Education

PhD in Communication Design Research, Northumbria University (joint EU industrial doctorate with Mozilla) | 2024

Thesis: Explorations towards Designing Trustworthy Internet of Things with Communities

Supervisors: Prof Joyce Yee & Dr Angelika Strohmayer (Northumbria University); Michelle Thorne & Solana Larsen (Mozilla)

The Open Design of Trusted Things (OpenDoTT) project transferred from the University of Dundee in May 2020

Master of Science in Information Systems, Uganda Martyrs University (exchange student: St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada) | Distinction

Dissertation: Design and Implementation of a Web-based Community Information System.

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Uganda Christian University | First Class Hons

Project: Fleet Management System for the the University

Product Management, Product School, 2023
IoT Foundations: Fundamentals
Scalable Internet Services + Scalable Network Infrastructure, African Network Operators Group (AfNOG)
Linux Systems Administration LF242, Linux Foundation
Shaping the Internet: History and Futures, Internet Society (ISOC)
Communication Policy Research (CPrSouth8/CPrafrica2013)
Internet Governance, Diplo Foundation

Vice Chancellor’s Awards, University of Southampton, Finalist in the category ‘Making it Happen’ (as part of the Responsible AI Team); 2024
Conception X venture programme to launch deeptech startup from PhD research, 2022
Gender Diversity and NSRC-Internet2 Award (Contribution to the Research and Education Network (RENU) capacity building programme. Washington, DC, 2017
Linux Training Scholarship in the category of Women in Linux (2013)
Internet Society (ISOC) Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Ambassador, Bali (2013); Returning Ambassador, Geneva (2017)
Verizon funding for Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme by Diplo Foundation
Google Travel Grant to attend African Conference on Software Engineering and Applied Computing
1 of 4 Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship recipients for graduate exchange programme