Assistant Professor at JU

Dr. Esmael Kedir is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Jimma University, Faculty of Computing and Informatics. Dr. has rich experience in teaching, research and student thesis supervision in the field of computer science with more focus on human computer interaction, usability, user experience and health technology. He recently finished his PhD research where he researched and developed a low-cost and affordable visual field glaucoma screening platform using VR and smartphone. His research interest areas include mHealth, Usability and ICT governance. In addition to research and teaching experience, he also has practical hands on experience on network and system administration.

He has obtained industry certifications including CCNA, CCNA-Security, CCNP and LPI essentials. Before starting his PhD studies, he worked as a senior system administrator at Jimma University ICT responsible for managing campus core network, virtualization. He was also a qualified Cisco ITC instructor trainer where he was involved in training cisco instructors from various universities in Ethiopia and Somalia. He is currently working as director of ICT at Jimma University. He is responsible for managing the whole ICT infrastructure and services of the university including a well-established software development team.

Esmael obtained his BSc in Computer Science from Haramaya University and MSc in Computer Science from Addis Ababa University. He worked as a lecturer at the department of computer science from 2006-2013. He then moved to a technical job as senior network administrator at ICT unit from 2013-2016. He returned back to his academic position in 2020 and is working as director of ICT on top his academic duties. He obtained his PhD in Engineering Technology (Health Technology Focus) from KU Leuven in Belgium in 2022.

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