SIDA KIPS Project Research Seminars
SIDA KIPS Project Research Seminars hosted by Prof. Elena Maceviciute from the Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
Starting today 30th Oct to 10th November 2017.
Prof. Elena's profile can also be accessed here: http://www.hb.se/en/Research/Researchers/Maceviciute-Elena/
Prof Jan Nolin (http://www.hb.se/en/Research/Researchers/Nolin-Jan/ ) will be online giving comments on the PhD students' presentations. Kindly turn up tomorrow at 2.00pm in CIT Level 4 in the conference room.
Please refer to the attached schedule for details, click: here.
Mak-Sida Annual Review Meeting 2017
The Makerere University-SIDA (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) Annual Review Meeting (ARM) under the theme "Multidisciplinary Research for Social Transformation” visited the College of Computing and IS to review the following projects;
- Training for Sustainable Spatially Enabled e-Services Delivery in Uganda (TSSEED). This project supports students to train along the themes of: spatial predictive modeling for prevalence of infectious diseases, epidemiology intervention without location, a public participatory GIS for planning e- services for solid waste management, Spatial-temporal modeling of nodding syndrome and spatial temporal Modeling of Mobile Microscopic Diseases. (Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. Gilbert Maiga).
- Empowerment for Strengthen Research Capacity in Library and Information Science education to support Knowledge and Information Production and Sharing for Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation and Development in Uganda. (Principal Investigator; Dr. William Kiyingi).
- Building Research Capacity in Innovative Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) for Sustainable Socio-economic Growth in Uganda. (Principal Investigator; Assoc. Prof. Engineer Bainomugisha).
The meeting was scheduled with the aim of discussing the current status/progress of the above-mentioned projects. This was achieved through getting feedback from the relevant stakeholders (i.e. Principal Investigator’s, Ph.D. student etc.) regarding challenges, successes, and any other issues faced over the past year.
Launch of the Makerere Innovations and Incubation Centre
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MFPED), through the Competitiveness and Investment Climate Strategy (CICS) secretariat, in partnership with Makerere University, College of Computing and Information Science (COCIS) following a stakeholders meeting in July 2016 finally launched the Makerere Innovation and Incubation Centre on 5th October 2017.
The aim of the Centre is to provide a vehicle for nurturing talent in products development using ICT/BPO, bridging the gap between the innovators/investors/consumers, and providing mentorship for creative developers interested in finding solutions to the many challenges faced in the country.
Present during the launch were the Guest of Honor Dr. Ajedra Gabriel (Finance State Minister for General Duties), Dr. Peter Ngategize (National Coordinator, Ministry of Finance), Assoc. Prof. Eria Hisali (Principal, College of Business and Management Sciences), Prof. Tonny Oyana (Principal, College of Computing and IS) and other invited guests. During his speech Assoc. Prof. Eria Hisali representing the Vice Chancellor (Makerere University) thanked government for their support specifically to the ICT sector and reiterated that the innovations developed will address challenges faced in the areas of Education, Health and Agriculture.
After several other speeches by key stakeholders the launch of the Centre officially closed with a cocktail that gave invited guests the opportunity to network and meet and greet.
KERIS - Solar School Project
The College of Computing and IS, Makerere University in partnership with KERIS and the Solar School Project conducted a one-week ICT skills training for secondary school teachers. The training which took place between the 4th and 8th September 2017 was hosted at the School of Computing and IT. The training was conducted to provide basic training and strengthening of ICT skills to 40 secondary school teachers on the premises of;
- The current MOU that was signed by both Ministry of Education in Korea and Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda.
- Fostering teachers’ capabilities for the 21st digital age by conducting training workshop here in Uganda.
- Further developing the Education Support Project using Solar Powered Internet School Project and E-Learning Centre currently in the demo phase at Mackay Memorial College and Nsangi Secondary School respectively.
The training was presided over by Prof. C. Okello-Obura, Dr. A. Rwashana, and Dr. E. Kahiigi as the technical team from CoCIS and Dr. Young Sukh Suh leading the team from KERIS. The training took the teachers through various topics ranging from Introduction to computers, Word processing, Databases, Open education resources, and online-based collaborative learning. The facilitators of the training were expert ICT instructors from the Centre of Innovations and Professional Skills Development (CiPSD) namely; Ms. Grace Lubega and Mr. Chris Kaduyi. The Centre is a department within the College that handles the training of ICT professional short courses.
At the end of the training certificates were issued to all participants and during the closing ceremony, Mr. Lwazi Robinson (Director of Elementary and Secondary Education, Ministry of Education and Sports) said that, "the ICT skills gained during the one-week training should be used to improve the way the teachers teach and should be shared with those that were not able to attend the training.” 
GIS Training
2-Day Training in GIS
Under the Training for Sustainable Spatially Enabled e-Services Delivery in Uganda SIDA Project No. 321, a short course on Geographical Information Systems is being offered to Ph.D. students from different College’s at Makerere University. The aim is to give general introduction to GIS and the different applications where it can be used for e.g. health and disaster management. The training is funded by SIDA and the facilitation team is from the GIS Centre, Lund University, Sweden.
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