UON STAFF AWARD CEREMONY

The Department of Medical microbiology and immunology emerged the best department overall in the performance contract for Financial Year 2021/2022 while the Faculty of Business and Management Science emerged the best Faculty; The Directorate of Information and Communication Technology was the best Directorate in Central Units.

The department of Geospatial and Space Technology produced the best two staffs in the faculty of engineering.

FIRST AI4D AFRICA NATIONAL WORKSHOP

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the branch of computer science; attempts to make computers that act like humans.

The branches of AI include: Natural Language Understanding, Speech Recognition and Synthesis, Robotics, Multiagent Systems, Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems, Machine Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Planning, Knowledge Representation, and Searching.

GIS WEEK NOVEMBER 2022

This event is scheduled to take place on 14th to 16th November at University of Nairobi Towers.

 

Hundreds of thousands of organizations in every field are using GIS to make maps that communicate, perform analysis, share information, and solve complex problems around the world. This is changing the way the world works and we want to provide an environment to put us ahead of this curve. 

 

The highlights of the three-day event will be:

- Networking sessions with other Students and potential employers

DEPARTMENT OF GEOSPATIAL AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY HOLDS A CELEBRATION PARTY FOR THE RETIREE

The party which was organised by the department took place on 4 th November 2022 at Sagret Hotel in Nairobi.The party brought together all the staffs of the department .

It was a moment of its kind when good memories of the retiree was shared.The department is greatful to all the retiree for having dedicated their life into serving the university.Among the retiree was the first lady in the department to do Surveying,Madam Tabitha Njoroge who served as a lecture in the department for many years.

Shelley Stephanie represented the department in the Space Challenges Bootcamp 2022 in Bulgaria

The program format is comprised of three main activities
Lectures by lead experts on Orbital Mechanics, Astrophysics,Space Application & Entrepreneurship ,Systems Architecture and Engineering,Propulsion technology etc.

The team also had intensive workshops and electronics and mechanics, programming, numerical methods,computer aided design and 3D printing, pitching workshops .

SUMMER SCHOOL AND STUDENT EXCHANGE

Relying on virtual participation only is questionable for a sustainable university cooperation aimed at integrating students: it is essential that personal and intercultural student exchange takes place beyond the actual project work, e.g. through socializing. Exchange is further sup- ported by 10 individual scholarships for an entire semester or a final thesis research period at HKA, UP or UoN over a period of three years up to 2025.

Cognitive Geomatics Project Launch

The "Cognitive Geomatics - digital teaching to raise awareness of intercultural differences in spatial awareness using the example of Germany, South Africa and Kenya" is a project as part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for students - BWS plus, a program of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation. The project will be financed over three years from