CURRICULUM VITEA.
BIO- DATA
NAME: KALEMA KIWEEWA ABDURAHMANSTATUS: UGANDAN-MARRIED-MALE
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
Trusted Computing Research Group
Faculty of Computer Science & Information Systems
Imperial College-UTM-MIMOS
Lab 375-01, 3rd floor, D07-CICT Building,Universityof Technology Malaysia, 81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, MALAYSIA, tel: +60 173360912
1-Lecturer and Head of Computing Research, Computer Science Department- Islamic University in Uganda – Kampala Campus, 10 Kibuli Road, Kampala , Uganda[ on Study leave]
Email:,
CURRENT STATUS:
Information Systems, IS Security management and Computer Forensics consultant
1- Director of In-service Volunteers team which manages the Science and Technology Leadership Center at UTM
Overall Coordinator- ST-UTM Research and Publications Centre research & publications team (under leadership of the Director- Prof Dr. Azman Hassan)
2-Trusted Computing (TN researcher/ Trainer:
Attached to MIMOS (Malaysia Institute of Micro-electronic Systems), a Research and Development on Technologies, Policies and Strategies relating to technology development and implementation.
Certified Trainer/ Consultant
Certificate of competence - CROWN AGENTS UK
ICP-IT senior trainer –BOWLINGS, PIT
TOT Level 5 ----Institute of Advanced Leadership, Sydney
Major Projects as member of the Project Team:
- MIMOS (Malaysia Institute of Micro-electronic Systems) & Ministry of Science and innovation, Malayisa - 2009
A member of the IT Cluster carrying out, Planning, Analysis, design, Implementation anc Training Trusted Computing (TN Architecture for E-Knowledge Sharing and e-Collaboration
2- Ministry of Energy( Uganda), Rural Electrification Project–
A member of a three man team the implemented the National GIS - Info System. This involved training of Staff in GIS-Systems, design, Configuration of an Integrated database systems to enable rural electrification.{2005- 2007}
2- Project Implementation Unit, Ministry of Education( Uganda)/GTZ:
A member of the three-man team of consultants comprising of Professor K. Hartman, Mr. K. ketyo that conducted the NATIONAL GRADUATE AND EMPLOYERS SURVEY. This involved field Data collection, analysis and interpretation, report generation.
3. Study, Design and implementation of MAKERERE UNIVERSITY Campus NETWORK.
a member of the Enterprise Technical Architecture (ETA) team of Makerere University, assigned to oversee the implementation of ICT/Campus Wide/Intercampus
Network
4. Johns Hopkins University, USA- Population studies dept
A study (Baseline Survey) population studies census focusing on attitudes towards family planning and use.
Member of team that carried out designing and implementation of MFRAR; by carrying out tasks in questionnaire development, Design of Data entry, Maintenance and tabulation of computer programs, and survey analysis and report generation.
5. Computerization/automation projects
- Connect industries, MakerereUniversity admissions processing, hotel equatorial, National housing and Construction Corporation.
- Sheraton Kampala Hotel, GEM connection, MAY Bank, Palm International, The New Vision, Top Insurance Company, UBS
6. Computer based training/Consultancy assignments.
For public and private institutions notable among which are:
- Family planning promotion project for family planning association of Uganda (FPAU)
- The NED Bank, SA inspectors in use of wised range system and application packages,
- Implementing set of statistical computing programmes for the HABIB Bank
- Carried out the study of requirement definitions of for the installation of computer, printer, scanners and other hardware devices in the production of department of SPB Book Shop press (Weekly News Papers) and conduct the training programmme for the staffs (Operators and editors)
Workshops
- Strategic Planning for Science Development Network Leadership Centre –UTM ( Dec 2011)
- Participated in Adult Learners’ workshop on how to improve delivery methods for adult learners at Ridar Hotel – Seeta (2006).
- Attended the case writing workshop organised by the European Case Clearing House at the Daystar University in Nairobi, 2007
- Attended the Strategic Management Colloquium at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
- Attended the sub-regional workshop for English speaking JITAP countries on the GATS agreement and the negotiation on trade in services at the Beach Comber Hotel – Dar essalaam in 2007.
- Have attended various Training of Trainers workshops organised by MUBS, Makerere University and the NPT in both capacities as trainer and trainee.
- Have attended, managed and chaired sessions in the various Annual International Management Conferences organised by MUBS.
As team Leader: Some Web Application development Projects Accomplished:
WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION website, for MUBS WTO center
FSKSM website, implementing ICT
The Ken-Groupintegrated Campus Site
NED Bank Site e-commerce
Global Visionmain knowledge management
SDA project GNT-Consult
KEY COMPTETENCES AND PROFFESSIONAL TRAINING (1995-2012)
CSSP Certification Training
CCNA
Ecommerce Technologies and Applications
Database Systems & Technologies
Web Applications Development + Configuration and Administration
A+ Hardware Support Skills
A+ Software Support Skills
Administering Windows NT/2000/XP/ .NET
Network+
E-Learning Technologies
Business Telecommunications
TechnologiesProfessional Movie Development
Satellite Communication Installation
Industrial and Business graphics Design.
E-Learning Technologies
SCHOOLS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
A: PhD– Computer Science – ( 2009—2012)
University of Technology Malaysia
Thesis title:
A Trust Assessment Framework for trusted ecommerce websites based on user and expert perspectives.
B: 2002-2003 -, Kyoto University, Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Ekimae Campus, Kyoto- Japan; M.Appl. Computer Technology
Final Courses
Computer Network Technology including Unix, Database Technology including Web based database, Windows Applications Development, Software Engineering, Multimedia SystemsAuthoring, Hardware Assembly Technologies
C: (96-98)University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Masters Degree in Computer Science specialising in Business Information Systems.
Final Courses:
Business Process reengineering, Measuring IT performance, Financing and funding, Trends in Information Technologies, Information Systems Project Management, Information Management Systems,TheMastersProject.
Software Experiences
MS Visual Studio, C,C++, Pascal, VB, JAVA,Pavillion, SketchUp- 3D, Matlab, Oracle, Pilot, Rational Rose, Dbase, Triad, Arc view, Ms-Office tools, Unix, DOS, Windows XP/2000/NT, Red Hat Linux, Micromedia Dream Weaver, Fireworks,MCDirector, Nonoh, Page Mill, MS Front page, G-grieve, Hot metal, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, AldusPagemaker, Freelance Graphics Corel Draw, Cineworks, AutoCAD, Pichtree Accounting, Ledgerworks, SQL, Adis, SPSS, Epi-Info, nVIVO, RotoARISS,etc
Major InternationalConferences, seminars attended and workshops attended.
- Microsoft Trusted Computing Summer School – 2009- Kuala Lumpur
- Digital Ecosystems International Conference 2009- UTM- Johor
- SCOPAR- Soft computing Conference 2009, UeTM, Malacca Malaysia
- 10 one week workshops organized in different cities under the UNESCO GOVERNMENT INFORMATIOMN PROJECT. Sensitization and training in informatics. (As participant and resource person)
- INTERNATIONALCENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHISICS. Triestie, Italy.
Application of IT in teaching Science subjects.- 2007
- 5 TRAINING OF TRAINERS (TOT) WORKSHOPS organized in various Universities and colleges–2008- 2010
Courses and Universities taught in over the years.
Universities:University of Technology Malaysia, University of the Witwatersrand-South Africa, - RSA American University in Cairo, Highlands North Institute – RSA, Makerere University , Makerere University Business School, - Uganda.
Courses
Data communications and Networks, E-commerce and E business, Web publishing, Computer Graphics, Business telecommunications, Mutlimedia Systems, Analysis and design of Management Information systems, Information Systems, IT management, Database Systems, TCP-IP, E-Learning.
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Academic Achievements:
1983: 4th best candidate in PLE-Scholarship to Kings College Budo.
1985: Best student in the Uganda National Math contest.
1993: 9th placed in the Corel world Computer Graphic Design Contest.
1995: Best International Student award, AUC, Talaat al harb.
2003: Best performing Student –Multimedia Systems department, Kyoto University, Japan
2009: Best innovation in Research/ ETA award – Faculty of Computer science- FSKM
2012: Best & most Innovative PhD Thesis, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia
Publications:
Books and Mongraphs:
Introduction to Computing: Basic skills and concepts, 1995 the polytechnic of information technology.
Computing for Uganda Schools: 1999,KEN Publishing House
A simplified approach to computational mathematics: 2008, GEM publishing group
Fundamentals of Information Systems Research; 2010, KEN publishing
B: Publications (Accepted and in process) in professional Journals and conferences
KalemaKiweewa Abdu, Rose Alinda Alias, ShamsulSahibuddin, Jamal-Lail, An evaluation of Trust Management frameworks in a Digital Business Ecosystems-IAABD - International Academy of African Business and Development Conference, May 19-23, 2009, Imperial Royal Hotel, Entebbe
SoheilSabri, ,Adekunle Isa Hamid-Mosaku, KalemaKiweewa Abdu
A Gentrification of Multi-criteria evaluation of exogenous and endogenous factors with Dynamic Analytic Network Process (DANP), ISAHP 2009 Symposium, July 29–August 1, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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KalemaKiweewa Abdu, Rose Alinda Alias, ShamsulSahibuddin, Adekunle Isa Hamid
An AHP Approach for establishing determinants of Trust in Trusted E-Commerce Websites,International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, 2011
Hamid-Mosaku, A.I.,MohdRazali Mahmud, KalemaKiweewa Abdu
Harnessing the New Trends in Model of Marine Geospatial Data Infrastructure Development, Accepted in AHP - 2011
SoheilSabri, ,Adekunle Isa Hamid-Mosaku, KalemaKiweewa Abdu
A Gentrification of Multi-criteria evaluation of exogenous and endogenous factors with Dynamic Analytic Network Process (DANP), ISAHP 2009 Symposium, July 29–August 1, 2009, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
KalemaKiweewa Abdu, Rose Alinda Alias, ShamsulSahibuddin, Jamal-LailManan, Examining the effect of Culture on online trust in Digital Business Ecosystems- IEEE Explorer, 2011
Hamid-Mosaku, A.I.,MohdRazali Mahmud, KalemaKiweewa Abdu
An Extended Innovative Model of Marine Geospatial Data Infrastructure for Sustainability
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In process:
1- A Fuzzy AHP Trust Determinants for online Customers during transactions on a Trusted e-Commerce Website.
2- Evaluation of Expert Opinion of trust Determinants for online Trusted e-Commerce Websites.
3- Comparison of the most important weight criteria of Trust determinants in a Trusted e-Commerce Website environment using the Delphi, AHP and FAHP approaches.
Membership of professional Associations:
- Association of IS professionals
- Association of Computer professionals.
- Wits Netters Club-Internet based.
- Corel World.
- Uganda Computer Society.
- Kyoto Computer Gakuin – World Wide Network
- JapanInternationalCooperationAgency- JICA Alumni 2003
Referees:
1-Prof. Dr.RoseAlinda Alias
Professor of Information systems
Deputy Vice Chancellor- Academic & International
University of Technology Malaysia –Johor
2- Assoc Prof Dr. NordinYahaya
Dean, School of Post Graduate Studies
UTM
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3- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Azraai bin MumahhadKassim
Deputy Vice Chancellor- Research and Innovation
UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia- Johor