Dr. Rose Nakasi | |
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| Citizenship |  Uganda |
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| Occupation(s) | Lecturer, researcher |
| Employers | |
| Known for | Development of low cost tools using artificial intelligence for improved automated solutions for diagnostic health challenges. |
| Spouse | Tony Galandi Kire |
Rose Nakasi (born 1988) is a Ugandancomputer scientist,lecturer and artificial intelligence researcher atMakerere University and Makerere AI Health Lab.[1][2][3][4]
Nakasi holds a Master's degree and aPhD inComputer science fromMakerere University which was on a scholarship fromSwedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) under TSEED programme. She holds Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computing fromBusitema University which she joined in 2006. She specialized in artificial intelligence (AI),Machine Learning,Computational Mathematics & Modeling and Health Informatics.[1][2][4][5]
Nakasi worked as a lecturer atBusitema University in the department of computer studies. She is research assistant at Makerere University under the Department ofInformation Technology where she serves as the head of the Makerere Artificial Intelligence Health Lab.[2]
Nakasi is a member ofData Science Africa community. She chairs the ITU/WHO/WIPO Topic Group “AI based detection of Malaria” under the Global Initiative AI for Health (GI-AI4H). Nakasi's research interests are inartificial intelligence and development of low cost tools for improved automated solutions for diagnostic health challenges.[1][3][4][2][5][6]
Nakasi is the project lead for Lacuna SRMH project and Mak Ocular, a Google funded project that supports automated microscopy of malaria, tuberculosis and cervical cancer.[7] She is the principal investigator of the NIH DS-I Malaria project under the DS-I Africa, an initiative to support effective malaria diagnosis and surveillance.[1][3][4][8][2]
Nakasi is married to Tony Galandi Kire with whom they have four children.[2]