CURRICULUM VITAE
Christine Ronge P.O.Box 30197, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya +254-20-4447870 [email protected]
1. EDUCATION
PhD in Computer Science (In progress)
1991 University of Newcastle Upon Tyne UK
• MSc in Computing Software and Systems Design
1988 University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya
• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Science (Distinction)
1987 University of Nairobi Nairobi, Kenya • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics) - Second Class Honors-Upper Division
1982 Alliance Girls High School Kikuyu, Kenya
• Kenya Advanced Certificate of Education(A Level)
1980 Alliance Girls High School Kikuyu, Kenya
• Kenya Certificate of Education(O Level)
2. AWARDS RECEIVED
Certificate and cash prize for best postgraduate Diploma student project at the institute of computer science-1987 Certificate and cash prize for best overall postgraduate Diploma student at the institute of computer science- 1987
3. EMPLOYMENT
Lecturer School of Computing (Formerly Institute of Computer Science) From Sept 1995 University of Nairobi, Kenya To Date
Tutorial Fellow Institute of Computer Science From Oct 1988 University of Nairobi, Kenya To Sept 1995
4. WORK EXPERIENCE
a) Teaching: 11 years experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programmes BSc, PGDip, MSc(IS) Key courses taught: Distributed systems (Advanced topics), Distributed systems, Distributed operating systems, Computer Networking Principles, Computer Architecture I, Object Oriented Programming
b) Curriculum Development: Participated in the development of the following academic programmes
• MSC (Information systems) • Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science ( PGDip) • BSc (Computer Science)
c) Student Project Supervision: BSc, PGDip, MSC(IS)
d) External Examiner: African Nazarene University 2001
e) Consultancy: UNDP/UNECA sponsored project: Rwandan e-government Assesment Study, August – November 2004, Kigali Rwanda
f) Sabbatical Leave : From Nov 2003-Nov 2004: Kigali Institute of Education, Computer Science Department, Kigali Rwanda .
5. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED
1. 18th –19th March 2004, Kigali Rwanda. The First Rwandan Computing and Telecommunications conference, to present a paper entitled “The leadership and Technical Support in e-government implementation: The Rwandan Case study”.
2. June 18th – 22nd 2001 Harare, Zimbabwe Course in Software Project Management, held at University of Zimbabwe Sponsored by United Nations University-International Institute for software technology.
3. June 12th – 26th 2000 Netanya , Israel Workshop on introduction to Distributed Computation, held at Netanya Academic College , Sponsored by UNESCO and Israel Govt.
6. RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests lie in the broad area of distributed systems including web based systems. More specifically I am interested in two areas namely (1) highly available and scalable distributed systems and algorithms (including specification, design and implementation) and (2) distributed Objects and Object- Oriented Middleware. My research interests are motivated by the need to address the performance related challenges that arise in large scale distributed systems in the implementation and design of highly scalable services, especially web services. My PhD research interest is focusing on the Grid as the next generation distributed systems platform. My research is on middleware support for QoS provisioning (performance and reliability QoS) for web services on the Grid.
7. PUBLICATIONS 1. Christine Ronge, “The leadership and Technical Support in e-government implementation: The Rwandan Case study”.