What would interest a young lady in applying for a PhD scholarship under the WIMEAICT project?

“ I am interested in embedded systems as well as designing real systems. I would like to implement systems out of my research and WIMEA-ICT gives me that opportunity,” says Mary Nsabagwa.

An assistant lecturer at the College of Computing and Information Sciences, Makerere University, Nsabagwa has a a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Makerere University and a Masters of Engineering in Computer Science and Technology from Hunan University P.R.C.

“My Masters research was in Data Storage and particularly on improving Iscsi protocol.

I like programming and have been involved in many projects most of which are web-related,” she says.

She has been involved in the supervision of final year Software Engineering students’ (embedded systems) projects including the automated security system using RFID, green house monitoring systems, air quality monitoring system, fire detection and reporting systems, automatic lighting control among others.

Although the department of Networks has had a course on Embedded Systems, Nsabagwa noted that many students have picked interest in designing embedded systems and yet there is a shortage of lecturers specialized in it.

She knows she will be an asset to the department. Her research focus will be in custom designing of cheap and reliable weather stations, which can operate within the African Context.

When she is done with her studies, she would like to see weather stations in Uganda automated, maintenance made easy and for regions that have not been equipped with up to standard weather stations to be equipped.

These stations shall be custom made and very cheap to get and maintain.