Meet the Instructors
Gabriel Kiarie
Gabriel is a graduate Electrical and Electronic Engineer pursuing his MSc in Telecommunication Engineering at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. He works as a Research Intern at DSAIL with an interest in electrical and electronic hardware design. He has been involved in the design of Raspberry Pi-based acoustic sensors and camera traps for ecological data collection. His master's research involves developing a low-cost Raspberry Pi Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) for detecting and locating faults in electric fences.
Lorna Mugambi
Lorna is a graduate engineer who works as a researcher at the Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAIL). She is currently pursuing an MSc in Telecommunication Engineering at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, focusing on AI in healthcare. She has been part of developing software for a camera trap deployed in the university's conservancy to detect predators. Her master's research involves the tracing of valve motion in the heart and the early detection of Rheumatic Heart Disease.
Yuri Njathi
Yuri is a researcher at the Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAIL) in Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. He works on computer vision tasks around wildlife imagery and health. He is also pursuing his MSc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Currently, his research is focused on computer vision tasks for wildlife conservation.
Prof. Ciira wa Maina
Associate Professor at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology. He serves as the Director of the Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAIL) and is the Chair of Data Science Africa.