoring, e-learning; Outsourcing; Software industry: Software development and customization; E-government; Internet banking; Job creation via starting new business-private sector growth; among others. It also aims at providing the necessary infrastructure for the largest Centre of Excellence in Computing and ICT Training, Research and Professional (Consultancy) Services in the whole of Africa.

New ‘State o the Art’ Building

Facilities & Equipment



6.2 New website

CITwebsitewasredesignedforeffectiveandfriendlyuse.Thestructure,contentandoverall lookwascompletelychanged.ItprovidesinformationonEducation,Research,ProjectsandPart-ners of CIT. It also provides information for prospective students andoffersanupdateonalleventsatCIT.Come2008;theCITwebsitewillprovidespecificspaceforalumni.

6.3 Two Wireless Access Points installed

CIT installed twowirelessaccesspointsat the facultybuilding toincreaseaccessibilitytotheinternet.Thismeanttoenablestaffandstudentswithmobilecomputingequipmenttoaccesstheinternet.Thishascreatedalternativeaccesspointsandplansareunderwaytohaveinplacemoreaccesspointstoenablemobility.

6.4 CIT received 60 Laptops

Aspartof implementationoftheactivitiesoftheNPTProject ‘StrengtheningICTTrainingandResearchCapacity intheFourPublicUniversitiesinUganda’,100laptopswerepurchasedtostrengthenajoint(forthe4PublicUniversities)researchprogramme’and‘toimproveonICTandTeachingInfrastructure’.CITreceived60laptopswhichweregiventoacademicstaffandafewkeyadministrativestaff.

6.5 Pressing Needs

i. AlthoughtheFacultyhasbeenabletorealizepositiveresultsfromitshumblebeginnings,itstillhas challengesofensuringadequatefacilities(suchascomputers,internetbandwidth)tomeettheneedsof thegrowingstudents’numbers.

ii. CITisfacedwiththechallengeofraising6billionshillings(4millionU$)forequippingthenewbuilding.

iii. CIT also needs US$1million to set up a Call Centre. Of the $1m that is required for the call centre, $700,000willbeusedtoacquirethenecessarytechnologyandsoftwarewiththeremaining$300,000tobe spentonotheroperationalcostsliketrainingthecallcenteragentsandconsultancyservicesamongothers.

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Appendices

Appendix 1: Academic Staff

A. Department of Computer Science

Name Rank/Qualification Comment1 VenansiusBaryamureeba Professor/PhD Dean/Ag.Head,DeptofComputerScience2 Jose Ghislain Quenum Senior Lecturer/ PhD 3 John Quinn Lecturer / PhD 4 JohnNgubiri AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudentatRUN(TheNetherlands)5 FlorenceTushabe AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudentatRUN(TheNetherlands)6 NarcisTRwangoga AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. Asst.Head,DeptofComputerScience.7 RonaldAzairwe AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudent(Malaysia)8 KanagwaBenjamin AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudentRUG(TheNetherlands)9 RichardSsekibule AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)10 JohnKizito AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudentatRUG(TheNetherlands)11 EmmanuelAbunyang AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudent12 DoreenTuheirwe TeachingAssistant/B.Sc. M.Sc.StudentatRUG(TheNetherlands)13 RoseNakibuule TeachingAssistant/M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)14 EzraJAgaba TeachingAssistant/B.Sc. M.Sc.Student(MaK)15 EngineerBainomugisha TeachingAssistant/B.Sc. M.ScStudent[Belgium]

B. Department of Information Systems

Name Rank/Qualification Comment1 DdembeWilliams SeniorLecturer/PhD Ag.DeputyDean(GSR)2 OgaoPatrickJob SeniorLecturer/PhD Ag.HeadDeptofInformationSystems3 Martin Bagaya Lecturer / PhD 4 AgnesRSemwanga AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)5 RichardMayanja AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)/Asst.HeadDeptofInformation System6 JosephineNabukenya AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudentatRUN(TheNetherlands)7 Rehema Baguma Assistant Lecturer/ M.Sc. PhD student (MaK)8 MichaelNiyitegeka AssistantLecturer/MBA. ExamsandAcademicProgCoordinator9 SpearAbowe AssistantLecturer/M.Sc.10 EmilyBagarukayo AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)16 FionaCatherineSsozi AssistantLecturer/M.Sc.17 PeterKhisaWakholi AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)18 PeterNabende AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudentatRUG(TheNetherlands)19 JoanitaNagujjaNtambi TeachingAssistant/B.Sc. M.ScStudent20 IreneNakiyimba TeachingAssistant/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)21 AgnesNakakawa TeachingAssistant/M.Sc. PhDStudentatRUN(TheNetherlands)22 MercyAmiyo TeachingAssistant/M.Sc. PhDstudent(Mak)

C. Department of Information Technology

Name Rank/Qualification Comment1 JosephMSsemwogerere Lecturer/M.Sc. Ag.HeadofDeptInformationTechnology2 JudeTLubega SeniorLecturer/PhD3 GilbertMaiga AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)4 MosesNiwe TeachingAssistant/M.Sc. Ph.DStudent[Sweden]5 RaymondMugwanya AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. Asst.HeadDeptofInformationTechnology/ PhDstudent(Mak)



6 Daudi Jingo Assistant Lecturer/ M.Sc. 7 ErnestMwebaze AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)8 AminahZawedde AssistantLecturer/M.Sc PhDStudent(Mak)9 Fiona Tulinayo Assistant Lecturer/ M.Sc PhD Student at RUN (The Netherlands)10 MargaretNagwovuma TeachingAssistant/B.Sc. MITStudent(Mak)

D. Department of Networks

Name Rank/Qualification Comment1 Tom Wanyama Senior Lecturer/ PhD Deputy Dean (Academic Affairs)2 PaulBagyenda Lecturer/M.Phil Ag.HeadDeptofNetworks3 Idris A Rai Associate Professor/ PhD 4 Julianne Sansa Assistant Lecturer/ M.Sc. PhD student at RUG (The Netherlands)5 AgnesFNamulindwa AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)6 JamesNKasigwa AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)7 Charity B Mulenga Assistant Lecturer/ M.Sc. PhD student (UK)8 FredNoahKiwanuka AssistantLecturer/M.Sc. Asst.Head,DeptofNetworks/PhDstudent(Mak)9 Mariam Sensalire Assistant Lecturer/ M.Sc. PhD student (MaK)10 PatrickDMirembe TeachingAssistant/M.Sc. PhDstudent(MaK)11 FrankNkuyahaga TeachingAssistant/B.Sc.12 BrianJosephMukwaya TeachingAssistant/B.Sc.

Appendix 2: Part-time Lecturers

A. Department of Computer Science

Name Qualification Comment1 ByamugishaFred M.Sc. SoftwareDeveloperworkingwithMTN-Uganda2 BbuyeAbubaker M.Sc.3 MutuwaPeace M.Sc.4 AlexAsiimwe M.Sc. SystemsDevelopment-MinistryofICT5 OumaMoureen M.Sc. PhDstudent(Mak)6 TaboOlokaGodfrey M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)7 Henry Kirya M.Sc. 8 JoelLakuma M.Sc. ComputerScientist–MinistryofFinance-Uganda9 MauriceBarigye M.Sc. SystemsEngineer-EricksonUganda10 Godfrey Odongtoo M.Sc. 11 Francis Otto M.Sc. 12 RonaldKivulu M.Sc. VirtualApplicationsSystemsManager-CeltelUganda13 DanielLuzinda M.Sc. SystemsDeveloper–StandardCharteredBank–Uganda14 WillyJAsiimwe M.Sc. 15 RonaldMuwanguzi M.Sc–Student(Mak)

B. Department of Information Systems

Name Qualification Comment1 Noreda Kiremire M.Sc. PhD Student (MaK)2 AbdulNsubuga M.Sc. PhDStudent(MaK)/SystemsAnalyst andProjectManager-WaridTelecomUganda3 BwireFelix B.Sc. M.Sc.Student(MaK)4 ChristineNalubowa MIS

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C. Department of Information Technology Name Qualification Comment1 EmmanuelAcuc M.Sc. ITSecurityExpert-WorldBank[Uganda]2 ConsolataB.Mugambe M.Sc. LecturerIT/ComputerAuditUICT-Nakawa3 BizimunguOmara M.Sc. PhDStudent(MaK)4 FaridahKyambadde M.Sc.5 MartinG.Mubangizi M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)6 JacksonMuhirwe M.Sc. PhDStudent(MaK)7 MartinNgobye M.Sc.8 AnnetteK.Sengendo M.Sc. IT/NetworkManagerWaridTelecomUganda9 AsaphTweheyo MBA10 SylviaS.Mukwaya M.Sc. PhDStudent(MaK)11 Mugarura A. Cavin M.Sc. Managing Director KICTECH East Africa12 MugejjeraEmmanuel M.Sc. PhDStudent(Mak)13 OkoriWashington M.Sc. PhDStudent(MaK)/SystemsAnalyst–HITSTelecomsUg14 OpolotBen M.A.inMediaCom. Multi-MediaSystems-NewVision15 Ssemaluulu Paul M.Sc PhD Student (MaK) 16 Yiga Stephen M.Sc PhD. Student (MaK)17 Godfrey Mayende MIT 18 SimonKasirye M.Sc SystemsDeveloper-NWSC19 AggreyNkuyahaga M.Sc CommunicationsSystems–UNICEF20 LeonardW.Wambi MIS21 JackieKemigisha MBA22 Teo Nanyange MBA 23 PatrickMuida M.Sc InformationSystems–MinistryofEnergyandMineralDev’t24 SimonWaibale M.Sc SystemsDeveloper–CapitalMarketsAuthority25 MaryMbabazi M.Sc Multi-MediaSystemsDeveloper26 Ronald M Muyende M.Sc 27 Grace Musiime M. A EPM

D. Department of Networks

Name Qualification Comment1 AlfredRutta M.Sc. NetworkManager-BankofUganda2 JamesKiiza M.Sc. InformationSystemsDeveloper/Analyst-URA3 RebbecaKyanabwe M.Sc. NetworkPlanningManagerMTN-Uganda4 CharlesSsekwe M.Sc. ManagerBusinessApplicationsDevelopmentand Lugemwa Customization-OutsourcedSolutions-URA5 KalemaBemba M.Sc. ManagerITInfrastructure-URA6 MulondoEdward M.Sc. SoftwareDeveloper7 MweruHenry M.Sc. ManagerNetworkInfrastructure-UETCL8 AtibHabibu M.Sc. PhDStudent[Australia]

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Appendix 3: Part-time staff (From other Units- within the University Service)

Name Rank/Qualification Department(CIT) Unit(Mak)1 Dr.J.K.Ssewanyana SeniorLecturer/PhD IT MUBS2 Dr. Peter Jehopio Senior Lecturer/ PhD CS Statistics 3 DdumbaWalakira AssistantLecturer/M.Sc CS Mathematics



Appendix 4: Staff from other Institutions

Name Rank/Highest Degree Specialization Comments1 Ravi Nath* Professor/ PhD IT Creighton University2 SergeBayala# Director/PhD Management eDONEC,BurkinaFaso3 K.M. van Hee# Professor/ PhD Mathematics/CS TUE4 M.G.J. van den Brand# Professor/ PhD SE TUE5 W.M.P. van der Aalst# Professor/ PhD IS TUE6 HenkvanLinde# Consultant/PhD Management IndependentICTconsultant,former Director of SURF Foundation7 KarlDittrich# Director/PhD Management Netherlands-FlemishAccreditation Board8 ErikBarendsen# SeniorLecturer/PhD CS RUN9 FreekWiedijk# Researcher/Lecturer/PhDCS RUN10 Frits Vaandrager# Professor/ PhD CS RUN11 H.A.[Erik]Proper# Professor/PhD IS RUN12 ir. Th. P. van der Weide# Professor/ PhD IS RUN13 JanosSarbo# Researcher/Lecturer/PhDCS RUN14 PatrickvanBommel# Researcher/Lecturer/PhDIS RUN15 S.J.B.A.Hoppenbrouwers#Researcher/Lecturer/PhDIS RUN16 Theo Schouten# Researcher/Lecturer/PhD CS RUN17 Peter Lucas Ass. Professor/PhD CS RUN18 Theodorus Petrus Professor/PhD IS RUN vanderweide# 19 Marnix Pool# Director/ PhD Management RUG Holding Company20 GregGibbon* SeniorLecturer/PhD Mathematicallogic TheUniversityofNewCastle Australia21 JanetAisbett* Professor/PhD IS TheUniversityofNewCastle Australia22 AnnemiekeGalema# Vice-Director/PhD Management TransferandLiaisonGroup23 Jean Hall* Senior Lecturer/ PhD IT University of Australia24 HN Muyingi* Professor/ PhD IS University of Fort Hare, SA25 E.A. Koster# Lecturer/ PhD IS RUG26 ErikHaarbrink# Staff/Management RUG27 Gerald Renardel# Professor/ PhD Math / CS RUG28 Gert Vetger Professor/ PhD CS RUG29 Gosse Bouma# Lecturer / PhD CS RUG30 HarmBakker SeniorLecturer/M.Sc. CS RUG31 HendrikJanVanLinde ICTConsultant/PhD Mathematics/CS RUG32 Ir.InekeGanzeveld# SeniorLecturer/PhD Management/QA RUG33 J.B.T.M.Roerdink# Professor/PhD IS RUG34 J.C. Wortman# Professor/ PhD IS RUG35 J.M. van der Hulst# Professor/ PhD IS RUG36 Jan Bosch Professor/ PhD CS RUG37 JanFolkert Ass.Professor/PhD EducationalICT RUG38 JohnNerbonne# Professor/PhD IS RUG39 JosTolboom ProgrammeManager/PhD Math/CS RUG40 KarlLeoLambert AssistantProfessor/PhD Management RUG Marie Dittrich 41 Koos Duppen Professor/ PhD CS RUG42 L.R.B.Schomaker# Professor/PhD CS RUG43 Marc Petit Senior Consultant/ PhD Math/ CS RUG44 Marco Aiello# Professor/ PhD CS RUG45 Marinus (Rien) Management/PhD Earth Sciences RUG A.C Dam 46 Michael Biehl# Lecturer/ PhD CS RUG47 MichaelWilkinson# Lecturer/PhD CS RUG48 R.C. Jansen# Professor/ PhD IS RUG

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Name Rank/Highest Degree Specialization Comments49 Rein Smedinge Lecturer / PhD CS RUG50 RiaKlasineJacobi SeniorEducational ICT&Education RUG Consultant/ M.Sc 51 RobertJanz Director/PhD IT RUG52 WimHHesselink Professor/PhD CS RUG53 Kathy Lynch* Senior Lecturer/ PhD IT University of Monash 54 RichardWait Professor/PhD IT UppsalaUniversity(Sweden)55 DoitseSwierstra Professor/PhD CS UtrechtUniversity

* VisitingStaffontheNufficProject“BuildingaSustainableICTHumanResourceCapacitythefourPublicUniversitiesinUganda”# visitingstaffontheNufficProject“StrengtheningICTTrainingandResearchCapacityinthefourPublicUniversitiesinUganda”

Appendix 5: In-Service Courses (CCNA, CCNP, ICDL, CCA) Instructors

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Appendix 6: Administrative staff

a) Administrative Staff Employed by Mak Mr.AbsolomKaturamu,ComputerProgrammerMr.ArthurKwesiga,SystemAdministratorMr.CharlesBiganja,LibrarianMr.CharlesTumwebazeKahangire,ComputerProgrammerMr.FrankNkuyahaga,SoftwareDeveloperMr.FunaCharlesHalonda,WorkforceDevelopmentCoordinator Mr.Jacobkato,ComputerEngineerMr.JohnsonMwebaze,NetworkAdministratorMr.JosephKaramuzi,DeskOfficerMr. Linda Wandira, Senior Admin Assistant (Graduate Studies) Mr.MichaelNiyitegeka,Exams&ProgramsCoordinatorMr. Philip Kato, System AdministratorMs.CatherineKalibala,CashierMs. Consolate Komugisha, Accountant

Ms.DeborahNaluyimaNamirembe,SeniorAdminAssistant(DD(AA)’soffice)Ms. Fausia Konde, Personal Secretary Ms.GraceNakawunde,SeniorAdminAssistant(Dept.ofCS)Ms.HarrietBNyakaana,SeniorAdminAssistant(GSROffice)Ms. Mary Komunte, Senior Admin Assistant (Old site) Ms.MaureenTwikirize,AdminAssistant(Registrar’soffice)Ms.PeaceBuhwamatsikoTumuheki,FacultyRegistrarMs. Ruth Nandyose, Admin Assistant (Dept. of NW)Ms.SusanAjamboAchola,AdminAssistant(Dept.ofIS)Ms.SusanKateme,SeniorAdminAssistant(Dean sOffice)

Mr.AbubakerNyanzi,CCNAInstructor/M.Sc.studentMr.AggreyObbo,CCNAInstructor/M.Sc.studentMr.AlexBbosa,CCNAAssetsManagerMr.AndrewSentamu,CCNAInstructorMr.AnthonyMNtwatwa,CCNAAssetsManagerMr. Bernard Mugalya, CCNA InstructorMr.FelixBwire,CAACoordinator/M.Sc.StudentMr.FredBernardKakooza,CCNAInstructor/ITEssentials Coordinator /PhD Student Mr.FredMubeezi,CCNAInstructor/M.Sc.StudentMr. Godfrey Onyait, ICDL Coordinator / Instructor /PhD Student Mr.GraceNanyanzi,CCNAInstructor/M.Sc.studentMr.HenryKatumba,CCNAInstructorMr.HoseaNaturindaMakuru,CCNAInstructor/M.Scstudent

Mr.JohnsonMwebaze,CiscoRegionalCoordinatorMr. Kelly Amisi, CCNA InstructorMr.MichaelKumakech,CCNAInstructorMr.MosesKatsTuryakira,CCNAInstructorMr.PaulSekaja,ITEssentialsInstructorMr.PeterMuhumuza,CCNAInstructorMr.RobertRubaganza,CCNAInstructorMr.RobertSaaka,ITEssentialsInstructorMr.Samme-NlarTomslin,CCNAInstructorMr.SimonMuwanga,AdminAssistant/M.ScstudentMs.CatherineNuwagaba,ITEssentialsInstructorMs.DeborahNatujuuna,CCNACoordinator/InstructorMs. Irene Kayima, CCNA Instructor



b) Administrative Staff Employed by CIT

Appendix 7: Support Staff

Mr. Ceaser Nampindo, Technician Mr.DanielKayiwa,LeadSoftwareDeveloperMr.EdgarAsiimweNapoleon,WebAdministratorMr. Francis Egessa , Assistant AccountantMr.JacksonMuhairwe,ResearchCoordinatorMr.MosesMugisa,DeputyOfficeAssistant(RecordsManagement)Mr. Paul Ssemaluulu, Research CoordinatorMs.BeatriceNamanya,FrontOfficeAssistantMs.BettyTibesigwa,AdministrativeAssistant(DD(GSR)’sOffice)

Ms. Dora Bampangana, Administrative Assistant (Dept. of IT) Ms.EdinahKyobutungi,FrontOfficeAssistantMs.FlorenceBeatriceIkilai,SeniorAccountantMs.IdahK.Kahangi,OfficeAssistant(RecordsManagement)Ms.PatienceKaitesi,FrontOfficeAssistantMs.RonahArinanye,OfficeAssistant(Dean’sOffice)Ms. Rossette Birungi, Administrative Assistant (HR&IROfficer)Ms.SusanSheilaAkello,FrontOfficeAssistantMs.SylviaMaryKibooga,AdministrativeAssistant(FacultyBookBank)

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b) Support staff Employed by CIT

Ms.CatherineTabu,CanteenStaffMs.EvaNakawunde,CanteenStaffMs.AminaNassiwa,CleanerMs.FlorenceAinembabazi,CleanerMs.JosephineTaaka,CleanerMs.MarthaKifuuko,CleanerMs. Monica Byaife, CleanerMr.AmosKagaba,CustodianMr.BruceAkankwasa,CustodianMr.EdwardMugalulu,CustodianMr.EmmanuelTwesigye,CustodianMr. Fred Wafula, CustodianMr. Joseph Ssenyonga, CustodianMr.JuliusKwikiriza,CustodianMr. Nicholas Emma Kinene, Custodian

Mr.SimonOlowo,CustodianMr.SundaySeezi,CustodianMs.AnnetNambi,CustodianMs. Eva Birungi, CustodianMs. Florence Kyomugisha, CustodianMs.RitahNalubega,CustodianMr.AbubakerNsobya,Custodian(Bagsection),Mr.RogersMuhwezi,Custodian(Bagsection)Ms. Irene Ndagire, Custodian (Bag section), Mr. Aggrey Musongole, Custodian (Security)Mr.DenisAkenaOkello,Custodian(Security)Mr.ArthurMugabi,InternMr.DavidMosesGamuuwa,InternMr.TravisMwanjje,InternMr. George Achuma, Sanitary Cleaner

a) Support staff Employed by Mak Ms.FedderesNamutebi,CleanerMs. Gorrett Nantale, CleanerMs. Prossy Aineomugisha, CleanerMr.DanSsajja,DriverMr.GodffreyMasereka,DriverMr.SilverKyaligonza,DriverMr.GeorgeWamokota,Keypunch/ComputerOperator

Mr.PaulWamboza,MessengerMr.RichardKiyigwa,MessengerMr.EzraMuhwezi,SecurityGuardMr.JamesIkotot,SecurityGuardMr.SwaibuTumukunde,SecurityGuardMr.WilsonMusekura,SecurityGuardMr. Wycliffe Tumuramye, Security Guard

Appendix 8: List of CIT Staff Publications 2007

A. Journals1. Baryamureeba,VandT.Steihaug(2007),PropertiesofPreconditionersforRobustLinearRegression.International JournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol1,No.2,pp.50-66,December2007.http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number2/ article6.pdf. 2. Baryamureeba,V.(2007),ICTasanEngineforUganda’sEconomicGrowth:TheRoleofandOpportunitiesforMakerere University.InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol.1,No.1, pp.47–57,June2007. http:www.ijcir.org/volume1-number1/article6.pdf.3. Kitoogo,F.E.andV.Baryamureeba(2007),AMethodologyforFeatureSelectioninNamedEntityRecognition. InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol1,No.1,pp.18-26June2007 http:www.ijcir.org/volume1- number1/article3.pdf.4. Kitoogo,F.E.andV.Baryamureeba(2007),Meta-KnowledgeasanengineinClassifiercombination.\InternationalJournal ofComputingandICTResearch,Vol1,No.2,pp.74–86,December2007.http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number2/ article8.pdf. 5. Muhirwe,J.(2007),ComputationalAnalysisofKinyarwandaMorphology:TheMorphologicalAlternations.International JournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol.1,No.1,pp.85-92http:www.ijcir.org/volume1-number1/article10.pdf.6. OttoF,MirembeP.D.andM.Muyeba(2007),AmodelfordatamanagementinPeer-to-PeerSystemsInternationalJournal ofComputingandICTResearch,Vol1,No.2,pp.67-73,December2007. http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number2/article7.pdf.7. Rwangoga,N.T.&A.P.Baryayetunga(2007),E-governmentforUganda:ChallengesandOpportunities.International JournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol.1,No.1,pp.36-46.http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number1/article5.pdf.8. Rwashana,A.S.andD.W.Williams(2007),EnhancingImmunizationCoveragethroughHealthInformation Systems:ASystemDynamicsApproach.StudiesinHealthTechnologyInformatics.130:247-56.ISBN978-1-58603-777- 2,ISSN09726-9630.IOSPress2007.http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/ebm/journal/Stud_Health_Technol_ Inform. 9. SansaJ.,SzomoruA.andJ.M.vanderHulst(2007),AnEvaluationStudyofDataTransportProtocolsfore-VLBI. InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol.1,No.1,pp.68–75.http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number1/ article8.pdf. 10. Ssewanyana,J.KandM.Busler(2007),AdoptionandUsageofICTinDevelopingCountries:CaseofUgandanFirms, International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, Volume 3, No. 3, 2007. http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=349.11. SsewanyanaJ.K.(2007),ICTAccessandPovertyinUganda.InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol1, No.2,pp.10–19,December2007http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number2/article2.pdf.12. TushabeF,andM.H.F.Wilkinson(2007),“Content-basedImageRetrievalUsingCombined2DAttributePatternSpectra”, to appear in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer.13. Wakabi-WaiswaP.PandV.Baryamureeba(2007),ExtractionofInterestingAssociationRulesUsingGeneticAlgorithms.To appear in the International Journal of Computing and ICT Research.14. WanyamaT.(2007),SubscriberMobilityModelinginWirelessNetworks.InternationalJournalofComputingandICTRe search,Vol.1,No.1,pp.27–35.http:www.ijcir.org/volume1-number1/article4.pdf.15. WanyamaT.,NamulindwaA.,andH.F.Behrouz(2007),DecisionSupportfortheSelectionofCOTS.InternationalJournal ofComputingandICTResearch,Vol1,No.2,pp.31-41,December2007. http://www.ijcir.org/volume1-number2/article4.pdf.16. Wanyama,T.andV.Baryamureeba(2007),TheRoleofAcademiainFosteringPrivateSectorCompetitivenessinICT Development.InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch,Vol.1,No.1,pp.58–67. http:www.ijcir.org/volume1-number1/article7.pdf.

B. Book chapters

1. Aogon.JandP.J.Ogao(2007),AVisualizationFrameworkforDiscoveringPrepaidMobileSubscriberUsagePatterns.In SpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTin Development,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ, AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp251-262.2. Baguma.R,Wanyama.T,vanBommel.PandP.J.Ogao(2007),WebAccessibilityinUganda:AstudyofWebmaster Perceptions.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M, MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp183-197.3. BaryamureebaV.andT.Steihaug(2007),PropertiesofPreconditionersforRobustLinearRegression.InSpecialTopicsin ComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK., MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp56-77.4. Baryamureeba.V(2007),ICTasanEngineforUganda’sEconomicGrowth:TheRoleofandOpportunitiesforMakerere University.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M, MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp468-483.5. JjingoD.andW.Makalowski(2007),ComputationalIdentificationofTransposableElementsintheMouse Genome.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment, KizzaJ.M, MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp39-55.



6. Kanagwa.BandE.K.Mugisa(2007),AComparisonofServiceOrientedArchitecturewithotherAdvancesinSoftware Architectures.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M, MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp405-416.7. Kitoog.E.FandV.Baryamureeba(2007),AMethodologyforFeatureSelectioninNamedEntityRecognition.InSpecial TopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ., GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp88-100.8. LumalaA.F.NandE.K.Mugisa(207),TowardsCompositionalSupportforaHeterogeneousRepositoryofSoftware Components.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M, MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp446-453.9. Maiga.G(2007),TowardsaReusableEvaluationFrameworkforOntologyBasedBiomedicalSystemsIntegration. InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ, AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp215-229.10. Mirembe.D.PandF.Otto(2007),AnalysisofFreeHavenAnonymousStorageandPublicationSystem.InSpecialTopics inComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK., MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp372-381.11. MuhirweJ.(2007),ComputationalAnalysisofKinyarwandaMorphology:TheMorphologicalAlternations.InSpecialTopics inComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK., MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp78-87.12. MuhirweJ.(2007),TowardsHumanLanguageTechnologiesforUnder-resourcedLanguages.InSpecialTopicsin ComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK., MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp123-127.13. Muyinda.P.B,Mugisa.EandK.Lynch(2007),M-Learning:TheEducationaluseofMobileCommunicationDevices.In SpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ, AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp290-301.14. Nakakawa.AandP.J.Ogao(2007),ASpatialDecisionSupportToolforLandfillSiteSelection:CaseForMunicipalSolid WasteManagement.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment, KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp170- 182.15. Niwe.M(2007),Standards-basedB2Be-CommerceAdoption.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch: StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,Mbarika V.,PatelD,and RodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp335-346.16. Niyitegeka.M(2007),TowardsaWebsiteEvaluationFrameworkforUniversities:CaseStudyMakerereUniversity.In SpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ, AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp323-334.17. Rwangoga.N.T.andA.P.Baryayetunga(2007),E-governmentforUganda:ChallengesandOpportunities.InSpecial TopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ., GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp518-530.18. Sansa.J(2007),AnEvaluationStudyofDataTransportProtocolsfore-VLBI.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICT Research:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD, andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp394-402.19. Semwanga.A.RandD.W.Williams(2007),EnhancingImmunizationHealthcareDeliverythroughtheUseofInformation CommunicationTechnologies.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTin Development,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.Fountain Publishers,Vol3pp144-156.20. Sensalire.MandP.J.Ogao(2007),NotallVisualizationsareUseful:TheNeedto TargetUserNeedswhenVisualizingObjectOrientedSoftware.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch: StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,and RodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp433-445.21. Ssekibuule.R(2007),SecurityAnalysisofRemoteE-Voting.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch: StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK., MbarikaV.,PatelD,and RodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp518-530.22. Ssekibuule.R,Lakuma.JandJ.Ngubiri(2007),ComputationalResourceOptimizationinUgandanTertiaryInstitutions.In SpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTin Development,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ, AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds. FountainPublishers,Vol3pp509-517.23. Ssemaluulu.PandD.W.Williams(2007),ComplexityandRiskinISProjects:ASystemDynamicsApproach.InSpecial TopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ., GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp243-250.

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24. Suhail.N.AandE.K.Mugisa(2007),ImplementationofE-learnininHigherEducationInstitutionsinLowBandwidth Environment:ABlendedLearningApproach.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:Strengtheningtheroleof ICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.Fountain Publishers,Vol3pp302-322.25. Wadembere.IandP.J.Ogao(2007),GeometricalSpatialDataIntegrationinGeo-InformationManagement.InSpecial TopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ., GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp157-169.26. Wakabi-Waiswa.P.PandV.Baryamureeba(2007),ExtractionofInterestingAssociationRulesUsingGeneticAlgorithms. InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ, AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp101-110.27. Wanyama.T(2007),SubscriberMobilityModelinginWirelessNetworks.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTRe search:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,and RodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp382-393.28. Wanyama. T and A.F. N. Lumala (2007), Decision Support for the Selection of COTS. In Special Topics in Computing and ICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,KizzaJ.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,Patel D,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp394-402.29. Wanyama.TandV.Baryamureeba(2007),TheRoleofAcademiainFosteringPrivateSectorCompetitivenessinICT Development.InSpecialTopicsinComputingandICTResearch:StrengtheningtheroleofICTinDevelopment,Kizza J.M,MuhirweJ,AisbettJ.,GetaoK.,MbarikaV.,PatelD,andRodriguesA.J.,Eds.FountainPublishers,Vol3pp484-497.

C. Conference proceedings

1. BagarukayoE.,LubegaJ.andV.Mbarika(2007),EnhancingTheAttainmentOfHigherOrderCognitiveSkillsThrough MultimediaE-Learning.6thEuropeanConferenceone-learning(ECEL2007)attheCopenhagenBusinessSchool, DenmarkISBN:978-1-905305-57,pp.69.2. Baguma.R,vanBommel.P,Wanyama.TandP.Ogao(2007),RealtingVisualDisabilityandtheWeb.Proceedingsofthe 2ndinternationalConferenceforInternetTechnologiesandApplications(ITA07)–Wrexham,WestWales,UK(4–7 August 2007).3. Kitoogo.F.E.andV.Baryamureeba(2007),TheuseofMeta-KnowledgeforenhancedClassifierCombination.Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT 2007), Masters &DoctorateEvaluation,FishRiverSun,SunshineCoast,SouthAfrica,30thSept-3rdOct2007.4. Lubega.J.T(2007),InformationCommunicationTechnology(ICT)forDevelopment.International Conferenceon Science,Technology,InnovationsandDevelopment,byUNASandNASIC,HotelAfricana,Kampala,Uganda.5. Nabende.PandT.Wanyama(2007),AnExpertSystemforDiagnosingHeavyDutyDieselEngine Faults. AcceptedforpublicationintheProceedingsoftheInternationalConferenceonIndustrialElectronics,Technology andAutomation(IETA07),3-12December2007,Bridgeport,USA.6. Ngubiri.JandM.vanVliet(2007),Group-wisePerformanceEvaluationofProcessorCo-allocationinMulti-clusterSystems. InProceedingsofthe13thWorkshoponJobschedulingStrategiesforParallelProcessing(JSSPP’07),Seattle,WA,USA, pp1-13.7. Ngubiri.JandM.vanVliet(2007),Performance,FairnessandEffectivenessinSpace-Slicing Multi-clusterSchedulers.InProceedingsofthe19thIASTEDInternationalConferenceonParallelandDistributed ComputingandSystems(PDCS’07),Cambridge,MA,USA.8. Niwe.M,Mbarika.V,Samake.K.DandM.Niyitegeka(2007),GlobalDiffusionoftheInternet:TheCaseofUganda”. Proceedingsofthe13thAmericasConferenceonInformationSystems-ColoradoStateUniversity,KeystoneColorado, USA(9th–12thAugust2007).9. Quenum.J.G(2007),AUnificationanddelegationApproachtoConfigureGenericProtocolsforAgentInteractions. Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM international Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology held in San Jose, California(November2–5,2007).10. RwashanaA.SandWilliamsD.W(2007),EnhancingImmunizationCoveragethroughhealthinformationsystems:A System dynamics Approach Proceedings of the International conference on IT in Health care (ITHC) Sydney, Australia 29-30August2007.11. Rwashana.A.S.andD.W.Williams(2007),IsImmunizationDemandEqualtoImmunizationCoverage?ACaseStudyon Uganda Healthcare Provision. Proceedings of the 25th International System Dynamics,29Jul-2Aug07,Boston,USA.SystemDynamicsSociety.ISBN978-0-9745329-7-4.12. Sensalire.MandP.Ogao(2007),ToolUsersRequirementsClassification:HowSoftwareVisualizationToolsMeasureUp. Proceedingsofthe5thInternationalConferenceonComputerGraphics,VirtualReality,VisualizationandInteractionin Africa.pp119-124,October2007. Publisher,ACMNewYork,NY,USA13. Sensalire.MandP.Ogao(2007),VisualizingObjectOrientedSoftware:TowardsaPointofReferenceforDeveloping ToolsforIndustry.4thIEEEInternationalWorkshoponVisualizingSoftwarefor UnderstandingandAnalysis.pp26-29, Banff Canada.14. Tushabe.FandM.H.F.Wilkinson(2007),ImagePreprocessingforCompression:AttributeFiltering,VotedastheBest Student paper for the International Conference on Signal Processing and Imaging Engineering (ICSPIE’07), San Francisco, USA,24-26October,200715. Tushabe.FandM.H.F.Wilkinson(2007),Content-basedImageRetrievalusingShape-Sizepatternspectra. WorkingNotesfortheCLEF2007Workshop,19-21September,Budapest,Hungary16. Wanyama.T(2007),StaticandDynamicCoalitionFormationinGroup-Choicedecisionmaking.Paperpresentedandfor publicationintheproceedingsoftheModelingDecisionsforartificialintelligenceconferenceheldinKitakyushu,Japan (16–18,Aug2007).



Appendix 9: PhD Students Registered at Mak

CIT offers four programmes leading to PhD in Computer Science, PhD in Information Systems, PhD in Information TechnologyandPhDinSoftwareEngineering.ThisismainlyaimedatdevelopingICTresearchcapacityintheareasofcomputerscience,informationsystems,informationtechnologyandsoftwareengineering.52PhDstudentsareenrolledinthePhDprogrammesatCIT.StudentsbenefitfromoneofthetopresearchandteachinginstitutionsforICTsintheRegionandavibrantcommunityofstudentsandstaffinthecentreofKampala.

a. PhD by Research Only

SN Reg No. Name Yr. of Study Dep’t Topic1 KALIISAIbrahim IV IT TrustManagementFrameworkforWeb Applications2 2004/HD18/2841U RwashanaA.Semwanga III IS ImprovingPolicyImplementationin ImmunizationCoverage,ASystem Dynamic Approach3 2004/HD18/2899U LumalaN.Agnes III NW AComponent-basedDevelopment EnvironmentfortheSoftwareSupermarket4 2004/HD18/1954U MatovuHenryKayigwa III CS AScalableDynamicalClimatePrediction Model Implemented on a Parallel Architecture5 2003/HD18/2566U TibenderanaPrisca II IT AFrameworkforEvaluatingUniversity LibraryInformationandCommunication Technology Services6 2006/HD18/4746U TheodoraM.Twongyire II IS ACollaborativeFrameworkforSupporting IndigenousKnowledgeManagement7 2006/HD18/4783U MugwanyaRaymond II NW OnanEnhancedSoftwareArchitecture Evaluation Method8 2007/HD18/4828U MirembeDrakePatrick I CS AModelforSecurityManagementin AmbulatoryWirelessSensorNetworks.9 2007/HD18/4826U SsekibuuleRichard I CS AToolforSecureSemantic-Agent MediatedE-Commerce10 2007/HD18/4830U BagarukayoEmily I IS ALearner-CentredMultimediaIntegrated FrameworkforTeachingandAssessment11 2007/HD18/4829U JjingoDaudi I IS DevelopmentofaPipelineandFramework for Bioinformatics Prediction and IdentificationofBindingHotspotand possibleDrugTargetsintheMalaria (P. Falciparum) Genome

b. PhD by Coursework & Research

Reg.No NAME Year of study Dept. Topic1 2005/HD18/4003U Benedict Oyo III IS A Decision Support Tool for Quality Assurance Implementation in Higher Education2 2005/HD18/4231U FredrickE.Kitoogo III CS ImprovedUseofMachineLearning Techniques in Named Entity Recognition3 2005/HD18/3996U GilbertMaiga III IS AnOntology-BasedFrameworkfor Integrating Large Scale Biological and Clinical Information4 2005/HD18/4006U IsmailW.Mugumbu III IS GeometricalSpatialRelationshipIntegration ModelinGeo-InformationManagement5 2005/HD18/4412U JacksonMuhirwe III CS FiniteStateMorphologyforthe KinyarwandaLanguage6 2005/HD18/U Michael Barongo III IS A Decision Support tool for Understanding and Evaluating policies in Malaria Intervention programs7 2005/HD18/3998U PaulMuyindaBirevu III IS ASoftwareFrameworkforInteroperating MobileandOnlineLearningObjects8 2005/HD18/4576U Paul Ssemalulu III IS A System Dynamics Tool for Evaluating the Impact of Information Quality on Customer SatisfactioninISProjects9 2005/HD18/4235U PeterP.W.Waiswa III CS AssociationRuleMiningUsingEvolutionary

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Computing10 2005/HD18/3991U RehemaBaguma III IS E-GovernmentWebDesignFrameworkfor ImprovedAccessibilityforUserswith Disabilities11 2005/HD18/4004U SensalireM.Balungi III SE AFrameworkforVisualizingObject OrientedSoftware12 2005/HD18/4233U WashingtonOkori III CS ComputationalModelforPredictionand Management of Drought Disaster in Uganda13 2006/HD18/6783U AminahS.Zawedde II IS AProblemStructuringToolfor Requirements Engineering in Information Systems Development14 2006/HD18/6779U BenjaminKasiisi II IS AGenericInformationSecurityModel Ahimbisibwe 15 2006/HD18/6787U Christopher II CS Data security (Computer security) Grappling NimrodMafabi toidentifyaspecificareabutconsidering Computer security and Data compression16 2006/HD18/6789U CyprianoOgwang II SE AModelforPredictingSoftware MaintainabilityUsingRequirements Engineering Metrics17 2006/HD18/8426U EmmanuelMugejjera II IS APrescriptiveToolforExecutive Information Analysis and Presentation18 2006/HD18/6786U FredrickBernard II CS AFrameworkforSecureDataTransferin Kakooza MobileFinancialServices 19 2006/HD18/6791U FridahKatushemererwe II IT IT-BasedApproachforCentralized ManagementofOfficeDocuments20 2006/HD18/7701U GodfreyOmodaOnyait II CS PersonalizedFeedbackGenerationin E-Learning21 2006/HD18/6781U IreneNakiyimba II IS APrescriptiveFrameworkforEnterprise Information Technology Architecture22 2006/HD18/6790U Jennifer Angeyo II IT An Expert Training Tool for Legal Practice ProblemSolving23 2005/HD18/4229U JenniferRoseAduwo II CS AFrameworkforMultimediaDatamining24 2006/HD18/6793U JonathanLwanga II IT 25 2006/HD18/6784U JoshuaArineitwe II CS Telecommunication/ComputerNetwork Modeling,DesignandOptimizationusing integer and linear programming methods andasaMultiCommodityFlowProblem (MCFP)26 2006/HD18/6782U JuliusPeterTorach II IS E-GovernmentRiskAnalysisand ManagementFramework27 2006/HD18/6792U KarementeApolinaris II IT AModelforStrategicU-Commerce Kyoratungye Planning28 2006/HD18/6794U Paschalia II IT Research interest in ICT USE. The role of NdugwaOuma ICTsinPovertyAlleviation(ICT4D) 29 2006/HD18/8424U PeterNabende II IS AMulti-ModelKnowledgeRepresentation and Reasoning Tool30 Provisional Admission Saul Kidde II IS Asystems Dynamics Tool for Analysing Loop Dominance in Policy Analysis and Design31 2006/HD18/4791U StephenYiga II CS AFrameworkforManagingHarmful Program Codes32 2007/HD18/9361U DanielLuzinda I IS33 2007/HD18/9366U ErnestMwebaze I IT34 2007/HD18/9363U GraceSsekakubo I IS35 2007/HD18/9364U Martin Gordon I SE Mubangizi 36 2007/HD18/9365U MiriamKakai I IT37 2007/HD18/11052U Richard Angole I CS 38 2007/HD18/9367U RichardSsembatya I IT39 2007/HD18/9360U RonaldLeeEjalu I IS40 2007/HD18/11051U TomSsemwogerere I IS41 2007/HD18/9362U Walter Omona I IS



Appendix 10: 2007 Graduation List

Master of Science in Computer Science Graduates (9 Female/12 Male)

Master of Information Technology Graduate (1 Female) Komunte Mary

Master of Science in Data Communications and Software engineering Graduates (2 Male)MukombaHenryHiryaObboAggrey

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ABDI Karim Ahmed ABIGABA WilsonADOKO MaxAGABA EdnaAKELLO Esther Patricia AKIRU Lydia Brenda AKUGIZIBWE Alex Malcolm AKURUT Hellen ALUOCH Juliet AMIAjohnFridayANGUYO Geoffrey ASIIMWE Anita ASIIMWE EllyASIO JoanATUGONZA MARTINATUHAIRWE Vicent ATUKUNDAAllanAndrewATUKUNDA Apophia AWACHANGO Carol CindyAYE Racheal BASIMOIRYEHerbertBINTUBIZIBU Michael BIRUNGI GavinBOB John BOGEZI JOHNSONBrianGabogoraKitakaBUSINGEAbidWeereBWANIKANabbaleDiana

BWIREDenisMalobaBYALEERO RonaldDUSHIME JoachimELASU Moses GATHAGU N Christine GIDUDU DavidHANGHUJJA Sarah ISABIRYEEdwardKezronKABABIITO SheilaKABASINDI Rita Wamara KABUGAJoelSsenkunguKABUGI Penninah Wama-higa KAGGWA MauriceKALEMA HudsonKALERA Eva KAMANDE David KAMUGASA Julius Connery KANYIKE DavidKASAJJAFrankPWTKASULEJosephKabuyeKATALEMWA RichardKATAMBA Arthur KATOAndrewMesachKATUMBA Elvis HuesKATUSHABE Charity KAWUMA Brian KAYEZU Immaculate

KAYONDO Francis KAZIBWE John KENGOMA Monica Mugisha KIBEDI IvanKIBERU Merian KIBIRIGE William KIBUNGAWilliamKasoziKICONCO Salome KIGANGA John KIGGUNDU Aloysious KIGGUNDU Wilson Tamale KIINGIRajabuKIMBUGWE NasserKINENEJasonAndrewKIPSANGBenjaminKIROKO GodrahKISITUKwesigaSamuelKITUMBA Joseph KIZIHIRA Jones KUKUNDA Ruth KUSIIMA Harriet KWIKIRIZA Apophia KYOMUGISHA Winnie LABEDO Silas LUBEGA Fortunata Na-kachwaLWANGA JamesLWANGA Jeremiah

MAGEMBE Maurice MALE NehemiaMASAYA Godfrey MASIGA Moses MATAMA Anna MATOVU Irene Bolton MATTEMwinongoIsaacMBABAZI Irene MIREMBEIreneKawutaMITAWAANA FredMUBBALA Jimmy Bucha MUBIRU George WilliamMUGISHADicksonMUGISHA Ravasco Ian MUGUMERogersDukeKMUHEREZADickMUHUMUZAMikeMuhangiMUHUMUZA Rogers NMUHUMUZA Solomon MUNENE Dean ArnoldMURAMIRAAbsolomMURUNGI N Ronald MUSINGUZI LouisMUTAIJepkuruiSheilaMUTYABA Samuel JeffersonMUWANGUZI StephenMUYANJA Michael MUYINGO Gerald

Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science Graduates (1 Female/1Male)KankundaDorahSempalaAndrewSamuel

MayanjaAhmedNabimaraCharles

AmendingSolomeKizzaNamusisiLukiya

Ochola Roger OchenZalwangoVivianWinnifred

Postgraduate Diploma in Data Communication and Software Engineering Graduates (1 Male)Godfrey Odongtoo

Postgraduate Diploma of Information Technology Graduates (4 female/2 Male)

AbsolomKaturamuAndrewLukyamuziBerardMugeniBalyejusaBernaNamukwayaCharles Daniel Otine DeborahMudhaliEveCatherineKabahangi

Gerald OnyangoJohn AogonJohnPatrickAsiimweKassim KaluumaMargaret Esta TomusangeMargaretMukwayaNalugootiMary Lucy NdagirePaulinePhaoKabanda

PeterByamukamaKahiigiRonaldleeEjalu,RoseNakibuuleRoselynNajjumaSamuelMugabeStephen Yiga

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Graduates (63 Female/121 Male)

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MWANDHAAlfredObadiahAMWEBAZA Peter MWESIGWA IsaacNABATANZI Monica NAGAWA Edith NAKABUYE Eva NAKAFEERO Brenda NAKAFEERO Juliet Sali NAKALEMA Christine NAKASI Margaret NAKIDDE Teddy NAKYOBE JudithNALUBEGABarbaraNALUKWAGO B. Josephine NALUNGA Sarah NALUTAAYA AnnetNAMAJJA Joyce NAMANYA Beatrice NAMARA Aggrey

NAMBUYA Proscovia NAMUBIRU Ruth S NAMUBIRU Victoria NANSAMBA Sarah NASSANGA PeaceNASSIMBWA Lilian Kay NASSOZI Dianah Rose NATUKUNDA BrendaNDABARISHE Hope Idris NDIKATUUGA Solome NGURU Richard Muthenge NGWALIDA Matondo RichardNIWAGABA TeddyNKERA Justus Joseph NSUBUGADerrickNTAMBI Dennis Brian NTAROMuhweziDanNYEKO John Paul NZOKIREIvanBushaijaOKELLOBaldwin

OKELLO Julie Santa Acan OKELLOMaxwellOolaOKUMU-RINGAMichaelPatrickOLEKE Chris OLWENYI Julius Oduori ONEGA InnocentPAJJE Emmanuel RUKUNDO RogerSAGI Moureen SEBABIKizzaSemionSEMWEZI Grace Ronald SEMYALOAbbeySENKUMBA Siriiman SENTAMUAndrewSHAFFICShabanSSEBUNYAObedKasuleSSEBUYUNGO Geofrey MuruliSSEGUYA RONALD

SSEKAGYA PaulSSEKUWANDA HenrySSENABULYA John Baptist SSENYONGA Joseph SSINABULYA JosephTAMALE JimmyTEBANDEKE Jerry TUMUSIIME Isaac TURIHOHABWE Ernest TURYAKIRA Moses Kats TUSASIRWE PeaceTWIJUKYE Bruce WAIRIMUPatrickNderituWANUME Charles Marc WANYAMA Simon Davies WASUKIRAGibson

Bachelor of Information Technology Graduates (141 Female/ 230 Male)

AbaasaAnitahAbaineBenonAbdulatifHamidAbunyangAlbertAcen ProscoviaAchiro Betty OAciroPhoebeAfedraRobertIgaAgabaAndrewAustinAhumuzaMiriamAkelloRebeccaAkiruIreneAkolEmmanuelEdwardAkwirMirriamOjokAligaEdwardALIITUHA Joseph ApuuliAlokeInnocentJRAmito Caroline WhiteAnenaBrendaAnywarAnguparu LinaApio LydiaArinaitweDerrickTirusArioBenardEtukAsiimweDariusAsiimweEdgarNapoleonAsiimweHarrietLizzAsiimweJenniferBrendaAsiimweJoshuaAtim PamelaAwayoSarahAworiShielaAyebaleChristineErinahAyebazibweOliviaBabigaisaAndrewBabiryeDianaBagandanswaDavidBagumaEdwinMarkAriyoBakeeraBrianContinhoBamuleseyo CharlesBasombaCharles

BatamurizaRBrightBatungwaFrankTumusiimeBbaaleJosephBbosaRogersBirungi ClareBirungi DorothieBirungi FridahBuganda Nalumansi JoanBuggah BrianBusingye SusanBwambaleRoggersKBwetabureSilvesterByamugisha IvanByamukamaHerbertCrispusByamukamaPeterByangweJustusByaruhangaBMworoziByaruhanga Gerald Damulira SaadDenisKikanziiraDenisLeeOguzuEbauDavidEgesa BrianEjupuJamesEmmanuelMnzavaEnokaPatrickEtibotLambertEtuketDenisEyit RonaldGabeyaSarahGershom Peace GichukiKaruguDenisGumaGilbertHalondaDenisEnockHamya davidIkilaiLydiaIkongJosephAnyuruItala HarrietJuma RichardKaalo JuliusKabaaleGeoffrey

KabagenyiMiriamKabarungiMaryKabatesiIrenekabutilucywanjikuKagulu Duncan KakandeDenisKakiizaDorahKakubaMarkAntonyKakurugusiTimothyKalanziRukiaKalenziSamuelKaliikaRonaldKalinakiElizabethKaluleAndrewKaluleBakerKalungi Allan PeterKamara VincentKamugira RonaldKamugisha DavidKamukamaEmilyCarolKamya PaulKamya PeterKamya TomKamyukaFredricKango Jonathan KanshemererwePhionahKansiime CarolineKanyango Joseph NgangaKaruhanga John PaulKarungiKajuraKashaijaEmmanuelKasiita RichardKasirivu MosesKasoziRichardKasule TonyKatenda Martha YvonneKatende JosephKatendeSemakulaHannyKatiiti Allen FildaKatoBRobertKato DarliusKaweesaJoseph

KawukiDerrickKawundeEddieKemigisha BrendaKengoma FlorenceKermundu EdgarKibazoHanzaLubangaKibetCheruiuotKiggunduPatrickKiizaEdgarKiizaOliverEverlynnKimbugweMackeyKimezeJeremiahKatereggaKirunda Evelyn Kisinde ChristopherKiwanukaEdwinKizzaHenryKobusingeSusanKomuhangi JustineKoskeiKipkorirErickKubahoGordonKulabaJamesAdoniaKunikinaDenisStephenKusambizaDouglasKwarisiimaMwiineBroniaKyaligonzaMosesBrianKyarisiima GloriaKyarugahe IgnatiusKyazikeAliceSylviaBKyazzeChristopherKyomugisha Juliet BuseeroKyomugisha LauraKyomuhendoBabraMunduruLogose LydiaLogose WinifredLubuyeBetheulLumalaNkaluboPaulLwangaJohnBKiggunduLwegabaJosephBernaldMaalwaMugaggaRodneyMadara MarylineMadda RogersMagaraEdwin



Diploma in Computer Science (2 Male)JamesMawandaJoshuaSsemakula

MagumbaMarkMaina Susan MuthoniMajwegaDavidMakameriGeoffreyPaulManumbuJohnsonRobertMasagwaliTaibuKalemaMatovu Yiga Isaac MawaEmmanuelMayambalaSamuelMayinjaPeterMayombweTonnyLatsonMbabaziJosephineMbalireCaesarMbalyowereAngellaMbaziiraHoodMirembeJoyceMubeneMusaMufuwaGeorgeWilliamsMugabiDorisMuganhwaEmmanuelCliffMugasha CarolMugasira Kenneth BMugenyi Josephine NMugisha DanielMugulaLawrenceSMuguwaIvanMuherezaM.TwateerahoMujuniAlfredRobertsMukakanyaAbelMuwumbaMukalaziSamuelKabaaleMukasaIshakMukeraJudyWangariMukiibiAndrewMulindwaGeraldMulindwaPatrickMunuulo Joseph Wanuume MunyambabaziEricMurangira EricMuriithiEuticausMwangiMusimenta SharonMusinguziAmpaMosesMusinguziEdwardMusinguziRonaldKingaMusisi CharlesMusokeElishaMusokeLilianeLinnetMutaasa John Bosco Mutama JohnMutebiCharlesMutegandaAmonKabahimaMutesi Agnes

Mutono S AmosMutyabaMartinMuwulyaJuliusMwasanembeHenryMwebazaMichaelMwebazeNelsonKeikaraMwesigePhionahMwesigwaAsheySimonsMwesigyeStephenMatsikoMwineCarolyneNabaweesiJulietNabunyaAminah

NabwamiDianaNabwireCissyNaggayi TeddyNaikaziAgnessNajjitaSheilaNakanjakoBrendaNakanwagiMwajibFatumaNakatoAnneMarieNakatoJacintaNakayeProssyNakayiPhionaNakazibaLoyPersisNakeddeJamesPatrickNakiberuLilianSenabulyaNakimeraSusanWalakiraNakisigeJackieNakkaziMaryEmillyNakuleSylviaTwahirwaNakyejweEstherNakyonyiChristineNaluwembaLilianMayanjaNalweyisoRebeccaSharonNalwogaBeatriceNalwogaDianaNamara EdmundNamayanjaJosephineNamayanjaNoelineNampeebwaDoreenKigandaNampeeraClaireLusemboNampewoLauraNamubiruDorahSambwaNamuddu Agatha BaagalaNamugambeBeatriceNamukasaMariamNamuli JustineNamutebiAminahNamuwayaEvelynNamuwozaWilsonNamuyombaJanat

NanjukyiMargaretNankanjaBrendaNankwendaHanifaNansambaChristineNantajjakyeyuneMohamadiNassamula Susan Nassanga Maureen SarahNassaziRitahNassoziGertrudeNatukundaElizabethNdagire AnnetteNdagire Edith CynthiaNdugga VictorNduhukirePhilippaNgabiranoDenisMudeneNinsiima RachelNkanikaMarkNkumbaGeoffreyNkyanungiOswaldNserekoAKawumaNtabaziNoelineNtwatwaJoelBenjaminNuwagabaAlfredNyakaanaDeusdedit

NyakahumaRaphaelBNyakanaClaytonNyamaiziEverceMaggieNyanziAbdukarimObongitaKRozinaOchola AloysiusOdekeRobertoOnyaOdhiamboJosephOdidaIsabellaOdoch IsaacOdongo MosesOgwangEmmanuelOjaraLakonyGeoffreyOkaleboJamesOkelloDenisOnenOkelloOAwanyStephenOkelloRichardOkirorRobertOkitoiStevenOmala Evelyn DianaOmalinga AlexOsabaStanleyOuchokolLouiseRutebukaAndrewRuteeraYowasRwandarugaliPercyJacobSanya Eric

Sanyu Patricia SheilaSekalalaShaquilleSekirandaYokanaSekitolekoJosephSemakulaErnestSemawataDLivingstoneSenkumbaYudayaSentongo Martin PaulSewanondaStevenShuklaDipalSsekanwagiThomasSsemakaddeMathewSsembajjweEvelynBuzanyoSserugo Ronald SserunjogiIsmailSubandrioCatherinePoniSukhchainKaurSululu KenethTakiinaSenfumaMichaelTamale Henry TebangorSimonPeterTibasimaHalimahTindimwebwaFaithNTindyebwaRosetteTugumeBAmbroseTumuheirweDianeTumusiimeAndrewGahweraTumwaIreneTuryahabweSheilaTuryatunga Edridah MugishaTusiime Duncan AlidTwalibangiRachealTwesigyeBrightJohnTwesigyeMusikaEdmundTwinamasikoFrankUchieng David NgiraWalububaEmmaWaluta BrianWamaindi Malo VictorWamujaPaulWanjohiDominicMuriithiWanjohiGacharaFrancisWannyana RachealWatuwaEzabellWembabaziMayYakaniEdwardMYakaniTimothyYemane Tsegay GesseseYoga Auma Castro ZansanzeSalimaZinga Alan

Master of Information Technology (1 Female/1 Male) BULE StephenKISEMBO Rose Mary

Master of Science in Data Communications and Software engineering (3 Male)MUBIRU HassanNATURINDAHoseaMakuruOKARE Tom

Master of Science in Information Systems (1 Female/1Male)HABINKAAnnabellaDorothyONGAYAKizito

Postgraduate Diploma in Information Systems (1 Female/1Male)KASIGWA JimMULYANGA Rachel

Appendix 11: The 58th [28th January – 1st February 2008] Graduation List

BALIRUNO FredBESIGYE JoyceBWAYOMikeWalimbaGOLOOBA RonaldKABUYEPatrickKASIRYE StephenKATENDE Sempa Roy Clement

KIDDE SaulKIIRYA Geoffrey DavidKYEWALABYE James Charles SylvesterMLIKA Michael Balayo NgatiMUBANGIZI EdsonMUKWAYARichardSebumpi

MUWANGA PeterNAMBALIRWA RosemaryNAMIREMBE EsterNSIBIRWANsubugaSarahOMASAJAFranciscaIswanOPIONocklineSSEMWOGERERE Tom

SSEVVIRI Kaddu Musisis AugustineSSEWANKAMBO DamianTULINAYO Fiona

Master of Science in Computer Science (6 Female/17 Male)


Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (10 Female/24Male)

Bachelor of Information Technology (29 Female/50 Male)

AbongomeraStellaAchieng Beatrice NasAdiru BrendanAdong ScholasticAgote HarrietAkugizibweChristineAmanyire ComfortAmodoi JudeBacondozaIsimaSBasajaBakesigaAlexRogersBogere IsmailBugembeBashirByamukamaHerbertCrispusDdamulira Christopher Echum Alex EdgarElenyu David KennethIlunga Betty AgathaKajobaVincentKasaijaBitamaleLawrenceKasoboyaBosco

KawamaMugabiDennisKiggundu ChristopherKigula JosephKisadha JoetKisakaNDianaKisemboRoseKityo RonaldKizzaMargaretKomugisha MiriamKubanjaBenonKulabakoFlorenceBelindaKununkaSolomonKwebihaKennethMwandaraKyazikeAliceSylviaBKyomuhendoTopiasKatokyeLubwamaFaizalLukalamukoFredrickLwangaKintuFredMakobaClementMaleRobertKikaawa

Matovu JosephMirembeRebbecaKizitoMubangiziBruceMugerwaAndrewMuhairweSethMukhwanaCarolineRachealMukonyeziFrancisMuriithi Sarah mercy WMusisi RogersMuturi Kuria MosesNakayiwaIreneNakitendeElizabethNalweyisoProssySerunjogiNambalirwaMarianneNamwaseIreneNansubugaEstherMildredNantongo StellaNdia Stanley MuniaNjimuEvaWanyohoNsimbeWycliffeReavan

NyaketchoHellenOburaBryneDionOdele WilliamOkweraRobertRugemwaDavidRutto K Timothy RwehumbizaDeodatusKSalira IsaacSebunyaAndrewSewanyanaSabitiShivamboNRoseTibenkanaFlaviaTugumeNelsonOwaarweUromcamu JimmyWakabengaAndrewWanga SarahWaruhiu Oscar KamitWasikeMukhebiPeterWatmonBenjamin

AMPAIRE Lydia ANYWAR Walter BABIRYE Alice BAHADHUR Dogo Singah BASOMA Benard BHANGYILukeBIRUNGI Nice EBONGRobertBonnyELAPU David

GUMAJustinKujoINEGET Emmanuel KAMBERE StephenKEBAEricZablonKIYIMBA Adam KOBUSINGYE StellaKOMAKO James KUGONZAFaithKabagambeKULE Godfrey

MAKHASO Chesoli ByronMUHINDAAaronAkureMUSAFU Geoffrey MUTAINathanKibetNALUYINDA Lindah NAMUTEBI Sarah NEBOSHI Esther NSUBUGA FREDNTARENorbert

OKELLOBaldwinOKURA JoeOYISE Stephen SEBAMBULIDDE Emmanuel TORACH Jimmy Bryan TUM Kipruto Bensecilas ZAWEDDE Jennipher


Diploma in Computer Science & Information Technology (7 Female/ 13 Male)

AYOREKA LillianBITALOLawrenceSsentongoGITTA Allan KAJURA Balinda Jude KATABALWARobertKISSA Benard KITABALWA Annette

KIZITO Arthur Martin KYOHEIRWE Moreen LUBEGA Henry MUKASA Gerald MUTEMERE Samuel MWANJE Ronald NAKIRINNYA Aidah

NAMAKULA Proscovia NANSUBUGA UniahNDIKUMWAMI Justine SOUD Yahya SSEBAGGALA Douglas SSEWANKAMBOAndrewMukasa

Sn SpecificObjective ExpectedOutput Progress1 To Build a SustainableICT Human Resource Capacity at all the FourPublic Universities;

2 To Strengthen ICT Educational Programmes attheFourPublic Universities;

Appendix 12: Progress on the Second Project, ‘Strengthening ICT Training and Re search Capacity in the four Public Universities in Uganda’

By2011,ten(10)membersofstaff(1fromGuluUniversity,1fromKyambogoUniversity,2fromMbararaUniversityofScienceandTechnologyand6fromMaker-ereUniversity)will obtain PhDDegrees inICT disciplines from the institutions (s) in The Netherlands.

10membersofstafffromthefourpublicuniver-sities have been awarded PhD scholarships tostudy in The Netherlands.

20membersofstafffromthefourpublicuniversi-tieshavebeenawardedPhDscholarshipstostudyatMakerereUniversity18ofthe20membersofstaffawardedPhDscholarshipstostudyatMak-erere University have had a 2 months research exposurevisittoNL[October–January‘08].Theremainingtwowillvisitin2008.Allthe30PhDstudentshavebeengivenlaptopsto facilitate their PhD training.

By 2011, Ugandan lecturers will have ac-quired better methods of teaching andcourse delivery.

QualityAssuranceworkshopwasheldfrom2ndto4thNovember’07atCollineHotelMukono.

By 2011, Ugandan Lecturers will havegained the competency to teach courses deliveredbytheDutchexperts.

5 PhD holders and 28 PhD students visited NL.

By 2011, the competencies of the graduates fromthepublicUniversitiescompletingde-greeprogrammessupportedbytheprojectwill be comparable to those of graduatesfrom similar programmes in the Northern Institutions.

By 2011, the performance objectives ofthedegreeprogrammes supportedby theprojectwillbecomparable to thoseat theNorthern Institutions.

By 2008, the status of former ICT gradu-ates including their employment status and aTracerStudyreportwillbeinplace.TermsofReferencehavebeendrafted.Followupin 2008.

By2011, twenty (20)membersof staff (3fromGuluUniversity,2fromKyambogoUni-versity, 3 fromMbarara University of Sci-enceandTechnologyand12fromMakerereUniversity)willobtainPhDDegrees in ICTdisciplines fromMakerereUniversity. Eachof the 20 Ph.D. Students will have threeshortresearchvisitsoftwomonthstoanin-stitution in The Netherlands during the four yearsoftheproject.Purchasing30laptopsfor PhD students.


By2008ajointresearchprogramwithre-searchers from the Universities, ICT Indus-tryandPolicyMakersshallbeinplaceandthis program is expected to last 4 years. At the end of each year, a joint researchdissemination workshop will be organized(See results on collaboration among theuniversities and ICT Industry and the Gov-ernment).

A Modern University and Research Manage-ment Workshop was held from 23rd to 25thNov’07atCollineHotelMukono.

By2008therewillbestrengthenedcontractresearch (research partnerships with theprivateandpublicsectors).

Informal InteractionswereheldbetweenUni-versitiesandthePrivateSectorandPublicSec-tors over possible future collaborations (ICTincubationProjects).AMemorandumofUnderstanding was signed between CIT andUgandaPoliceForceon21stDecember2007.

By2008,70computersandUPSwillhavebeenpurchased to support researchers atthefourpublicUniversities.65laptopswerepurchasedanddistributedtoresearchstaffatthe4publicuniversities;

5 computers (for Gulu University) are still in Mombasa.

4 To Improve the ICT and Teaching Infrastructure at theFourPublic Universities;

By2007,anetworkedcomputerlaboratoryof1000computerswillbeinplaceatMak-erere University Faculty of Computing and IT;anetworkedcomputerlaboratoryof50computerswill be in place at each of theother universities (MUST, Kyambogo andGulu)

1150weredividedinto855Desktops(including5 computers for Gulu research staff) and 300 Thin clients. The 300 thin clients have beendelivered.855desktopsarestillstuckinMom-basaduetothecrisisinKenya.The1150UPS(800SmallUPSes(750VaandTwoHeavyDuty(10KVA)havealreadybeendelivered.

By2007, four (4) interactivewhiteboardsand 4 projectors will have been procuredfordistributionequallytothefourpublicuniversities

All Equipment delivered and distributed to allthe Universities. 5 additional projectors wereprocuredforMakerereUniversity.

By2009,atleast2000(academic)staffwillhavetrainedinICTskills.

ICTTrainingWorkshopsplannedtotakeplaceinthefirstquarterof2008

5 To Strengthen the Centre of Excellence in Computing and ICTatMakerere University;

By2007aDesktopPublishingUnitwillbeinplace to enable publication of handbooks,proceedings books, books including the-sesanddissertations,journalissues,fliers,newspaper supplements, reportse.g. an-nualreportsandworkshop/projectreportsetc.

Thisitemwasunder-budgetedandbeenputonholdduetolackofsufficientfunds.

By 2011, at least 120 papers (30 papers peryear)willbepublishedinrefereedinternationaljournalsandbooks.

In2007,atotalof52paperswerepublished.5membersofstafffromthe4publicuniversitieshavebeenfacilitatedtoattendinternationalconferences in 2007.

By 2011, four (4) International Conferences on Computing and ICT Research Proceed-ingsbookswouldhavebeenproduced.

An international conference on Computing and ICTwasheldfrom5thto8thAugust2007.OneBook‘SpecialTopicsinComputingandICTRe-searchVol.3’waspublishedand isnowavail-ablefreelyatCITinelectronicform(CDs)andonline’http://srec.cit.ac.ug/srecc08/home/

By 2011, at least eight (8) issues of an In-ternational Journal on Computing and ICT Researchwouldhavebeenproduced.

1stIssueoftheJournalwaspublishedinJune2007andanotherissueinDecember2007.

By2011,twenty(20)experiencedUgandanResearchers (non-students) (5 per year)wouldbeinplaceasresultofDutchExpertsmentoring.

5PhDholdersfromMakerereUniversityhadaresearchmissionof8-14days inTheNether-lands.

3 To Strengthen a Joint (forallPublic Universities) ResearchProgramme;

Sn SpecificObjective ExpectedOutput Progress

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By2007anadvancedMultimedialaboratorythatwillsupportinnovationandresearchinmultimediatechnologyandapplicationswillbeinplace

Contracts to be signed in Feb & delivery ex-pectedin1stweekofMarch2008.

By 2007 an Advanced Geographical Infor-mationSystems(GIS)laboratorytobeusedfor scientific investigations, resourceman-agement, asset management, Environmen-tal Impact Assessment, Urban planning,cartography,criminology,sales,marketing,androuteplanningwillbeinplace.

Contracts to be signed in Feb & delivery ex-pectedin1stweekofMarch2008

By 2007 the floor to house the Centre ofExcellenceonthenewFacultyofComputingandITBuildingunderconstructionwillbecompleted and furnished.

Civil works have been completed, electricalinstallation in progress, network installationshavebeendelayed-waitingforequipmentfromMombasa, Kenya. Furniture delivered to thesite.

6 ToPromoteGender- Balance in Both the NumberofAcademic StaffasintheNumber of Students and to Contributetothe Uganda Government’s Plans to Increase the NumberofWomen Participating in ICT/ Science and Technology;

By end of 2007, at least 40% of the PhD trainingscholarshipswillbefilledbythefemale academic staff.

Outofthe30PhDScholarshipsawarded14arefemale[47%].Thepercentageoffemaleaca-demic staff to study in NL is 50% whereasthatforUgandais45%.

By2008,goodpoliciesongenderwillbeinplaceatthefourpublicUniversities

AGenderAwareness Strategywill be formu-lated to guide Universities in implementation of this activity.

By2009,genderwillhavebeenmain-streamed in teaching and research at the publicUniversities

By 2011, reports on good practices on gen-derawarenessandpromotion,andgenderandICTwillbeinplace.

By2011therewillbealikelyimprovementinmale:femalestaffratioatthepublicuniversities as a result of the good gender policiesandaffirmativeaction.

By2011,thenumberoffemalestudentsonICT/ Science andTechnology programmes is likely tohave improvedas a result of thegenderawarenessandpromotionprogramstargeting primary and secondary school leavers (prospective University students).

Efforts have been directed towards attractingquality students to ICT programmes through runningNewspapersupplementsandpublish-ingICTAwarenessBrochures.Radiotalkshowshave also been held.Open days were held atMakerereUniversityon11thAugust2007,andat MUST on 25th Sept 2007.

By 2011 the ICT departments/institutes/faculties will have positively influencedgender policy at national level

7 To Strengthen Relations andCollaboration Among the Universities, ICT Industry and the Government.

By 2011 at least 80% of the ICT advisors on Government projects will be from theUniversities.

CIT is already advising government, on ICT relatedmatters.Facultyhavebeeninvitedandconsulted on several occasions on the same. For instance the Dean CIT Prof. Baryamuree-ba isamemberofThePresidential Investors’RoundtableTechnicalWorkingGrouponBusi-ness Process Outsourcing.

By 2011 more than 50% of the ICT consul-tancieswillbeundertakenbylocalexpertseither from the Universities or the private sector

A Consultativeworkshop on ICT Training andResearchPartnerships inUgandawasheldon18th Dec 2007at Serena hotel, Kampala.

CITisalreadyundertakingconsultancyprojects.

By 2011 there will be at least 10 spinoffcompanies from ICT incubation centresbasedatUniversities

ICTIncubationprojectswiththeprivatesectorareexpectedtotakeoffinearly2008.

By 2011 value addition on research outputs wouldhavetremendouslyimproved.

By 2011 there will be strengthened coop-erationandcollaborationbetweenICTaca-demic institutions in The Netherlands and in Ugandaandbetweenthefourpublicuniversities in Uganda.

Theprocesstostartjointdegreeprogrammeshas started. Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering started at Busitema University inAugust2007andwasapprovedtostartatMUSTinAugust2008.Othertwo:BachelorofInformation Systems and Bachelor of Science inSoftwareEngineeringarebeingconsideredatKyambogoandGuluUniversitiesrespective-ly.TheseprogrammeswillberunjointlyamongtheUniversities.Thethreeprogrammesaboveare tostartatMakerereUniversity inAugust2008.

By2011commendablefundingfromthepri-vatesectortotheUniversities’programswillbeinplace.

ICTIncubationprojectswiththeprivatesectorareexpectedtotakeoffinearly2008

By 2011 collaborative research projectsfundedbytheprivatesectorwillbeinplace

CITisalreadyinvolvedincollaborativeresearchprojectswiththeprivatesectore.g.MTN(MTNVillage Phone/Grameen Smartphone Trial);Google(CompetetoBuildaGadget);MicrosoftInc(ImagineChallengeCup);andIBM(Mako-cha Minds Mentorship Program)

By2011moreICTjobswillbeinplace. CIT is in the process of setting up a Call Cen-tertoattractoutsourcingworkfromwithinandoutside Uganda. It is estimated that the Call Centrewill employ at least 4,000 employeesonce fully operational

By2011deliveryofgovernmentserviceswillhave improvedasaresultofthecollabora-tion among the government and the Univer-sities and the private sector.

TheFacultyhassignedanMoUwiththeUgan-daPoliceForcetoenabletheForceimproveitsservice delivery


Appendix 13: Impact of the Project Building a Sustainable ICT Training Capacity in the Public Universities in Uganda

SN SpecificObjective Achievement

1 To strengthen existing educational programmes, and develop and implement newcurriculaforBachelor’sand Master’s Programmes

• Programmesbelowwererevised/designedandimplemented

Makerere Universityo PhD in CS, PhD in IS, PhD in IT, PhD in SE.o M.Sc.CS, M.Sc. IS, M.IT, M.Sc. DCSE.o PGD.CS, PGD. IS, PGD. IT, PGD.DCSE, PGD. IPR. o BIT, B.Sc.CSC, Diploma in IT and CS

Mbarara University of Science & Technologyo B.IT

Gulu Universityo B.Sc. CS, B.IT, Diploma in CS.

Kyambogo Universityo PGD.CS(tobeguninAugust/September2007)• AlsoexistingandnewprogrammesinallthefourUniversitieswere supportedwithTeachingandResearchDutchExpertmissions.


2 TobuildICThumanresourcecapacity through staff development programmes (M.ScandPhD)MakerereUniversity:

o 5PhDstudentsenrolledinNLandareexpectedtofinishbefore 30thJune2008;4M.Sc.inNLcompleted;4M.Sc.inUG completed;1M.Sc.inUGfinalizing;2Technicalstaffcompleted3 weekstraininginNL.Mbarara University of Science and Technology:o 3M.Sc.inNLcompleted;1M.Sc.inNLexpectedisfinalising; 4M.Sc.inUG Completed;1M.Sc.inUGfinalizing; 2Technicalstaffcompleted3weekstraininginNL.Gulu University: o 1PhDstudentenrolledinNLandisexpectedtofinishbefore 30thJune2008;4M.Sc.inNLcompleted;5M.Sc.inUGfinalising; 2Technicalstaffcompleted3weekstraininginNL.Kyambogo University:o 3M.Sc.inNLcompleted;1M.Sc.inNLexpectedtofinishbyJune 2008;1M.Sc.inUGfinalising;2Technicalstaffcompleted3 weekstraininginNL.

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SN SpecificObjective Achievement

3 Tostrengthenajoint (forallPublicUniversities) research programme

8PhDstudentsregisteredatMakerereUniversityhavehadresearchvisitsof2monthstotheNLin2006and2monthsin2007–seeprogressbelow:o 5MakerereUniversitystaffin2006,5completedfor2007o 1Kyambogomemberofstaffin2006;1alreadyinNLo 1Gulumemberofstaffin2006;1in2007o 1MUSTstaffin2006;1in2007

• AnnualInternationalConferenceforComputingandICTResearch inplace;this4days’conferencestartsonSundayofthe1stweek ofAugustofeveryyearbeginningwithAugust2005 (www.srec.cit.ac.ug).• InternationalJournalofComputingandICTResearch(IJCIR)in place(www.ijcir.org)---ISSN1818-1139• PhDstudentsenrolledatMakerereUniversityintheFacultyof ComputingandITarefrom4publicUniversitiesandother institutionsandarecurrentlyundertakingresearchactivities.• PhDholdersareundertakingjointresearch/supervisionacross universities.• Severalpublicationsbothinjournalsandbooksinplace.

• Outofthe38plannedpositionsformembersofstafftotrainboth onB.ScandM.ScprogrammesfromthefourPublicUniversities ontheproject,17(approx.47.7%)arefilledbyfemalemembers of staff.• Femaleenrolmenthasimprovedonallacademiccomputing academicprogrammesatthefourpublicuniversities.• ICTgenderawarenessandpromotionprogramshavebeen conducted.

4 To accomplish and adopt ICT Policy and MasterPlansforKyambogoandGulu Universities,andstrengthennetwork systems and ICT infrastructure

AllthefourpublicuniversitieshaveICTPoliciesandmasterplans;Allplannedcomputingequipmentacquired:EachUniversityhasa40computerlabforstudents, 5 computers for research staff, 2 photocopiers and 2 heavy duty printersamongothers;TheCentreofExcellenceatMakerereUniversityac-quired a Clustered Server Systemwith 20 Personal Computers to enableaccess to the system.

5 Topromotegender-balanceinboththe numberofacademicstaffasinthenumber ofstudentsandtocontributetotheUganda government’splanstoincreasethenumberof womenparticipatinginscience

• Jointresearch,jointstudentsupervision,staffexchange,student exchangeexternalexamining,organizingjointconferencesand workshops,qualityassurance(peerreviews)havebeen conducted;• ResourcesharingthroughuseofBlackboardsoftwareinallthe 4publicuniversitiesisinsteadyprogress;moreshared applicationsandresourcesarebeingputontheClusteredServer SystemthatwasinstalledattheCentreofExcellenceat MakerereUniversity.• JointsuB.ScriptiontoIJCIRhasbeensetup• 33Jointmonthlyprojectcoordinationmeetings havetakenplaceand6morearestillplanned;

6 Tostrengthenrelationsandcollaboration betweentheICTacademicunitsofthefour PublicUniversities

CS– ComputerScience,IS–InformationSystems,IT–InformationTechnology,SE-SoftwareEngineering,DCSE–DataCommunicationsandSoftwareEngineering,CE-ComputerEngineering,IPR-- ICTPolicyandRegulation


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P.O. Box 7062Kampala, Uganda

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