Dr. Joseph Kizza has been named to the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (ADF) to provide \u201cTeaching,\u00a0Mentoring and Graduate Research Supervision to Strengthen the Digital Forensics Program\u201d at the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU).<\/p>\n
Kizza, Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will leave for Uganda in June 2015, stay for seven weeks and return to the United States in August.<\/p>\n
ADF is open to \u201cAfrican-born academics currently living in the United States and Canada and working in higher education.\u201d\u00a0 The program was created to support educational projects at African higher education institutions.<\/p>\n
In 2008, Kizza established the National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance at UTC. Dr. Neslihan Alp, Interim Dean and UC Foundation Professor, College of Engineering and Computer Science, calls Kizza a pioneer in Information Security.<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Kizza\u2019s leadership as the Department Head of Computer Science and Engineering and his vision in both Computer Science research and education helped the Computer Science and Engineering Department grow rapidly in the last five years,\u201d Alp explained.\u00a0 \u201cDr. Kizza has many connections internationally and he is always willing to serve abroad to bring more visibility to computer science education by assisting students all over the world.\u00a0 Therefore, his selection for the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program is a great honor for our University and college.\u00a0 We are proud of Dr. Kizza\u2019s achievements and appreciate his willingness to serve the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mentoring, supervising and guiding graduate students in Uganda are top priorities for Kizza.\u00a0 He will conduct a research workshop for graduate students and faculty, demonstrate and advocate for writing for publication, help with grant writing, and he will set up a lab for digital forensics and information security.<\/p>\n
The fellowship program is his newest accomplishment after more than 20 years of\u00a0continuous\u00a0work with African institutions of higher learning.\u00a0 He has focused on graduate mentorship and supervision while participating in several continent-wide projects including: his work as a Fulbright Scholar in Uganda in 2004; Log-In Africa Network, a\u00a0research\u00a0based network involving 12 African countries (2006-2009); and the Africa Graduate and\u00a0Research\u00a0Institute (2009 – 2012).\u00a0 He established and serves as editor of the research journal The International Journal of Computing and ICT Research<\/em>, now in its eighth year.<\/p>\n \u201cAll these projects and others, I hold dearly.\u00a0 They are directed towards developing and maintaining African scholarship in technology and innovation,\u201d Kizza said.<\/p>\n ADF is \u201cmanaged by the Institute of International Education (IIE) in collaboration with Quinnipiac University, which chairs the Advisory Council, and is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.\u201d<\/p>\n Kizza\u2019s proposal and selection for the fellowship program is part of a long term commitment and involvement in African higher education, research and innovation\u2014what he notes is \u201ca personal crusade.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI cannot point at what makes me do it but I am driven and always\u00a0energized, sometimes discouraged but always hopeful,\u201d Kizza explained. \u201cThere are growing signs that these efforts, in small ways, are paying off, lifting thousands of youth\u00a0and lighting up thousands of bulbs of hope across the continent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dr. Joseph Kizza has been named to the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (ADF) to provide \u201cTeaching,\u00a0Mentoring and Graduate Research Supervision to Strengthen the Digital Forensics Program\u201d at the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU). Kizza, Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, will leave for Uganda in June 2015, stay… <\/p>\n