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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF Prof.V.S. SUBRAHMANIAN (PI) V.S. Subrahmanian (vs@cs.umd.edu) received his PhD in Computer Science from Syracuse University in 1989. He currently holds the rank of Professor of Computer Science and Director of the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). He also serves as Director of the Center for Digital International Government and co-Director of the Lab for Computational Cultural Dynamics. Prof. Subrahmanian has worked on probabilistic reasoning, non-monotonic reasoning, abductive reasoning. and hybrid reasoning and developed relationships between some of these forms of reasoning and abduction. Prof. Subrahmanian developed some of the first methods to scale queries across multiple, heterogeneous databases....read more |
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Professor Ravi Ramakrishna received his PhD from Princeton University in
1992. He was there after employed as an Assistant Professor at the
University of Chicago and at Yale University. From 1998 to date
he is a professor at Cornell University. Prof. Ramakrishna has specialized
in algebra number theory and in p-adric Galois representations,
including their arithmetic properties.
Dr. Ramakrishna is currently a visiting Professor at KIST in the department of Mathematics. He is involved in teaching Algebra courses to students in the department. In addition, Professor Ramakrishna is actively involved in research, in his area of specialization. |
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Professor David Gregory-Smith attended St John's College, Cambridge University,
England, where he completed his undergraduate degree in Engineering
in 1964. He also completed his PhD in Cambridge in 1969, specializing
in Aerodynamics and Turbomachinery. Since graduation, he held a
range of industrial posts in the field of Gas Turbine engineering
with the British Government, Rolls Royce and Alston Power. He joined
Durham University in 1973 and retired as Emeritus Reader in Engineering
in 2005. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering at KIST, where he teaches Fluid Mechanics and Engineering thermodynamics. |
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Professor Carol Shubin completed her PhD in Mathematics at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1989, specializing in Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics. Professor Shubin is a Professor of Mathematics at the California State University in Northridge, California, USA. She was an African Mathematics Millenium Science Initiative Scholar at KIST between December 2008 and January 2009 and was a Fulbright Scholar at KIST in 2007. Carol has also held visiting appointments in Princeton University and at Université de Paris Sud, France where she was a Chateaubriand Fellow between 1989 and 1990. |
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Professor Seth Fraden received his undergraduate B.A. in
Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
in 1979 and his In 1989 he joined the physics department at Brandeis University. Seth's research concentration is in the area of soft condensed matter, microfluidics and biomaterials and is a member of the NSF funded Materials Research Science and Training Center (MRSEC) at Brandeis University. He taught Laser physics during his visit to KIST in 2009. |
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Professor Adrienne Wootters received her BS in physics in 1980, her MS in chemistry in 1983, and her PhD in physics in 2002. Since 2001 she has taught at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, where she now chairs the Department of Physics. Her doctoral research was in experimental low-temperature physics, and in recent years she has been active in issues of science education. She is teaching physics at KIST as a Fulbright Scholar. |
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Professor William Wootters received his BS in physics in 1973 from Stanford University and his PhD in physics in 1980 from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1982 he has been on the physics faculty at Williams College in Massachusetts. His research has been in quantum information theory and quantum foundations. At KIST Prof. Wootters is supervising senior projects and helping students prepare for the Graduate Record Exam in physics. |
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Matylda Jablonska completed her first MSc (2007) in Financial and Actuarial
Mathematics from Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland, and
the second MSc (2008) in Technomathematics from Lappeenranta University
of Technology (LUT), Finland. She is studying for DSc in Applied
Mathematics at LUT, focusing on electricity spot market price
modeling. Her work experience includes also 2 years of work as
Data and Finance Analyst for Assets and Liabilities Management
Department in bank centre of Bank Zachodni WBK, Poland. At LUT
she is also a tutorial assistant for numerous mathematical courses
and technical advisor for Master’s degree students in the
fields of electricity spot price modeling and time series analysis. At KIST she gave a short intensive course on Matlab programming to staff members and Applied Math students. |
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Dr. Kizito Ssamula Mukasa is a senior researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute
for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) – Germany.
He worked as Assistant Lecturer for Systems modelling and design
at the Centre for Human-Machine Interaction (ZMMI) at the University
of Kaiserslautern – Germany, where he attained his PhD.
in model based prototyping of generic and consistent Human Machine
User Interfaces in December 2006. He also has a “Diplom”
in Computer Engineering with the major in Software Engineering
from the same University. His areas of interest include Requirements and Usability of User Interfaces for Interactive Information Systems as well as Model-oriented approaches (MB-UID, MDE etc). He is advising KIST in developing the Syllabus for the Master of Science in Software Engineering Program (MSE) |
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Dr. Marius Twite received his BEng (1999) in Materials Science & Engineering and his PhD (2002), specialising in solidification and semi-solid properties of aluminium alloys, from the University of Wales, Swansea, UK. Since then he has worked in transportation and nuclear sectors of UK industry as a Materials Engineer / Metallurgist and in engineering management with Rolls-Royce plc and Bombardier Transportation Ltd. He joined KIST as a part-time visiting lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, where he teaches Materials, at the beginning of 2010. |
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Dr. Diana S. Perdue has a BA in mathematics from Belmont University (Nashville,
TN), a MAT in teaching mathematics from Jacksonville University
(Jacksonville, FL), and a PhD in mathematics education from the
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA). She has worked at
Virginia State University in the Mathematics and Computer Science
Department and since 2003. Dr. Perdue teaches mathematics and
mathematics education courses that focus on content, methodology,
and the appropriate use of manipulatives and technology. She is
also a certified online instructor and develops courses for distance
learning in teacher training.
Dr. Perdue was selected as a 2009 - 2010 Fulbright Scholar to Rwanda and will be completing her research/teaching project in Kigali beginning in January 2010. The project focuses on making the country's mathematics curriculum more student-centered and inquiry-based. She joins KIST as the Director of E-Learning and will assist faculty in developing course materials for online access. Dr. Perdue’s webpage is www.tinyurl.com/DrPerdue and her email is dperdue@vsu.edu. |
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Professor Babur Hadimioglu received his M.S and PhD degrees in Electronic Engineering from Stanford University, USA in 1982 and 1985 respectively. He was a research staff member and principal scientist at Xerox-PARC, Palo Alto, California, USA between 1988 and 2001. He was also principal Scientist and Chief Systems Architect at Labcyte Inc. Stockholm Sweden and Sunnyvale. California, USA between 2001 and 2007. He has publications and patents spanning high resolution acoustic microscopy, RF MEMS, Sensors and Actuators. |
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Dr David Carvallo received his BSc in Computer Science from Rutgers
University, U.S.A. and his M.S and PhD from the media Lab at MIT,
U.S.A. David is the Vice-President for Learning and the Chief Learning
Architect at One Laptop per child (OLPC), started in the Media Lab
at MIT, whose development team is currently based within the Regional
ICT (RITC) centre based in KIST, Rwanda. He was previously a research
scientist, principal investigator and co-director (with Seymour Papert)
at the Future of Learning Lab at MIT, USA. David also previously led
the Design and implementation of Medical informatics at the Harvard
University Medical Services. He is currently collaborating with KIST on the development of OLPC computers for medical informatics related applications. |
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Dr. Stefan Mathias obtained a PhD in Physics from the University of Kaiserslautern (Aeschlimann research group), Germany in July 2008. His focus of research are investigations of ultrafast phenomena in solids, thin films and nanoparticles. This includes the combination of ultrashort femtosecond laser systems with surface science technology in order to develp new methods for measuring ultrafast relaxation processes in real time with high temporal resolution. Dr. Mathias is currently a Visiting Lecturer at KIST, in the department of Physics. He is in charge of Solid State Physics and Mathematical Physics courses for second and third year students of Applied Physics option. |
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Dr. Jennifer Piecuch is a Research Assistant at the University of Kaiserslautern. She obtained her PhD from the University of Kaiserslautern in 2008. The title of her PhD thesis is "A Functional and Physiological Analysis of Nucleotide Transporters (NTT) in Free Living Bacteria and Plants". Prior to embarking on her PhD studies, Dr. Piecuch obtained her Diploma in 2005, majoring in biological sciences. Dr. Piecuch is currently a visiting Lecturer at KIST in the Department of Applied Biology. She teaches courses in Plant Physiology to first and second year students. |
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DR. WALTER DEBRUYN obtained a PhD in Sciences (chemistry) from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium in 1980. From 1976 to 2008, he was actively involved in Material Sciences and Engineering research, focusing on Energy and Remote Sensing. He was also actively involved in global Environmental Research at VITO (a European centre of Research based in Belgium). Dr. Debruyn is currently a Visiting Lecturer at KIST, in the department of Chemistry. He is in charge of the Atmospheric Chemistry and GIS for the Natural Environment courses for third and fourth year students in Environmental Chemistry option. |
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Dr. Makoto Suwa obtained his Masters and PhD degrees from Princeton University
in 2005 and 2007, respectively. In addition, Dr. Suwa holds a Masters
degree in Environmental Management from Duke University, Durham, North
Carolina. Dr. Suwa is a specialist in Geosciences. From 2001 to 2007,
Dr. Suwa was a research assistant at Princeton University. Thereafter
he joined JICA and was deployed at Kigali, Rwanda.
Dr. Makoto Suwa is currently a visiting Lecturer at KIST, in the Department of Chemistry, teaching a course on Computer for Chemistry. |
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Professor Alexander Pogrebnoi graduated from the Ivanovo Institute of Chemistry and Technology in Russia with a Diploma (1975) and afterwards a PhD in Physical Chemistry (1981). He was later a awarded Doctor of Sciences Degree (DSc) in May 2004. He was appointed Associate Professor in June 1992 and he is currently a Professor in the Physics department at KIST. Alexander's area of specialization is the area of Experimental and Theoretical chemical physics. |
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Professor Tatiana Pogrebnaya graduated from the Ivanovo Institute of Chemistry and Technology in Russia with a Diploma in 1976 and received her PhD in Physical Chemistry in 1990. She was appointed Associate Professor in 2002. She is currently a Professor in the Physics department at KIST. Tatiana's area of specialization is in the area of Experimental and Theoretical Chemical physics. |
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Associate Professor Tatiana Skorobogatova received her MSc (1976)
and PhD (1987) from Moscow State University, Russia, Specialising
in Mathematical physics and Theoretical Solid State Physics. Tatiana
started her career as a Lecturer at Vladimir State University, Russia
in 1978 and rose to the rank of Senior Lecturer in Physics and Applied
Mathematics at the same University in 1992. Tatiana has published
actively in the areas of solid state physics, electron theory of
short-range order in alloys using the pseudopotential approximation
and on the diffuse scattering of X-rays by crystal defects. |
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Professor Elena Kovaleva graduated with a degree in Engineering Physics from the S.M Kirov Ural Polytechnical Institute in Russia in 1992 and received her PhD in 1999. Elena was appointed Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry in 2004. She is currently a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at KIST. Elena's area of specialization is in spin probe and surface electrical Potential Measurements in Inorganic Compounds and surfaces. |
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Professor Mohammed Anwar El Sayyad completed his BSc (1972) and MSc (1977) in Electrical Power Engineering from the Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. He completed hi PhD at the University of Braunschweig, Germany in 1983 specialising in Electrical Machines. Professor El Sayyad is currently a Visiting Professor at KIST within the framework of the cooperation agreement between Egypt and Rwanda, supported by the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation in Africa. |
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Garret Gantner completed a BSc degree in Architectural studies at
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, U.S.A. in 2002 and his M.Arch
from Yale University, U.S.A. in 2008. Garret’s work experience
includes working as U.S. Peace Corp in Zambia (2002 – 2004),
Architectural intern in the U.S. and a teaching Fellowship at Yale
University, U.S.A. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture and Environmental Design (FAED) at KIST. |
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Erich Driever graduated with a Diplom in ICT (Informatik) from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany in 1975 and also completed an M.Sc (Magister) from Flensburg University in Germany in 1996 specialising in Education and Development. He has had extensive experience as an E-Learning Consultant in various countries including Germany, Netherlands, France, Luxemburg, Finland and India. He has been in KIST since 2004 as an E-Learning Development Expert on an International Collaboration from the German Development agency, GTZ. Erich is currently working with a team at KIST to set-up a Centre for Innovative ICT technologies in teaching and learning and a Masters degree programme in ICT in Education. |
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Ms Lim Kyungeun obtained her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Engineering from Pusan National University in South Korea in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Further, in 1996 she obtained another Bachelors Degree from Kyungsung University, in the area of Library and Information Technology. Thereafter, Ms. Kyungeun worked as a research engineer at a Research Centre of Logistics Information Technology. Ms. Kyungeun is currently a visiting Lecturer at KIST, in the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology. She has been assigned to teach courses in Computer Engineering to students in the Department. |
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Juliano Bittencourt holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and a Masters degree in Education from UFRGS in Brazil. He works in Learning Development at One Laptop per Child (OLPC), whose development team is currently based within the RITC section of KIST. He is the OLPC Coordinator for Rwanda. Before joining OLPC He worked as a research assistant at the Laboratorio de Estudos Cognitovos – LEC) Cognitive Studies Lab) in Port Alegre, Brazil |
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