Data Science and Artificial Intelligence it is!

The School of Informatics and Innovative Systems (SIIS) held a three-day workshop in Kisumu at the Comfort Inn Hotel aimed at digitizing the University by coming up with new programmes that will enable our students to be competitively innovative and compliant to the current digital job market.

SIIS is currently in the final stages of developing a new programme on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence as a flagship programme in the post graduate studies that is believed to resonate with the fast-changing technology in the digital space.
While speaking at the official opening of the Stakeholders Engagement Forum organized by SIIS, the Ag. Vice Chancellor, Professor Joseph Bosire, challenged the lecturers to be ready to produce students who will remain relevant in the market for the next 50 years or so. He also noted the fast-growing technological skills which keeps changing every day.

The school conducted a three- days stakeholder engagement exercise to proof read and critique the already developed programme before it could be presented to the University Senate for approval as required by the Commission for University Education (CUE) before accreditation.
The workshop that was attended by all the staff in the School of Informatics and Innovative Systems and the VLIR team, was graced by various stakeholders from the academia and the industries including Prof. Simon Karume, Professor of IT at Kabarak University; Ms. Violet Murwa of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ICT Department) and Prof. Elisha Opiyo of the University of Nairobi.

During the retreat, the Dons in the School of Informatics and Innovative Systems took advantage of the space to also review the already accredited programs within the school which included; BSc. Computer Security and Forensics, BSc. Business Information Systems, BSc. in Information and Communication Technology, BSc. Library and Information Science and Diploma in Linux for IT Professionals. The Dean of the school, Prof. Solomon Ogara, avered that this was a major milestone for the school since the last time the programmes were reviewed was in 2013.

The workshop was officially closed by Prof. Denis Ochuodho, the Ag. Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, who is also overseeing research.