SUZA PHD studies at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT

SUZA PHD studies at the African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT

The Africa Center of Excellence in Internet of Things (ACEIoT) is established at the University of Rwanda (UR), College of Science and Technology with financial support from the World Bank ACE II project. UR-ACEIoT aims to train a critical mass of African Scientists and Engineers in the field of IoT through Higher Education and Research. This provides a great opportunity for African students to enroll in multidisciplinary post-graduate programs in the field of IoT. ACEIoT will build on UR’s existing collaborations with the local and international partners, including Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda, and the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy. This ensures that the training will be conducted by a truly global faculty.

Applications are invited from highly motivated and research-oriented students for the admission to PhD Programs in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) with focus on the following areas of specializations:

1)PhD in Wireless Sensor Networking

2)PhD in Embedded Computing Systems

Trainings will be provided through carefully designed curricula to promote cutting-edge interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in the field of IoT. The research supervision would be provided by faculty from UR- College of Science and Technology, as well as from other regional and international Partners from Universities and Research laboratories. Research topics should focus towards the development of new innovative approaches and solutions with relevance to the ESA priority domains, focusing on low-cost, open and sustainable solutions. The Research outcome should describe an overall working system/product/prototype or a real world deployment experience. Solutions to real world problems faced by the East and Southern African region would be of particular interest.

Partners to be engaged in collaborative training and research programs at the Center include the following:

Sl.No.	Names	Specializations	Affiliation
1	Prof. Idris Rai , (Zanzibar)	Internet Protocols and Systems, and	State University of Zanzibar
		Mobile Computing	(SUZA), Zanzibar
2	Dr. Chomora Mikeke	Energy Aware Electronic Systems,	University of Malawi, Malawi
	(Malawi)	RFIDs, TVWS
3	Dr. Marco Zennaro, (Italy)	Wireless Sensor Networks, IoT4D	ICTP, Italy
4	Dr. Jimmy Nsenga	Embedded Systems	CETIC, Belgium
	(Belgium)
5	Dr. T.Saravanan, (India)	Power Electronics and Embedded	Bharat University ,India
		Systems

6	Prof. Timothy X.Brown,	Adaptive Network Control, Wireless	CMU-R, Rwanda
	CMU-Rwanda	Communication and Networking
7	Prof. Raja Datta	Wireless Communications	IIT Kharagpur, India
	(Kharagpur)	Systems/IoT
8	Prof. Kolin Paul , (Delhi)	Embedded Systems/IoT	IIT Delhi, India

Apart from the above listed partners, others include experts from Rochester Institute of Technology-USA,Maastricht University-Netherlands, University of Melbourne-Australia, Regional Universities Forum [RUFORUM], and Private and Public Industry partners from Rwanda.

1.Applicants must have an MSc degree in the relevant discipline of Engineering/Technology (Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering) and applicants should have scored a minimum of Second Class Upper division or equivalent at the

Bachelor’s level.

Second Class Upper division is equivalent to a cumulative average > 70% Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in the related field. Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

2.Applicants must submit a research concept note relevant to the PhD degree sought. The concept note should not exceed 2000 words. The concept note should clearly define the research problem, elucidate research done so far to address the problem with annotated references, identify gaps, justify the research work to be done, formulate clear objectives, methods, and indicate expected outcomes, how the outcome will tackle problems related to the priority domains such as agriculture, energy, health, etc focusing on low-cost, open and sustainable solutions. Applicants should also submit a copy of the abstract of their Master’s thesis as well as copies of their scientific publications.

3.Applicants are encouraged to interact with one or more of our research faculty to identify a possible main supervisor and, informally, meets/corresponds with him or her, or else ACEIoT assists to identify an appropriate main supervisor and introduces him or her to the candidate at the time of admissions.

No.	Names		Field of Specialization		Affiliation Details		Email ids
1.	Prof.	Santhi	Wireless/Mobile		Associate Professor,		santhikr69@gmail.com
	Kumaran		Communications/ IoT4D		Department of	Computer
					Engineering,
					UR-CST.
2.	Dr. Gaurav Bajpai		Embedded	Software	Senior Lecturer	Department	gb.bajpai@gmail.com
			Development/Software		of Computer Engineering,
			Engineering		UR-CST
3.	Dr. Donart		Software Engineering		Senior Lecturer, Department		don_ngrambe@yahoo.com
	Ngarambe				of Computer Engineering,
					UR-CST
4.	Dr.	Celestine	Electronics,		Senior Lecturer, Department		celestintwizere@gmail.com
	Twizere		Electromagnetism and		of Electrical and Electronics
			Telecommunication		Engineering, UR-CST

5.	Dr. Said Rutabayiro	Telecommunication			Lecturer, Department of			IT,	nrutabayiro@ur.ac.rw
	Ngoga	Systems/Cognitive Radio			School of ICT, UR-CST
		Networks	and MAC
		Layer Protocols
6.	Dr. Hanyurwimfura	Embedded		Software	Lecturer,	Department		of	hadamfr@gmail.com
	Damien	Development/		Software	Computer Engineering,
		Engineering			UR-CST
7.	Dr Richard Musabe	Telecommunication			Lecturer,	Department		of
		Systems		and	Computer Engineering,				rmusab10@gmail.com
		Networking,		Network	UR-CST
		Security
8	Dr. Kabiri Charles	Telecommunication			Lecturer,	Department		of	c.kabiri@ur.ac.rw
		Systems,	Cooperative		Electrical	and	Electronics		chakabiri@gmail.com
		communications,			Engineering, UR-CST
		Physical	layer	security,
		Wireless		energy
		harvesting.
9	Dr. Sibomana Louis	Telecommunication			Lecturer,	Department		of	lewis.sis@gmail.com
		Systems			Electrical	and	Electronics
					Engineering, UR-CST
10	Dr. Luc Ngend	Embedded		Systems	Lecturer,				nluc2000@yahho.fr/
		Programming/Software			Department	of	Computer		lucngend@gmail.com
		Engineering			Science
					UR-CST

4.Applicants must pass an interview for admission into the programs (interviews will be conducted via Skype for students from countries other than Rwanda and in person for those within Rwanda.

Course Work and Dissertation/Thesis

A maximum duration of four years of Full time study.

Self-sponsored PhD students are required to pay a tuition fee amounting to 1800 USD per annum.

Scholarship opportunities are available on a competitive basis for eligible male and female students from Eastern and Southern Africa Region (Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burundi, Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia).

Full Scholarships covers living expenses, Tuition fees and return air tickets.

Partial scholarships cover only Tuition fees and return air tickets.

Apart from the above all registered students will be granted financial support to cover research expenses

that includes field trips, internships, attending conferences and publication charges. Female students are supported with extra stipend.

∙A cover letter indicating for which program of study the application is being made and description of the motivation to join the program

∙A curriculum vitae (CV)

∙Notarized Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees and transcripts

∙Recommendation letters from at least two academic referees who are knowledgeable about the applicant.

∙Support letter from employer (if any).

∙Copies of valid identification card and/or passport.

∙Sponsorship letter from an organization (if any).

∙Applicants from countries where English is not the medium of instruction must provide an English proficiency certificate from a relevant body or institution in their respective countries.

∙Research Concept Note relevant to the PhD degree sought.

∙Master’s Thesis abstract

Applications can be submitted to the following addresses up to 31th May2017 for the first batch. Applicants must send scanned soft copies of the above listed documents, in a PDF format as one document (i.e. not in separate files as separate documents). However, PhD research concept notes, copies of MSc thesis abstracts, and publications if any should be sent in a PDF format as separate documents. The documents should be sent to the following email addresses:

santhikr69@gmail.comand aceiot@ur.ac.rw

Applications received after the deadline will be considered for the next round of PhD selection process.

Selected candidates will be informed by email.

Successful applicants are required to appear in person on the main campus of College of Science and Technology for registration and commencement of classes in September 2017.

For any inquiries and further clarifications, please contact the following:

The Director, ACEIoT,

Email: aceiot@ur.ac.rw / santhikr69@gmail.com

Phone No: +250788594505.

See also

Admissions for Universities in Tanzania

Examination Results for Universities in Tanzania

Selected Candidates / Applicants

Necta Examination Results

International Scholarships for Tanzanians to Study Abroad

 

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