The Makerere University AI lab in the Department of Computer Science, College of Computing and Information Sciences, and the Marconi Society Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Makerere University, are implementing a joint research project titled: “ICT Platform for the Pathogen Economy (IPPE).” The project is a commercial Integrated AI-driven platform for screening diseases of national priority, including COVID-19, cervical and breast cancer. The research project is funded by the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Secretariat at the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Uganda to help develop a robust software platform to support their critical internal business processes.
We are a multidisciplinary consortium of computer science, data science, bioinformatics, engineering, epidemiology, and public health experts. We are looking for outstanding individuals to contribute to realizing the project objectives and outcomes.